Media Paper 2 learner response

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

Need more detailed analysis of text. E.g the different teen stereotypes

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.

1.As Mr Halsey stated I should have focused more on teen stereotypes so I could have said the use of costume and props to construct teen stereotypes (leather/biker jacket, cat ears,

red dress)

2.How media producers target, attract, reach, address and potentially construct audience

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 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.

The Daily Mail’s review of capital described it as ‘more packed with left-wing causes than Jeremy Corbyn’s diary’ which suggests a preferred reading that is left-wing and socialist. Indeed, an analysis of characters and representations supports this idea of producers promoting a ‘woke’, left-wing agenda. Roger, the upper-middle-class banker is presented largely negatively, famously proclaiming “What use is 30 grand to anyone?”

Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony is relevant here as it could be argued that Capital’s relentless focus on the importance of hard work, earning money and contributing to the London economy unconsciously reinforces capitalist ideology.

In two key party/BBQ scenes, the East is portrayed as joyous and relaxed through Martin’s mother’s

birthday party while General Edel’s BBQ in the West towards the end of the episode is awkward,

tense and unwelcoming. This fetishisation of the working class is relatively common in the creative

industries and perhaps suggests the producers are deliberately encoding a pro-left-wing bias.

5) Finally, identify three things you need to revise for Media Paper 2 before your next assessment or mock exam.

-How to structure a good 25 mark essay properly rather than writing in random areas.

-Exam practice skills to in depth with things rather than just saying teen serotypes to actually go in-depth

- Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony