Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Action Film Conventions Sort of Bingo List as many action film conventions as you can think of. Tick off any conventions you have which are called out.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Action Film Conventions Sort of Bingo Strong protagonist (usually male) Explosions Antagonist Stunts Love interest Weapons Gadgets Chase sequences Powerful villain Underdog hero Dangerous setting Ticking clock scenario Exotic setting Fight sequences

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Exam Format You will be shown the action film extract four times at the start of the exam. There will be breaks to update your notes. Follow the instructions onscreen. You answer 3 questions on Action Adventure. You should spend 45 minutes answering the Action Adventure questions. Don’t forget to leave yourself 30 minutes to do the TV Comedy section.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 1 – Characters & Events Which conventions relate to characters and events? Strong protagonist(s) (usually male) Antagonist Love interest Gadgets Chase sequences Powerful villain Underdog hero Ticking clock scenario Fight sequences

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 1 – Characters & Events 1 Explain two ways the characters and/or events in the extract fit the action adventure genre. Use examples from the extract. [10] What do you need to do to achieve a Level 4 on this question? Clearly state two genre conventions Explain the effect of the conventions Support the points with examples from the extract Use terminology How long should you spend on this question in the exam? 5 minutes What terminology can you use? Antagonist, protagonist, genre, convention, iconography

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 1 – Characters & Events 1 Explain two ways the characters and/or events in the extract fit the action adventure genre. Use examples from the extract. [10] Watch the extract and focus on answering Question 1. How are the characters and events conventional for an action film?

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 1 – Characters & Events 1 Explain two ways the characters and/or events in the extract fit the action adventure genre. Use examples from the extract. [10] Bullet point your answer to Question 1. Identify two conventions – in relation to characters and/or events Explain the effect of the convention Use terminology Quickly peer assess the work of the person next to you. Have they managed to do the three things above?

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 1 – Characters & Events 1 Explain two ways the characters and/or events in the extract fit the action adventure genre. Use examples from the extract. [10] What the examiner was looking for: Candidates may discuss various features of the extract that fit the conventions of the action/adventure genre, for example: Lara is an underdog heroine attacked by a larger force of villains Lara is resourceful, strong, quick-witted, and humorous The villains are characterless, underhand, and unnecessarily violent There is a ‘magic object’ and a suggestion of treasure Conflict is represented by violence There is a set piece spectacular set-destruction sequence.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 1 – Characters & Events 1 Explain two ways the characters and/or events in the extract fit the action adventure genre. Use examples from the extract. [10] Read through the exemplar answer – what has the student done well? Clearly identified conventions of characters and events (hero, villain) Use detailed examples from the extract Used some terminology Better if: More terminology A little more explanation of the effect of convention on audience

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 2 – Technical Areas Camerawork Tracking Pan Tilt Zoom Point of View Shot Handheld camera Close-up Long shot High angle Low angle Sound Diegetic Non-diegetic Sound effects Dialogue Editing Cutting Cross-cutting Shot/reverse shot Eyeline match Fast paced/slow paced editing Slow motion Mise-en-scene Costume Setting Props Make-up What key terms can you remember for each technical area?

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 2 – Technical Areas 2 Explain how each of the following is used to create effects that fit the action adventure genre: Soundtrack Camerawork Editing Mise-en-scene Use examples from the extract [20] What do you need to do to achieve a Level 4 on this question? At least one specific example from each technical area Detailed analysis of the effect of each example Precise and accurate use of terminology How long should you spend on this question? 20 minutes

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 2 – Technical Areas 2 Explain how each of the following is used to create effects that fit the action adventure genre: Soundtrack Camerawork Editing Mise-en-scene Use examples from the extract [20] Watch the extract again and focus on Question 2. Try to identify two specific examples for each technical area that you can explain the effect of.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 2 – Technical Areas 2 Explain how each of the following is used to create effects that fit the action adventure genre: Soundtrack Camerawork Editing Mise-en-scene Use examples from the extract [20] What examples did you identify for each of the technical areas? Bullet-point your answer to Question 2. Two specific examples for each technical area Effect of example Terminology

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 2 – Technical Areas What the examiner was looking for: Candidates should discuss at least one example of each of the bullet points, explaining how they create a specific effect. They may choose to discuss the same effect across the range of media language or pick different effects. They may, for example, discuss how each of the bullet points creates a sense of spectacle by discussing: the use of eerie music with a sound effect of rocks moving leading to ecstatic music as the light fills the chamber the crane shot at the beginning of the extract the montage of shots of the temple collapsing cross cut with people running away the large set with golden, low key lighting. They may on the contrary, discuss: how the exaggerated sound effect as Lara fire her gun connotes its power how the consistent use of a Dutch tilt creates a sense of both unease and excitement how the slow-paced editing at the start of the extract adds to the feeling of discovery the contrast between the colourful costumes and warmly lit faces of the ‘goodies’ and the dark costumes and orchestrated movements of the ‘baddies’.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 2 – Technical Areas Read through the exemplar answer. What has the student done well? Examples from all four technical areas Good use of terminology Generally good explanation of the effect of the example Better if: Explanation of the effect of every example

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation Stereotypes Gender Ethnicity Age Nationality How representations are constructed. Values of the extract.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation Most main characters (protagonists and antagonists) in action films are male. Stereotypically conflict and violence are seen as male activities. Male characters tend to be represented in stereotypical ways – as aggressive, brave, strong, violent. Female characters also represented in stereotypical ways – more emotional, often need to be rescued. Protagonists usually white, athletic, American males. Some black action heroes. Antagonists often scarred – less attractive/appealing. Antagonists sometimes different ethnicity or nationality – often using negative stereotypes about that ethnicity/nationality.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation In this question you can also talk about the values of the extract – what beliefs and values are shown to be good, and which ones are shown to be bad, e.g.: Antagonist often shown to willing to hurt/kill innocent civilians. Protagonists shown to try to save innocent people. Antagonists shown to be cowardly. Protagonists shown to be brave, resourceful, skilled.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation 3 Discuss how people are represented in the extract. Use examples from the extract. Refer to stereotypes in your answer. [20] What do you need to do to achieve a Level 4 on this question? Include detailed discussion of representation Show clear understanding of representation Use a range of examples from the extract to support the points you make How long should you spend on this question? 20 minutes This question could ask you to discuss the representation of the events, e.g. war, conflict. In this case you should link this to the representation of the characters involved.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation 3 Discuss how people are represented in the extract. Use examples from the extract. Refer to stereotypes in your answer. [20] Watch the extract again and focus on representation. What points can you make about the representation of the characters and the use of stereotypes of anti-stereotypes? Bullet-point six points you can make about representation in the extract.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation 3 Discuss how people are represented in the extract. Use examples from the extract. Refer to stereotypes in your answer. [20] What the examiner was looking for: Candidates should recognise the anti-stereotypical representation of violence as a male and female activity and the anti-stereotyping of Lara Croft as an active, capable female. They should also comment on her ‘sex object’ status. Other representation issues they might discuss include: the crude, comic book, negative representation of the Chinese villains the warm, positive representation of the cheerful Greeks who are, however, expendable the heroine is, unusually, British (and has an upper middle class accent) the extract celebrates possessiveness (Britons looting from abroad), and the physical and mental ability to defend oneself.

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. Question 3 – Representation 3 Discuss how people are represented in the extract. Use examples from the extract. Refer to stereotypes in your answer. [20] Read through the example answer – what has the student done well? Detailed discussion of stereotypes Detailed examples from the extract Discusses of stereotypes of gender and nationality

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. QuestionFocusTo do wellHow many minutes? 1 2 3

Action Adventure Revision Session Objectives: To revise the action adventure topic, and understand the qualities of effective exam answers. QuestionFocusTo do wellHow many minutes? 1Characters/events2 conventions in relation to characters and events Terminology Examples from the extract 5 2Camerawork, sound, editing, mise-en-scene Examples from each technical area Explanation of the effect each example Terminology 20 3Representation and stereotypesDetailed discussion of representation Discuss stereotypes Use of examples 20