You will have 2 minutes at the start of the exam to make as many notes as you want before the 1st Showing.
You should use your time to construct a template and use the time wisely to note down as many ideas about terms that might come up. Create your own shorthand.
This is a suggested template that you can reproduce on your note paper.
- First 2 minutes – create a note taking template – terms, adjectives, connectives.
- 1st SHOWING – no notes taken – watch for narrative sense and over arching themes and issues that you can include in a ‘loose’ introduction/
- 2nd SHOWING – make notes on MES and for the time allowed afterwards.
- 3rd SHOWING – make notes on Editing and Camera and for the time allowed afterwards.
- 4th SHOWING – make notes on Sound and for the time allowed afterwards.
MOVE TO THE HALL.
Write your essay in this order:
- Sound @ 3 TEAS
- Editing @ 3 TEAS
- Camera @ 5 TEAS
- MES @ 5 TEAS
TIPS
You must include all 4 microfeatures or you will automatically lose 25% marks.
Leave a line between each microfeature so that the examiner can clearly see where you are moving on to another microfeature and that you have covered them all.
Make your significance relevant to your introduction and hook back to this if you can, however if there are other meanings you want to introduce along the way, feel free.
Include Terms in as many microfeatures as you can i.e. use camera terms when talking about MES or use Editing terms in Camera for example. Flood it with terms.
Use a variety of connectives i.e. represent is clearly a key one but use synonyms too.
The key is great adjectives and pertinent significance to how meaning is made in the clip.
If it don’t fit, don’t force it and KEEP IT RELEVANT TO THE CLIP.
SAY WHAT YOU SEE AND SAY WHAT IS SAYS.
