MIGRAIN assessment 1 - learner response

 

1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).

30/49 

B (aupc - C) Exceeded target grade = cp x4!!!

WWW: Well revised, making good use of theories + terminologies. 

EBI: Consider incorporating other narrative theories in Q1 e.g., Propp + Todorov, to allow for more depth.

2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment.

Q1 - Todorov - The gun symbolises the state of disequilibrium and the eyeline of the character looking of screen suggest threat or danger.

Q2 - Both of the products suggest the shaping of people's lives, reflecting key themes of British culture and media. e.g., the Ill manors poster says "we are products of our environment... some environments are harder to live in"

Q3 - Steave Neale "repetition and difference" allows producers to evolve the genre but maintain the audience.

Q4 - Preferred reading - Vibe being opinion leaders and their sense of authority and confidence " We dare you to disagree"

3) Read this exemplar response from a previous Year 12 (an A grade) - note this was a slightly different paper in terms of the question wording (we've updated it to better reflect recent exams). Identify at least one potential point for each question from this student's paper that you could have mentioned in your assessment. 

Q1 - Todorov - new equilibrium - the person with the gun may be turning to crime to restore the equilibrium.

Q2- In the Nike advert the use of the black actor was used to create brand value and to associate Nike with the urban lifestyle.

Q3 - Abercrombie - use of genre to create a loyal audience, they become used to seeing "cliched" genre convention - they look forward to it.

Q4 - Preferred reading - the use of Miguel having his jewelry shown could be used by the producers to celebrate his success.

Oppositional reading - the use of "sex and drugs" glamorises the type of lifestyle Miguel has.

4) Did you get any media terminology or theory wrong in the assessment? Make a note of it here for future revision, including theories/terminology that you could have used but didn't.

I didn't use Todorov's theory of equilibrium - disequilibrium - new equilibrium and Propps character types for question 1.

5) Identify your weakest question and write five bullet points that would improve on your original response. Use the mark scheme and exemplar paper to identify these points - particularly focusing on the anticipated content and the top-level descriptors.

Question 1

• Todorov - The gun symbolises the state of disequilibrium and the eyeline of the character looking of screen suggest threat or danger.
• New equilibrium - the man turning to crime to restore the new equilibrium.
• Barthes action and enigma codes - why is he in the middle of flats? gun? 
• Propps - the man is presented as hero through the costume - could be the villain as well.
• Narrative codes - genre of order (Schatz) - action, violence and confrontation