1. Analysis of Fiction Essay

2. Exam Paper - Analysis of Fiction

3. Choosing the Right Question
There are always four questions to choose from.
They can be summarised as:
A question about Narrative key aspect
A question about Representation key aspect
A question about Audience key aspect
A question about Institution key aspect

4. Choosing the Right Question
Please Note:
Although it is usually the case, they may not come in that order.
Each question requires you to write about the named key aspect and two others

5. Choosing the Right Question
You will choose the AUDIENCE question
You will integrate (add in) your knowledge of how they use NARRATIVE and REPRESENTATION

6. Audience Question Audience question will basically always be about :
how the film makers use different features to target different audience sections.
How different audience sections would respond to different features of the text.
However, this may be worded in many different ways:
Look at the following exam questions about audience and identify this basic idea in each.

7. Audience Question 2013
Audiences consist of a wide range of groups and individuals with different characteristics and desires, and who respond to media texts in different ways. With reference to a media text you have studied analyse how a range of audiences might respond.
In your answer you must integrate your analysis of Audience with at least two other key aspects.

8. Audience Question 2013
Audiences consist of a wide range of groups and individuals with different characteristics and desires, and who respond to media texts in different ways. With reference to a media text you have studied analyse how a range of audiences might respond.
In your answer you must integrate your analysis of Audience with at least two other key aspects.

9. Audience Question 2012
Audience study involves the consideration of target audience, mode of address, preferred reading and differential decoding. Apply at least two of these concepts to a media text you have studied and analyse how they affect or are affected by at least two other aspects.
In your answer you should integrate analysis of Audience with at least two other key aspects.

10. Audience Question 2012
Audience study involves the consideration of target audience, mode of address, preferred reading and differential decoding. Apply at least two of these concepts to a media text you have studied and analyse how they affect or are affected by at least two other aspects.
In your answer you should integrate analysis of Audience with at least two other key aspects.

11. Audience Question 2011
In order to recover the investment which is involved in making a media product, it is necessary to include material which aims to appeal to a range of different audiences. With close reference to a media text you have studied, analyse which elements were included to target different audiences.
In your answer you must analyse Audience and at least two other key aspects.

12. Audience Question 2011
In order to recover the investment which is involved in making a media product, it is necessary to include material which aims to appeal to a range of different audiences. With close reference to a media text you have studied, analyse which elements were included to target different audiences.
In your answer you must analyse Audience and at least two other key aspects.

13. Audience Question 2010
Audience sections read, view or listen to media texts with different needs and/or expectations. Analyse how different needs and/or expectations might influence the ways in which sections of the audience respond to one media text you have studied.
In your answer refer to at least two other key aspects to suggest possible reasons for these different decodings.

14. Audience Question 2010
Audience sections read, view or listen to media texts with different needs and/or expectations. Analyse how different needs and/or expectations might influence the ways in which sections of the audience respond to one media text you have studied.
In your answer refer to at least two other key aspects to suggest possible reasons for these different decodings.

15. Marking System 40 marks are available
You will be marked separately for each of the 3 key aspects you write about.
Then a formula is used to work out the range of possible marks.
Then the marker will decide on a mark from the range available to them.

16. They will consider such things as:
The sophistication of your language/expression
How well you have integrated the key aspects
If you have used knowledge of key aspects (Language/Institution) other than the 3 required. (Narrative, Representation, Audience)

17. Marking System (Cont) – click to link to the Extended Marking Scale
For each of the key aspects your response will be assessed as:
Full
Convincing
Clear
Adequate
Narrow Fail
Inadequate
Poor

18. Marking System Cont - Examples
Pupil A
Narrative – Full
Representation – Full
Audience - Full
Full Answer
= Woohoo!!!
The range of marks for you is then 38-40!!!
Pupil B
Narrative – Clear
Representation – Convincing
Audience - Clear
Convincing Answer Kinda Woohoo!!! The range of marks for you is then 28-29!!!
Pupil C
Narrative – Poor
Representation – Poor
Audience - Poor
Poor Answer
Boohoo!!!
The range of marks for you is then 0-9

19. What do you think the range of marks might be for:
Pupil D
Narrative – Convincing
Representation – Clear
Audience – Narrow Fail
= ??????
0-19

20. What do you think the range of marks might be for:
Pupil E
Narrative – Narrow Fail
Representation – Full
Audience – Full
= ??????
20-23

21. Lessons For Us!
I must write really well about all 3 key aspects and not neglect any of them
Following the very detailed plan that Mr. McGlynn has painstakingly put together will help me to do so!!!

22. Essay Plan
In order to recover the investment which is involved in making a media product, it is necessary to include material which aims to appeal to a range of different audiences. With close reference to a media text you have studied, analyse which elements were included to target different audiences.
In your answer you must analyse Audience and at least two other key aspects.

23. ...analyse which elements were included to target different audiences.
Todorov/Classical structure
Closed structure
Symbolic Code (Binary Opposites)
Referential Code
Enigmatic Code
Representation of Ideologies
Representation of People
Comedy Genre Features
Road Trip Genre Features
Mainstream/American
Independent/intellectual
Male
Female
Young/teenage
Older audience
Homosexuals
Comedy genre fans
Road Trip genre fans
Etc. Etc.

24. Essay Structure Introduction 1st Section Main body 2nd Section
Conclusion
1st Section
2nd Section

25. Introduction – Start with T.A.R.T.S
Title
Author
Reference to Question
Task Overview
Summary of Plot/themes (Very brief)

26. Exemplar Introduction
“Little Miss Sunshine” written by Michael Arndt and directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris is a media text that includes elements to target different audiences.
Film makers target both a mainstream and independent film audience using the key aspects of narrative and representation; the narrative structure and the use of narrative enigmas would appeal to a mainstream audience and the fact that they challenge dominant ideologies through their representations would appeal to an independent film audience. The film makers also target other specific audience sections such as older, younger, male and female audiences. In addition they include conventions of comedy and road trip to appeal to fans of those genre.

27. Essay Main Body Ideology of Success Ideology of Family Section 2
Todorov/Classical structure
Closed structure
Binary Opposites
Reference to Nietzsche
Reference to Big Brother
Reference to Proust
Enigmatic Code
Representation of Mothers
Representation of Fathers
Representation of Homosexuals
Representation of Teenagers
Comedy Genre Features
Road Trip Genre Features
Ideology of Success
Ideology of Family

28. 2 Important points before we start
You have an opportunity to really perfect this essay which is worth a huge 40 marks!
2. So does everyone else – so they expect a lot from you...
...and so do I!