GCSE Media Studies Paper 2008

[missdelaney]

Heh, I asked my Media Studies teacher earlier when I finished the second piece of my exam, he mentioned nothing about "facial expression" although he did say to write it all in the box provided. How can you draw a facial expression in a box so small if its a long shot.

[Xarea]

Omg how did you manage to scan it?
your school must be slack? :S

Haha, I have my ways :p

why don't you spend more time revising a more important subject lol >.>

Uhm, what do you mean LOL? ;p

And I did the first half of the paper today, I found it quite easy I guess, I only wrote like 3 pages for Task Two - Task One was pretty easy, however.

[Throne Sofa]

Hmm for question one isn't it more about the history of sitcoms? Taking it from when it was first on Radio to where it is now and following it through the decades? This is the main structure of mine, and by giving examples in each I can show them i know about the main conventions in sitcoms etc.

I prefer my introductions as well with bold and standout comments, something to get the examiner engaged.

[The Professor]

Stick men are perfectly fine - allowed, but you need to put facial expression on them.

WHAAAT? We were told not to draw them under any circumstances Although I did always hate my english teacher for being incompetant......

Hmm for question one isn't it more about the history of sitcoms? Taking it from when it was first on Radio to where it is now and following it through the decades? This is the main structure of mine, and by giving examples in each I can show them i know about the main conventions in sitcoms etc.

Phew, someone else who did the same as me

[Throne Sofa]

Alex, for your second one it seems similar to the first question? They're asking for the 'current state' rather than how it developed to its current state?

[jccjcc]

i've done **** in my first exam and i'm probably going to do **** tomorrow in my second!

[Grindle-lad]

Well I had my Task 1 & 2 Exam on Tuesday and it seemed to go pretty well. Wrote about 5 sides for task 1 and 3 for task 2, I hope it contained what they were looking for!

Anyway, got my task 3 & 4 tomorrow, just doing some last minute preperation and trying to memorise my notes!

Good Luck if your still to do yours.

[Grindle-lad]

P.S , Does your storyboard have to fit all 10 frames to get the top marks? I've only got 8 and struggling to find 2 more to fit in...

[Throne Sofa]

Grindle, in the exam you get 20 little boxes.

[Grindle-lad]

You are right.

I had the 2nd half of my exam today, went very well

As for the storyboard, it's only supposed to last 30 seconds so i can't imagine many people are using the full 20 slides! I used 10 on mine.