MEST1 Mock exam: learner response
37 marks
- - Starts really well but then loses question focus
- - MUST use key wording from Q throughout
- - Make sure you understand key terminology … you
have incorrectly applied the word ‘convergence’ in several places
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I could've talked about how Megan Fox was being
promoted or the Frank Sinatra.
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Talked about the tagline for question three.
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Gun violence was seen as glamorous and without
consequence.
I was
7 marks away from my target grade
4. My strongest question in section A was
question 3 as it was easier to talk about how males in the trailer as it was
dominated by men. It made the question easier to answer and there were lots of
points to choose from.
5. My weakest question was two as I didn't
have as many developed and strong points as the other questions and I confused myself
when answering the question.
6. One specific link that is employed in the
trailer is the actress Megan Fox. Megan Fox is a utilised as one of the key
brands in the film in order to endorse and fume her reputation and call of
duty. Fox is famous for big action packed films such as the big franchise
Transformers. With the trailer being an action film it will help promote Megan
Fox in the action genre so people will associate her with action films and the
game call of duty as it is an action game.
Another link is with the group of 4 friends
who go to Las Vegas to have a good time and enjoy themselves. This links to the
film Ocean’s Eleven. The Ocean’s Eleven consists of eleven some experienced and
newly recruited con men trying to rob a high security Las Vegas casino. This is emphasised as we see the famous Las
Vegas sign after the car passes then the group of males coming out of the car.
This is a strong link with the game and film as Call of Duty is trying to
create synergy between the products as La Vegas is a famous place to go for excitement.
Vegas is seen a symbol of escapism in which the game makers want to endorse.
The trailer also associates Infinity wards
and Activision as two businesses that help promote action films. When people
see these businesses they will automatically associate with the call of duty
franchises or those who know about the call of duty franchises but want to play
games that are similar to this, will go and search the other games that they
sell. This will aid endorse Activision and infinity wards as call of duty being
one of their successful games people will go and buy other games that they
produce to live up to the standard of call of duty.
7. I believe that in the section I spoke about
all three major platforms such as e-media, broadcast and print. I also used all
my case studies including my independent case study of The Inbetweeners.
8. In order to gain access to the top level
for section b I needed to use the key words for the question and always link
back to it. There wasn't enough information linking back to what the question
was asking.
9. I needed to talk about how all of the
platforms can be accessed on your phone which is how media devices contain
everything from all platforms which is linking it back to what the question was
asking.