ASSESSMENT

Open book assessment in class time.
Use Clickview to access The Avengers and go forwards until you reach the right point.

 

Section A: Television and Promoting Media

The extract is from the television crime drama The Avengers (Episode 1, Series 4, ITV)
(The extract starts when Steed (the man in the bowler hat) enters the blacksmiths and ends after the
line ‘the schoolmaster’). 

1  Analyse how mise-en-scène is used to create meaning. Refer to at least two examples in your answer. [5]

 

2 In this question you will be rewarded for drawing together elements from your full course of study, including different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts.
How far does the extract challenge traditional representations of gender in order to reach a 1960s television audience?
In your answer you must:

• analyse the extract’s use of gender representations
  
• make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the extract challenges or conforms to
  traditional representations of gender including stereotypes. [15]
  

3  Cuffs

Explain how social and/or cultural contexts influence messages and values in television programmes. Refer to Cuffs to support your answer. [10] 

 Section B: Music and News

4 Refer to Extract 1 in the insert. Analyse the representation of Jamaican Reggae music and musicians such as Bob Marley in this MOJO front cover. [5] 

 

5 Refer to Extracts 1 and 2 in the insert.
How far is the different media language used in the two extracts due to the different target
audiences – popular music and classical music fans – of MOJO and Strad magazines?
In your answer you should:
• analyse the media language in Extracts 1 and 2, which are from MOJO and Strad magazines 
• make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the media language is used differently
in both extracts to fit different target audiences. [15] 

6  Identify which of the following describes who is allowed to set up and run a newspaper in a country with a free press:

6. • anybody
   • people registered by the state
   • people registered by the regulator. [1] 
   
   
   
   
   7  Explain one advantage for a newspaper of each of the following: 
    • publishing in print 
   • publishing online only. [5] 
   
   
   8 In this question you will be rewarded for drawing together elements from your full course of study, including different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts.
   How far does the Observer front page (below) reflect its political, social and cultural contexts? [15]
   In your answer you should:
   

   • analyse the media language, media representations and opportunities for audience interaction
     in the extract
     
   • make judgements and draw conclusions about how far these reflect the influence of political,
     social and cultural contexts.