1. Preparing for media forms question Year 12 exam preparation.

2. QUIZ 1.Sound that reflects the action on screen is called what? 2.Sound that does not match the action on screen is called what? 3.List each stage of Todorov’s narrative theory 4.List 4 of Propp’s stock characters 5.Good v evil, white and black, women and men are all examples of what narrative code? 6.What is a tracking in shot and what is its effect? 7.What does POV stand for? 8.When sound is used across several scenes it is known as what? 9.A gun being fired is known as what kind of code? 10.What is cross cut editing? 11.What is a metanarrative? 12.A shot from one characters eyes to another is know as what? 13.180-360 degree camera movement around a person or object is known as what shot?

3. 14. How would you describe a series of shots in quick succession? 15.What is the effect of this? 16. If one shot shows the beginning of a movement and a second shot completes the movement, what edit has been used? 17. What do we include in MISE EN SCENE? 18. Define ‘conventions’ 19. Why might a high angle shot be used in a film? 20. When might a fade to black be used? 21. What is CGI? 22. What is a non linear narrative?

4. 23.What camera shot is this? 24. If a camera shot is framed in an awkward way- often off centre, it is known as what angle? 25. Sound added in later is called? 26.A narrative code that makes the audience ask questions if known as what?

5. Answering media forms question Try to include examples of camera work, sound, mise en scene and editing. Include narrative theory where possible. You may also want to consider whether the text follows generic codes and conventions and the effect of this.

6. Representation question One good way of starting this is by listing the representations that the text creates.

7. This girl can The following advert was created by Sport England to encourage women to take part in sport. None of the women were actors and many were ‘plus size’. How are women represented in the advert? List all of the ways. Eg represented as fit, strong… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN7lt0CYwHg

8. Representation What representation has been shown? How has that representation been shown? (use terminology –media language and give a clear example from the text) Explain the effect of the representation.

9. Past paper question Make thorough notes. Watch the extract 3 times. 15 minutes viewing time. You are looking at 1 mark per minute. Answer question 1 and 2. Past paper question: Is from JUNE 2012. SEE link below http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/media-studies/a-level/media- studies-2570/past-papers-and-mark-schemes http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/media-studies/a-level/media- studies-2570/past-papers-and-mark-schemes The text you should watch is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-1zT1gBXk