English

Question 1

Section A: Language

Answer 1

These require you to know what the following are:

Question 2

Noun

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A noun is a thing, or an object. For example, a chair. There are two types of nouns: Common and Proper. Proper nouns are things like places and names. They always have a capital letter. For example, Melbourne.

Question 3

Pronoun

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A pronoun is a noun that can replace a proper noun. For example, Claire can be replaced with the pronoun “SHE,” or “HER.”

Question 4

Adjective

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun. For example, red. A RED dog.

Question 5

Verb

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A verb is an action word. For example, to RUN.

Question 6

Adverb

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An adverb is a word that describes how a verb is done. For example, to run QUICKLY.

Question 7

Past Tense

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When a verb is done in the past. For example, he RAN. RAN is the past tense of RUN.

Question 8

Present Tense

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When a verb is done in the present. For example, to RUN.

Question 9

Future Tense

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When a verb is done in the future. For example, he WILL RUN.

Question 10

Section B: Film-Radio

Answer 10

This section will require you to know the following.

Question 11

Storyboard

Answer 11

You are required to draw a storyboard of one of the scenes in Radio. You may be required to make it up, or change it a little. You’ll need to know the film techniques to make a good storyboard. This will be revised in the following cards.

Question 12

Camera angles and their significances

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High; where the camera is on a high angle looking down; this is to suggest submission from the actor’s point of view.

Eye Level; where the camera is level with the eyes of the character; this is to suggest equality with the camera and the actor.

Low Angle; where the camera is at a low angle looking up at the actor; this is to suggest dominance from the character’s point of view.

Question 13

Shots and their significances

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Close Up: Where only the character’s face is seen on the screen; this is done for different purposes, which includes seeing the facial expression, etc.

Mid Shot: Where the character is seen down to the waist. This is to see the character and also the action.

Long Shot: Where the whole character is seen on the camera. This is to see the action and the character’s surroundings.

Establishing Shot: Where there is a very very long shot. This is to see mainly the action and not so much the character.

Question 14

Lighting and their significances

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High Key Lighting: Where it is very bright. This can be used to suggest feelings of welcoming.

Low Key Lighting: Where it is very dark. This can be used to suggest hostility.

Neutral key lighting: Lightening even and balanced

Bottom Key lightening: A lightening that covers a certain area or indicated characters who maybe evil.

Front Key lightening: No shadows appear, very open or innocent.

Question 15

Sound

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Diegetic Sound: These are sounds that you would hear if you were in the action. For example, character’s voices.

Non-Diegetic Sound: These are the sounds that are made outside the action. For example, background music.

Question 16

Camera Motion

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Panning: Where the camera moves on the horizontal axis, i.e., left to right.

Tilting: Where the camera moves on the vertical axis, i.e., up and down.

Tracking motion: Where the camera moves with a moving character.

Question 17

Storyboard

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A storyboard is a sequence of images that makes a scene. There is a frame to draw the picture in, as well as lines underneath to put film techniques.

Question 18

Arrows

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Arrows are used to describe motion in the scene. An arrow near a character usually means the character’s motion, while an arrow outside the frame would usually mean the camera’s motion.

Question 19

What is Mise en scene

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A theatrical term, which describe what appears on or on camera, like props etc.

Question 20

What is the difference between fade and dissolve?

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Dissolve: Often makes a connection between 2 objects and often connects by slowing fading, but not to black to the next object.

Fade: Often indicates the passage of a period of time.

Question 21

What is framing ?

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How the subject will be positioned within the shot.

Question 22

What does tilt communicate?

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Distance, size, strength

Question 23

What impact does zoom have on the audience?

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The focus or how it feels important

Question 24

What is crosscut or parallel editing ?

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It creates suspense and creates link between characters.

Question 25

Frame dominance

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Viewers tend to focus more on the right side of the screen than the left. They tend to focus more on the top part of the screen than the bottom. Film makers would use this information to their advantage by either balancing the focus of the entire frame, or by completely making an unbalanced frame, with more focus on one side, to create suspense.

Question 26

Lines and their significances

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Vertical Lines: These suggest wonder and awe. These lines can be used in quiet scenes, like exploring a castle.

Horizontal Lines: These suggest boredom or feelings of calm. However, this can also be a trick to think that it is calm just before something dramatic happens!

Diagonal Lines: These lines suggest conflict or excitement. This could be used in very dramatic scenes. You could make the planes in a war scene tilt a little for a subtle effect.

Question 27

Cinematography

Answer 27

The art of motion pictures

Question 28

Best of luck for your English Exam.

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