Friday, 10 June 2011

Question 1B Topic Areas

The GENRE Question:


The AUDIENCE Question:


The REPRESENTATIONS Question:


The MEDIA LANGUAGE Question:

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

1A and 1B Mock Exam Questions

Below are a series of mock exam questions for 1A and 1B. Please feel free to complete questions at home and email to Guy for feedback.

Past Student Essays to look at

The student essays below were from the January 2010 exam series. Read the question paper first and then judge their responses. What mark do you think they got?



Candidiate A


Candidate B


Candidate C


Candidate D

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

How to plan a 1B essay





A minimalist summary of what to cover...

Para 1 Intro: which of your projects are you going to write about? briefly describe it

Para 2: what are some of the key features of the concept you are being asked to apply? maybe outline two of the theories/ideas of particular writers briefly

Para 3; start to apply the concept, making close reference to your production to show how the concept is evident in it

Para 4: try to show ways in which ideas work in relation to your production and also ways in which those ideas might not apply/could be challenged

Para 5; conclusion

Again remember you only have 30 minutes and that you really need to analyse the finished production, rather than tell the marker how you made it.

Narrative Theory



Sunday, 20 March 2011

Overview of Question 1B & The Genre Question

Overview of Question 1B:




The Genre Question: