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Junior Cycle English: Film: character and key moments
How often Film: character and key moments comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
HL Asked on 5 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years
OL Asked on 4 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.
Quick ones on Film: character and key moments.
- Establishing shot
- Character arc
- Backstory
- To earn some money
- To win a talent show
- To impress a girl, Raphina
- Westley
- Prince Humperdinck
- Inigo Montoya
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(a) Character arc
(b) To impress a girl, Raphina
(c) Westley
Higher Level
Asked on 5 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q2 |
| 2025 | Q6 |
| 2024 | Q9 |
| 2023 | Q1, Q2 |
| 2022 | Q8 |
| 2019 | Not asked |
| 2018 | Not asked |
| 2017 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Film: character and key moments questions
Film: character and key moments, 2 marks
Who directed the thriller 'Strangers on a Train'?
- Steven Spielberg
- Stanley Kubrick
- Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, made this 1951 thriller about two strangers and a proposed swap of murders. Naming the director is rewarded in film answers.
Ordinary Level
Asked on 4 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q12 |
| 2025 | Not asked |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Q14 |
| 2022 | Q8 |
| 2019 | Not asked |
| 2018 | Not asked |
| 2017 | Q3 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Film: character and key moments questions
Film: character and key moments, 2 marks
When writing about a studied film, name the title and the...
- Camera operator
- Cinema owner
- Director
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Director
A film is credited to its director, as a novel is to its author. Name the title and director clearly at the start of your answer.
Film: character and key moments, 2 marks
Sing Street, set in 1980s Dublin, was directed by...
- Taika Waititi
- John Carney
- Ken Loach
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John Carney
John Carney directed Sing Street. Ken Loach directed Kes and Taika Waititi directed Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Always name the director.
Film: character and key moments, 2 marks
A documentary is a film that...
- Shows real people and events
- Tells an invented story with actors
- Is always a musical comedy
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Shows real people and events
Documentaries, like The Farthest, record real events and people. In film questions, a real person can be treated as a character.
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