End of Year 1 exam: Learner Response

 1) Type up any feedback from your teacher in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to).

www- q2 shows some potential but you need to use this as a lesson in work ethic and revision.

2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Question 1.1 asks about mise-en-scene. What do we use to remember mise-en-scene? Give one example answer from the clip too - you'll find example answers in the mark scheme.

CLAMPS - wills clothes

3) Question 1.2 asks about narrative features in the extract. Look at the mark scheme to pick out three possible answers for this question. 

•Location: the empty city creates its own enigma code with the mystery of what has

happened to the city and the people that lived there. This is partially resolved later in the

extract.

• Props: the setting and props are both familiar (the drink bottles and bread towards the end

of the sequence) and also other-worldly in keeping with the fantasy genre (the city). The

creates a contrast that suggests the wider narrative arc of multiple worlds (including one

very much like our own).

• Costumes: Lyra and Will are placed in costumes that reflect the world they are from. This

helps to communicate the wider narrative arc of the show and emphasises the fact they are

‘out of place’ in this city currently. This creates a sense of narrative enigma (why are they

there? What will they discover? Are they in danger?) and also a sense of binary opposition –

of two opposing worlds. The costumes of the two other children help emphasise this

contrast and reflect the narrative development of the ‘Spectres’ that have left these

4) Now focus on Question 2 - the 20 mark essay. Use the mark scheme to pick out one way Doctor Who reflects 1963 and one way His Dark Materials reflects 2020. 

• Traditionally, Doctor was a white male, most often with a younger female companion,

reflecting and reinforcing traditional gender roles of the times, with the man as powerful

and in control and the woman as helper. Women’s helper role often been to provide an

emotional, empathetic side to the programme. Reinforcing the idea that men are active,

action-centred while women are more passive, emotional and sensitive

• Changes in society, particularly advances in equality for women, have slowly been reflected

in TV drama. In 2016 it was announced that the next regeneration of Doctor Who would be

as a woman (played by Jodie Whittaker). In His Dark Materials, the protagonist and

strongest character is female (Lyra).

5) Reflect on your overall work and exam performance this year. What three things do you need to work on or revise in Media for Year 11? 

revise more of the CSPs

make sure i am sticking to the extract

make sure to write more info outside the clips