ACTION ADVENTURE

In today's lesson we do real exam practice: Stormbreaker (Geoffrey Sax, 2006).

Alex Rider thinks he is a normal schoolboy but after his uncle's death he finds that he was actually a spy. Alex is recruited to continue his uncle's work. He has to protect Britain from the evil Darrius Sale whose henchmen we see in this clip. Alex is on this dangerous mission in this clip.

LESSON today and Thursday 1 March :

• Explain two ways in which the events in the trailer fit the action adventure genre (10 marks)
• Explain how each of the following is used to create effects: the soundtrack, camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene (20 marks)
• Discuss the ways in which people are represented. Make reference to stereotypes (20 marks)

PREP for Thursday 1 March: write up the notes made in the lesson. Print your work.
HAND IN THIS PREP ON MONDAY 5 MARCH