A2 Media Exam OCR G325 - digital technology question
- 1. Use of examples in Question 1a Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question.
- 2. Exam practice feedback Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. Out of the exam practice pieces handed in (!), it seemed that all but a couple were struggling a bit with using examples. It is crucial to select and present clear definitive examples from both texts you have researched and your own constructions. See if these good/bad examples clarify this.
- 3. What’s good/bad? Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. “When researching the conventions of real media products, we focused on the thriller genre as it matched our given brief. Viewing various thrillers gave us the idea that they use the ‘everyman’ stereotype. As Buscombe says ‘genre is marked by its iconography’ we thought we should include an everyman character in our opening scene, so we did.”
- 4. What’s good/bad? Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. “When researching the conventions of real media products, we focused on the thriller genre as it matched our given brief. Viewing various thrillers gave us the idea that they use the ‘everyman’ stereotype, for example the character of Roger Thornhill in North By Northwest, who was clearly marked as such by being portrayed at work, wearing a business suit. As Buscombe says ‘genre is marked by its iconography’ we thought we should include an everyman character in our opening scene, so we did.”
- 5. What’s good/bad? Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. “When researching the conventions of real media products, we focused on the thriller genre as it matched our given brief. Viewing various thrillers gave us the idea that they use the ‘everyman’ stereotype, for example the character of Roger Thornhill in North By Northwest, who was clearly marked as such by being portrayed at work, wearing a business suit. As Buscombe says ‘genre is marked by its iconography’ we thought we should include an everyman character in our opening scene, so we did this by including the character ‘Peter’, who we dressed in a silver-grey suit like Thornhill’s and showed walking out of an office in the opening shot.”
- 6. What’s good/bad? Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. “In terms of the use of technical codes, we looked at the opening scene from the film Sicario and noticed that there was a balance between suspense and shocks, so thinking about Steve Neale’s assertion that “genre consists of incidences of repetition and difference” we repeated the technique but switched it up a little bit.”
- 7. What’s good/bad? Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. “In terms of the use of technical codes, we looked at the opening scene from the film Sicario and noticed that there was a balance between suspense and shocks. This happens in the pace of editing at the start when the cops go into the building, followed by a bit of an anti-climax before the shock revelation that there are bodies in the wall. This happens for a second time later in the sequence when the bomb goes off. Thinking about Steve Neale’s assertion that “genre consists of incidences of repetition and difference” we repeated the technique but switched it up a little bit.”
- 8. What’s good/bad? Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. “In terms of the use of technical codes, we looked at the opening scene from the film Sicario and noticed that there was a balance between suspense and shocks. This happens in the pace of editing at the start when the cops go into the building, followed by a bit of an anti-climax before the shock revelation that there are bodies in the wall. This happens for a second time later in the sequence when the bomb goes off. Thinking about Steve Neale’s assertion that “genre consists of incidences of repetition and difference” we repeated the technique but switched it up a little bit by creating a fairly ordinary domestic situation intercut with BCU shots of weapons being prepared, leading to a sudden outbreak of violence when the gunmen enter the house.”
- 9. Homework Part 1 Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. Following the given advice, rewrite a section of your first attempt to address the issues described.
- 10. Digital Technology Question Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. Discuss in table groups all your favourite things about media-related technology. What modern inventions exist that you think have changed the way media products are used and consumed? How do you think this has impacted on media producers’ abilities to be creative? Do you need a budget, or a sponsor? (e.g. a film studio/record label)
- 11. Digital Technology Question Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. Your own work: On your own now, write a list of all the items of digital technology you have used during the course, for whatever reason. Once you have done it, go through and highlight things you have learned the most about during the course.
- 12. Sample Question (HW Pt.2) Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. Describe and evaluate the ways in which your use of digital technology has progressed and allowed you to make more creative decisions in the research, planning and production of your work.
- 13. Approaches Objective – to develop better strategies for exemplifying our progress when tackling the skills development question. For a start, remember you already wrote about your use of DT in your AS evaluation (or at least someone in your group did). Next, as you hopefully know by now, it is not just about your use of cameras and editing platforms. It can be about understanding how to change the f-stop on your DSLR, but it can also be how better use of Survey Monkey at A2 helped you get a more inciteful idea of what your audience wanted. Draft a commentary, focusing on the DT you improved on, about how knowing you had improved made you dare to do more interesting things with your A2 work.