exam tips

1. Don't bother writing out the question
2. Don't bother writing long introductions to your essays
3. Get stuck into using MICRO language
4. Cover ALL of the MICRO features
5. State that the MICRO features such as mise-en-scene, sound, editing, camera work COMBINE to construct characters. Nothing in TV Drama is left to chance. Set designs, costumes, hair make-up, all combine to tell the audience something about the character. It is your job to state what that something is.
6. Don't forget MIGRAIN. the key concepts are still relevant
7. Must state that the MICRO features combine to give a representation of gender, class etc...
8. Must then argue whether the representations in the extract are fair and accurate or stereotypical, offensive, unfair...