Mock Paper 2 - Learner Response

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 

no i dont wish to
some knowledge of the cps . not much about distribution

2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully, paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question (Q1) and identify two points that you could have written in your answer.

• the relative size of the figures in relation to the buildings signifies a super-human aspect to the

characters, suggesting their omnipotence

• an ideological reading might suggest that capitalism is a corrupt system which only benefits the

few.

3) Look at the indicative content for Q1 again and make a note of any theories or examples of media terminology you could have used in your answer.

-positioning

-mode of address

4) Now focus on the TV 25-marker. Use the mark scheme to note down:

- three general comments on the TV industry and cultural/economic contexts

• Increasingly global nature of media companies has enabled access to a range of

international media products, suggesting a move away from the national and local.

• Developments in technology have provided a range of media platforms and screens for

viewing.

• Rise of binge viewing and interactive response to programmes.

- three points for Capital

• As a BBC ‘state of the nation’ series, commissioned for Sunday prime time slot, Capital

may suggest that there have been limited changes to distribution and consumption.

• One of the key selling points of the series is its representation of cultural (and social,

political) contexts.

• Kudos, the independent producer of the series, specialises in TV series which can be sold

or remade for the US market, making it typical of contemporary media institutions which

operate globally rather than nationally – suggesting the shifting contexts a PSB now

operates in.

- three points for Deutschland 83

• It is a co-production of AMC Networks, SundanceTV (US) and RTL Television (Germany),

positioning it to exploit the national and global market – characteristic of a trend arguably

shaped by economic and cultural contexts.

• Distributed by Fremantle, a British production and distribution company, subsidiary of RTL

media, a global company which is designed to target an international audience –

characteristic of media companies’ responses to economic contexts.

• AMC and RTL were able to develop the series in the context of new opportunities for

distribution and exhibition – eg the Walter Presents platform in the UK, which is a subsidiary

of C4, exploiting broadcast and digital opportunities.

5) Finally, identify three things you need to revise for Media Paper 2 before your next assessment or mock exam.

-industries

-csps

-terminology