Learner Response
Your learner response task is as follows:
1) Read your feedback carefully and look at the mark and grade you achieved.
2) Read this mark scheme, grade boundaries and suggested content document. How many marks were you away from the next grade up? How much of the suggested content did you include in your answers?
3) Create a blogpost called 'Film Language test learner response'
4) Type up your feedback word-for-word (you don't have to put the mark and grade if you don't want to).
5) Re-write your weakest question on your blog. This re-write should be aiming for 12/12 marks using all the suggested content in the mark scheme. Re-watch the clip above and make dedicated reference to specific aspects of the sequence.
1) Read your feedback carefully and look at the mark and grade you achieved.
2) Read this mark scheme, grade boundaries and suggested content document. How many marks were you away from the next grade up? How much of the suggested content did you include in your answers?
3) Create a blogpost called 'Film Language test learner response'
4) Type up your feedback word-for-word (you don't have to put the mark and grade if you don't want to).
5) Re-write your weakest question on your blog. This re-write should be aiming for 12/12 marks using all the suggested content in the mark scheme. Re-watch the clip above and make dedicated reference to specific aspects of the sequence.
From the next grade up I was: 3 marks away.
WWW - This starts brilliantly and is solid throughout. We now need to develop the consistency and technique to match the top level response to Q1 throughout the exam.
EBI - Basic one: ALWAYS clearly label each question in an exam.
- Each of the depth to later answers, hence stuck at level 2 (6/12). Also a little
repetitive in terms of mystery.
-Need to incorporate media theory to reach the higher levels and also this exam needed more discussion of genre.
-Written English becomes weaker towards the end so consistency and stamina is something to work on.
LR - Editing question.
How is editing used to create drama and tension in the opening scene? (12 marks)
Editing is used to create drama and tension in the opening scene through the first use of continuity editing where the matches are lit and Keiton lights his cigarette using them. This evokes a feeling of curiosity in the audience as the first scene is a close-up of matches catching fire but there is uncertainty of what this is leading to or who lit the matches. Continuity editing is then used where it shows the fuel leaking and makes the audience link the matches and the fuel leaking which then leads to the conclusion that the matches are going to be used to ignite the fuel. This leads to their being drama and tension as the audience's suspicions of this are waiting to proven. The straight cuts used when the fire ignites the fuel and the trail of flame is leading up to the tank, creates tension and drama as this prolongs the consequence of the fuel spreading but this is interrupted by transition into a jump cut of the liquid falling on the fuel. The slow pace of the camera moving towards where it came from also creates tension and drama as the audience is waiting to see what is was and when the person is revealed and there is a straight cut back to Keiton's reaction, there is a sense of tension as this illustrates that Keiton and the person know each other and makes the audience wonder who he is and what his purpose is.
The straight cuts into close ups of the person walking towards Keiton also creates drama and tension as the audience can not see the person's face and makes them suspicious of who it is. The editing used when the person lights the lighter and slowly raises it towards his face creates drama and tension as the audience relate this back to the event of Keiton using the matches to light the fuel and think that the person is going to do the same. The straight cuts used where they are conversing also builds tension as it is not clear what the conversation is leading to or whether the person will help Keiton or not. From the straight cuts being used it can show that the conversation that they are having is very serious and as the cuts are straight, so are the characters actions and therefore creates drama as the audience know that something is going to happen but do not know what. The continuity editing used where the gun in the persons hand is shown and then Keiton is shown creates tension as the audience automatically think that the person is going to shoot Keiton and as the gun rises and the gun shot is heard, shock and drama is created as the person does shoot Keiton.
Editing is also used to create drama and tension in the opening scene as the straight cuts in the montage of several sceneries shown clarifies to the viewer where this event has happened but also creates tension and drama as this is not allowing the audience to see what the effects were of the gun going off. The slow pace of the cut into the person dropping the cigarette onto the fuel builds tension and the transition when zooming into the rope symbolises the ending of someone's life and creates drama as the fire spreading is not being shown. The use of continuity editing after this of the fire progressing along the trail of fuel, the person fleeing the scene and then the fire crossing over dead bodies creates drama as it all relates to the idea of what is going to happen next, an explosion, and builds tension as the audience are waiting for this lead up to conclude. The transition from hearing the explosion and the rope lighting up and then seeing the actual explosion happen creates drama as the explosion is not shown straight away but is shown shortly after which makes the audience tense as they know who is inside of the building that has just exploded - Keiton.
The straight cuts into close ups of the person walking towards Keiton also creates drama and tension as the audience can not see the person's face and makes them suspicious of who it is. The editing used when the person lights the lighter and slowly raises it towards his face creates drama and tension as the audience relate this back to the event of Keiton using the matches to light the fuel and think that the person is going to do the same. The straight cuts used where they are conversing also builds tension as it is not clear what the conversation is leading to or whether the person will help Keiton or not. From the straight cuts being used it can show that the conversation that they are having is very serious and as the cuts are straight, so are the characters actions and therefore creates drama as the audience know that something is going to happen but do not know what. The continuity editing used where the gun in the persons hand is shown and then Keiton is shown creates tension as the audience automatically think that the person is going to shoot Keiton and as the gun rises and the gun shot is heard, shock and drama is created as the person does shoot Keiton.
Editing is also used to create drama and tension in the opening scene as the straight cuts in the montage of several sceneries shown clarifies to the viewer where this event has happened but also creates tension and drama as this is not allowing the audience to see what the effects were of the gun going off. The slow pace of the cut into the person dropping the cigarette onto the fuel builds tension and the transition when zooming into the rope symbolises the ending of someone's life and creates drama as the fire spreading is not being shown. The use of continuity editing after this of the fire progressing along the trail of fuel, the person fleeing the scene and then the fire crossing over dead bodies creates drama as it all relates to the idea of what is going to happen next, an explosion, and builds tension as the audience are waiting for this lead up to conclude. The transition from hearing the explosion and the rope lighting up and then seeing the actual explosion happen creates drama as the explosion is not shown straight away but is shown shortly after which makes the audience tense as they know who is inside of the building that has just exploded - Keiton.
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