GCSE Media Studies Sci Fi Film exam topic

1. The Sci Fi genre

2. Revision

3. Star Trek Into Darkness (Double
click)

4. Answer the following questions
using the media terms
suggested
Genre:
What type of science fiction film is this?
Why?
Terms:
Signifiers
Conventions
Textual features
Codes

5. Narrative:
What do you think is going to happen?
Why?
Terms:
Enigma coding
Linear/ non linear
Tension and suspense

6. Mis en scene:
What do you notice about the setting?
What objects seem to be significant? Why?
Terms:
Denotation/connotation
Representation
Contextual
Temporal
Geographical

7. Characterisation:
What type of people do you think the
characters are? How do you know? What
gives you clues about the relationship(s)?
How are we, the audience, placed in relation
to characters and action on screen?
Terms:
Representation
Stereotyping
Counter or anti stereotyping

8. Sound:
What do you notice about the sound?
Terms:
Diegetic
Non- diegetic

9. Camerawork:
How does the way the camera is used add
to the meaning?
What do you notice about where it places
you?
Terms:
Wide, establishing, panning, tracking,
close up, extreme close up, mid shot,
low/high angle, canted angle etc

10. Lighting:
What do the lighting and colour design
add?
Terms:
High/low key
Chiaroscuro
Colour palett

11. What else do you find interesting?