Exam Tips

Pre-realise materials - 14th May
Real Exam- 14th June

- Colour Pencils
- Fine Liner
- Ruler

Practical tasks you can get;
DVD COVER,
FRONT COVER - LISTING MAG
MAGAZINE COVER
WEBSITE HOMEPAGE
STORYBOARD
-Keeping Website Homepage in mind.

Not just writing huge essays
Adding sketches and diagrams - spider diagrams/ bullet points

Depth Knowledge of 3 crime drama's
- Mention 3 in the exam
(Luther, CSI, Sherlock)
use own independent drama's you have researched/watched yourself

Variety of each show
American - Harito - perfect cop
Fantasy - Sherlock
Gritty - Luther - anti hero.

A-A* NEED TWO THEORIES.
Uses and Grafitications - reasons why we like media
- information
- entertainment
- personal identity
- personal relationships

Propp- Hero, Villian, Princess, Donar.
Each different kind of role a character is.

Barthes - every narrative has an enigma (something to be solved)

Tudorov - all narrative follw 3 parts
1- equilibrium - normallity
2- disruption - problems
3- resolution

Levi Straus
All naratives revolve around the opposite
Good vs Evil
Good Guys vs Bad Girls
Law vs Criminal


Detailed knowledge of characters.
3 Characters with a lot of information about each
Luther - complicated character.

Good understandings of settings
Vegas - gambling, casino, american, desert.
Miami - glamarous, multi cultural.
London - rich, nice apartments

Set pieces and iconography
- Police tape
- crime scene investigation
- water on desk

Jargon - types of words the detectives use in the dramas etc