Shreyam's Media Coursework Blog 2 - Mr Halsey

My TV crime drama will be called “Silent Vengeance”. The tagline will be "Revenge is sweet" It will appear on Netflix. My three-minute extract will appear at the beginning of Season 1, Episode 1. Shreyam, an ordinary schoolboy, finds out that his dad is dead. For my three-minute extract, there will be two filming locations: a corridor and a living room.   For diegetic sound, Shreyam and his dad will be exchanging dialogue. Shreyam will also be exchanging dialogue with the 999 operator. For non-diegetic sound, there will be suspenseful music when Shreyam finds out that his dad is dead. Close-ups will be used to view Shreyam's desperation. This use of action codes (Barthes) shows the emotions that Shreyam is experiencing.   Mise-en-scene:   The living room is a typical setting: sofa, bookshelf, family photos. This emphasises the extraordinary murder happening in an ordinary environment.   Shreyam will be wearing a backpack, lanyard, and casual clothing, similar to a sixth-f

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW: Q2 is a very solid answer alongside Q4 but overall I think this is a useful lesson in what we need to work on before the summer exams EBI: Q1 (unseen) is an area to practice/revise Q3 starts strong but then stops. Was this a question or a timing issue? In general, you need more depth and detail for the top levels: points, examples, discussion. Explore both sides of the arguments 2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your target grade for A Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2? I failed to meet my target grade. I needed 15 more marks. Now  read through the real AQA mark scheme for Paper 2 . N ote that some of the CSPs have changed since last year's exam so we've updated some of the indicative content for our 2024 CSPs. 3) Write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, w