A level media exam blog

1) Type up any  feedback  in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). Nasra, superb overall attempt here! section A was nearly flawless- your approach to these questions really answered the focus of the questions. Your knowledge understanding demonstrates how prepared you here for this mock! Now  re ad through the genuine AQA mark scheme . This is vital as the paper was an official exam paper and therefore the mark scheme tells us a lot about what AQA are expecting us to produce. 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: Q1:5/8 Additional points: this advertisement makes heavy use of what Neale describes as ‘instances of  repetition’, where familiar tropes and imagery are used to engage with  audience expectations around ...

Part 1: Background reading on Gamergate Read  this Guardian article on Gamergate 10 years on . Answer the following questions: 1) What was Gamergate?  A harassment campaign to spread misogynistic views against feminism and diversity in the video games industry 2) What is the recent controversy surrounding narrative design studio Sweet Baby Inc?  A strong prevalence of 'wokery' - secretly forcing game developers to change the bodies, ethnicities and sexualities of video game characters 3) What does the article conclude regarding diversity in videogames? Diversity is happening in videogames naturally as players and developers themselves diversify Part 2: Further Feminist Theory: Media Factsheet Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or  here using your Greenford Google login . Find Media Factsheet  #169 Further Feminist Theory , read the whole of the Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What...