Representation of Women in the Media (+ introductory tasks)

Three more links for you:

http://www.scoop.it/t/women-representation-in-the-media

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/fashion-ads-treated-men-and-women-same_n_5589243.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

http://uk.pinterest.com/hgaldinoshea/media-representation/

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/why-kate-bush-matters

AND HERE ARE THE INTRODUCTORY TASKS:

http://www.scoop.it/t/women-representation-in-the-media

TV Drama Revision Pack

Very useful and comprehensive revision pack for TV drama!


Revision Booklet

G322 - TV REPRESENTATION - EXAM REVISION

PAST PAPERS AND CANDIDATES' RESPONSES:

Many of the extracts can be watched here: OCR Exam extracts playlist or in this post.

January 2009 paper
TV Drama: Age (see exemplar below - ADDED: Embedded video at the bottom)
Industry: Discuss the ways in which media products are produced and distributed to audiences within a media area you have studied.

June 2009 paper
TV drama: Gender
Industry: How important is technological convergence for institutions and audiences within a media area which you have studied?

January 2010 paper
TV Drama: Ethnicity (exemplar answer here - 39/50)
Industry: "Media production is dominated by global institutions and services which sell their products and services to national audiences." To what extent do you agree with this statement?

June 2010 paper
TV Drama: Gender (see video at the bottom of this post - Primeval. I also gave you 2 exemplars on this one)
Industry: What significance does the continuing development of digital media technology have for media institutions and audiences?

January 2011 paper
TV Drama: Gender again - Extract from Hustle.
Industry: Discuss the issues raised by media ownership in the production and exchange of media texts in your chosen media area.

June 2011 paper (see two high level 4 responses below + examiner's comments)
TV Drama: Class and status - Merlin extract
Industry: “Successful media products depend as much upon marketing and distribution to a specific audience as they do upon good production practices.” To what extent would you agree with this statement, within the media area you have studied?

January 2012 paper
TV Drama: Sexuality - Fingersmith extract
Industry: To what extent does digital distribution affect the marketing and consumption of media products in the media area you have studied?

June 2012 paper
TV drama: ability/disability
Industry: “Cross-media convergence and synergy are vital processes in the successful marketing of media products to audiences.” To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your chosen media area?

January 2013 paper
TV Drama: Age - Extract from ER
Industry: What impact does media ownership have upon the range of products available to audiences in the media area you have studied?

Candidates' reponses - Age (Monarch of the Glen) January 2010 (Find examiner's comments right at the end of each document)
Candidate A:
TV Drama: High Level 3
Script January 09 Age Level 3 4
Candidate B:
TV Drama: low level 4
Film Industry: High level 3
Script Jan 09 4 and 3
Candidate C: That's what an E looks like (levels 1/2) Read carefully to avoid the vague comments made by this candidate. I read a lot of this in some of your practice tasks...
Examiner's Report on G322 TV Drama Unit (January 2010)

Primeval - exam text June 2010

More candidates' scripts including an A grade in this earlier post:
http://parkstvdrama.blogspot.com/2010/04/exemplar-answers.html

Strong answer for June 2011 paper:

Candidate B STrong level 4 for TV Drama response (+ Magazine Industry response)

Another strong response to the June 11 paper - high level 4 for both TV Drama and Film Industry

CanStrong level 4 answers for both TV Drama and Film Industrydidate C Film Industry

Useful reading

Please check out the links below for useful articles pertaining to your module.

Various articles concerning TV/Representation

Over the Christmas holidays...

1. Make a few notes on the Skins extract we've seen, particularly the second one (episode 1 series 3) making use of the PPT in the previous post.

2. Most people STILL need to put their wider reading notes on their blogs.

3. Watch classic thrillers in preparation for the coursework unit!

NOW IS TIME TO SWITCH TO YOUR THRILLER BLOGS - Start recording good thrillers you've seen, trailers, film posters, iconic shots etc.

The class blog is here: Thriller Opening Project

Your own thriller blogs will be externally moderated. Take good care of them! EMAIL ME THE URLs - THANK YOU.

Representation of Age - Skins

Discuss the ways in which representations of age are constructed through the 4 micro-elements, paying particular attention to Tony and his dad (binary opposites) in the opening scene of Skins.
Click here for Series 1 episode 1 (first 4 and a half minutes)

You could respond to the following questions to help you structure your response. Do use specific examples from the extract.

And here are the screenshots to help you focus on specific examples:

Skins Screenshots series 1 Episode 1 by hgaldinoshea

Home-Learning: Same question - Use the opening of Skins, series 3 episode 1 (watched in class). Write up your essay and hand it in as soon as possible. The episode is available from 4OD (see link on the right).

TV Drama 4 by hgaldinoshea

Representation of ethnicity

How does the extract construct representations of ethnicity? Refer to the 4 micro-elements.

Read the exemplar answer again.




Here is an exemplar response, marked 39/50 (B+):

Hotel Babylon Grade B answer



Examiner's Report - Take the time to read this carefully! It is detailed and should very helpful when you seek to improve your response.

Examiner's Report on G322 TV Drama Unit (January 2010)