Post Mock Feedback

General Feedback:

  • Have stamina - don’t exhaust everything you know on the first question
  • Answer the actual question - read the key words. Many wrote some good PEE paragraph points, that did not focus on mise-en-scene, and therefore did not answer the question)
  • Media Language must be used more frequently, and confidently. It is literally what you get marks for. It’s how you show AQA you know what you are talking about.
  • Media Theorists to support points. As above.
  • Provide own examples other than those in the texts, especially in Q2 and 3. This wasn't as hard as it seemed, with many of you confidently bringing Netflix of Apple into answers.
  • Evaluate - crucial for Q2 and 3. It is in the Mark Scheme. Purposefully argue against the question, just to make a point.
  • DONT BE AFRAID OF THE PEE PARAGRAPH

On a fresh page in your Section A Assessment Book, write

“Post Mock Exam REWRITE”
Write the question, and the prompts…

You will be shown each media text ONE FINAL TIME EACH.

Be prepared to write a PEE paragraph straight after, using all the media language words provided.

You will then be given another set of media language words to write another PEE paragraph…

Question 1 Rewrite:


Consider how the two adverts use mise-en-scène to sell a lifestyle. (8 marks)
  • Be honest, who got this question wrong…
  • What MEDIA LANGUAGE should you have spoke about?


PROPS
LOCATION / SETTING
COSTUME
BODY LANGUAGE
LIGHTING
SOUND (only if diegetic)
WAS NOT A GENERIC MEDIA FORMS QUESTION.

PEE paragraph 1 could talk about PROPS

“Mise-en-scene is used in various ways in the two texts.”
POINT - “One instance is the use of PROPS.”
EXAMPLE -
EXPLANATION / EVALUATION -

PEE paragraph 2 could talk about LOCATION
PEE paragraph 3 could talk about COSTUME
PEE paragraph 4 could talk about BODY LANG
PEE paragraph 5 could talk about LIGHTING

Question 2 Rewrite:


Gaming culture is often represented negatively. How is this being challenged? You may also refer to other media products to support your answer. (12 marks)
Make notes on a potential paragraph for each of these concepts…

VIOLENCE (CULTIVATION THEORY)
GENDER BIAS
HEALTH ISSUES
EDUCATIONAL ISSUES
SOCIAL ISSUES (ISOLATION / ADDICTION)


Write a PEE paragraph about the issue of VIOLENCE 
Write a PEE paragraph about the issue of GENDER BIAS
Write a PEE paragraph about the issue of HEALTH CRITICISMS
Write a PEE paragraph about the issue of SOCIAL PROBLEMS / ADDICTION
Write a PEE paragraph about the benefit of EDUCATIONAL ISSUES

Provide examples of other media texts. (media issues to talk about, cultivation theory, hypodermic needle, two step flow, moral panic, participation culture, remix culture, prosumer, Manovich, Gauntlett, Jenkins, technological convergence)

Question 2 Model Answer


PLAN

  • violence - moral panic, desensitisation 
  • anti-social - isolated, health issues, lack of social skills, addiction, 
  • gender bias - sexulisation of females, objectification of females, violent males.

One way the texts challenge the usual criticisms of gaming culture, is the lack of violence. Many texts have been criticised for desensitising audiences to violence, such as Call of Duty or Fallout. In the texts, we see individuals of all ages, participating in games that do not involve guns or shooting, and as such do not rely on the connotations of destruction or violence that the narrative of these games usually focus on.
Linking to that, both texts feature individuals sharing this experience in groups, which contrasts the usual criticism that gamers are isolated, and lack social skills. The DJ text in particular showed a large group of peers injecting energy and enthusiasm into their life, which suggests creativity and activity rather than laziness and isolation.

Question 3 Rewrite:


Why do media institutions celebrate new technology to market their products? You should refer to other media products to support your answer. (12 marks)
Bullet point a list of potential MEDIA LANGUAGE words you could have used in this question…
Bullet point a list of potential OTHER TEXTS you could have used in this question…

TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE
UCG
BRAND VALUES
VIRAL MARKETING
SYNERGY
USP


Provide examples of other media texts.
 
(Think Apple, Deadpool, Vine, Netflix, YouTube, Samsung, Sky, E4, BBC3, The Hobbit, the cinema, 3D etc, ideology, connotations, aspirations, beliefs, image, promotion, trends, Manovich, Gauntlett, Jenkins)