Overview of exam

G322: Key Media Concepts Examination.

Exam: 2 Hours (including 30 minutes for watching and making notes on the moving image extract; which you will watch four times.

Questions: You are rquired to answer two compulsory questions. The unit is marked out of a total 100, with each question marked out of 50.

There are two sections to this paper:
Section A: Textual analysis and representation (50 Marks) (Textutal analysis skills)
Section B: Institutions and audiences (50 Marks) (Knowledge and understanding of media)


SECTION A:
Areas of focus:

• Camera angle, shot, movement and composition.
• Mise-en-scene.
• Editing.
• Sound.

Areas of representation:

• Age.
• Ethnicity.
• Sexuality.
• Class and status.
• Physical ability/disability.
• Regional identity.
• Gender

SECTION B:

Marking criteria:
                             Explanation/Analysis/Argument (20 Marks)
                             Use of examples (20 Marks)
                             Use of terminology (10 Marks)