TV DRAMA: HOTEL BABYLON

On Wednesday 25th January, I am with the OCR exam board.

• You will do a full 'mock' exam paper (on my desk) for G322 TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF TV DRAMA in the media studio. Jeremey will set up the screening.

  •  Leave your printed / handwritten paper on my desk for me to collect. I have requested cover but please start the exam as soon as everyone has arrived.  Don't wait for the cover teacher.

    • Use the double period. You can work into lunch break if you need extra time.

      • Complete Section A TV Drama and Section B Institutions and Audiences.

Advance notice of the exam paper taken from January 2010. Extract from Hotel Babylon HERE

Section A:

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

  • Camera shots, angles, movement and composition

  • Editing

  • Sound 

 • Mise-en-scene [50]

Section B:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXAM TECHNIQUE:

The way to gain full marks is by doing 3 steps (identify technical term, give example, analyse / explain / argue).
Here is an example:
1. First, identify the technical term (close-up, tracking shot, dialogue, zoom, rapid straight cuts....)
2. Then, give the example in detail ('The close- up of Paul's concerned face shows his emotions: he is seriously worried about hyperglycemia as his medical training alerts him to the seriousness of his condition.')
3. Finally, bring in the focus of the question ('This shows the audience that despite working as a hotel cleaner, he is much better qualified than he seems, as he is a doctor, but is forced to work in a low-paid, insecure job because of his precarious status as an illegal immigrant from the African subcontinent').

 

MEDIA LANGUAGE

For film language discussing textual analysis, look at the Specification here (page 18)

There are many other websites that have glossaries as well as books that have indexes, such as the OCR textbook
For example, http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/medstudhglossary_tcm4-168240.pdf
 http://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/
http://media.edusites.co.uk/ 
http://brianair.wordpress.com/film-theory/glossary-of-media-terminology/
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/subjects/media-studies
/glossary/