This document provides a quick guide for answering question two, advising the student to use technical terms correctly, give a detailed example from the extract, and explain how techniques are important to action adventure films and their purpose of making the audience feel a certain way. The student should structure their answer using the Rule of Five, talk about one technique at a time, and provide two examples for each technical area discussed.

1. Quick Guide to Question Two
 Do make sure that you spell terms correctly
 Do use the technical terms as much as you can
 Do give a detailed example from the extract you have watch
 Do make sure that when you say you are talking about camerawork/editing/mise en scene
that the technique that you describe is actually a camera/editing/mise en scene technique
 Do explain what the effect of the technique is and why it is needed
 Do talk a bit about the narrative/character if it helps you explain the effect
 Do talk about how the audience is made to feel and why this is important
 Do explain how the effect is important to action adventure
 Do talk about one technical feature at a time
 Do structure your answer by using the Rule of Five
 Do explain why techniques are typical of Action Adventure films
 Do give two examples of each technical area eg Camerawork – Steadicam and Tracking,
Editing – Fast Paced and SFX etc
 Do say what the key purpose of an Action Adventure film is
 Do try to use specific Action Adventure techniques
 Do pick the best techniques to talk about (esp Mise en Scene)
 Do get straight to the point – don’t write an introduction or conclusion