MEDIA EXAM!!!!!!!!!!!

[sisqo1111]

yeh i found that too,
my teacher marked my 11 questions and im no fixing them up.
is it worth doing this? or should i just continue with other questions?

[clinton_09]

hmm as long as you know how you could have gone better, than i would continue with other questions incorporating the advice your teacher has given

[sisqo1111]

I hate extended response!
I feel as if i tell the story too much in them aarghh

[Amnesiac]

Don't worry Sisqo - i'm sure your writing is really good. You're just at that stage in the year where you're picking out any negetives in your answers. However, if you feel like you are telling the story too much, just use less examples and elaborate on them. For example, if you've given an example that shows how Lighting is used to develop a character, focus on the directors intentions in doing this, and then follow on with how it is suggested to make the viewer feel - You are probably already doing this (actually i highly doubt you wouldn't be because you know your stuff), but just relax when you are writing and prepare a thorough plan beforehand.

That probably doesn't help, but i'm sure you're fine anyway!

[Amnesiac]

P.s. now i can see what subjects you're doing! Awesome!

[sisqo1111]

Yeah i decided to put it in lol.

Thanks for the advice! I'll probably use less examples even though i dont use many lol

I stopped extended response narrative for now, did 2 of them, now im doing short answer for social values, but some of these are like mid essay questions lol!

[sisqo1111]

Woo Hoo, finished short answer for Social Values from the questions in the ATOM booklet. They all got too repetitive and i ended up copying and pasting some lol. 
I'm leaving extended response for later, i'm off to do short answer for media influence *dreads* lol.

[Amnesiac]

Lol you're powering ahead. I just finished my last minute History study (3.5 hours worth lol) and am now going to start my Media revision - I'm actually excited because it's something different. I was getting sick of History, so let's hope Media will be enjoyable!

[clinton_09]

i've done a few narrative questions today, its good i can feel it all coming back to me yippee. how exciting!! haha

[sisqo1111]

just did 9 questions on media influence! LOL
drainer it is

[sisqo1111]

i've done a few narrative questions today, its good i can feel it all coming back to me yippee. how exciting!! haha

thats great! good work! hopefully you can do the same for the other two AOSs.
that goes for you too Amnesiac!

[Amnesiac]

I just did 3 Narrative questions! Haha. I'm sad because i feel as if i know the material, but can't express it efficiently. How do you guys go about structuring your responses?

[clinton_09]

yeh that's the thing i need work most on, just structuring my answers. I think i need to be more concise with some questions.

Do you guys feel as if there isn't that much to study?

[sisqo1111]

yeh lol
besides media influence haha
for my narrative questions or with any, if its worth less than 4 marks, i just get straight into it.
with the more longer questions, i give a quick intro like 2 sentences then discuss

[clinton_09]

Do you think this is enough for a 4 mark question? thanks
150 words


With reference to one text, discuss how editing of vision and/or sound is used to structure time within the narrative? (4 marks)

Scott Hicks 1996 film “Shine” is told in a non-chronological fashion, consisting of series of flashbacks and forwards. Through fading and dissolving Hicks cleverly uses this editing technique to suggest a change in the structure of time. In the opening sequence, we see David as a full grown man muttering to himself in the rain. The pounding of the rain dissolves into the clapping of young children, to when David the protagonist was a young boy in a local talent quest. This is a clear transition in time. When Peter, David’s father burns the scrapbook in the fire, the ashes dissolve into flying doves over the Royal College of Music, where David now resides. This explicates David’s break from his domineering father and a chance for him to soar.