Year 10 Mock Exam DIRT

DIRT

1. 

• Film (including trailers) - BBFC
• TV & Radio - OFCOM
• Advertising - ASA
• Magazines and newspapers - IPSO & IMPRESS
• Video Games - Video Standards Council

2. Media language means: 

• Camerawork
• Editing
• Mise-en-scene
• Narrative style

• Videos may use contrasting settings and associated lighting - location or studio or in performance, urban or rural, exotic or everyday, to match the style of music and the musician's image. 

• Videos may use contrasting camerawork and editing to create a tone to match the song and the musician(s), by creating documentary style naturalism or a more stylised performance. 
• Use correct TERMINOLOGY.

3. 

• Availability - producers of local radio programmes can target geographically defined specialised audiences however producers of national radio programmes may target mass audiences.
• Styles and/or genres played - producers of radio programmes may seek to specialise in a genre, for example BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge uses an acoustic genre with 'unique acoustic performances from a range of artists.
• Eras of programming - producers of radio programmes may target older demographics.
• Targeting an otherwise unserved niche audience in order to complete the market.
• Targeting a mass audience to sell to advertisers.
• Targeting a well-defined niche audience to sell to advertisers.
• As part of a Public Service Broadcasting requirement to address a specific audience on the channel the programme is broadcast on.

Radio 1 Live Lounge

• Radio 1 is an established brand, has national transmission and a place on the BBC's website that has a dominant online presence.
• Uses younger presenters to engage their target audience.
• Radio producers position the Radio 1 Live Lounge to illustrate a commitment to live music, which will engage audiences concerned with authenticity.

4. Analyse representations of musicians in the extract from MOJO magazine. Use correct TERMINOLOGY. 

5*.  

Similarities

• both feature a range of musicians on the front cover, either in cover lines or images.
• both use language to try to create an inclusive mode of address, addressing an audience of music fans.
• both use a range of san-serif fonts.

Target: Revise more specifically music magazines. Learn who regulates radios. Revise terminology. Understand media language.