December mock exam: Learner response

 

December mock exam: Learner response:

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.

-  WWW - Section A on TV contains some good answers on the clip so now it's about reaching that level in the whole paper.

- EBI - 20 marker essay: question focus

         - OSP revision 

         - Don't leave questions blank!

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). 

- Diegetic sound - all sounds generated within the world of the drama

- Example: Footsteps

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.

- Use more analysis

- Talk about camera movement more and talk about the effects.

- Talk about what it communicates to the audience 

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.

- Characters

• Will and Lyra are clearly directed in this extract to subvert traditional gender

stereotypes with Will cooking the food, dealing with domestic matters such as

sleeping arrangements and acting in a timid and submissive way.

• 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 a little of her independence.

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.

- • Susan is a stereotypical loner. Although she claims to like the school, she is not

seen to engage with other pupils and they laugh at her mistakes (eg re decimal

currency).

- 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.

- Doctor Who has status and authority; he expects and commands deference.

However, the audience are positioned to view him as a villain for much of this

episode.

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

- User generated content: • material contributed to media or posted on websites by non-professionals

- Example: my Facebook profile

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. 

- • Kim Kardashian is one of the most successful social media influencers of all time. She uses

her social media presence to promote herself and her brands to her 350 million followers.

Kardashian is highly sought after as a brand ambassador and is paid millions of dollars by

companies to promote their products.

• Kim Kardashian's engagement rate is lower than Rashford at 0.33% but she has over 350

million followers so can still reach and engage with huge audiences.

• Kim Kardashian’s net worth has been estimated at $1.7 BILLION. This is from The

Kardashians TV show on Hulu ($100m deal) alongside her brands SKIMS, KKW Beauty and

many more.

8) Now look at Q5 - the 20-mark essay on regulation and the internet. Again, pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your own answer.

• the relationship between technology, media industries and media products

• the ways in which the media re-present the world and construct versions of reality

• the ways aspects of reality may be represented differently depending on the purposes of the

producers

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.

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

how to answer the question

key concepts 

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