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Two hour
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exam, including 2011
mins for viewing & notetaking.
Exam
17th May pm Section A
Textual Analysis and Representation
An ‘unseen’ 4-5 minute extract from a TV Drama with one

AS G322 Key Media Concepts

compulsory question dealing with textual
analysis of various technical aspects of the
languages and conventions of moving image
media. Link this analysis with a discussion of some
aspect of representation within the sequence.
Camera Angle, Shot, Movement and Composition
Mise-en-Scène
Editing
Sound
Focus on how these techniques create meaning &
representations of specific social types,
Gender
Age
Ethnicity
sexuality
Class and status
Physical ability/disability
Regional identity
groups,
Skills
events or places within the extract

Section B
Institutions and Audiences
One question on the British Film Industry.
The processes of production
distribution
marketing & exchange at local, national or international
level & British audience’s reception & consumption.
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For all of these titles complete a timed

essay and email to me for feedback to
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Follow this plan!
Revise: How important
is cross media
convergence and
synergy in production.
distribution and
Revise: What is the
marketing?
significance of proliferation in
hardware and content for
institutions and audiences?
Revise the issues raised by
media ownership in
contemporary media
Get classpractice
notes &
hand outs
into order
Blog & evaluation
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Revise & answer
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What are the issues raised in the targeting of
national and local audiences (specifically,
British) by international or global institutions?

Revise: What technologies

What are the issues raised in
the targeting of national and
local audiences (specifically,
British) by international Back
or
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global institutions?
How do your own experiences
of media consumption
Revise & answer: How doand
your own
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illustrate wider patterns
experiences of media consumption
trends of audience e?
illustrate wider patterns and trends
behaviour?
of audience behaviour?
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Revise & answer: How
have been introduced in recent
important is technological
years at the levels of
convergence for institutions
production, distribution,
and audiences?
marketing and exchange?
to
institutions?
How do your own
experiences of media
consumption illustrate
wider patterns and trends of
audience
Revise TV behaviour?
Drama throughly , every
time you watch TV
Summarise all your classnotes and
revision notes onto smaller cards, one
card for each topic

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Camera Shots, Angle,
Movement and Composition
Shots: establishing shot, master
shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot,
point of view shot, over the
shoulder shot, and variations of
these.
Angle: high angle, low angle,
canted angle.
Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly,
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crane, steadicam, hand-held, PAGE 3
zoom, reverse zoom.
Composition: framing, rule of
thirds, depth of field – deep and
shallow focus, focus pulls.

TV Drama
Editing
Includes transition of image
and sound – continuity and
What you need systems.
non-continuity to know
Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline
match, graphic match, action
match, jump cut, crosscutting,
parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in,
fade-out, wipe, superimposition,
long take, short take, slow motion,
ellipsis and expansion of time,
post-production, visual effects.

Sound
• Diegetic and non-diegetic
sound;
synchronous/asynchronous
sound; sound effects;
sound motif, sound bridge,
dialogue, voiceover, mode
of address/direct address,
sound mixing, sound
perspective.
Soundtrack: score, incidental
music, themes and stings, ambient
sound.

Mise-en-Scène

Production design: location, studio,

set design, costume and make-up,
properties.
Lighting; colour design.

Not every one of the above

technical areas will feature
in equal measure in any
given extract. Therefore
discuss what is appropriate
to the extract provided and
to the discussion of the
representation asked for.

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production,
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marketing and exchange
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Class and status
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Regional identity
nature of audience
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Film: Institutions &

between audiences and
film institutions.

Audiences
Possible question issues:

What are the issues raised by

media ownership in
contemporary media practice?

How important is cross media

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production, distribution and
marketing?

What technologies have been

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exchange?

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The key assessment objectives

for Institutions and Audiences

and TV Drama are:

AO1: Demonstrate knowledge
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