Y12 exam - Media Paper 2: Learner response
1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).
WWW: some attempt to apply Hall's Theory
EBI: Need a stronger understanding of reception theory and more details into the CSPs.
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 and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.
• The way events, issues, individuals and social groups (including social identity) are
represented through processes of selection and combination
• The codes and conventions of media forms and products, including the processes through
which media language develops as genre
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.
- Reception Theory
- Encoding Theory
- Specific Genres ( horror, sci-fi, thriller )
- Visual Codes
4) Now focus on the TV 25-marker. Read this exemplar response for the TV question and pick out three arguments, phrases or theories from the essay that you could use in a future question on Capital and Deutschland 83.
• The focus on the cold war is a reference to actual historical and political events
where the encoder assumes a certain cultural competency.
• The narrative is structured around the use of oppositions to represent East and West
Germany and their signifying values, these will be decoded differently depending on
political perspectives and experience of the audience.
• The hero is an East German, reflecting values associated with communism and
socialism, to what extent does identification with character make these the
preferred values of the drama?
5) Finally, identify three things you need to revise for Media Paper 2 before your next assessment or mock exam.
- Reception theory
- Visual codes
- Encoding Theory
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