How The Exam Works

The exam is 2 hour-long. It is divided in 2 sections and will be roundabout the fifteenth of May 2014.
It is out of 100 marks and the two sections have 50 marks each. My target grade is a B so I am looking for getting 70 marks on this paper. To exceed my target grade, I need to get at least 80 points.

Section A is an hour long and is about television drama.
There is only one question, it is compulsory and worth 50 marks.
Here is an example of what the question might be like:
"Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of age using the following:

• Mise-en-scene
• Editing
• Sound (speech and music)
• Camera shots, angles, movements and composition.

 As well as age, we also might be asked to discuss the representation of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, physical ability, class and status or even regional identity (accents).

Before writing my piece:

1. I will be allowed two minutes to read the question for Section A before the extract is screened.
2. The extract will be screened four times
3. First screening: I will watch the extract but not make notes
4. Second screening: I will watch the extract and make a few notes
5. There will be a brief brief for note-taking
6. Third and fourth screening: I will watch the extract again and take notes. (There will be a brief break for note-makingafter the third and fourth screenings.

This whole process should last thirty minutes.