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Jan 2013

QuestionsAction Adventure Films1. Conventions of Action Adventure Film with examples from the clip to illustrate and

explain how it matches genre. (10 marks)2. Textual Analysis of the film clip looking at four key areas: • Soundtrack• Editing• Mise en scene• CameraworkExplain, using media language and examples from the text. Discuss the effect on the audience. (20 marks)3. Representation – discussing in detail about stereotypes. (20 marks)

TV Drama4a. Scheduling (Institution) – knowledge about the channels, times and audience (20 marks)4b. Audience – audience pleasures. Discuss the appeal to audiences and use examples from your own chosen

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Comedy dramas such as situation comedies might be analysed in terms of narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution, character identification, or snowballing narrative. Both sketch shows and comedy dramas will offer pleasures of recognition and of familiarity, but sketch shows may offer specific pleasures of anticipating a punch line and playing with difference-within-repetition. Stand-up comedy and other performance-based comedic texts such as panel games may offer specific pleasures such as unpredictability, spontaneity and the danger of watching a performance that might fail.