Compostion Paper 1 using Film Plot?

magher · 27-05-2007 04:38PM #1

Is it ok to use film plots as a base for an essay in paper 1?

I mean to basicaly rewrite the movie into a short story, change location, change charactors etc.
I did this for an essay before and my teacher noticed and marked it outa 50 instead of 100

dan719 · 27-05-2007 04:44PM

Its plagerism so no basically. You would be lucky to be marked out of fifty, I reckon in the lc you would get zero. The marking scheme says 'at this level students are expected to be ORIGINAL and with few mistakes in spelling or grammar'.

Deadevil129 · 27-05-2007 05:11PM

Well if your own teacher noticed then it's probably a fair bet that any examiner will notice too. So no, think of your own story or do one of the other essays.

lilmizzme · 27-05-2007 05:25PM

Just outa interest, what film plot did you use??

Haven't a Clue · 27-05-2007 07:59PM

If it was a film plot, it'd have to be a pretty obscure one.

md99 · 27-05-2007 08:55PM

take the film plot... make a few necessary alterations to remove anything that would make it illegal... and work away

or you could always make references to the creators.. I do that a lot, in my JC essay I named a character Vic Vega and based him on Mr Blonde... it was pretty obvious, worked though

Rozabeez · 27-05-2007 10:15PM

Ah JC English, how easy it seems now. We had to re-write a fairytale of our choice iirc.

genericgoon · 28-05-2007 01:46PM

You might get away with it depending how well known the film is and how well you disguise it. Personally my mock essay was loosley based upon a film and it got a b grade. Couldve done better if i hadnt been in such a rush and used more fancy language.

Compostion Paper 1 using Film Plot?

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