Assessment 1

Your assessment will cover the media framework - LIAR (see the relevant labels) and some of the theories and vocabulary we've studied so far.


A) You will be asked to produce one piece ofextended writing - 30 minutes


Areas​ ​that​ ​may​ ​be​ ​covered​ ​(where​ ​applicable);

1. The production company behind the media product being analysed.

2. How technological change has impacted upon how the product has been produced and how it is available to audiences.

3. The genre of the product

4. Analysis of camera shots, fonts, text, language - overall mise en scene and semiotics

5. Include discussion about the forms and conventions of the genre, audience expectations of the genre and whether the genre has evidenced change over time. Is hybridity used? Why (link to the audience)?

6. Are genre conventions challenged or subverted and why?

7. Issues of representation and how representations have been constructed (include discussion of stereotypes)

8. How do the representations offered convey values, attitudes and beliefs about the world?

9. How might audiences interpret the representations offered? (Here include a discussion of audience theories).


Remember to develop all of the points that you make and support all points with clear evidence from the text (when discussing issues of representation and audience).


B) Then there will be a section of short answers where you will be asked about theories and vocab - 20 minutes