Conventions

Section 1A

Conventions

• Section 1A

One of the possible questions you will be given in the exam may include conventions!

You need to scan the question in order to find the thing you are writing about.

Sample Question

Explain how your use of conventions specific to your media productions developed over time and contributed to your production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer.

You will probably…

Write four paragraphs AND an intro/conclusion.

You only have 25 minutes so you need to be well prepared for every question.

You need to refer to almost all of your productions, if not, all of them.

You could structure them by convention or by year …

By convention

IntroNarrative

Conventions

CharacterConvention

s

Technology Convention

s

Conventions

development

Conc’

By year

IntroAS

1st PointAS

2nd Point

A21st Point

A22nd point

Conc’

Sample Paragraph

A + EG

B + EG

C entral Argument Linking to why you have chosen to use

conventions.E.g. I chose to break this convention

because…

Name what you did THEN in terms of

using a convention

Add an example

Name what you do NOW in terms of

using a convention

Add an example

Thought Shower

• Conventions of Preliminary Task

Thought Shower

• Conventions of Music Video Tasks(‘Why does love do this to me’)(A2 Music Video)

Thought Shower

• Conventions of Thriller Films

Thought Shower

• (Choose two) Conventions of Websites/Digipacks/Magazine Ads

Any other thoughts/questions?

Choose one

Way in which you have improved in terms of conventions.A)1. State what you did THEN2. State an example of thisB)3. State what you do NOW4. State an example of this

C)reate a central argument which sums this up in terms of your growth.

Exemplars

• Read through the exemplars

• Colour-code and highlight the…

– Conventions discussed– Examples discussed– Central Arguments

Grade them!

What do you think they got?

A high grade? (A or B)

A medium grade? (C or D)

A low grade? (E or F)

What did the high papers do well?

You have homework, it’s an essay.

Homework (due next Wed)

Do a practise exam essay for Q1A

Explain how your use of conventions specific to your media productions developed over time and contributed to your production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer.

USE THE BLOG

Everything is on there, including stuff on conventions (you will have to scroll quite a bit!)

Use your notes – we have given you heaps of exemplars and hints for writing the Section 1A essay!

PLANINTRO

FIRST PARAGRAPH

SECOND PARAGRAPH

THIRD PARAGRAPH

FOURTH PARAGRAPH

CONCLUSION