Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract only.
Extract: Ordinary Lies written by Danny Brocklehurst. Episode 2. First screened 24 March 2015.
Receptionists Tracy and Viv tell everyone at work that they are both going to Ibiza on holiday, when actually they are actually running an errand for Tracy's boyfriend Jimmy. When they discover that the errand involves heading to the Dominican Republic to smuggle drugs back into the country, the pair immediately try to back out, but Jimmy isn't having any of it. Whilst Tracy makes it back without being caught, Viv is arrested by local customs officials.
PREP Complete for prep by Friday 6 December and email to JM.
Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representation using the following:
• Camera shots, angle, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise-en-scène
Candidates
will be assessed on their ability to understand how meaning is constructed in a
media text through the analysis of different technical areas. Marks are awarded
for three different criteria:
Terminology
(max 10)
Use
of examples (max 20)
Explanation/argument/analysis
(max 20)
