2.1 Read
The Lottery & The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
What is a written text?
The Prestige and Hot Fuzz
What are films we studied this year?
This narrative point of view puts the reader in the shoes of character to create a more lived experience and closer connection.
What is first person perspective?
Human condition, society, and wider literature
What are the Big 3?
I got an A3, N2, N2 on my Unfamiliar Text exam.
What is Achieved (A7)?
Title, author, key words, and an outline
What is an introduction [TAKO]?
Cinematography, Sound, Editing, Lighting, Costume, Facial Expressions & Gestures
What are film techniques?
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, repetition, direct address, word choice, rhetorical question, statistics
What are language features?
90 Minutes
What is the maximum time you should spend on ONE exam?
Analysing a text and then relating it to your own personal experiences with the topic / idea.
What is a way to go beyond the text?
The "black lottery box" or the "child" in the basement.
What is a symbol?
Mija and Nicholas Angel are one.
What is a protagonist?
The colour between blue and yellow on the spectrum vs. growth, nature, new beginnings, life
What is denotation vs. connotation?
The author comments on the relationship between social media and human connection.
What is not answering the question?
INT-D
What is "It's not that deep"?
Not including "examples" from the text.
What is Not Achieved?
The use of spot-lighting is used to show the actors face with more lighting so it can be seen better.
What is not analysis?
More than one aspect with multiple examples working together, with a developed link beyond the text, which have been perceptively analysed.
What is an Excellence?
Analyse an "example" as a whole sentence and then analyse one or two of individual words.
What are TWO ways to analyse ONE example?
Only answering TWO of the THREE questions in Unfamiliar Text exam.
What is not a good idea in the exams?
Despite this text being written over 50 years ago, the idea of blindly following traditions and mob mentality can still be seen today, especially online with instant access to social media and the rise of 'cancel culture'.
What is making links beyond the text?
Analysing the use of multiple film techniques that work together to achieve more convincing effects on the audience and/or director's purpose.
What is a Merit?
M5, N2, N0
What is Achieved?
Analyse
What do the questions from the unfamiliar text exam start with?
1:1-2
What is a safe language feature to "example" ratio?