Learning Objectives: To familiarize with the written exam paper.
The media Studies exam does not test memory or remembered facts; it tests your ability to demonstrate your knowledge to and understanding of those texts, their effect upon audiences and their purpose.
The MS1 examination is a 2 1/2 hours written exam.
You will be shown some stimulus material; moving image or print.
If you are asked to respond to moving image material you will see it three times.
The first time you will just watch.
The second time you may take notes.
You will then have 10 minutes for further note taking.
You will then see the extract for the third and final time.
If the stimulus material is print based, you will keep it with you for the duration of the exam.
If this is the case then you must still give yourself time to make notes and prepare yourself.
Question 1 will require you to analyse the stimulus material.
There will be bullet points to guide you in what you need to write about.
Question 2 will be based around audience and representation.
This question will be stepped. The first step will relate to the stimulus material.
The last step (2C) and question 3 will require you to draw on the examples you have studied in class.
For questions 2C and 3 you must refer to 3 examples from different media forms.
These will be covered in class.
The grids below can work as a check list so that when you see the stimulus material and the bullet points in the MS1 examination, you will know what points you need to include in your response.
The media Studies exam does not test memory or remembered facts; it tests your ability to demonstrate your knowledge to and understanding of those texts, their effect upon audiences and their purpose.
The MS1 examination is a 2 1/2 hours written exam.
You will be shown some stimulus material; moving image or print.
If you are asked to respond to moving image material you will see it three times.
The first time you will just watch.
The second time you may take notes.
You will then have 10 minutes for further note taking.
You will then see the extract for the third and final time.
If the stimulus material is print based, you will keep it with you for the duration of the exam.
If this is the case then you must still give yourself time to make notes and prepare yourself.
Question 1 will require you to analyse the stimulus material.
There will be bullet points to guide you in what you need to write about.
Question 2 will be based around audience and representation.
This question will be stepped. The first step will relate to the stimulus material.
The last step (2C) and question 3 will require you to draw on the examples you have studied in class.
For questions 2C and 3 you must refer to 3 examples from different media forms.
These will be covered in class.
The grids below can work as a check list so that when you see the stimulus material and the bullet points in the MS1 examination, you will know what points you need to include in your response.
Technical and Audio
Codes
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Visual Codes
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Camera shots
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Use of colour
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Camera angles
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Iconography
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Camera movement
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Gesture
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Lighting
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Expression
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Editing – pace and special effects
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Mise-en-scene
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Graphics
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Use of graphics
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Images
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Sound – Diegetic and
Non Diegetic
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Lighting
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Sound effects
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Music
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Dialogue
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Voice overs
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Layout and Design
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Language and Mode
of Address
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Selection and use of images
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Lexis
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Graphics
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Tone
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Colour
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Use of vocabulary
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Structure of text
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Hyperbole
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Font styles
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Quotations
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Narrative Codes
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Characters
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Construction
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Representation issues
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Enigmas
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Relevance
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Character purpose
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Place in narrative
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Action codes
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Relationships
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Manipulation of time (flashbacks)
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Theory – Propp
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Theory - Todorov
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Visual codes linked to character – clothing, gesture,
expression.
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