G325

Exam Preparation

Objectives

S ALL students WILL understand what is meant by the term

MEDIA LANGUAGE within the G325 Exam paper.

S ALL students WILL apply the ideas to a film clip and show

their understanding.
S MOST students WILL apply the ideas to one of their own

products and prepare a response to the examination question.

The Question

S 1b) Explain how meaning is

constructed by the use of Media Language in ONE of your coursework productions.

S 25 Marks

What do we mean by MEDIA LANGUAGE?

Camerawork

Mise-enscene

Media Language

Sound

Editing

 Identify 2 moments where CAMERAWORK is used to communicate something to the audience. Remember that it could involve MOVEMENT, FOCUS, ANGLE, or CAMERA SHOT.

 Identify 2 moments where EDITING is used to communicate something to the audience. Remember that it could involve TRANSITIONS, SEQUENCES, TYPE OF EDITING and CONTINUITY.

 Identify 2 moments where SOUND is used to communicate something to the audience. Remember that it could involve DIEGETIC, NON-DIEGETIC, SOUND EFFECTS and SCORE.

 Identify 2 moments where MISE-EN-SCENE is used to communicate something to the audience. Remember that it could involve PERFORMANCE, COSTUME, SETTING,

Camerawork

Mise-enscene

Media Language

Sound

Editing

Response Opening

Moving image texts such as film and television have many ways of communicating with an audience. In order for an audience to understand what they are watching they need to understand this media language. How the text uses camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene all contribute towards what an audience will understand from a text. In my AS/A2 production of ____________________ I had to make it clear that the text was a ___________________. I did this by using media language to communicate with the audience.

Building a Response
S Introduction outlining what media language is etc.
S Point 1 S Find one element of character, narrative or genre that you

needed to communicate. What elements of media language did you use to do this? How?
S Point 2 S Find another element of character, narrative or genre that you

needed to communicate. Make sure that it is different from your first point. What elements did you use to communicate this? How?
S Continue S Remember that you have around 25 minutes to produce a

response so make sure that what you plan can be written in

Plan Your Response

S Plan your response to this question.

S You can plan in any way that you would like i.e. mind

map, table, list, bullet points etc.

S Make sure that you provide detailed examples of the

elements of media language that you use.

S Make sure that you are using subject terminology

correctly.

Plenary
S What is meant by MEDIA LANGUAGE? S How prepared do you feel for this question? S Is there anything else you think you need?

S HL Exam response to each of the following: S Genre S Narrative S Media Language S Needed by Friday 1st March.
S Also need to update your Weeblys ready for a review before

next weeks lesson.