Creative Media Notes: Term 2- Lesson 1

Creative Media Notes: Term 2- Lesson 1

·      Make your essay like a debate.

·      You want the point of your essay to be powerful.

·      Refer to posters at the front of the classroom.

·      Read your essay out loud.

·      Verbose- way to many words/ wordy.

·      Is it relevant?

·      Make the essay sound less robotic.

·      FRAMING

·      FOCUS POINT (medium, close up shots- focuses your attention, audience feels more involved.

·      Get someone else to read it.

·      Intro:

Introduce the film and introduce your thesis statement.

Outline your arguments

Use the topic sentences from the start of all the paragraphs?!?

The director used to cinematography to…. in combination with this the editing and sound (descriptive word). This was further enhanced through mise en scene to enhance the mood of e.g. terror.

·      Conclusion:

Restate your thesis

Introduction in reverse

Summarize body paragraphs

This Lesson:

1.     Check thesis statement is powerful

2.     Read essay out loud

3.     Check your word length for each paragraph.

Intro- 150words

P1 200 – 30 topic sentence and clinching statement

P2 200 – 30 topic sentence and clinching statement

P3 200 – 30 topic sentence and clinching statement

Conclusion -150 words