Past Paper Examination Practice

The following extract is from Summer 2010. The question is:
How is the representation of gender constructed in this extract from 'Primeval'?'

Before you watch it, read the following instructions carefully:

 
A. Divide a piece of paper into 4 squares, one each for mise-en-scene, camfam, sound, and editing.
B. Watch the extract four times:

1. Watch it without making any notes; in you head, think: am I seeing stereotypical male/female figures or not?
2. Watch it a second time, looking for examples of mise-en-scene and camera framing/angle/movement which support your ideas. Give yourself two minutes only to make notes.
3. Watch it a third time, listening for examples of sound - especially dialogue - which support your ideas. Again, give yourself two minutes only to make notes.
4. Watch it a fourth and final time, this time making notes about editing; whose side does it position the viewer on?

C. You then have 45 minutes to write this essay. Remember that it should have 5 paragraphs:

1. Introduction: describe the representations/stereotypes shown
2. Mise-en-scene
3. Camera framing/angle/movement
4. Soundtrack
5. Editing