media mock 1 LR

1) Type up any feedback on your paper (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). If you only have marks and a grade on the paper, write a WWW/EBI yourself based on your scores. 

Total= 29 grade 3

www: lots of great potential here: you make some great points in place ( e.g.q5) so just need to work on exam technique and consistency  to reach higher levels.

EBI: question focus : this hold, you back in  section a 

- revise key terminology .

- make sure you are  using examples from the csp

-written  English/ organisation/ paragraphing 

2) Use the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock to read the answers AQA were looking for. First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2)

. • all sounds generated within the world of the drama

• all sounds made by or heard by the characters

any example of dialogue from the extract such as ‘When Lyra says, “So you’re a

kitchen boy then?”

3) Next, identify three points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested answers from AQA.

• Camera angle is used in an interesting way in the extract. Will is often shown from a

low angle which should suggest power or dominance. However, his expression and

body language is very timid so in fact seems to further emphasise Lyra’s confidence.

When Lyra is sitting at the table, the camera is deliberately placed at Lyra’s level so

she is not presented as weak or vulnerable.

• The wide shot and slow dolly/tracking through the open doors shows both characters

together sitting at the table. This deliberately places both characters in the same

frame as the conversation becomes more friendly and less guarded. The

camerawork is communicating the growing friendship between Lyra and Will and

helps to foreshadow the suggestion (in the very next shot) from Will that they team

up and work together. The slow dolly/track at this point signals to the audience that

something important is happening; their relationship is changing. It works in a similar

way to a zoom.

As Lyra walks into the house, the camera moves backwards with her – a faster-

paced dolly shot to signal to the audience that things are changing, the relationship

is moving on. Will is left out of focus and trying to keep up – once again

communicating to the audience the power imbalance in Lyra’s favour.

4) Now look at Q1.4 in the mark scheme - pick out two points from the mark scheme that you could have included in your answer.

Will’s expression and body language is very timid which subverts masculine

stereotypes. In contrast, Lyra’s movements and expressions exude confidence. This

can be seen in the extract both outside at the table and later when discussing which

beds they will take.

However, there is perhaps one exception to this when Will suggests that they work

together. Lyra is shown responding with a slight smile that suggests she is in favour

of them teaming up and perhaps therefore removes.

5) Focus on Q2 - the 20-mark essay on representations of age and social and cultural contexts. Pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your answer.

• Although the idea of ‘teenage’ was not new, teenagers as a distinct category

developed rapidly in the post-war years and was well established by 1963. The idea

of the ‘generation gap’ as a social issue was still new and much-discussed.

• Media representations of teens/young adults usually identify this group by their

attitudes, behaviour, language, clothing and music. There are many negative

stereotypes of teenagers in television drama in which characteristics such as

laziness, anti-social behaviour, inability to concentrate and self-indulgence are

portrayed as ‘typical’.

• Susan is clearly in touch with popular culture. As a stereotypical teenager, she is

engrossed in pop music on her radio and her modern clothes differentiate her from

the teachers. In spite of her intellectual superiority, she is polite and deferential to

her teachers. She is not afraid, though, to challenge her ‘grandfather’, the Doctor, in

order to defend Barbara and Ian.

6) Turning your attention to Section B, write a definition and example of user-generated content - use the mark scheme to check it

.• material created by those whose main role is as users of media such as newspapers, television,

radio, magazines, the internet or web or online systems

7) Look at Q4 - the 20-mark essay on the power of influencers. Pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your own answer. 

8) Now look at Q5 - the 20-mark es• material created by those whose main role is as users of media such as newspapers, television,

radio, magazines, the internet or web or online systems say on regulation and the internet. Again, pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your own answer.

9) On a scale of 1-10 (1 = low, 10 = high), how much revision and preparation did you do for your Media mock exam? Be honest here - it's a good chance to think about how to approach the next set of mock exams. 3  I dint really revise at all on the right things thinking that I remembered it  really  came back to bite me 

10) List three key things you want to revise before the next mock exams in February (e.g. particular CSPs, terminology, exam technique etc. I want to focus on exam technique, terminology,CSP