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Compostion Paper 1 using Film Plot?

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  • 27-05-2007 4:38pm
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    magher
    Registered Users Posts: 202 ✭✭


    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


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    dan719
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    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'.


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    Deadevil129
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    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.


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


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    Haven't a Clue
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    If it was a film plot, it'd have to be a pretty obscure one.


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    md99
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    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


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


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    genericgoon
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    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.


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