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 - This is a very solid exam with good knowledge of the terminology and CSPs shown. Textual analysis is strong and there is a clear potential to push higher with a couple of aspects of exam technique

EBI - Q2 addresses the political elements of both CSPs really well but needs to then push each paragraph a little further to discuss explicitly the question asked: how valid is Hall's theory? It is the sophistication of this evaluation that will open up the top two levels

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 link between genre and stereotypes – the representation of victim in the thriller/crime

drama.

The use of costume and props to construct teen stereotypes (leather/biker jacket, cat ears,

red dress)

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.

Low-key lighting

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.

Roger’s powerful German boss appears clueless as to how his department actually makes money.

The immigrant Kamal family are presented as close-knit, integrated (“Usman gets vertigo if he goes north of the river”) and kind – particularly when providing free coriander to a bemused Arabella Yount.

Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony

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

Deutschland 83

Capital

Media language