1. Learning Objectives
 You can outline how you challenged real media
conventions alongside discussing how you included
them in your productions
 Relate to the wider context and your knowledge of
genre, narrative and representation

2. Real Media texts

3. AS Main Task
 For the Main Task strong answers would discuss
developing skills in textual analysis following work on
the TV drama unit.
 Think about the study of semiotics
(connotation/denotation) in the choices you made.
 Learning a range of different shot distances form
existing texts and composition techniques (rule of
thirds, depth of field, framing) and editing techniques.
 Think about how your skills in textual analysis helped
you at AS, in particular semiotics.
 How did you think about the genre of the film - how did
this relate to your decisions about mise-en-scene or did
you neglect this?

4. Features to discuss
 Editing Pace (number of shots, length of shots)
 Use of Intertitles, logos.
 Use of locations (variety)
 Lighting
 Character types
 Narrative structures and themes
 Characters (type, how many)
 Costume
 Use of dialogue
 Sound (diegetic & non-diegetic)

5. A2 Cross Media Package
 Firstly you need to ensure that you talk about
your progression in INTENTIONS.
 Learning critical theory in order to deconstruct
real media products in more depth
 Genre (Genres repertoire, viewers textual
schema (what they know already) –
expectations – familiar pleasures etc.)
 Narrative (Character (artist) types, themes,
binary oppositions)
 Representation (stereotypes, realism,
objectification, identification etc.)

6. Micro Detail
 You discuss the macro features of your work by
discussing the micro detail:
 Video – editing, cinematography, mise-en-scene &
sound

7. Being Reflective - QUESTION
 Remember to state how using real media conventions
or challenging them benefitted your production.
Refer to;
 Professional practice
 Aesthetic appeal of your work
 Does it fit the genre?
 You could refer to audience feedback to help you with
this.

8. Introduction
 Your intro must have 3 sections (3 sentences):
 1. Answer or give point of view to question.
 2. Outline briefly what you made each year.
 3. Explain to the examiner how you are going to
structure the essay (by looking at pre-production,
production and post-productiom

9. Structure

10. Question
 Describe how your analysis of the
conventions of real media texts informed
your own creative media practice. Refer to a
range of examples in your answer to show
how these skills developed over time.