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G325 Section A Overview
- 1. EXAM OVERVIEW LO: To highlight the expectations of the exam and offer advice for areas of concern.
- 2. Section A: Question 1A The possible areas of focus are: •Digital Technology •Creativity •Research and planning •Post-production •Using conventions from real media texts
- 3. Digital Technology Highlight: •Technology used for Research (Yr.12 & 13) •Technology used for Planning (Yr.12 & 13) •Technology used in Yr.12 Preliminary Task •Technology used for Yr.12 filming •Technology used for Yr.13 main production (print/film) •Technology used for Evaluations (Yr. 12 & 13) • Remember to refer to Hardware and Software • Remember to explain why you used certain technologies • Remember to explain how successful you were in using the software and if there were any issues • Consider what you would do different next time
- 4. Creativity Consider: •How you were creative in your Research (Yr.12 & 13) •How you were creative in your Planning (Yr.12 & 13) •Compare your creativity in your Yr.12 Preliminary Task and your Yr.12 Filming •How you were creative in your Yr.13 Main Production and was this more so than in Year 12 (print/film) •How you were creative in your Yr.13 Ancillary Tasks •How you were creative in your Evaluations (Yr. 12 & 13) • Remember to discuss how you did certain things that were a bit different • Compare and contrast highlighting how as you became more confident you got more creative • Consider how certain technologies allowed you to be more creative • Was there anything holding you back from being creative?
- 5. Research and Planning Consider: •What technologies did you use in your research and planning? •What was the main research you carried out in Yr.12 •Why was it important? •How did you plan for your Yr.12 production and why was it important to plan? •What was the main research carried out in Yr.13? Did you accomplish more research? If so, why? •How did you plan for your Yr.13 productions and why was it important to plan? • Consider the importance of research in understanding the codes and conventions of your products • Remember to consider how the research impacted on the planning and the success of the production • Consider how important good planning was in achieving success • Consider any mistakes you made in Yr.12 you learnt from and ensured wouldn’t happen again • Don’t forget to discuss your ancillary tasks
- 6. Post Production Consider: •Highlight the hardware used and why (Yr.12 &13) •What technologies did you use in the post production stage of your Yr.12 production and why? •How successful were you in using these technologies? What were the advantages and disadvantages? (provide significant examples) •What technologies did you use in the post production stage of your Yr.13 production(s) and why? (provide significant examples) •How successful were you in using these technologies? What were the advantages and disadvantages? (provide significant examples) • Refer to significant examples when discussing productions • Consider the problems you had to overcome (such as getting to grips with technical software) • Highlight if you used different technologies in Yr.13 compared to Yr.12 highlighting why • Highlight that it was important to have high quality footage/photos to work with
- 7. Using conventions from real media texts Consider: •Why it was important to use conventions from real media texts? •The importance research played in understanding the conventions? Provide examples (Yr.12 & 13) •How did you plan to use the conventions? (Yr.12) •How successful were you in achieving this? (Yr.12) •How did you plan to use the conventions? (Yr.13) •How successful were you in achieving this? (Yr.13) • Refer to significant examples when discussing productions • Consider if you did anything a little different from what would normally be expected and explain why • Consider what you may do different next time • Were you more experimental in Yr.13 when you had more confidence?
- 8. Section A: Question 1B The possible areas of focus are: •Genre •Narrative •Representation •Audience •Media Language
- 9. Steve Neale
- 10. Roland Barthes
- 11. Roland Barthes
- 12. Steve Neale The idea that film genres are instances of repetition and difference.
- 13. Tzvetan Todorov
- 14. Tzvetan Todorov
- 15. Vladimir Propp
- 16. Vladimir Propp
- 19. Blumler and Katz
- 20. Blumler and Katz
- 21. Stuart Hall
- 22. Angela McRobbie
- 23. Angela McRobbie
- 24. Stanley Cohen
- 25. Stanley Cohen
- 26. Rick Altman
- 27. Media Language
- 28. Media Language
- 29. Rick Altman