In order to have our knowledge up to date we revisited media technical terms and applied our knowledge about media language when analysing a short film called 'Smashed' written and directed by Peter Snelling.
Below is an clip of the short film and my notes I made when anaylising 'Smashed' and a spider diagram which I used to quickly brainstorm and further my ideas about the short film;
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Even though I did learn about the basic media technical terms at AS I found this task quite difficult. When I first wrote the essay I came across several difficulties such as my points were not as developed as they could of been and instead of anaylising the film it was as if I was telling the story of the film.
However when redrafting my essay I over came these problems and my grade increased from a C to a B. I achieved this grade increase, by using media language such as;
- 'The council flat backdrop signifies the status and background of the characters'
Instead of..
- 'The council flat backdrop portrays the status and background of the characters'
By changing portray to signify I am showing the marker that I understand conceptual language and how to use it in my essay instead of just telling the examiner what happened in the film.
Here below is my completed essay;