Section 1a - Conventions
- 2. Conventions • Section 1A One of the possible questions you will be given in the exam may include conventions! You need to scan the question in order to find the thing you are writing about.
- 3. Sample Question Explain how your use of conventions specific to your media productions developed over time and contributed to your production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer.
- 4. You will probably… Write four paragraphs AND an intro/conclusion. You only have 25 minutes so you need to be well prepared for every question. You need to refer to almost all of your productions, if not, all of them. You could structure them by convention or by year …
- 6. By year Intro AS 1st Point AS 2nd Point A2 1st Point A2 2nd point Conc’
- 7. Sample Paragraph A + EG B + EG C entral Argument Linking to why you have chosen to use conventions. E.g. I chose to break this convention because… Name what you did THEN in terms of using a convention Add an example Name what you do NOW in terms of using a convention Add an example
- 8. Thought Shower • Conventions of Preliminary Task
- 9. Thought Shower • Conventions of Music Video Tasks (‘Why does love do this to me’) (A2 Music Video)
- 10. Thought Shower • Conventions of Thriller Films
- 11. Thought Shower • (Choose two) Conventions of Websites/Digipacks/Magazine Ads
- 13. Choose one Way in which you have improved in terms of conventions. A) 1. State what you did THEN 2. State an example of this B) 1. State what you do NOW 2. State an example of this C)reate a central argument which sums this up in terms of your growth.
- 14. Exemplars • Read through the exemplars • Colour-code and highlight the… – Conventions discussed – Examples discussed – Central Arguments
- 15. Grade them! What do you think they got? A high grade? (A or B) A medium grade? (C or D) A low grade? (E or F)
- 16. What did the high papers do well?
- 17. You have homework, it’s an essay.
- 18. Homework (due next Wed) Do a practise exam essay for Q1A Explain how your use of conventions specific to your media productions developed over time and contributed to your production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer.
- 19. USE THE BLOG Everything is on there, including stuff on conventions (you will have to scroll quite a bit!) Use your notes – we have given you heaps of exemplars and hints for writing the Section 1A essay!
- 20. PLAN INTRO FIRST PARAGRAPH SECOND PARAGRAPH THIRD PARAGRAPH FOURTH PARAGRAPH CONCLUSION