Monday, 7 January 2013

Essay technique: example


Representation of AGE

Doctor Who 5.1: The Eleventh Hour

The section we are looking at starts straight after the credits (low angle pan through a garden) and ends when The Doctor says "Early days. Brakes are off."

Look at how the dialogue and camera angles keep flipping throughout the scene so The Doctor and Amelia swap between playing the child and the adult.


Essay Technique

Sunday, 6 January 2013

Sound in media texts

The following document contains most of the terms you need to analyse use of sound in media texts. It is important that you understand the terms and can use them fluently, so when discussing/writing you need to use these terms.

Intro to the year and overview of the AS Media exam (G322)

Happy new year!


Between now and June we will be preparing for the summer exam. This is worth 50% of your AS grade and requires thorough preparation and independent research.

It is TWO hours long
There are TWO questions worth 50 marks EACH

SECTION A: TV Drama- 50 marks

You will be shown an extract from a contemporary British TV Drama and asked to analyse the representations of one of the following groups:
-Age
-Gender
-Sexuality
-Ethnicity
-Regional Identity
-Ability and Disability
-Class and Status


You will be shown the extract FOUR times and then you will have 45 minutes to write

SECTION B: Institutions and Audiences- 50 marks

For this section there is only ONE question to answer.


We will be looking at THE RADIO INDUSTRY, focusing on BBC Radio stations and Absolute's stations.

  • PLEASE START LISTENING TO ANY OF THE STATIONS OF THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT TAKE YOUR FANCY.


  • DOWNLOAD ABSOLUTE'S APPS TO IPODS/SMARTPHONES


  • FOLLOW DJS AND STATIONS ON TWITTER


  • GO TO WEBSITES

Please especially listen to Radio 1 and Absolute's main station.

Introduction to TV Drama