Eduqas GCSE Film Studies · C670
Component 1, Component 2
Ideas and expectations about being a man, including attitudes towards courage, strength, emotion and responsibility.
Revise: The Hurt Locker: contexts and key sequencesThe central issue is masculinity: ideas about what it means to be a man. James appears fearless and highly skilled, but his recklessness endangers his colleagues. Sanborn values procedure and collective safety; Eldridge’s fear exposes the emotional strain of the job.
- Revise: Whiplash: the specialist writing
Socially constructed ideas about how men are expected to look, behave and demonstrate their identity.
- Revise: Tsotsi: representation