exam tips

14th may- pre release material

14th june- exam

take into the exam;

                             coloured pencils

                             fine liners

                             ruler

• We need to have depth knowledge of 3 crime dramas
• we need to have independent shows you what outside of school
• 2 examples of theorys:
• uses and gratifications- Information, entertainment, personal identity and personal relationships
• propp- hero, princess, villan etc
• Todorov- all naratives follow 3 parts
• equalibrium, disruption, resolution
• Barthes
• Levi-strous- Binary opposites
• good vs bad      -   police vs criminal     -      truth vs lies
• Detailed knowledge of characters
• good understanding of settings
• set peices and iconography
• police cirens
• walkie talky
• bullet proof jackets
• crime scene etc
• jargon - words associated with crime dramas
• MO- modus operandus (the way in which they like to work
• eg for a killer they could stab someone 5 times
• write in role!
• Expectyed to pitch something
• eg. what are you about to read is my fantastic new idea for a crime drama. once you read this you will not be able to wait to see the piolet episode.
• Rationale- why would your crime drama be successful?