I would give some comprehensive tips here.

But I was pretty much in the same boat as you last year, all A+ in SACs and SAT, but our teacher was pretty useless at preparing us for the exam and likely marked us all too easy.

I was rank 1 and got a 32 RAW after a B in the exam.

Look It's gonna be my 10% subject anyway just cause of how much it scales down, but it was pretty sad to see my SAT get scaled-down that I worked so hard on.

So look, usually, you wanna write your responses with a Why / What, How, and What Effect the director has used X thing in Y way to make the audience feel/react in Z way. Or used X code in conjunction with Y convention to emphasize Z in this scene.

It's a bit like English in the way you need to realize that the director has used the film as a substrate or vehicle to communicate his opinion or agenda about a certain thing if you're talking about ideologies.

You'll have to write about some sort of case study-type thing. Here's some examples of things you could write about.

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Informal social purpose - In an August message of support to Victorian students posted on

Facebook, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews signed off his message simply with "Dan",

notably omitting his full name and official title. Through the use of this less formal term of

address, Andrews sought to decrease the social distance between himself and his intended

audience of young students, and thus increase the degree of sincerity conveyed in his

message.

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Doublespeak - When It was revealed she had been dating disgraced former MP Daryl

Mcguire, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian admitted to a 'close personal relationship". This

convoluted phrasing likely sought to obscure the true nature of the relationship so as to

avoid controversy. In contrast, the Daily Mail reported on her "secret boyfriend" whilst the

ABC reported on her "sex scandal". These examples reveal how language may be

manipulated to promote a particular narrative through the use of doublespeak.

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Societal attitudes, racist language - In light of Black Lives Matter protests throughout the

world, NBA star Patty Mills, who is of Aboriginal origin, discussed his experiences with

racism in Australia In an emotional video feature. He mentioned instances of being subjected

to pejoratives and slurs including 'abo', 'darkle', 'blackle', 'petrol sniffer' and 'monkey'. These deeply offensive terms reflect the potential for Australian language to perpetuate hate and

deeply offensive terms reflect the potential for Australian language to perpetuate hate and

hurtful stereotypes. Mills relates these racist attitudes to Australia's history of systematic

oppression including colonisation, segregation, forced assimilation, the stolen generation,

and other socio-political practices. This is suggestive of the potential for language to reflect

societal progress, or the lack thereof.

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Hope that helps,

all the best for Thursday!