End of Year 1 exam: Learner response

 

End of Year 1 exam: Learner response:

1) Type up any feedback from your teacher in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).

- the key is reading and writing, understanding and focusing on the question.

- revise mise-en-scene and narrative

-we will work on social + cultural contexts in class

2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Question 1.1 asks about mise-en-scene. What do we use to remember mise-en-scene? Give one example answer from the mark scheme too.

- CLAMPS

- Will’s costume – makes him look like he is from our world

3) Question 1.2 asks about narrative features in the extract. Look at the mark scheme to pick out three possible answers for this question. 

- • Todorov (equilibrium): The empty city creates a sense of disequilibrium – that something

has gone wrong and needs to be repaired or at least understood by the characters.

• Barthes (enigma and action codes): Action codes – the music, the chase scene, the

confrontation between the children. Enigma codes: why is the city empty? Who are they

chasing? What do the Spectres look like and is Will in danger? Key lines of dialogue: “Where

are the grown-ups?”; “Since the attack, Spectres are everywhere”.

• Binary opposition: Lyra and Will are presented as binary opposites to the other two

children. The lack of grown-ups creates a sense of young/old binary opposition (particularly

as children are not in danger from Spectres).

4) Now focus on Question 2 - the 20 mark essay. Use the mark scheme to pick out one way Doctor Who reflects 1963 and one way His Dark Materials reflects 2020. 

- • Traditionally, Doctor was a white male, most often with a younger female companion,

reflecting and reinforcing traditional gender roles of the times, with the man as powerful

and in control and the woman as helper. Women’s helper role often been to provide an

emotional, empathetic side to the programme. Reinforcing the idea that men are active,

action-centred while women are more passive, emotional and sensitive

5) Reflect on your overall work and exam performance this year. What three things do you need to work on or revise in Media for Year 11? 

- focus on the question

- understand the question

- work on mise-en-scene