dont worry about how much you wrote, worry about what you wrote.
Markers would prefer to read short to the point answers rather than long massive ones that resemble a masters thesis.
English is impression marked, if a marker has to read through 8 pages of trollop to find one page worth...
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2001exams/pdf_doc/english_ext1_er_01.pdf - question 7.
i would disregard my other comments because according to those notes i wouldnt have gone to well...
umm i did that question just the other day although it didnt have " As well as a written commentary you are to orally present your commentary to an audience in class. Your oral commentary should take no more than ten minutes." I think the question was taken from 2001 HSC, so perhaps you could...