Monday, 15 October 2018

Key assessment one

This assessment will be sat by P and T block on Monday 29th October, and R block on Tuesday 30th October. Second years: your assessment is based on component three, and you've already done it. 

Yes, this is the actual exam!


Component one - Media products, industries and audiences


Section A - Analysing media language and representation


Answer all questions


Short answer questions


Briefly define the following terms

Ideology
Intertextuality
Positioning
Lexis
Diametric opposition
Paradigmatic feature [6]

Which two theoretical perspectives have we studied that can be 'credited' to Stuart Hall? [2]

Media language


Choose two of the following advertisements: Tide print advert, Wateraid audiovisual spot advert, Kiss of the Vampire theatrical poster.

How do codes and conventions create meanings in these adverts? Please make reference to the key terms you defined in 'short answer questions [30]

Representation


Explore how ideology is conveyed through the representation in this film poster [15]

Promotional poster for Annihilation a 2018 British/American
science fiction film distributed by Netflix