Girlhood: representation

Gender and femininity: how the film shows and subverts stereotypes of young women, and male control of public space.
Ethnicity: young Black French women and the banlieue.
Age and class: teenage friendship, school and work.
Cultures: suburban Paris and how the representation of Marieme changes as she does; how film form and context shape each representation.
A worked answer to a practice Section B question on representation, part by part: the short parts that ask you to identify and explain, and the 15-mark final part on a key sequence.
How to answer each part: the marks, and what the short identify and explain parts need as well as the extended answer, since naming a technique instead of a specific example from the film loses marks there. Practice questions to try, each headed 'Practice question' with its marks.
Quote only short lines of dialogue you're sure of, a few words at a time, and base every point on what happens in the finished film.

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