'Psycho' this week

We're looking at Hitchcock's Psycho this week. See latest Tweet for questions (there are 30 questions on part 1).

You will of course have done all the work set from last week.

Welcome to Year 12/13

Have a look down these posts to find out what last year's A2 group did.

No lesson next week - sorry. Monday I'm doing speaking assessments and Wednesday I'm at a meeting at Sandringham.

Meanwhile keep working on Feminism and the media. See my latest Tweets.

Questions on Fatal Attraction (link from Tweet) + an essay: To what extent do media images still objectify women.

All work in please on Monday 4th July.

Good Luck

Some advice:

Section A

SPEND NO MORE THAN 55 MINS ON THIS SECTION

Watch the time; spend 10 mins max on Qu a, 15 mins max on Qu b and 15 mins max on qu C

Spend 3-5 mins planning each answer.

Keep your plan open as you're writing so you can add to it.

Section B - 48 marks

CHOOSE THE ESSAY CAREFULLY - NDM OR REPRESENTATION - THINK ABOUT YOUR CASE STUDY- WHICH QUESTION WOULD IT SUIT

allow 10 mins planning time and 50 mins for writing

State your case study in the first few lines

Include plenty of examples - facts, figures & stats

Include relevant RAILING concepts and huge amounts of MEDIA LANGUAGE

Squeeze in as much relevant theory as you can

lesson on Friday 10th

Revision lesson tomorrow. Essay technique - using a section A part 3 and a section B NDM sample. Same again Monday.

Here are some Top Gear questions to get your teeth into:

Top Gear Questions

a) How does the extract hook the audience? (8 marks)

b) Do programmes like this show that TV is dumbing down to attract audiences? You may refer to other texts. (12 marks)

c) How are self-parody, irony and self-referencing used in modern texts to enhance their gratifications? You must refer to other texts (12 marks)

REPRESENTATION ESSAY – 48 marks

Either

a) Why are representations of masculinity in contemporary texts rarely straightforward? Discuss with reference to your case study.

b) Many modern media texts contain sexualised representations of young women and girls and many show an exaggerated masculinity. To what extent do you think this is true? You must refer to your case study.

This week

Revision lessons today, Monday - Room 21

No lesson tomorrow

Revision Lesson on Friday

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