MIGRAIN assessment 1 - learner response

 Learner Response:

1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).

WWW-Detailed and comprehensive answers throughout.

EBI- Ensure you include more comparison when there are two texts and for Q2 consider class, gender and ethnicity.

2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment.

For question 1 I could've used: Todorov: disequilibrium suggested by gun; character eyeline looking off-screen suggests danger or threat; tagline references ‘survival’; no hint of new equilibrium.

For question 2 I could've used: Both products hint at the role society can play in shaping people’s lives which reflects a key theme of British media and culture. In the Ill Manors poster, the tagline for the film literally alludes to this (“Some environments...”)

For question 3 I could've used: Genre important for producers/industries: ‘template’ for producers; attracting audiences; economic reassurance (certain TV/film genres reliably popular); marketing purposes;

For question 4 I could've used: Oppositional or counter-hegemonic readings: reinforcement of negative black stereotypes (‘Sex, drugs and R&B’); central image aggressive or challenging; informal language (‘Bada$$’) could suggest embracing ‘street’ culture or a lack of education; jewellery could reinforce ‘bling’ stereotype of modern urban music; ‘Who is music’s number one genius?’ could be open to very different interpretations depending on audience demographics.

3) Read this exemplar response from a previous Year 12 (an A grade) - note this was a slightly different paper in terms of the question wording (we've updated it to better reflect recent exams). Identify at least one potential point for each question from this student's paper that you could have mentioned in your assessment. 

For question 1 I could've analysed the figure in more detail, going through the specifications of each aspect of the image.

For question 2 I could've compared the images in terms of social differences.

For question 3 I could've added examples to further explain my analysis.

For question 4 I could've analysed the image in more detail by highlighting all the readings in more detail and using some sort of statistics to back up my analysis making it look through.

4) Did you get any media terminology or theory wrong in the assessment? Make a note of it here for future revision, including theories/terminology that you could have used but didn't.

I feel like I did not use enough media terminology but when i did use it it was correct in term of the theorists and not the what they said.For example, for Abercrombie i jumbled his saying which made me loose marks due to it.

5) Identify your weakest question and write five bullet points that would improve on your original response. Use the mark scheme and exemplar paper to identify these points - particularly focusing on the anticipated content and the top level descriptors.

My weakest question from the assessment was the 20 marker, even thought I explained it to my fullest potential, there were a lot of lacking in the knowledge department such as:

-more than one theorist.

-talking about stereotypes.

-how the media wants us to read the image.

-keeping it limited yet through response.

-going through each media terminology I have learnt.