ACHIEVEMENT CRITERIA
To achieve |
To gain merit |
- views a close film
- analyses significant aspects - makes developed interpretations of meanings and effects - considers the influence on audience - considers the purpose of the film - supports their analysis with specific evidence from the film |
as for achieved plus:
- writes convincingly - analyses how techniques work in combination - includes supporting evidence from other sources |
To gain excellence
as for merit plus:
- writes showing perceptive understanding
- makes some insightful analysis comments
- explains how the film communicates ideas about human experience, society and the wider world
- supports the analysis with accurate evidence from the film
- writes showing perceptive understanding
- makes some insightful analysis comments
- explains how the film communicates ideas about human experience, society and the wider world
- supports the analysis with accurate evidence from the film
Questions we need to be able to respond to
Example of writing about a combined idea |
The clock ticking on the mantlepiece as Gatsby waits his long awaited lover not only symbolises the ticking of time in that instant. It also symbolises the years of waiting to be reunited with her and the constant beating of his heart as he has never wavered in his loyalty to her.Click the above link and enter the code: 685-312-749.
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NZQA EXEMPLAR
The student perceptively analyses aspects of camera work, characters’ actions, theme and sound effects by demonstrating insightful understanding in the following:
To meet Excellence more securely the following analysis could be further developed:
As this is the first shot in this train montage….. (Frame 1). The analysis shows insight into how this shot could be perceived by Western audiences and why it has been used. This idea could be linked back to Indian society.
This is a wide mid shot of a moving train, where two small silhouettes, of what is presumed to be Jamal and Salim… (Frame 3). The analysis shows insight by discussing how and why the wide mid-shot and the song work together to emphasise the ideas of vulnerability and survival for the audience. An interpretation of what the song is and how it is an aural bridge could be developed.
Salim’s comforting action shows the idea of brotherhood… (Frame 2). The analysis shows insight by moving beyond the character’s actions showing brotherhood into more expansive ideas of "coming of age." This idea could be further developed.
- discussing how and why Jamal’s actions of selling items works together with the mid-angled shot of him through the train window to introduce ideas of entrepreneurialism and survival to the audience. This is a mid- angled shot of young Jamal… (Frame 4); discussing society’s perceptions of slumdog children through the high-angled shot of the train master and his subsequent actions towards the boys. This is a high angled shot that shows the train master… (Frame 11); discussing how and why the close-up/mid-shot of the brothers sleeping on top of the train works together with their subsequent actions of linking hands to show the audience the brothers’ bond, dependency upon each other and will to survive. Their linked hands steady the other… (Frame 13).
To meet Excellence more securely the following analysis could be further developed:
As this is the first shot in this train montage….. (Frame 1). The analysis shows insight into how this shot could be perceived by Western audiences and why it has been used. This idea could be linked back to Indian society.
This is a wide mid shot of a moving train, where two small silhouettes, of what is presumed to be Jamal and Salim… (Frame 3). The analysis shows insight by discussing how and why the wide mid-shot and the song work together to emphasise the ideas of vulnerability and survival for the audience. An interpretation of what the song is and how it is an aural bridge could be developed.
Salim’s comforting action shows the idea of brotherhood… (Frame 2). The analysis shows insight by moving beyond the character’s actions showing brotherhood into more expansive ideas of "coming of age." This idea could be further developed.