Introduction

The purpose of this unit is to assess your ability to analyse a media text, as well as your understanding of the concept of representation using a short unseen moving image extract. In this case, an extract from a television drama programme.

Secondly, it will assess your knowledge and understanding of the British film industry - its production processes, distribution strategies, use of technologies and related issues concerning audience reception and consumption of media texts.

The examination is two hours (including 30 minutes for viewing and making notes on the moving image extract) and you have to answer two compulsory questions. The unit is marked out of a total of 100, with each question marked out of 50.

There are two sections to this paper:
Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation (TV Drama) = 50 marks.
Section B: Institutions and Audiences (The British Film industry) = 50 marks