Analysis of Fiction Essay

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Analysis of FictionEssay
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Exam Paper - Analysis of Fiction
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Choosing the Right Question

• There are always four questions to choose from.
• They can be summarised as
• A question about Narrative key aspect
• A question about Representation key aspect
• A question about Audience key aspect
• A question about Institution key aspect

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Choosing the Right Question

• Please Note
• Although it is usually the case, they may not
  come in that order.
• Each question requires you to write about the
  named key aspect and two others

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Choosing the Right Question

• You will choose the AUDIENCE question
• You will integrate (add in) your knowledge of how
  they use NARRATIVE and REPRESENTATION

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Audience Question

• Audience question will basically always be
  about
• how the film makers use different features to
  target different audience sections.
• How different audience sections would respond to
  different features of the text.
• However, this may be worded in many different
  ways
• Look at the following exam questions about
  audience and identify this basic idea in each.

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Audience Question 2013

• Audiences consist of a wide range of groups and
  individuals with different characteristics and
  desires, and who respond to media texts in
  different ways. With reference to a media text
  you have studied analyse how a range of audiences
  might respond.
• In your answer you must integrate your analysis
  of Audience with at least two other key aspects.

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Audience Question 2013

• Audiences consist of a wide range of groups and
  individuals with different characteristics and
  desires, and who respond to media texts in
  different ways. With reference to a media text
  you have studied analyse how a range of audiences
  might respond.
• In your answer you must integrate your analysis
  of Audience with at least two other key aspects.

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Audience Question 2012

• Audience study involves the consideration of
  target audience, mode of address, preferred
  reading and differential decoding. Apply at least
  two of these concepts to a media text you have
  studied and analyse how they affect or are
  affected by at least two other aspects.
• In your answer you should integrate analysis of
  Audience with at least two other key aspects.

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Audience Question 2012

• Audience study involves the consideration of
  target audience, mode of address, preferred
  reading and differential decoding. Apply at least
  two of these concepts to a media text you have
  studied and analyse how they affect or are
  affected by at least two other aspects.
• In your answer you should integrate analysis of
  Audience with at least two other key aspects.

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Audience Question 2011

• In order to recover the investment which is
  involved in making a media product, it is
  necessary to include material which aims to
  appeal to a range of different audiences. With
  close reference to a media text you have studied,
  analyse which elements were included to target
  different audiences.
• In your answer you must analyse Audience and at
  least two other key aspects.

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Audience Question 2011

• In order to recover the investment which is
  involved in making a media product, it is
  necessary to include material which aims to
  appeal to a range of different audiences. With
  close reference to a media text you have studied,
  analyse which elements were included to target
  different audiences.
• In your answer you must analyse Audience and at
  least two other key aspects.

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Audience Question 2010

• Audience sections read, view or listen to media
  texts with different needs and/or expectations.
  Analyse how different needs and/or expectations
  might influence the ways in which sections of the
  audience respond to one media text you have
  studied.
• In your answer refer to at least two other key
  aspects to suggest possible reasons for these
  different decodings.

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Audience Question 2010

• Audience sections read, view or listen to media
  texts with different needs and/or expectations.
  Analyse how different needs and/or expectations
  might influence the ways in which sections of the
  audience respond to one media text you have
  studied.
• In your answer refer to at least two other key
  aspects to suggest possible reasons for these
  different decodings.

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Marking System

• 40 marks are available
• You will be marked separately for each of the 3
  key aspects you write about.
• Then a formula is used to work out the range of
  possible marks.
• Then the marker will decide on a mark from the
  range available to them.

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They will consider such things as

• The sophistication of your language/expression
• How well you have integrated the key aspects
• If you have used knowledge of key aspects
  (Language/Institution) other than the 3 required.
  (Narrative, Representation, Audience)

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Marking System (Cont) click to link to the
Extended Marking Scale

• For each of the key aspects your response will be
  assessed as
• Full
• Convincing
• Clear
• Adequate
• Narrow Fail
• Inadequate
• Poor

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Marking System Cont - Examples
Full Answer Woohoo!!! The range of marks for
you is then 38-40!!!

• Pupil A
• Narrative Full
• Representation Full
• Audience - Full

• Pupil B
• Narrative Clear
• Representation Convincing
• Audience - Clear

• Convincing Answer
• Kinda Woohoo!!!
• The range of marks for you is then 28-29!!!

• Pupil C
• Narrative Poor
• Representation Poor
• Audience - Poor

Poor Answer Boohoo!!! The range of marks for you
is then 0-9
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What do you think the range of marks might be for

• Pupil D
• Narrative Convincing
• Representation Clear
• Audience Narrow Fail
• ??????

• 0-19

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What do you think the range of marks might be for

• Pupil E
• Narrative Narrow Fail
• Representation Full
• Audience Full
• ??????

• 20-23

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Lessons For Us!

1. I must write really well about all 3 key aspects
   and not neglect any of them
2. Following the very detailed plan that Mr. McGlynn
   has painstakingly put together will help me to do
   so!!!

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Essay Plan

• In order to recover the investment which is
  involved in making a media product, it is
  necessary to include material which aims to
  appeal to a range of different audiences. With
  close reference to a media text you have studied,
  analyse which elements were included to target
  different audiences.
• In your answer you must analyse Audience and at
  least two other key aspects.

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...analyse which elements were included to target
different audiences.

• Todorov/Classical structure
• Closed structure
• Symbolic Code (Binary Opposites)
• Referential Code
• Enigmatic Code
• Representation of Ideologies
• Representation of People
• Comedy Genre Features
• Road Trip Genre Features

• Mainstream/American
• Independent/intellectual
• Male
• Female
• Young/teenage
• Older audience
• Homosexuals
• Comedy genre fans
• Road Trip genre fans
• Etc. Etc.

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Essay Structure

• Introduction
• Main body
• Conclusion

• 1st Section
• 2nd Section

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Introduction Start with T.A.R.T.S

• Title
• Author
• Reference to Question
• Task Overview
• Summary of Plot/themes (Very brief)

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Exemplar Introduction

• Little Miss Sunshine written by Michael Arndt
  and directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  is a media text that includes elements to target
  different audiences.
• Film makers target both a mainstream and
  independent film audience using the key aspects
  of narrative and representation the narrative
  structure and the use of narrative enigmas would
  appeal to a mainstream audience and the fact that
  they challenge dominant ideologies through their
  representations would appeal to an independent
  film audience. The film makers also target other
  specific audience sections such as older,
  younger, male and female audiences. In addition
  they include conventions of comedy and road trip
  to appeal to fans of those genre.

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Essay Main Body

• Section 2

• Section 1

• Todorov/Classical structure
• Closed structure
• Binary Opposites
• Reference to Nietzsche
• Reference to Big Brother
• Reference to Proust
• Enigmatic Code
• Representation of Mothers
• Representation of Fathers
• Representation of Homosexuals
• Representation of Teenagers
• Comedy Genre Features
• Road Trip Genre Features

• Ideology of Success

• Ideology of Family

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2 Important points before we start

1. You have an opportunity to really perfect this
   essay which is worth a huge 40 marks!

• 2. So does everyone else so they expect a lot
  from you...
• ...and so do I!