SPECIFICATIONS
•Worth 40%
•2 hour exam
•15 minutes reading time
•In 2018:
•SECTION A - 55 marks (short answers on narrative and ideology, media production process and agency and control)
•SECTION B - 20 marks (2 long answers on narrative and ideology and agency and control)
•2 hour exam
•15 minutes reading time
•In 2018:
•SECTION A - 55 marks (short answers on narrative and ideology, media production process and agency and control)
•SECTION B - 20 marks (2 long answers on narrative and ideology and agency and control)
SECTION A PART 1 - NARRATIVE AND IDEOLOGY
•What you must know about narrative:
•Definition of each technical symbolic and written code for film
•A list of terminology for each code e.g. Editing = expressive, pace, rhythm, repetition, cutting etc,
•A definition of each film convention
•Examples of both codes and conventions in both texts, especially opening and closing of texts.
•A good understanding of reception context (how different types of audiences engage with media based on their context of receiving that text)
•An understanding of how both films were received
•The genre of both texts and convention of that genre
•What you must know about ideology
•What you must know about ideology:
•A firm understanding of what ideology means
•The difference between dominant and opposing ideologies
•A strong understanding of film representations and the manner in which they are constructed via codes and conventions
•The social ideological context under which a film is made (what was happening in society at the time) The cultural ideological context under which a film is made (the cultural field can include race, country, cultural groups, socio-economic status, etc.)
•The institutional ideological context under which a film is made (who made the film and how was it distributed? Which institution was it a product of?)
•The ideologies evident in both films.
•How ideologies have been represented in media products other than your narrative texts (superman and wonder woman)
•A strong understanding of how audiences from different periods of time engage with media products differently,
•Refer to each text equally
•If you are asked about how audiences react differently to media over time use AMERICAN BEAUTY!
•Remember, Name Describe Why Effect - NDWE
•Read tpsmediastudies.com over and over again
•Heaps of practice questions
•Read last year’s exam report
•Watch both movies again
•Read your text book!
•Definition of each technical symbolic and written code for film
•A list of terminology for each code e.g. Editing = expressive, pace, rhythm, repetition, cutting etc,
•A definition of each film convention
•Examples of both codes and conventions in both texts, especially opening and closing of texts.
•A good understanding of reception context (how different types of audiences engage with media based on their context of receiving that text)
•An understanding of how both films were received
•The genre of both texts and convention of that genre
•What you must know about ideology
•What you must know about ideology:
•A firm understanding of what ideology means
•The difference between dominant and opposing ideologies
•A strong understanding of film representations and the manner in which they are constructed via codes and conventions
•The social ideological context under which a film is made (what was happening in society at the time) The cultural ideological context under which a film is made (the cultural field can include race, country, cultural groups, socio-economic status, etc.)
•The institutional ideological context under which a film is made (who made the film and how was it distributed? Which institution was it a product of?)
•The ideologies evident in both films.
•How ideologies have been represented in media products other than your narrative texts (superman and wonder woman)
•A strong understanding of how audiences from different periods of time engage with media products differently,
•Refer to each text equally
•If you are asked about how audiences react differently to media over time use AMERICAN BEAUTY!
•Remember, Name Describe Why Effect - NDWE
•Read tpsmediastudies.com over and over again
•Heaps of practice questions
•Read last year’s exam report
•Watch both movies again
•Read your text book!
SECTION A PART 2 - MEDIA PRODUCTION PROCESS
•In 2018 this was the weakest section of the exam. You need to know:
•Your specified audience for your media product and how you intended to engage that audience.
•The genre and personal style of your product
•The media codes and conventions you intended to include in your product
•How you intended to engage your audience in terms of narrative structure
•How the distribution process of feedback and refinement helped finalise your product
•The five stages of a media production process. Development, pre-production, production, post production and distribution
•You MUST be able to describe how explorations into genre, narrative, personal style, codes and conventions, research, experimentation, etc actually effected your media production design
•This means BE EXTREMELY SPECIFIC
•Re-read over your folio
•Have a clear understand of HOW you engaged your audience. HOW you structured your NARRATIVE
•Make a list of every piece of feedback you got and how you changed your film.
•Your specified audience for your media product and how you intended to engage that audience.
•The genre and personal style of your product
•The media codes and conventions you intended to include in your product
•How you intended to engage your audience in terms of narrative structure
•How the distribution process of feedback and refinement helped finalise your product
•The five stages of a media production process. Development, pre-production, production, post production and distribution
•You MUST be able to describe how explorations into genre, narrative, personal style, codes and conventions, research, experimentation, etc actually effected your media production design
•This means BE EXTREMELY SPECIFIC
•Re-read over your folio
•Have a clear understand of HOW you engaged your audience. HOW you structured your NARRATIVE
•Make a list of every piece of feedback you got and how you changed your film.
SECTION A PART 3 - AGENCY AND CONTROL IN AND OF THE MEDIA
•A clear understanding of the 3 communication theories
•An understanding of changing modes of media distribution such as twitch, steam, Netflix, YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, etc. (and the advantages and issues of each)
•Examples of the media influencing its audience (TAC ads, smoking PSA's, war of the worlds, nazi propaganda)
•The positive and negative effects of globalisation of media industries
•Ethical and legal issues in the media
•The many rationales for the regulation of media content in Australia
•The many government and industry organisations that regulate Australia's media. (do some research and have a clear understanding of what each organisation is responsible for.)
•Examples of audiences having agency over the media (social media activism, the Arab spring, user reviews, social influencers
•An understanding of how the relationship between the media and audiences has changed over time.
•An understanding of changing modes of media distribution such as twitch, steam, Netflix, YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, etc. (and the advantages and issues of each)
•Examples of the media influencing its audience (TAC ads, smoking PSA's, war of the worlds, nazi propaganda)
•The positive and negative effects of globalisation of media industries
•Ethical and legal issues in the media
•The many rationales for the regulation of media content in Australia
•The many government and industry organisations that regulate Australia's media. (do some research and have a clear understanding of what each organisation is responsible for.)
•Examples of audiences having agency over the media (social media activism, the Arab spring, user reviews, social influencers
•An understanding of how the relationship between the media and audiences has changed over time.
SECTION B - LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
•Probably 2 questions worth 10 marks each.
•One for N&I and one for A&C
•Question 1 (10 marks) Analyse how media narratives are shaped by the ideological and/or institutional context in which they are produced, distributed, consumed or read. In your response, refer to media narratives that you have studied this year.
•Question 2 (10 marks) Discuss the dynamic and changing relationship between the media and audiences. In your response, refer to one or more of the following:
• globalised media institutions
• governments
• the individual
•One for N&I and one for A&C
•Question 1 (10 marks) Analyse how media narratives are shaped by the ideological and/or institutional context in which they are produced, distributed, consumed or read. In your response, refer to media narratives that you have studied this year.
•Question 2 (10 marks) Discuss the dynamic and changing relationship between the media and audiences. In your response, refer to one or more of the following:
• globalised media institutions
• governments
• the individual
TIPS
•Don’t turn it into an English response (stimulus question)
•Don’t give an opinion unless specifically asked for it
•Don’t confuse form with text (form = tv, film, radio, internet etc. Text = the Simpsons, GTA V, Hamish and Andy's gap year etc.)
•Know theories in detail
•ACMA and ACB, government
•FreeTV, ASTRA, ASB, industry
•Research them, know what they do, understand their purpose
•Positive examples of media influence, know the stats
•You can answer in dot points and can draw diagrams
•Don’t waste your time on intro's, get straight to it
•Don’t over answer
•Read questions carefully
•Be enthusiastic
•Don’t repeat yourself, use different examples
•Complete the exam in any order, start with something you know well
•Don’t cross out bad information
•Highlight words in question and answer, helps the assessor see where your marks are . But don’t highlight too much!
•Always re-read your answer after you have finished the question (for longer responses mainly)
•Don’t give an opinion unless specifically asked for it
•Don’t confuse form with text (form = tv, film, radio, internet etc. Text = the Simpsons, GTA V, Hamish and Andy's gap year etc.)
•Know theories in detail
•ACMA and ACB, government
•FreeTV, ASTRA, ASB, industry
•Research them, know what they do, understand their purpose
•Positive examples of media influence, know the stats
•You can answer in dot points and can draw diagrams
•Don’t waste your time on intro's, get straight to it
•Don’t over answer
•Read questions carefully
•Be enthusiastic
•Don’t repeat yourself, use different examples
•Complete the exam in any order, start with something you know well
•Don’t cross out bad information
•Highlight words in question and answer, helps the assessor see where your marks are . But don’t highlight too much!
•Always re-read your answer after you have finished the question (for longer responses mainly)
THAT FIRST WORD...
•Analyse, break into parts and provide detailed explanation, how what why
•Compare, describe similarities
•Contrast, describe differences
•Describe, give details of
•Discuss, examine by argument, talk or write about
•Evaluate, state the value or the degree of something
•Explain, make clear, show the meaning
•Illustrate, use examples to clarify meaning
•Outline, highlight main feature, not too much depth
•Summarise, present main ideas
•Identify, show, reveal, point out
•Compare, describe similarities
•Contrast, describe differences
•Describe, give details of
•Discuss, examine by argument, talk or write about
•Evaluate, state the value or the degree of something
•Explain, make clear, show the meaning
•Illustrate, use examples to clarify meaning
•Outline, highlight main feature, not too much depth
•Summarise, present main ideas
•Identify, show, reveal, point out
PRACTISE!
•do the practice exams below
•There are lots of questions on tpsmediastudies.com
•Complete them and give them to me for feedback (don’t give me 3 at once!)
•We will be revising over each section of the exam in class weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4. We will also have dedicated revision lessons the week before the exam.
•There are lots of questions on tpsmediastudies.com
•Complete them and give them to me for feedback (don’t give me 3 at once!)
•We will be revising over each section of the exam in class weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4. We will also have dedicated revision lessons the week before the exam.
