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This
consists of a single TWO HOUR EXAM which contains two sections.
This exam will be taken in June.
Formal
Title: G322 Key Concepts (TV Drama). Ignore the radio
option.
Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation
An ‘unseen’ moving
image extract is shown at the beginning of the exam. The
extract will last around five
minutes and will be taken from a BRITISH TV DRAMA. The extract
is chosen by OCR and it will be shown four times.
Candidates then answer ONE COMPULSORY TEXTUAL ANALYSIS QUESTION.
Answers will include technical aspects of the language and
conventions of moving image media (TV), and will be examined
under the following sub-headings (C.E.S. MeS)*.
Camera Angle, Shot, Movement and Composition,
Mise-en-Scene,
Editing,
Sound.
*(There are some order differences of this formula in the
OCR syllabus).
Technical concepts will also be linked to the Key Theoretical
Concept of RESPRESENTATION e.g. Gender or Age, Ethnicity,
Sexuality, Class and status, Physical ability / disability,
Regional identity.
Section B: Institutions and Audiences
Answer ONE question based on a case study of ONE specific
media industry from a list which includes various media.
Northallerton students will choose FILM.
‘The study should demonstrate understanding of contemporary
institutional processes of production, distribution, marketing
and exchange / exhibition at a local, national and international
level as well as British audiences’ reception and consumption.’
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OCR Example Questions:
(Note taking = 30 minutes).
Section
A. Textual Analysis & Representation. (45 minutes).
Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations
of gender using C.E.S.MeS.
Section
B. Institutions & Audience. (45 minutes).
Discuss the issues raised by the institution’s need
to target specific audiences within a media industry which
you have studied.
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