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Achievement Standard AS 90280 2.5
Title
Demonstrate understanding of narrative conventions
in media texts
Level
2
Credits
3
Assessment
Internal
This achievement standard requires
explaining the use of narrative conventions
in texts within a medium.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with
Excellence
•
Describe the use of
narrative conventions
in media texts.
•
Explain the use of
narrative conventions
in media texts.
•
Analyse the use of
narrative conventions
in media text
s.
Things you must know:
During this unit you will be studying a variety of short films. You will learn to
recognise how
narrative conventions
are used in those films to
present
and
develop
the narrative
By the end of the unit you will be able to:
•
Unde
rstand how narrative structure works in short film
•
Understand how characters are presented and developed
•
Understand how time is handled in short film
•
Understand how conflict helps to tell present and develop a narrative
•
Understand how setting helps to pres
ent and develop a narrative
Narrative conventions
are the standard ways of story telling within a medium
(eg
film)
. Narrative conventions you will need to know are:
•
Narrative Structure
-
the shape of a short film and how the exposition,
catalyst, complica
tions, climax and resolution create the story.
•
How
character
is created through any of the following costume,
actions, cinematography, sound, editing, setting, voiceover.
•
How
time
is handled in the films (eg compressed, elongated, distorted)
•
How
conflict
i
s shown (between characters or within characters and/or
how other confict is presented)
•
How setting is shown (time, place)
The assessment:
•
You must refer to at least
TWO
short films we have studied
–
your teacher will give you
a selection to choose from
•
Y
ou will write a report in an in class test
–
this test will be open book and you will use the
material you have written during the course of the unit
•
You will answer THREE questions about the use of narrative conventions in your films
.
In each question you
must answer on the use of the convention in TWO films
.
Note: You can’t present the same evidence (convention or example) for more than one
question.
In order to achieve you must:
DESCRIBE:
•
Describe (give a detailed account of) how the filmmaker uses each
of the narrative
conventions)
•
Describe (gives a detailed account of) how their use helps to present and / or develop
the narrative.
•
Give supporting evidence from TWO texts
In order to get merit you must;
EXPLAIN:
•
Explain (give reasons for) how the filmm
aker uses each of the narrative conventions)
•
Describe (give reasons for) how their use helps to present and / or develop the
narrative.
•
Give supporting evidence from TWO texts
In order to get excellence you must do as for merit and:
ANALYSE:
Analyse coul
d mean a detailed examination of how the conventions work
in combination
to:
•
Present the narrative
•
Develop the narrative
Analyse could also mean a detailed examination of how the use of the conventions work
in
combination
to connect the film to:
•
Other te
xts in a genre
•
Other works by the director
•
Wider issues or implications