Studying Fight Club

Fight Club is a great film to study because………

Some of the themes the film deals with are:

The WJEC Examiner will expect you to:

•Analyse specific MICRO features from key scenes•Decide the ways in which those MICRO features help to construct meaning(s)•Discuss the ways in which MICRO features are designed to elicit a response from the audience•Describe the ways in which key scenes inform or disrupt the narrative of the film (MACRO)•Be aware of reactions to the film on release; be able to say whether you believe the film is a ‘cult classic’ and why it is still relevant today.•Use a critical framework from your SSRP:

Auteur

(research into Director David Fincher and whether he is an auteur director)

Gender issues

(perceived crisis of masculinity in 1990s America, misogyny and treatment of women in the film, homo-erotic nature of the film)

Social, political and cultural studies

(what does the film ‘say’ about modern consumerist society? What option are there for angry ‘not so young’ men?)

Industry

(why on earth did Fox green light this movie?)

Some critical perspectives will appeal more than others.

The trick is to adopt a critical perspective that interests you

And one that you can discuss and engage with

The Single Film Study question is worth 30 marks; the same as Surrealism and Early Cinema

You answer one essay for the Single Film StudyeitherA general question (you have two to choose from)OrA specific question (only one to choose)

Summer 2011

Winter 2011

Summer 2010