Learner Response - Critical Investigation

WWW:

•  media language is a real strength - lots of technical film analysis early in the essay shows confident use of media terminology 

EBI:

• English is nowhere near good enough for an A2 essay... your essay question is grammatically incorrect and fails to use capital letters. this is extremely concerning - did you proofread this at all

• the other issue with written English is paragraphing. you dont write clear topic sentences and then your paragraphs are way too short. you dont have a controlled structure for the essay

• you have a fair amount of research but it seems like much more web than academic books/ journals. you need to improve this to reach the higher levels.

• your primary and secondary text analysis midway through the essay doesn't link to any of the audience pleasures you discuss at the beginning

• too many basic errors: you say horror is more popular with women then quote a statistic that says the opposite. again, did you proofread this? 

• lack of media theory... and some of the theorists you have used spelt wrong

 23  = D

MEST4 Linked production: Research and planning

production brief

horror trailer
Length/size of production 

2 mintues
3 pages

Research

insidious trailer:

• black outs
• shows the storyline
• director
• close up shots of characters faces
• ends with the title of the movie

sinister trailer:

• ends with a killer scene
• starts of with a deadly picture
• linked productions
• dark low key lighting
• panning shots

unfriended trailer:

• snapshots of every character
• dramatic music
• similar movie names
• lots of fade edits on shots
• snapshots of the past

Project schedule

filming during half term

editing after half term.

Script/treatment

(BLACKOUT) noise of a car and police sirens at the back

Car parking up - group of four drunk females.

Music playing in the car; Chris Brown – liquor (non- diegetic)

Character 1(singing): there’s something in this liquor girl, I'm looking at your figure,

Character 2(singing) I just want to see you strip right now, baby let me help you,

Character 3(singing) girl you look so good, I just wanna get right to it,

Character 4(shouting) GIRLS! WAIT! STOP!

(Everyone stops singing, turns the music down)

Character 4: did you see that?

Character 3: see what?

Character 4: that bright light in the building

Character 2: you’re just seeing things

Character 4: no I am not I think someone trapped in there

Character 1: so what are you going to do be a hero and rescue them… stop being silly let’s get back to our hotel.

Character 4: I’m going inside

Character 3: NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING! ARE YOU CRAZY

(Character 4 comes out of the car and goes in front of the doors, the doors automatically open)

Character 4: anyone coming?

(Character 4 goes inside, as she walks in the arcade lights come on she screams)

She hears the machines talking and gets frightened

The other characters follow...

-Trailer snapshots

Storyboard

Shot list

Mise-en-scene planning

Props; car, alcohol, speakers, cups

Costumes; party wear, heals

Lighting; dark (night time) low key 

Sound; music