dudditz
Retired Member
This doesn't just apply to the AOS of change, but to all related texts of a particular area.
At my school, we were told that using a film as an external related text is looked down upon by markers. (E.g. using something really mainstream like 'The Matrix' or 'Shrek'). Not that I intend on using THOSE movies anyway, but is it true that film is looked down upon? Especially mainstream films? We were told that it isn't a good thing to do because it shows we haven't gone to much effort to find something related, and that we had just instead brought up a movie we liked/had seen recently. In the examples of Band 6 answers as opposed to Band 1 answers issued by the BOS from the last HSC, what our teachers have been saying seem to be reflected by these such answers.
I was considering Fight Club as a related text, but now I'm not so sure.
What are your opinions on this?
At my school, we were told that using a film as an external related text is looked down upon by markers. (E.g. using something really mainstream like 'The Matrix' or 'Shrek'). Not that I intend on using THOSE movies anyway, but is it true that film is looked down upon? Especially mainstream films? We were told that it isn't a good thing to do because it shows we haven't gone to much effort to find something related, and that we had just instead brought up a movie we liked/had seen recently. In the examples of Band 6 answers as opposed to Band 1 answers issued by the BOS from the last HSC, what our teachers have been saying seem to be reflected by these such answers.
I was considering Fight Club as a related text, but now I'm not so sure.
What are your opinions on this?