YR 12 LR

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

Grade D
14/34
UCAS Grade C


2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully, paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.

the visual codes and iconography of the image including colour and setting as it relates to
the thriller/horror/supernatural etc genre (isolated setting, low key lighting, blue hue)

the use of props to denote the narrative and genre elements


3) Look at the indicative content for Q1 again and make a note of any theories or examples of media terminology you could have used in your answer.

the way events, issues, individuals and social groups (including social identity) are
represented through processes of selection and combination
the codes and conventions of media forms and products, including the processes through
which media language develops as genre

4) Now focus on the TV 25-marker. Read this exemplar response for the TV question and pick out three arguments, phrases or theories from the essay that you could use in a future question on Capital and Deutschland 83.

D83 is another text that provides a compelling argument for the validity of Hall’s Reception theory.
Interestingly, D83 is a text that enjoyed a very different reception globally compared to when first
broadcast in Germany.

The West is presented as more colourful and desirable with key aspects of mise -en- scene and sound reinforcing this. Martin is dressed in the iconic red Puma T-shirt as he runs through Bonn, ending up in the beautifully stacked supermarket as the song ‘Sweet Dreams’ plays in the background.

In evaluating the validity of Hall’s theory, the key question here is whether the
producers have deliberately encoded these value judgements or whether this is an example of the
hegemonic dominance of capitalist, right-wing ideologies in western media products.





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