The Amazing Spiderman assessment clips

Yr 10 - assessment part 2

You've looked at how teenagers are represented, stereotypes and anti-stereotypes. You also now need to consider HOW the trailer communicates those ideas to you.

Remember your four areas of textual analysis:

• Mise en scene
• Camera work
• Sound
• Editing

You need to provide at least ONE example of each of these areas in your essay.

Mise en scene:

• Colour
• Clothing and hair and makeup
• Lighting
• Body language and facial expressions
• Setting and props

Camera work:

• Long shot, mid shot, close up, extreme close up
• 180 degree rule
• Over the shoulder shot, two shot, establishing shot
• Pan, tracking, crane, zoom
• Birds eye, high and low angle

Sound:

• Diegetic - anything on screen, belonging to the 'real' world
• Non-diegetic - anything not on screen that characters wouldn't hear
• Music, sound effects, voiceovers

Editing:

• Pace
• Special effects, slo-mo
• Cut, shot reverse shot, cross cutting, jump cuts, fade
• Eye line matching

Yr 10 media - practise essay

Task title:
How are teenagers represented in the Hunger Games trailer?

Think about:

• Individual characters
• Groups of characters (adults/teens)
• Dialogue, clothing, etc.
• Anti stereotypes as well as stereotypes

Have a look at the lesson blog post to re-watch the trailer.

Yr10 - Hunger Games

Task 1:
Analyse the trailer to consider how teenagers are represented - consider the following individuals and groups:

• Katniss
• Gale
• Peeta
• Primrose
• Groups of teenagers
• Adults (consider binary opposition)

Task 2:

Write a short essay that discusses how each of these individuals and groups are represented through age:

• Provide specific examples from the trailer
• Compare teenage stereotypes to the relevant characters
• Suggest any anti-stereotypes
• Compare teenagers with the representation of the 'adults' in the trailer

Hunger Games and The Amazing Spiderman Research

Research The Hunger Games and The Amazing Spiderman.

1. An explanation of the film's plot
2. The film's genre (who do you think would want to watch it? Teens, Adults, Males, Females, etc.)
3. The film's rating (e.g, is it 15, 18, PG?)
4. The film's budget (i.e. how much it cost to make)
5. Who directed the film (is this film typical of their work?)
6. Who starred in the film (are they major stars or relative unknowns? What films have the previously been in?)
7. Which Studio(s) produced the film (and more importantly WHO owns them?)
8. The technology involved (was it filmed on ‘film’ or digital, is it 3D? Does it use CGI?, etc.)
9. Which studio(s) distributed the film (and once again who owns them?)
10. The film's release date in the UK and the US
11. FIVE different examples of how the film was marketed (e.g. posters, trailers, premiers, etc.)

Then complete the following for BOTH films:

• Make a list of character names.
• Write a character profile for each of the main characters (include an image of each one too) - age, family, background, interests, etc.
• Consider the ways that teenagers are represented in BOTH films (this will really help with your coursework essay).