Section A: Question 1(b)- Narrative Brainstorm!

Narrative: A2 Coursework Related

Question 1(b) = requires candidates to select one production and evaluate it in relation to one of the following media concept.

Sound
à The use of music and silence within the film helps to tell the narrative. When the music is normal paced everything is in the film is seen as going fine, when the music picks up pace we see the chase scene where the girl is running away from the geek. The silence in the film helps to create tension as we do not know what will happen next in the film as the music is not there to mimic the action. When the geek goes to hit Isabelle the beat comes back in to match the hitting of the girl.
à The music complements the narrative as it relates to what happens within the film.

Camera Angles/Movement
à By using certain camera angles and movement helps to keep the narrative going such as panning shots in the canteen show Isabelle moving along in the scene. Another shot that helped keep the narrative going is the hand held shot as it makes the films pace seem faster.
à The camera angles and movements helps to tell the story of the film for example the tilted downwards shots help to show how the guy is a geek as he is seen as a lower status. Also the upward tilted shot shows that the girl is very popular within the college.

Editing
à Shot transitions help to move the the narrative along as the cuts and fades are one after the other and keep things moving along at a normal pace.
à The shot transition can reflect the narrative for example in the running sequence the shots and fades to each shot are a lot faster, and is mimicking what is going on in the scene.

Mise en scene
à The props and costume has helped to tell the story of the film. The costume of each character can reflect their role of who they are within the narrative for example big jumper, big glasses and folder shows the audience that the actor is the nerd in this narrative.
à Some props help the audience to guess what is going to happen next in the narrative subtly. Such as the drink bottle of clear liquid the guy hands her, is it really water or is it vodka? as the audience will see in the narrative later Isabelle with the same bottle behaving very drunk.
à The way the narrative has been placed helps the audience again to guess what happens, as the first thing they see is a hooded man and Isabelle in the boot of the car. The actors in the scene do their best in each shot to suggest the anger and jealousy building up in the geek leading to him kidnapping her.