Action Adventure

Externally assessed and worth 50 marks out of 80 in the exam.

The key concepts which will be focused on are:

• Genre
• Representation
• Media Language

Revision Pack (click here to download) 

Revise key terms: Quizlet, Jeopardy

Revision (audio): Sound Cloud

Past papers & mark schemes

Clips to use during revision 

Question 1: Codes and Conventions  

Question 2: Analyse the clip using MECS (mise-en-scene, editing, camera and sound).

Mise-en-scene

It refers to everything that appears in the frame and its arrangement - CLAMPS :

• costume
• lighting
• actors/action (choice of actor, body language, facial expression, blocking)
• make-up
• props
• setting/location

Camera Shots

Camera Angles



Camera Movement

Question 3: Representation (involves stereotypes)