PAPER 1 ASSESSMENT LEARNER RESPONSE

 1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).

www: Kaye, strong assessment overall! In particular, your analysis of the unseen product is good and your response to the Galaxy advert is detailed.

EBI: Revise:

     -Tatler CSP (Magazine conventions / in relation to contexts to British culture.

     -Black Widow CSP - film industry

LR: See blog

2) Look at the mark scheme for this assessment. For Question 2 (12 mark unseen) use the indicative content in the mark scheme to identify three points that you could have referred to in your answer.

• Excellent analysis of the product that is detailed and critically

engages with the nuanced aspects of how media language is used.

• Good analysis of the product that is clear and generally engages with the nuanced aspects of how media language is used.

• Consistent appropriate and effective use of subject terminology throughout.

3) For Question 3 (Galaxy - narrative features) use the mark scheme to write down the main narrative theories and how we can link them to the Galaxy advert CSP. 

-Propps character theory - (‘damsel in distress’ scenario) with Audrey Hepburn cast as the ‘heroine’ character type (Propp) with the male chauffeur coming to her aid as the ‘Hero’, rescuing her. However, Audrey Hepburn could also be seen as the 'Hero' as she took matters into her own hands and forcing the driver of the car into the ‘Helper/Donor’ position, enabling her to complete her quest.

-Todorov's theory - There is disequilibrium at the start when the village is associated with chaos (fruit falling, bus stopping, people shouting). This is juxtaposed with the calm, heroic persona that the audience encounters when they meet Hepburn and, when the new equilibrium is restored at the end, the sweeping vista suggests endless possibilities / traditional happy ending at the closure of the narrative.

4) Now look at Question 4 - Tatler and social/cultural contexts. Use the mark scheme to identify three points you could have made in your answer here.

• Good knowledge and understanding of contexts and their influence on media products and processes, demonstrated by frequent effective explanation of how magazine covers reflect the social and cultural contexts in which they were created.
• Consistently appropriate and effective reference to Tatler magazine cover.
• Specialist terminology is used appropriately and effectively throughout.

5) On Section B, focus on Question 7 - film industry and Black Widow. Use the mark scheme to identify three ways Black Widow was marketed to its audience.

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework, demonstrated by consistently effective explanation of how big-budget films and marketed and promoted.
• Consistently appropriate and effective reference to the CSP.
• Consistently appropriate and effective use of subject specific terminology throughout.

6) Finally, write down three things you are going to work on before your next mock exam in December (e.g. time management; revising CSPs etc.)

• Revising CSP's and keeping note of the key context on it.
• Practice analysing and writing in detail
• Consistently writing / answering the question with key terminology.