paper 2 learner response

 

Y12 exam - Media Paper 2: Learner response

Create a new blogpost on your Media Coursework blog called 'Media Paper 2 learner response' and work through the following tasks:

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 

    Question 1: Some excellent points about ideology but I disagree with your idea about genre.

Question 2: Some good writing on D83 but too much focus on economic context in narrative and not industry.

2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully, paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question (Q1) and identify two points that you could have written in your answer.

• the relative size of the figures in relation to the buildings signifies a super-human aspect to the

characters, suggesting their omnipotence

• the positioning of character and mode of address can be interpreted as signifiers of race and

gender (the dominant white male, evasive black male, diminished female)

3) Look at the indicative content for Q1 again and make a note of any theories or examples of media terminology you could have used in your answer.

the title as a sign anchors the possible meaning of the image

4) Now focus on the TV 25-marker. Use the mark scheme to note down:

- three general comments on the TV industry and cultural/economic contexts

• the interrelationship between media technologies and patterns of consumption and

response.

• processes of production, distribution and circulation by organisations, groups and

individuals in a global context

• the relationship of recent technological change and media production, distribution and

circulation

- three points for Capital

• As a BBC ‘state of the nation’ series, commissioned for Sunday prime time slot, Capital

may suggest that there have been limited changes to distribution and consumption.

• One of the key selling points of the series is its representation of cultural (and social,

political) contexts.

• The series was targeted at an older audience, with week-by-week scheduling, adapted

from a literary novel and minimal opportunities for interactivity – suggests the endurance of

traditional media strategies and the importance of defining types of audience in evaluating

shifts.

• The mix of drama, political engagement and the crime drama elements suggest the

enduring appeal of genre forms, little changes by other shifts.

- three points for Deutschland 83

• The focus on young, visually appealing male and female leads to market the programme

suggest that cultural contexts haven’t shifted greatly, pleasures of consumption haven’t

changed.

• Exploitation of social media indicates changes in how TV is consumed (which can be linked

to cultural and economic contexts); part of the SundanceTV marketing strategy was the use

of historical sliders, live tweeting of the programme by the actress who played the lead

character, playlists of 1980s music linked to Spotify and through Twitter account.

• The use of the spy and romance genre, structured around cliff-hangers and twists is an

enduring appeal of TV series, seemingly resistant to cultural and economic context.

5) Finally, identify three things you need to revise for Media Paper 2 before your next assessment or mock exam

1. Revise media terminology

2. Revise industry regarding facts on D83 and Capitl

3. Revise signifier and signified meaning.