Exam notes

Overview of exam

2 different sections :
Section A: assess your media textual analysis skills and your understanding of the concept representation.
Section B: assess your knowledge and understanding of media institutions and their production processes. E.g music magazine.

Exam will be 2 hours including 30 mins for viewing and making notes on the moving extract. (4 times)

Section A

After being shown the 'unseen' moving image extract with one compulosry question dealing with textual analysis. You will be asked to focus this anlysis on the creation of a specific representation:

• gender
• age
• ethnicity
• sexuality
• class and staus
• physical ability/disability
• regional identity

Area of focus when watching the moving image will be:

• camera angles, shot, movement and compositon
• mise-en-scene (everything in the scene. E.g clothing, makeup, hair, lighting, props, location etc.)
• editing
• sounds