Assignment 2: Analytical Task

To complete Assignment 2, you need to write a 1,200 word essay analysing the film poster and trailer for the film you chose to study throughout this unit.

The original case study research task you completed back in January is here.

This Assignment 2 essay guidance might help you structure your essay but you don't need to stick to it exactly - original and effective responses will be awarded top marks. 

One of the most important aspects of good academic essay writing is topic sentences. Make sure that you start each section with a simple topic sentence that clearly introduces what the following paragraph will address. For example:

The Taken trailer clearly and effectively establishes the narrative of the film to the audience. Applying Todorov's theory of narrative structure, the equilibrium is established in the opening 20 seconds... 

In an academic essay, good topic sentences are used instead of subheadings for each section. The only exception to this is the final section analysing your own production work. You need to keep this section separate from the main essay.

Work completed so far

The work we have done over the last month evaluating our production work, analysing representation and applying narrative theories can all be used in this essay. In fact, you may well find you've written around half the essay already.

Copy the work over from your blog posts into Microsoft Word - making sure that you are using topic sentences as outlined above.

Essay deadlines

You will have lesson time to work on this and the essay must be written in school under teacher supervision.

Your teacher will give you individual targets for each lesson you work on this to ensure you reach the 1,200 words required.