Unit 1 Exam
What's on it?
The Unit One examination will test you on the key skills and knowledge from the following areas of study;
The Unit One examination will test you on the key skills and knowledge from the following areas of study;
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Representation
- media representation and its relationship to the selection and construction of reality in various media forms
- the nature of codes and conventions evident in media productions, and the meanings they create
- the nature and role of audiences in reading media representations
- notions of ‘realism’ in media texts
- representations within the context of values such as those related to gender, age, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status
- the influence of institutional and social practices on the nature of representations, and their availability and accessibility
- representations within the context of media history and culture, including the emergence and development of stereotypes, styles and generic conventions within media.
What to revise? / How to revise?
1. Step One
Get out your Representation and New Media SACs and see where you need to improve!
2. Know your stuff!!
Go through each of these terms/concepts and write a definition and example for each.
-technical (camera, lighting, sound, mise en scene)
-symbolic (colour, costume, those that exist 'outside' of the media text)
You may also be tested on your knowledge of technologies involved in media production.
1. Step One
Get out your Representation and New Media SACs and see where you need to improve!
2. Know your stuff!!
Go through each of these terms/concepts and write a definition and example for each.
- Representation
- Denotation / Connotation
- Mediation
- Codes
- Selection and Omission
-technical (camera, lighting, sound, mise en scene)
-symbolic (colour, costume, those that exist 'outside' of the media text)
- Conventions
- Genre
- Stereotype
- Audience
You may also be tested on your knowledge of technologies involved in media production.
- basic photography skills (Aperture, ISO, Shutter speed etc)
- Camera angles and shot types
- Editing processes