End of Year 1 exam Learner Response

 End of Year 1 exam Learner Response

TOTAL: 15                          GRADE: 4

1) Type up any feedback from your teacher in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).

WWW - You've clearly revised both TV texts and made some really good points here. Well Done! Now we want to add a little consistency across the whole pape.

EBI - Practice the skills for the first section with the clip and note taking.

           - Revise narrative theory

           - Add depth , detail and reference to the clip in the 12- marker question (Q1.3)

2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Question 1.1 asks about mise-en-scene. What do we use to remember mise-en-scene? Give one example answer from the mark scheme too.

• Will’s costume – makes him look like he is from our world

• Setting – empty city.

• Actor movement – the chase scene.

• Props – the drinks and bread.

3) Question 1.2 asks about narrative features in the extract. Look at the mark scheme to pick out three possible answers for this question. 

Location: the empty city creates its own enigma code with the mystery of what has

happened to the city and the people that lived there. This is partially resolved later in the extract.

Costumes: Lyra and Will are placed in costumes that reflect the world they are from. This

helps to communicate the wider narrative arc of the show and emphasises the fact they are

‘out of place’ in this city currently. This creates a sense of narrative enigma (why are they

there? What will they discover? Are they in danger?) and also a sense of binary opposition –

of two opposing worlds. The costumes of the two other children help emphasise this

contrast and reflect the narrative development of the ‘Spectres’ that have left these children homeless and the city empty of grown-ups.

Props: the setting and props are both familiar (the drink bottles and bread towards the end

of the sequence) and also other-worldly in keeping with the fantasy genre (the city). The

creates a contrast that suggests the wider narrative arc of multiple worlds (including one

very much like our own).

4) Now focus on Question 2 - the 20 mark essay. Use the mark scheme to pick out one way Doctor Who reflects 1963 and one way His Dark Materials reflects 2020. 

Traditionally, Doctor was a white male, most often with a younger female companion, reflecting and reinforcing traditional gender roles of the times, with the man as powerful and in control and the woman as helper. Women’s helper role often been to provide an emotional, empathetic side to the programme. Reinforcing the idea that men are active, action-centred while women are more passive, emotional and sensitive

Representations of teenagers have shown both continuity and change. Both Susan in the 1963 Doctor Who and Lyra in His Dark Materials are high-achieving or brave, intelligent or strong and determined. However, Susan in the 1963 Doctor Who seems more childish and has little control over her own life. She is more obedient to adults such as her grandfather. In His Dark Materials, Lyra is more capable, more active and more in control – she is not bothered what Will thinks or her and does not defer to him at all.

5) Reflect on your overall work and exam performance this year. What three things do you need to work on or revise in Media for Year 11? 

I need to revise on narrative theory, i have to practice the skill of note taking from a clip and i have to be consistent across all the papers.