December Mock Exam: Learner Response

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 1) Type up any feedback on your paper (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). If you only have marks and a grade on the paper, write a WWW/Next Steps yourself based on your scores.

38/84 Marks     Grade:5 

WWW: a good approach to the TV clip analysis Q1.3- very clear examples with reference to the Q. Your Q4 on OSP was also very detailed + show knowledge  + understanding of both OSP CSP's.

next steps: A few careless mistakes or not attempting terminology based on Q's make flashcards to help with this. Revise TV CSP work- not enough clarity for Q1.4 + Q2- you need to recall this unit as it's an in-depth CSP.


2) Use the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock (posted on GC) to read the answers AQA were looking for. First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2)
Q1.1- sound that the characters and audiences can both hear
Q1.2- dialogue

3) Next, identify three points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested answers from AQA.
• The wide shot and slow dolly/tracking through the open doors shows both characters together sitting at the table. This deliberately places both characters in the same frame as the conversation becomes more friendly and less guarded. The camerawork is communicating the growing friendship between Lyra and Will and helps to foreshadow the suggestion (in the very next shot) from Will that they team up and work together. The slow dolly/track at this point signals to the audience that something important is happening; their relationship is changing. It works in a similar way to a zoom.

• Will’s suggestion that they work together is made while Lyra is shown in a medium close-up over-the-shoulder shot. This allows the audience to see her reaction – a slight smile that suggests she is in favour of the suggestion and grateful to have an ally after a lot of time alone.

• As Lyra walks into the house, the camera moves backwards with her – a faster-
paced dolly shot to signal to the audience that things are changing, the relationship is moving on. Will is left out of focus and trying to keep up – once again communicating to the audience the power imbalance in Lyra’s favour.


4) Now look at Q1.4 in the mark scheme - pick out two points from the mark scheme that you could have included in your answer.

• Lyra’s costume subverts feminine stereotypes. It is blue, practical and does not emphasise her figure or draw attention. It helps to establish Lyra as a practical, confident character who is used to surviving on her own.
• The way Lyra first investigates and then eats the omelette also subverts feminine stereotypes. Her interaction with props in the scene deliberately subvert ideas of being ‘ladylike’ or feminine.

5) Look at Q2 - the 20-mark essay on representations of age and social and cultural contexts. Pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your answer.
• The Doctor is tetchy and patronising. Unlike Susan, he is dismissive and disrespectful towards the teachers because of their intellectual inferiority. His clothing signals that he is eccentric; it is more suggestive of the 1890s than the 1960s. Although a non-human, he appears to have very traditional and patriarchal values. He refers to the ‘savage minds’ of American Indians (native Americans).
In HDM it is the teens/young adults who lead the way in driving the narrative forward. The adults tend to accept their more peripheral roles or discuss the prophecy that revolves around Lyra. The teens are proactive, and the adults react. Dominant cultural values of the early 1960s placed a strong emphasis on ‘tradition’. This meant that there was an expectation that young people would conform to social norms and show obedience, deference and respect to figures of authority including parents and teachers. Media representations which challenged or subverted these cultural codes would have been shocking to a 1963 television audience.

6) Turning your attention to Section B, write a definition and example of user-generated content - use the mark scheme to check it.
Q3.1- content that is made or created by a user
Q3.2- comment, fan-made videos posts on a social media platform

7) Look at Q4 - the 20-mark essay on the power of influencers. Pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your own answer.
• Kim Kardashian is one of the most successful social media influencers of all time. She uses her social media presence to promote herself and her brands to her 350 million followers. Kardashian is highly sought after as a brand ambassador and is paid millions of dollars by companies to promote their products.

• Kim Kardashian's engagement rate is lower than Rashford at 0.33% but she has over 350
million followers so can still reach and engage with huge audiences.

• Kim Kardashian’s net worth has been estimated at $1.7 BILLION. This is from The Kardashians TV show on Hulu ($100m deal) alongside her brands SKIMS, KKW Beauty and many more. 

8) Now look at Q5 - the 20-mark essay on regulation and the internet. Again, pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your own answer.
• an unregulated internet preserves the freedom of speech in a medium to which almost half the world’s population has access

• it is difficult or impossible for national governments to regulate a global industry

• platform providers (e.g. Alphabet, Facebook) argue that they cannot be held fully responsible for everything that users upload – they have been increasingly successful in devising automated systems to detect and take down inappropriate or unlawful material

9) On a scale of 1-10 (1 = low, 10 = high), how much revision and preparation did you do for your Media mock exam? Be honest here - it's a good chance to think about how to approach the next set of mock exams
1/10

10) List three key things you want to revise before the next mock exams in February (e.g. particular CSPs, terminology, exam technique etc.)
1)in-depth CSP's
2) GLOW keywords definitions 
3) statistics for CSP's e.g. 350 millions followers Kim K has on Instagram 

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