End of Year 1 exam: Learner Response

 

End of Year 1 exam: Learner Response

Total = 22                                         Grade = 5

www q2 is outstanding excellent focus on the question and real insight shown.The challenge is matching that level in the earlier questions.

EBI = Note taking and practice will help with q1.1 - 1.3. Without good quality notes you will struggle here 

Revise narrative theory 

Get much more evidence from the extract into your answers

2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Question 1.1 asks about mise-en-scene. What do we use to remember mise-en-scene? Give one example answer from the mark scheme too.

Will’s costume – makes him look like he is from our world

3) Question 1.2 asks about narrative features in the extract. Look at the mark scheme to pick out three possible answers for this question. 

Location: the empty city creates its own enigma code with the mystery of what has

happened to the city and the people that lived there. This is partially resolved later in the

extract.

• Props: the setting and props are both familiar (the drink bottles and bread towards the end

of the sequence) and also other-worldly in keeping with the fantasy genre (the city). The

creates a contrast that suggests the wider narrative arc of multiple worlds (including one

very much like our own).

• Costumes: Lyra and Will are placed in costumes that reflect the world they are from. This

helps to communicate the wider narrative arc of the show and emphasises the fact they are

‘out of place’ in this city currently. This creates a sense of narrative enigma (why are they

there? What will they discover? Are they in danger?) and also a sense of binary opposition –

of two opposing worlds. The costumes of the two other children help emphasise this

contrast and reflect the narrative development of the ‘Spectres’ that have left these

4) Now focus on Question 2 - the 20 mark essay. Use the mark scheme to pick out one way Doctor Who reflects 1963 and one way His Dark Materials reflects 2020. 

Traditionally, Doctor was a white male, most often with a younger female companion,

reflecting and reinforcing traditional gender roles of the times, with the man as powerful

and in control and the woman as helper. Women’s helper role often been to provide an

emotional, empathetic side to the programme. Reinforcing the idea that men are active,

action-centred while women are more passive, emotional and sensitive

• Changes in society, particularly advances in equality for women, have slowly been reflected

in TV drama. In 2016 it was announced that the next regeneration of Doctor Who would be

as a woman (played by Jodie Whittaker). In His Dark Materials, the protagonist and

strongest character is female (Lyra).

• Representations of race have also developed to reflect changing social and political

contexts. For example, in the 1963 episode of Doctor Who, the Doctor refers to ‘the savage

mind’ of ‘Red Indians’ not able to understand advanced technology. This dismissive and

colonialist attitude seems very outdated now and more recent seasons have shown a much

more positive attitude to those of other cultures and races. His Dark Materials has a much

more representative reflection of current British society with a wide range of ethnicities

represented on screen.

• In the 1960s, representations were largely of British, white-middle class people. Over time,

TV drama has developed to be more inclusive and to show a much wider range of

representations. In His Dark Materials, there are people of different ethnicities and

backgrounds.

5) Reflect on your overall work and exam performance this year. What three things do you need to work on or revise in Media for Year 11? 

Note taking

revision 

prepare for test by doing past papers based on our topic

study techniques to achieve high marks