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This examination has two sections.

Section A: candidates – Action Adventure

unseen film clip

Section B: TV Comedy

40% of final marks

1 Hour 45 minutes

Sections A and B are worth equal marks

making the sitcom section of the exam worth

20% of your final mark.

AO1 Recall, select and communicate

Recall, select and communicate their

knowledge and understanding of media

products and the contexts in which they are

produced and consumed.

AO2 Analyse and respond

Analyse and respond to media texts/topics

using media key concepts and appropriate

terminology.

Audience

Media Language

Institution

Audience enjoyment

Target audience

Comparison of the sitcoms

Consider a range of different points – at least

6!

Intro- who are the target audiences?

Types of humour

Characterisation

Narrative structures

Scheduling/institution

Opening credits

Conclusion

Linguistic: Innuendo/pun/sarcasm

Physical: farce/ physical humour

Situation comedy

Exaggeration / hyperbole

Stereotypes

Main characters – allows audience to bond

Cameo roles – celebrities as transient

characters

Supporting characters may appear

occasionally.

A celebrity playing a

transient character

encourages the audience

to watch.

A core of main characters

allows the audience to bond

and emotionally engage with

the characters.

Stereotyping of

characters allows for

humour and

encourages the

audience to identify

with characters.

NSync in the

Simpsons

Russell Brand in

the Simpsons

Danny Devito in

Friends

The BBC tend to use famous actors/ Actress’ as their main

characters

Zoe Wanamaker and

Robert Lindsay in ‘My

Family’Dawn French in ‘The

Vicar of Dibley’

Joanna Lumley and Jennifer

Saunders in ‘Absolutely

Fabulous’

Main character – usually 4 – 6 main

characters

Supporting characters – in occasional

episodes such as Phoebe’s brother or Gunther

Transient characters – in one off episodes

Cameo – celebrities who have a one off part

in a show.

Use of well known actors to attract audience

(mainly BBC)

Arc plot

Episodic plot

Cliffhangers

Use of flashbacks

Narrative strands

Dramatic Irony – audience as omniscient (all

seeing)

Flashbacks give background to the storyline

Episodic plots allow ‘casual’ audience

members to watch occasionally.

Arc plots engage the audience and ‘hook’

their interest.

Cliff-hangers at the end of an episode or a

series again ‘hook’ the audience.

Prime Time?

After the watershed?

Channel?

British or American?

Types of character?

(friends/colleagues/family)

Repeats? Still being made?

How is the institution funded? Effect?

Theme tune (lyrics and tune)

Introduces characters to the audience (how?)

Sets the tone

Typography used

Introduces arc plots

Just run through the characters in the sit

com

Forget to compare the two

Forget to use media terms

Forget what you are being marked on!

Candidates should be prepared to analyse

and discuss the following:

• Mass and niche audiences

• How a text addresses its audiences

• The pleasures a text offers its audiences

Targeting audiences

• Placement between texts

• Scheduling (eg stripping schedules)

• Competition between institutions

• Repeating texts on related

channels/stations

• Releasing in different formats

• Offering texts on demand

Niche audience Types of Humour

Mass audience Arc plot

Institution episodic plot

Prime time representation

Watershed stereotypes

Transient character audience

engagement

Cameo supporting

character

Narrative strand/structure