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MERGE Series 1 episode 12 ‘to know or not to know’   by Watanpreet Kaur 23/10/2021   DW10: EP 9 'To Know or Not to Know ' by Watanpreet Kaur - 23/10/21. 1 EXT. THE FOREST (park) and office - DAY 1 –   KRITI HEY! What’s going on out there CUT TO VED OVER THE PHONE: Breathing heavily, running whilst looking ahead at the camera, holding phone to ear at park VED THEY FOUND … ME KRITI DILLENA WH0 FOUND YOU VED THE CREATURES THAT WE SAW AT THE ABANDONED LABATORY KRITI YOU’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT CAN TRANSFORM FROM ALIEN TO HUMAN!! VED YES!!THE ONES THAT ARE PLANNING ON DESTROYING EARTH KRITI SHOCKED FACE AND PACING AROUND THE ROOM WITH THE BOARD WITH INFO ON IT AT THE BACK DILLENA YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THERE NOW! VED YHH I WILL VED LOOKS BACK AND SEES REVA -SHOCKED FACE- OH CRA- VED TRIES TO RUN BUT REVA GRABS VEDS ARM AND STABS HER  REVA FINALLY FOUND THE ONE OF THE RATS THAT WAS SNEAKING AROUND THE LABATORY (TENSE MUSIC IN BACKGROUND)  PICKS

  WWW : This is a solid preliminary exercise that largely meets the brief. I like what you’ve tried to do with the opening shot of the phone but you needed to get a little closer in! The music fits the genre effectively and you’ve successfully offered a narrative resolution as the brief requires. The final lines of dialogue are good but you could have left it on a cliffhanger! “Then what am I?” Lots to build on here for the real coursework. EBI : A few comments to consider for the real production – the main one being the timing of the editing. The initial few cuts feel very rushed and mean that the pacing of the conversation feels unnatural. You want to cut between the two sides of the conversation at a pace which makes the dialogue feel realistic and natural. The last few lines are much better for this. Other feedback would be to lose the text on screen (the font doesn’t work for the genre and you won’t be able to use text in the real production anyway). Finally, in that first shot of

 WWW- This is a superb assessment and clearly demonstrates your excellent knowledge and understanding of the CSPs and media terminology. Well done!  EBI- One simple area to focus on: the unseen text. If you can develop your unseen analysis and pick up a significant number pf marks at the beginning of Paper 1 you should be on course for that top grade.  2) Look at Question 3 in the assessment - the media analysis of the Under Armour advert. Use CLAMPS to revise  mise-en-scene  and write about each element of CLAMPS for the Under Armour advert. E.g.: C - Costume: The player is wearing red and black rugby kit which has connotations of danger and power. L - Lighting: The stadium floodlights tell the audience the dangers the rugby player can overcome by wearing the product. A - Actor placement and movement: The rugby player is serious and shows him pushing a tire emphasizing the rugby players strength.  M - Make up : The player's face is shining under the lights which makes it look li