NARRATIVE REVISION QUESTIONS
GENERAL REVISION QUESTIONS (Taken from VCAA website)
Short response
Discuss how the setting in the narrative may assist with how audiences read one text you have studied this year.
4 marks
Define the term ‘mise-en-scene’.
2 marks
Long response
Compare the nature and function of ‘mise-en-scene’ in both narrative texts you have studied this year. Your response must make reference to how the mise-en-scene contributes to the narrative organisation and engages the audience.
8 marks
2011 Media Exam
Short response
1. Explain how another story element works together with the production element ,sound, to convey meaning to the audience in one of the narratives you have studied this year.
2 marks
2. Define one story element used in a text you studied this year.
2 marks
Long response
3. Using the other narrative text you studied this year,discuss how two of the following production elements combine to establish the point of view from which the narrative is presented.
• camera/film/video techniques and qualities including shot selection, movement and focus
• lighting
• acting
• visual composition and mise en scène
• sound,including dialogue,music and sound effects
• editing/vision and sound design and mixing
6 marks
2012 Media Exam
Short response
4. a. Identify 2 production elements
b. Describe how the two production elements identified in part a. were used to communicate ideas in the opening of one text that you studied this year.
6 marks
Long response
5. With reference to two texts that you studied this year, analyse how editing techniques contribute to how audiences may read and understand the narratives.In your response, you must refer to one or more of the following.
• the relationship(s) between characters
• the relationship between multiple storylines
• the genre(s) and/or styles that texts may reference
• the structuring of time and its impact on narrative progression
10 marks
2010 Media Exam
Short Response
6. Using a text you studied this year, discuss how cause and effect contributes to the development of the narrative.
5 marks
7. With reference to one of the texts you studied this year, explain how acting is combined with character to develop the narrative.
4 marks
Short response
Discuss how the setting in the narrative may assist with how audiences read one text you have studied this year.
4 marks
Define the term ‘mise-en-scene’.
2 marks
Long response
Compare the nature and function of ‘mise-en-scene’ in both narrative texts you have studied this year. Your response must make reference to how the mise-en-scene contributes to the narrative organisation and engages the audience.
8 marks
2011 Media Exam
Short response
1. Explain how another story element works together with the production element ,sound, to convey meaning to the audience in one of the narratives you have studied this year.
2 marks
2. Define one story element used in a text you studied this year.
2 marks
Long response
3. Using the other narrative text you studied this year,discuss how two of the following production elements combine to establish the point of view from which the narrative is presented.
• camera/film/video techniques and qualities including shot selection, movement and focus
• lighting
• acting
• visual composition and mise en scène
• sound,including dialogue,music and sound effects
• editing/vision and sound design and mixing
6 marks
2012 Media Exam
Short response
4. a. Identify 2 production elements
b. Describe how the two production elements identified in part a. were used to communicate ideas in the opening of one text that you studied this year.
6 marks
Long response
5. With reference to two texts that you studied this year, analyse how editing techniques contribute to how audiences may read and understand the narratives.In your response, you must refer to one or more of the following.
• the relationship(s) between characters
• the relationship between multiple storylines
• the genre(s) and/or styles that texts may reference
• the structuring of time and its impact on narrative progression
10 marks
2010 Media Exam
Short Response
6. Using a text you studied this year, discuss how cause and effect contributes to the development of the narrative.
5 marks
7. With reference to one of the texts you studied this year, explain how acting is combined with character to develop the narrative.
4 marks