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Unit 322, Whats It About

This document provides information about the G322 exam for key media concepts. It discusses the exam format, what to expect, and what the examiners are looking for. The exam consists of a 30 minute analysis of a TV drama extract focusing on representation, and a 45 minute question on institutions and audiences in the British film industry. Representation, media language, and linking technical aspects to analysis are important. Examples, terminology, contemporary information, and time management are also things the examiners will be focusing on. Revision sessions will cover both exam sections.

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Unit 322, Whats It About

This document provides information about the G322 exam for key media concepts. It discusses the exam format, what to expect, and what the examiners are looking for. The exam consists of a 30 minute analysis of a TV drama extract focusing on representation, and a 45 minute question on institutions and audiences in the British film industry. Representation, media language, and linking technical aspects to analysis are important. Examples, terminology, contemporary information, and time management are also things the examiners will be focusing on. Revision sessions will cover both exam sections.

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G322 - Key Media Concepts

Today we are learning:

What is expected in the exam


What representation is and recapping ideas and
theories
G322 - Key media concepts
• 2 hour examination
• 30 minute TV Drama Extract
• 45 minute analysis (representing
something and using media language)
• 45 minute institutions and audiences
question
Question 1
• Extract from contemporary British TV
Drama
• Variety of genres
• Representation of range of social groups:
Gender, Ethnicity, Class, Sexuality,
Disability, Age or Regionality
• Textual analysis of moving image: Editing,
Camera, Sound and Mise-en-scene
How it is Marked....
• Explanation, analysis and argument -
20 marks
• Use of examples - 20 marks
• Use of terminology - 10 marks
Things the Exam Board are
looking for:
• Use of media terminology/vocabulary
• Move from the description of key technical
areas to analysis of how representations
are constructed. (link them)
• Cover all 4 technical aspects in the
discussion of representation
• Discuss editing and sound, just as much as
mise-en-scene and camera
• Relate your answers to the clip
Question 2
• You will answer a question on the British Film Industry
• Case Study of Warp films compared to USA
• Be familiar with:
• The issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice
• The importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production,
distribution and marketing
• The technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of
production, distribution, marketing and exchange.
• The significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and
audiences.
• The importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences
• The issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically
British) by international or global institutions
• The ways in which your own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider
patterns and trends of audience behaviour.
How it is marked.....
• Explanation, analysis and argument -
20 marks
• Use of examples - 20 marks
• Use of terminology - 10 marks
What the exam board are
looking for:
• Use of media vocabulary
• Use of examples to support points -
from films you have studied
• Avoid historical biographies
• Factual Accuracy
• Contemporary Media - up to date info.
• Time management
G322 Sections
You will be taught Section A - Representation by
Miss Peacock

You will be taught Section B - Institutions and


Audiences by Mr Claydon

Revision sessions on Monday and Tuesday nights


will cover both sections.

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