BTEC Media – Unit 1 Representations: Practice Paper

Scenario Scene

Fish Tank

Characters

ConorTyler

JoanneMia

BTEC Media – Unit 1 Representations: Practice Paper

Watch Clip 1 – Opening 8 Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4bhfunPWsA

Watch Clip 2 20:00-24:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4bhfunPWsA

Explain how colour is used in this still from the film to make meaning. (2)

Explain how props and figure expression have been combined to represent Mia in clip 1. (4)

Explain how the representation of Mia is established through lighting and sound in clip 1. (4)

Identify the editing techniques used in clip 2. (2)

BTEC Media – Unit 1 Representations: Practice Paper

Identify the editing techniques used in clip 2. (2)

Explain how the representation of Conor and Joanne is established through camera movement, shot and position in clip 2. (4)

Using both clips, analyse how an audience may read the combination of sound, camerawork and editing to create meaning (8)

‘Fish Tank is a reinforcement of dominant ideology’. To what extent do you agree with this statement? (10)