Media 2 - Mr Halsey

A Level Media - End of year 1 exam: Learner response Create a new blogpost on your Media Exam blog called 'End of Year 1 exam 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). WWW: Narrative + Gender EBI: See comments throughout. This needs to be a wake-up call, particularly for 20 and 25 mark questions. Lots of work to do in Year 13. 2) Read the  mark scheme for this exam  carefully, paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. This is some of the best learning you can do all year as it gives you an idea of what the exam board is expecting. For your LR blogpost, identify ONE point you could have added for the first three questions in Section A: Q1 additional point/theory:  • Intertextuality: cover creates intertextual reference to King Kong stories/movies of 1950s  which engages audience using narrative. • Binary opposition: cover

Analysis  Listen  to   the   extracts   from   Life   Hacks   above   and   answer   the   following   questions :  1)  What   do   the   titles   The   Surgery   and   Life   Hacks   suggest ?  The  title   suggests   it   will   make   your   life   much   easier   and   simpler .  2) How are the programmes constructed to appeal to a youth audience? They  are   made   and   built   in   ways   to   specifically   appeal   to   the   youth .  This   is   done   by   using language   which   would   be   easily   recognised   by   the   audience   as   well   as   discussing   things   which would   could   result   in   a   good effect   in   the   young people   life   and   help   them   improve   their   well-being   and   future   decisions .  3) What does the choice of presenters (Cel Spellman and Katie Thistleton) and Dr Modgil suggest about the BBC’s approach to diversity and representation? The  BBC   have   (on purpose)   chose   different   presente