Semester : SEMESTER 6
Subject : FILM STUDIES
Year : 2022
Term : March
Branch : ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Scheme : 2020 Full Time
Course Code : ENG 6B 13
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Section B
Answer at least five questions.
Each question carries 6 marks.
All questions can be attended.
Overall Ceiling 30.
What is mise en scene ?
Diegetic and Non-diegetic Sound.
French New Wave.
Male Gaze.
What is Christian Metz’ view on the language of film ?
Why is it said that Tarkovsky's Mirror is poetic and philosophical ?
How does Sembene address religious fundamentalism in Guelwaar ?
“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring gives deep insights into the relationship between
humans and nature.” Explain.
(5 x 6 = 30 marks)
Section C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Write an essay on film genres.
Analyse the arguments expressed by Bazin in his essay “The Evolution of the Language of Cinema.”
Do you agree with the statement that The Gold Rush is a movie that makes a “deliberate
deconstruction of the American heroic ideals” ?
Write an essay on the unique Adoor style of film making as seen in Elippathayam.
(2 x 10 = 20 marks)
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