Grade D
WWW: Applied theory in every question, and used example to support answer
EBI: short answers, try and add another paragraph for each question
LR: Question 1, Enigma code
Enigma was created by setting up two opposing sides, Strauss’s binary opposites,
positioning the audience with one side. Audiences were encouraged to watch to the
film to enjoy the dramatic conflict and find out who won. Also the changes in the vampire genre meant there wasn’t a traditional. human vs. vampire/good vs. evil binary. The use of costume emphasised the
opposites, seen in the colours of costumes, the snow white setting in Let the Right
One In and pale faces. Sophisticated answers argued that many of the Eclipse
audience would already know the ending so they watched for the pleasure of a
narrative resolution they could predict or to see how the predictable ending was
achieved.
Question 2, popular genre
Audience knowledge that the outsider will succeed in the end. Also people will wonder whether the ending was for them to be accepted as they were and stay different or if they had to conform to achieve a happy ending. Sophisticated answers also discussed whether this communicated a positive value of it being ok to
be different or because the resolution was often that the outsider was absorbed back
in to society, they were actually socially conservative rather than a celebration of
difference. In addition some answers also said outsider narratives could offer a
‘happy ever after’ or at least a resolution not always possible in real life.
Question 3, unofficial website
Official websites could offer audiences interactive features that made them feel more
involved with a film, which could be a profitable way of sustaining the success of a
franchise. Sophisticated answers debated how real this involvement was and were
critical of the impression given of personal involvement.
More ever, Unofficial websites could also provide links to download the film illegally, damaging
the films profits and the film industry in general. Higher level answers developed this
point further by discussing other industries such as music
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