Overview of the Exam

Section A - Media and Textual analysis skills and understanding of the concept of representation using a short unseen moving image extract.
Section B - To assess your knowledge and understanding of media institutions and their production processes, issues concerning audience reception and consumption of media texts.

Examination: 2 hours (including 30 minutes veiwing of the extract which is watched 4 times)
Questions: Two compulsory questions - out of 100

There are two sections to this paper:
Section A - Textual Analysis and Representation
Section B - Institutions and Audiences


Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation:
Area of focus:

• Camera angle, shot, movement and composition
• Mise en Scene - Everthing in the scene: chothing, props, lighting, setting, make-up, hair
• Editing
• Sound

Areas of Representation:

• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and status
• Physical ability/disability
• Regional identity

Marking Criteria (Section A and B)

• Explanation/analysis/argument (20 marks)
• Use of examples (20 marks)
• Use of terminology (20 marks)