Fourth Mock Exam: Footballer's Wives

Extract: Footballer's Wives (ITV)

Extract length: 0.0 - 4:14.

Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract only.

1 Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations of
class and status using the following:

· Camera shots, angles, movements and composition
· Editing
· Sound
· Mise-en-scene

Tips for TV Drama Exam

• Read the June 2009 C grade and A student essays from June 2009
• In the exam you cannot write about every single element of the extract - pick a few MICRO elements that you think help construct representations
• The extract in the exam will offer a constructed representation of one of the topics (age, gender, race etc.) Have an opinion; argue whether you feel the contructed representation is fair and accurate or unfair and stereotypical.
• State the genre of the TV drama (Cop Drama, Hospital Drama, Soap etc.) State whether the typical codes and conventions of the genre are in the extract.
• State the target audience for the extract
• Remember that nothing is left to chance. Everything in TV Drama is planned in detail to communicate meaning to the audience. MICRO elements give the audience essential information about characters
• Every scene in TV Drama communicates INFORMATION and EMOTION.
  

June 2009 Exam Scripts

Below are some example student responses from the June 2009 exam:

The examiner marks your work under the following headings:
Explanation/analysis/argument marked E/A/A on scripts – (0-20 marks)
Use of examples – marked E on scripts(0-20 marks)
Use of terminology - marked T on scripts(0-10 marks)

This is the exam question:

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This is a Grade C response:

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This is a Grade A response:

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