1. Section A: TV Drama (50 Marks)
Technical Areas TEST and the
representation of AGE
Friday 31st January 2014
Unit G322: Key Concepts Exam
50% of Your AS Level

2. Homework
DUE: Wednesday 29th January – TODAY!
1) Revise for the Upcoming Mock Exam (Week beginning Monday 3rd February) using the
notes you have made over the last few Section A Lessons and by visiting:
http://ncrafts.wordpress.com
There are a number of pages there to help you practice for the Mock Exam
and “REAL DEAL” on May 23rd 2014.
2) Revise for a Test (Section A and B) on areas we have covered so far – this will be peer
assessed and graded!
3) Complete a 4 Technical Feature answer (Introduction – Main Body – Conclusion) based
on the sequence from

3. Why?
Aims & Objectives
• Re-cap some of the important areas covered
last lesson for Section A: TV Drama (50
Marks) through a Technical Features TEST.
• Cover another area of representation – Age –
and HOW the technical areas help construct
the representation of both gender roles.
• YOU WILL also get the opportunity to expand
your knowledge of the 4 Technical areas in
the exam and see how they apply in
representing a particular group of
people/individuals.
• Review the learning.
So you are prepared and
ready to demonstrate your
“media textual analysis
skills and your
understanding of the
concept of representation
using a short unseen
moving image extract (AO1,
AO2)” (OCR)
YOU SHOULD visit the OCR
website and download/read
the Unit G322 sections of
the specification!

4. TEST – 5 Minutes
YOU MUST complete the TEST
independently and to the best of your
ability.
Once the time is up, YOU WILL peer
assess somebody elses work to establish
their understanding and at the same
time improve your own.

5. FEEDBACK
• Make sure you are marking the work in a
different colour to what they have written.
• Tally up their marks at the end and give them
some feedback – WWW and EBI

6. Answers
1) a) Mise-en-scene examples –
Lighting, Props, Colours, Facial expressions, Costume, Setting
b) Sound examples –
Diegetic Sound, Non-Diegetic Sound, Ambient Sound, Synchronous sound, Incidental
music
2) a) Camera angle = High Angle
b) Code = Technical
c) As weak and submissive, which is stereotypical of someone so young and
inexperienced.
3) 180° Rule
4) Shot-reverse-shot

7. Answers - CONTINUED
5)
6)
1. Single Play TV Drama =
2. Long Form TV Drama =

8. Answers - CONTINUED
7)
Glen Creeber (2011)
8)
Anti-stereotype
9)
John Berger “Men act, women appear”
10)
a) Mid-Shot at an eye level camera angle – Connotations?
b) Anguish? Struggle to escape? Weak and submissive? “Damsel in distress”

9. “…construct the representation of…”
In the exam, YOU WILL be asked to analyse ONE of the SEVEN areas of Representation
above.
This changes EVERY year so YOU WILL need to be prepared to answer a question on ALL
SEVEN areas.

10. Today we will re-cap HOW the representation of Age is constructed to the audience in a 5
minute sequence from:

11. Starter Task 2) – “60 Seconds!”
You have 60 Seconds to write down HOW and WHY certain figures within the school
compare to one another.
Key terms: Stereotype and Anti-stereotypes
YOU SHOULD make sure it is structured and can read out word-for-word!
VS.

12. Feedback
What are some of the stereotypes associated to
young and old people?

13. Main Task 1) – 30 Minutes
You are going to watch
the scene 4 times – YOU
MUST NOT make any
notes during the first
viewing.
Viewing 2 = Make notes
Viewing 3 = Make notes
Viewing 4 = Make
notes/answer the
question below.

14. For example:
The technical code of the _______ shot, _______ angle shot connotes…..
The non-verbal code of the setting establishes the authority of the older generations at
the school through….
The non-verbal code of …… connotes how young people are stereotyped as….
The diegetic verbal code of dialogue “EXAMPLE HERE” connotes how Age in this Mini-
series is represented as…
Remember! Identify anti-stereotypes as well!

15. Key Examples
“Heads down, mouths shut” “It’ll be the making of us, you’ll see”
Enigma clue (Roland Barthes) to…
“You..did..take out insurance?”
Behaviour of the boys – suspicious?

16. Key Examples
“Concentrate on what
you’re good at”
Long shot ‘signifies’ (De
Saussure)….“I just made a total fool of myself”
“You look ridiculous!”Low angle shot – connotes…
The non-verbal code of his outfit connotes…

17. Answer the Question – 45 Minutes
1 minute – Write your introduction.
10 minutes – Camera shots, angles, movement, composition
10 minutes – Editing
10 minutes – Sound
10 minutes – Mise-en-scene
“The use of technical area represents Age to be…”
2 minutes – Conclusion
2 minutes – Proof read your answer and check you followed a PEA structure.
Age

18. Feedback – 15 minutes
“Assess yourself”
Using your Assessment Card, YOU MUST establish what level you think you have achieved
in your answer.
YOU SHOULD tick ✓the areas of success and put a ?Against anything you think has
let the quality of your answer down.
Extension – YOU COULD assess someone else’s work nearby and compare/contrast each
other analysis.

19. We will now go through these 4 Technical areas by going to:
http://ncrafts.wordpress.com
You have the remainder of the lesson to complete
some silent, independent study for either Section A
or B of the Exam in preparation for the Mock Exam.

20. What have we learnt in
todays lesson?

21. YOU MUST explain what you
need to work on in order to
“Ace” the mock exam next week
for Section A: TV Drama (50
Marks)
YOU COULD explain the
stereotypes and anti-
stereotypes associated to Age
based on what you have
deconstructed today.

22. Homework
MOCK EXAM:
Friday 7th February 2014 - Afternoon
1) Revise for the Upcoming Mock Exam (Week beginning Monday 3rd February) using the
notes you have made over the last few Section A Lessons and by visiting:
http://ncrafts.wordpress.com
There are a number of pages there to help you practice for the Mock Exam
and “REAL DEAL” on May 23rd 2014.