1. A2 Media Exam
Section A
Film industry

5. For our film texts we need to be able to answer any question on…
Genre
Representation
Narrative

6. Only 2 of these 3 areas will actually appear on your exam and then you
decide which one area you will answer the question on.
Genre
Representation
Narrative
Genre
Representation
Narrative
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2011
2010

7. Past examples of exam questions for our film texts.
A1.
Explore
the
narra2ve
structure
of
your
three
main
texts.
[30]
Or,
A2.
'Most
texts
today
mix
genres.'
How
true
is
this
of
your
three
main
texts?.
[30]
A1.
To
what
extent
are
your
chosen
texts
typical
of
their
genre?
[30]
Or,
A2.
Explore
the
different
representa2ons
of
either
women
or
ethnicity
in
your
chosen
texts.
[30]
A1.
Explore
the
ways
in
which
your
chosen
texts
reinforce
or
challenge
typical
representa2ons
of
gender.
[30]
Or
A2.
How
do
your
chosen
texts
use
genre
conven2ons?
[30]
A1.
Explore
the
different
representa2ons
of
either
men
or
age
within
your
three
main
texts.
[30]
Or,
A2.
How
important
are
characters
to
the
narra2ve
of
your
three
main
texts?
[30]

8. The strategy you use to answer the question is very important. Structuring your
answer and the language you use is vital.
You must follow the identify and justify model.
You firstly identify a point that you beleive answers the question but you must
follow it by
Justifying it with a narrative description, you have to refer to the text.
For example for the question, “How stereotypical are the representations of
gender in your chosen texts?”
You could answer
The representation of females in my chosen text Fish Tank both conforms and
opposes the generic stereotype. For example we see non stereotypical
representation due to females often being represented as violent.
A clear example of this is when the protagonist Mia argues with a group of girls
from her school over their dancing and Mia’s non inclusion. The argument spirals
into insults and when Mia is offended she responds by head-butting one of the
girls in the nose. You could argue cinema often represents male with this type of
behaviour and therefore this is a non-stereotypical representation of a female.