Paper 2 mock exam: Learner response

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. Note 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, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme:

Q1: 3/9

The skyline of contemporary/futuristic skyscrapers are signifiers of the city, banking/finance etc; this is reinforced by the costumes which suggest white-collar professionals

Q2: 15/25

The Voice defines itself as a campaigning website and newspaper – the extent

to which there are opportunities for grassroots campaigns could be debated.

Q3: 5/25

Deutschland 83 is a co-production of AMC Networks, SundanceTV (US) and RTL Television (Germany), positioning it to exploit the national and global market – characteristic of a trend arguably shaped by economic and cultural contexts.

Q4: 13/25

The way events, issues, individuals (including self-representation) and social groups (including social identity) are represented through processes of selection and combination.

4) Look at question 4 - the synoptic question. How many of the four key concepts did you cover in your answer? Write a new essay plan for this question using the indicative content in the mark scheme and taking care to include at least three of Language - Representations - Audience - Industries. You can use bullet points but make sure you offer enough content to meet the criteria for Level 5 (top level). This will be somewhere between 3-4 well-developed paragraphs planned in some detail.

Language:

• How the different modes and language associated with different media forms

communicate multiple meanings.

• How the combination of elements of media language influence meaning.

• The way media language incorporates viewpoints and ideologies.

Representations:

• The way events, issues, individuals (including self-representation) and social

groups (including social identity) are represented through processes of

selection and combination.

• The way the media through re-presentation construct versions of reality.

• The processes which lead media producers to make choices about how to

represent events, issues, individuals and social groups.

• How media representations convey values, attitudes and beliefs about the

world and how these may be systematically reinforced across a wide range of

media representations.

Industries:

• How processes of production, distribution and circulation shape media

products.

• The effect of individual producers on media industries.

• The significance of patterns of ownership and control, including conglomerate

ownership, vertical integration and diversification.

• How processes of production, distribution and circulation shape media

products.

Audiences:

• How media producers target, attract, reach, address and potentially construct

audiences.

• How audiences interpret the media, including how they may interpret the

same media in different ways.

• How audiences interact with the media and can be actively involved in media

production.

• How audiences use media in different ways, reflecting demographic factors

as well as aspects of identity and cultural capital.

5) Based on the whole of your Paper 2 learner response, plan FIVE topics / concepts / CSPs / theories that you will prioritise in your Easter Media revision timetable.

Deutschland 83

Capital

Zendaya

The Voice

Semiotics