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 1) Type up any comments/WWW/EBI from your teacher. You don't need to write your total number of marks if you don't want to. -Need more of the good connotation  - Avoid repetition  -Provide evidence  -Refer to CSPs in depth  2) Write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme:  Q2: 4/8 marks Mention codes, like visual, verbal (words), photographical codes and explain what they can connote like comedic funny, use CAGE like race and ethnicity and diversity, use typography (slogan) and finally talk about narrative codes and use Todorov theory.  Q3: Use camerawork + mise-en-scene and nostalgia , talk about the final part which is the slogan "why have cotton when you can have silk" and use Propp and character types.  Q4: talk about stereotypes and race and ethnici...

 1) Type up any comments/WWW/EBI from your teacher. You don't need to write your total number of marks if you don't want to. EBIs:  -Provide evidence from extract in Q1.3 - explain points more and how they communicate - revise CSPs and newspaper ownership Read through the official AQA mark scheme for this exam. This is very helpful as the paper was a real past exam paper and therefore the mark scheme tells us a lot about what AQA are expecting us to produce. The original question paper is here if that is helpful too.  2) Using the mark scheme, write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme. Example: Q1.2: 5/8 Q1.3: 4/12 Additional points: I didn't write about the non-verbal codes mentioned in the question. Looking at the mark scheme, I could have written about the acting, the camer...

 1) Magazines: Tatler 2) Advertising and Marketing: Galaxy Audrey Hepburn advert 3) OSP & Videogames: Lara Croft Go 4) Music Video: One Direction 5) Music Video: Arctic Monkeys 6) Television: Class - Language and Representation 7) Television: Class - Industry and Audience 8) Television: Doctor Who - Language and Representation 9) Television: Doctor Who - Industry and Audience 10) Newspapers: The Daily Mirror - Language and Audience 11) Newspapers: The Daily Mirror - Representation and Industry 12) Newspapers: The Times - Language and Audience 13) Newspapers: The Times - Representation and Industry

Industry 1) How did the Arctic Monkeys first achieve success and build up their fanbase? The band were recording their first demos and giving them away to fans via burnt CDs and the fans then made a my space for them to stream their songs and picture.  2) Why was P2P file sharing and My Space an unexpected aspect to Arctic Monkeys' early success? This is because their fans has made an account for them on My Space.  3) How does the rise of Arctic Monkeys differ from how One Direction were formed and became famous? Unlike One Direction, Arctic Monkeys weren’t put together by a record label, they were all friends from school. They formed in 2002 and wrote songs based on their lives and what they saw on nights out in Sheffield. They played pubs and small venues in and around Sheffield, and built up a huge following online using Myspace 4) Who is Arctic Monkeys record label and how many copies did they sell of their debut album? Why did they choose an independent record label? The ...

Industry  1) How were One Direction formed and how is this reflected in the music video for History? One Direction are an English-Irish pop band forming during Series 7 of hit show X Factor  2) What is vertical integration? You may need to check your book for this (or remind yourself from this Year 1 blogpost.) conglomerate companies own subsidiaries  Vertical integration refers to an expansion strategy where one company takes control over one or more stages in the production or distribution of a product. 3) What is horizontal integration? (See link above for help again!) Horizontal integration is a business strategy in which one company acquires or merges with another that operates at the same level in an industry. 4) How has technological convergence changed the way audiences consume music videos? There are now streaming apps like Spotify and YouTube 5) As a manufactured band, what influence do Simon Cowell and the record company Syco (part of Sony) have over the conten...