LFTVD Q3


How to write a lftvd q3 from TomEccles4


The question from OCR’s Practice Paper:
3*           Why do long form television dramas from different countries offer different representations?
In your answer you must:
       consider the contexts in which long form television dramas are produced and consumed
       explain how media contexts may have influenced representations in the set episodes of the two long form television dramas you have studied
       make judgements and reach conclusions about the reasons for the differences in representation between the two episodes.


Example questions, written in the same format:
3*           How and why are genre conventions important for the audience to aid understanding of long form television dramas?
In your answer you must:
       consider the contexts in which long form television dramas are produced and consumed
       explain how media contexts may have influenced the genre conventions in the set episodes of the two long form television dramas you have studied
       make judgements and reach conclusions about the reasons for the differences in genre conventions between the two episodes.


3* ‘Industry contexts greatly influence the choices media producers make about how to represent events, issues, individuals and social groups.’ Discuss how and why producers might be influenced to construct representations differently.
In your answer you must:
      consider the contexts in which long form television dramas are produced and consumed
      explain how media contexts may have influenced different aspects of representation in the set episodes of the two long form television dramas you have studied
      make judgements and reach conclusions about the differences in representation between the two set episodes.



Other things you may be asked about:
Context:
How LFTVD reflects and constructs social, cultural and political attitudes towards wider issues and beliefs
How LFTVD can act as a means of reflecting historical issues and events – and what can influence this

Language:
How the different modes and language associated with LFTVD communicate multiple meanings
Genre –
·         what are the codes and conventions
·         how this changes historically and through technology
·         intertextual references and their significance
·         how LFTVD challenges and subverts conventions

Audience – how and why they may respond in different ways due to a number of demographic and psychographic differences

Representation:
The way events, issues, individuals and social groups (including social identity) are represented through processes of selection and combination
How audience responses to and interpretations of media representations reflect social, cultural and historical circumstances
How realism is created in LFTVD
How and why stereotypes can be used positively and negatively
How and why particular social groups, in a national and global context, may be under-represented or misrepresented



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