G322 Past Papers*

G322 TV DRAMA*

Below you will find all the questions from 2009 to 2017.

Specimin Paper

Extract: The Chase (BBC/Rollem Productions) Episode 1, Series 1 written by Kay Mellor, dir. Jamie Payne

Extract length: 5 minutes max. Timing of extract: First 5 minutes of Episode 1.
Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract

only.

1   Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of gender using the following:

  • Camera shots, angles, movement and composition

  • Editing

  • Sound 

  • Mise-en-scene [50

Long Road Media TV Drama blog with links
Continuity editing in V For Vendetta
Worksheets on Representation

Presentation on Social Class
Video The Rotters Club: class
Videos of TV Drama
Video Life On Mars: ethnicity
Video Compulsion: ethnicity
Video Spooks: ethnicity
Video Shameless: disability
Video Hotel Babylon: ethnicity
Video Fingersmith: sexuality


January 2009
See the G322 Sample Paper and Mark Scheme.pdf
G322-Exemplar-Answer-Cand-A-High-Level

TV Drama sequence: Monarch of the Glen, Series 7, Episode 2   Director: David Caffery/Edward Bennett Date:  2006

Distributor:BBC Worldwide Country: UK

Chapter 2 5 minutes approx Start: 41:54; End: 46:45 Video of Monarch of the Glen

Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract only. 

1 Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of age using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition

 • Editing

• Sound

 • Mise en scène

Summer 2009
Extract: Dr Who. The question was 'How is the representation of gender constructed?'
Video Dr Who

January 2010

Extract: Hotel Babylon. The question was : 'How is the representation of ethnicity constructed?'

January 2010 video
exemplar answer

Summer 2010
Extract : Aliens. The question was 'How is the representation of gender constructed?'
Summer 2010 video
high level exemplar-student-essay Primeval June 2010

January 2011 
Extract : The Hustle
January 2011 video
The question was 'How is the representation of gender constructed?

Summer 2011
Extract : Merlin
The question was 'How is the representation of class and status constructed?


January 2012
Extract: Fingersmith. The question was 'How is the representation of sexuality constructed?
January 2012 video
Examiners' Report for Fingersmith here

Summer 2012
Extract : Coming Down The Mountain
The question was 'How is the representation of disability constructed?
Summer 2012 video

January 2013
Extract : E.R. Season 14, Episode 2, written by Karen Maser and Lisa Zwerling, dir. Richard Thorpe; hospital drama. The question was 'How is the representation of age constructed?

June 2013
Extract: Doc Martin
Examiners' Report for Doc Martin here

ADDITIONAL EXTRACTS

HERE  Representation of Class - Footballer's Wives 

HERE: Representation of Regional Identities - North and South Extract 

HERE: Representation of Class - The Street 
 
January 2014  
Doc Martin, Series 1 episode, written by Dominic Minghella
The question was  'Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of regional identity.'
June 2014
Extract : Downton Abbey, Series 1, Episode 1, directed by Brian Percival.
The question was  'Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of class and status.'
June 2015
Extract : Treme, Series 1, Episode 6, directed by Brad Anderson .
The question was  'Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of ethnicity.'
June 2016
Extract : Sherlock
The question was  'Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of gender.'
June 2017
Extract : Ordinary Lies, written by Danny Brocklehurst, Episode 2. First screened 24 March 2015
The question was  'Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of gender.'

G322: AUDIENCES & INSTITUTIONS: THE FILM INDUSTRY 

Answer the question below in relation to the film industry, making detailed reference to examples from your case study material to support the points made in your answer.
June 2016
To what extent has the internet played a significant role in the marketing and exchange of media products in the area you have studied?

June 2015 
To what extent does media ownership have an impact on the successful distribution of media products in the media are that you have studied?

January 2014  
The increase in hardware and content (= proliferation) in media industries has been significant in recent years. Discuss the effect  this has had on institutions in the media area you have studied.

June 2013
Evaluate the role of digital technologies in the marketing and consumption of products in the media area you have studied.

January 2013

What impact does media ownership have upon the range of products available to audiences in the media area you have studied?

June 2012

"Cross-media convergence and synergy are vital processes in the successful marketing of media products to audiences.” To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your chosen media area?