TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: EXAM REVISION

Today we look at the photocopies of your exam scripts that I have obtained from OCR
We revise for the end of year AS exam Section A, the analysis of representation in television drama. An unseen clip will be screened four times. There will be a specific focus, such as:

• the representation of gender
• the representation of regionality
• the representation of disability
• the representation of age
• the representation of sexuality

We watch Nowhere Boy (directed by Sam Taylor Wood, 2009) and analyse the visual codes (camera angles, camera movement, shot types) and sound (dialogue and soundtrack).
We use technical codes (the language of moving image).

PREP: Cup Cake BBC iPlayer: apply what we practised; hand in Tuesday 10 September

We note the exam mark scheme for a grade A response:

• use of terminology (8-10 marks)
• use of examples (16-20 marks)
• analysis, explanation, argument (16-20 marks)

We practise from the very start formulating responses that cover these three elements in the order given above. We note just how precise  and detailed our points must be.