Comparing Samples

1 Annotation 1
Identifies the genre of the film 2 Annotation 2
Lists the production elements in the film 3 Annotation 3
Identifies some of the conventions of the film’s genre 4 Annotation 4
Understands that the director manipulates the camera’s technical effects to create meaning 5 Annotation 5
Provides a specific example of how an ‘overshot’ in the film communicates a character’s vulnerable situation 6 Annotation 6
Analyses how focus and actor movement are used to build tension in the scene 7 Annotation 7
Analyses lighting and its symbolic meaning 8 Annotation 8
Analyses the effect of the lighting and the mis-en-scene 9 Annotation 9
Describes how lighting is used to create mood in the film 10 Annotation 10
Analyses the symbolic meaning of light and dark in the mise-en-scène and the costuming 11 Annotation 11
Identifies the violin as diegetic sound and analyses its symbolic meaning

1 Annotation 1
Asserts that technical and symbolic elements communicate meaning in the film

1 Annotation 1
Identifies the genre of the film 2 Annotation 2
Lists the production elements in the film 3 Annotation 3
Provides a specific example of how framing in the film communicates a character relationships 4 Annotation 4
Identifies elements of the symbolic use of props and mis-en-scene

1 Annotation 1
Analyses how montage is used to build tension in the film 2 Annotation 2
Identifies parallel editing in the film and analyses its effect 3 Annotation 3
Asserts that technical and symbolic elements communicate meaning in the film

1 Annotation 1
Identifies the genre of the film 2 Annotation 2
Identifies a convention of the film’s genre regarding the antagonist 3 Annotation 3
Lists elements in the film 4 Annotation 4
Identifies shot type and its purpose 5 Annotation 5
Provides a specific example of how a close-up shot in the film communicates a character’s emotional state 6 Annotation 6
Identifies the use of non-diegetic sound as a technical element in the film 7 Annotation 7
Describes the use of camera movement to communicate to an audience 8 Annotation 8
Describes the use of camera angle to communicate to an audience 9 Annotation 9
Contrasts the use of camera angles and how they communicate to an audience 10 Annotation 10
Identifies the director’s intent when using camera angles as a technical element 11 Annotation 11
Identifies the symbolic element of lighting and describes how it helps to communicate the film’s theme 12 Annotation 12
Identifies the use of low key lighting as a technical effect to communicate meaning in the film 13 Annotation 13
Analyses the symbolic meaning of the low key lighting 14 Annotation 14
Contrasts lighting choices and how they communicate to an audience 15 Annotation 15
Analyses the symbolic meaning of chiaroscuro style lighting in the film

1 Annotation 1
Describes how the symbolic meaning of lighting effects communicates contrasting characters 2 Annotation 2
Identifies sound as a symbolic element in the film 3 Annotation 3
Analyses the pace of sound and identifies it as a convention of the film’s genre 4 Annotation 4
Analyses how the use of voice-over can communicate more complexity to an audience 5 Annotation 5
Analyses the director’s use of volume for non-diegetic sound to create tension 6 Annotation 6
Asserts that technical and symbolic elements communicate meaning in the film

1 Annotation 1
Identifies the genre of the film 2 Annotation 2
Lists the production elements in the film 3 Annotation 3
Identifies some of the conventions of the film’s genre 4 Annotation 4
Understands that the director manipulates the camera’s technical effects to create meaning 5 Annotation 5
Provides a specific example of how an ‘overshot’ in the film communicates a character’s vulnerable situation 6 Annotation 6
Analyses how focus and actor movement are used to build tension in the scene 7 Annotation 7
Analyses lighting and its symbolic meaning 8 Annotation 8
Analyses the effect of the lighting and the mis-en-scene 9 Annotation 9
Describes how lighting is used to create mood in the film 10 Annotation 10
Analyses the symbolic meaning of light and dark in the mise-en-scène and the costuming 11 Annotation 11
Identifies the violin as diegetic sound and analyses its symbolic meaning

1 Annotation 1
Asserts that technical and symbolic elements communicate meaning in the film