Approach
to Textual Investigation 2
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You will work
on choosing a title and a format for your Textual Investigation.
Key
Terms:
Controlled Assessment
This is the work you do in class that counts towards your final GCSE grade. The assessments are controlled in that you must complete them in class under your teacher's supervision.
They are also controlled by the WJEC, the awarding body, as they set the titles from which you must choose.
Illustrated Essay
This is a written piece of work that includes images. For example, if the topic of your investigation is to do with narrative conventions in film trailers, you may include screenshots to make your point clearer.
Conventional points of view
This means that the representation in the text is what is expected by an audience. For example the representation of the woman in horror genre films is as a victim.
Challenged
If you choose a title which asks how conventions are challenged, the expectation is that you will be investigating a media text that shows a different representation from the usual ones.
For example, a music video that shows a more realistic example of a young woman or an example of a narrative that is not a simple linear structure.
At this stage of the course you should be ready to complete your second and final textual investigation.
Your first investigation was based on genre.
Your second investigation must be based on narrative or representation.
There are rules you must follow in completing your textual investigations:
Narrative
Controlled Assessment
This is the work you do in class that counts towards your final GCSE grade. The assessments are controlled in that you must complete them in class under your teacher's supervision.
They are also controlled by the WJEC, the awarding body, as they set the titles from which you must choose.
Illustrated Essay
This is a written piece of work that includes images. For example, if the topic of your investigation is to do with narrative conventions in film trailers, you may include screenshots to make your point clearer.
Conventional points of view
This means that the representation in the text is what is expected by an audience. For example the representation of the woman in horror genre films is as a victim.
Challenged
If you choose a title which asks how conventions are challenged, the expectation is that you will be investigating a media text that shows a different representation from the usual ones.
For example, a music video that shows a more realistic example of a young woman or an example of a narrative that is not a simple linear structure.
At this stage of the course you should be ready to complete your second and final textual investigation.
Your first investigation was based on genre.
Your second investigation must be based on narrative or representation.
There are rules you must follow in completing your textual investigations:
- One must be print based.
- Neither textual investigation can be based on the topic you have chosen for production.
- Only one textual investigation can be based on the exam topic (in your case advertising, print based or TV).
- The two investigations must be on different topics and media forms.
- One textual investigation must be based on genre.
- One textual investigation must be based on narrative or representation.
- Your investigation must refer to one main text but refer to examples of other texts to clarify your points.
- Your investigations must be between 400 and 850 words.
- You can present your textual investigation as an essay, an illustrated essay or a Power Point presentation.
Narrative
- Explore how narrative is constructed in (your chosen text)
- Explore the structure of narrative in (your chosen text)
- Explore how conventional the narrative structure is in (your chosen text)
- Explore how far the narrative structure in (your chosen text) challenges conventional narratives.
- Explore how gender, ethnicity, age, nationality, place, events or issues are represented in (your chosen text).
- Explore how far the representation of one of the following is challenged in (your chosen text): gender, ethnicity, age, nationality, place, events or issues.
- Explore how far the representation of one of the following reinforces conventional points of view in (your chosen text): gender, ethnicity, age, nationality, place, events or issues.
Below are 4 different responses to the textual investigation:
Explore how narrative is constructed in Vera and CSI Miami.
Underneath the responses are clips from the two texts being investigated, it is not important that you are familiar with these texts but you can take a quick look.
Task 1:
Using the given handouts, you should indicate the media terminology that has been used.
Even if you aren't sure about some of the terms, put them down anyway. We will recap on narrative over the next week or two.
Explore how narrative is constructed in Vera and CSI Miami.
Underneath the responses are clips from the two texts being investigated, it is not important that you are familiar with these texts but you can take a quick look.
Task 1:
Using the given handouts, you should indicate the media terminology that has been used.
Even if you aren't sure about some of the terms, put them down anyway. We will recap on narrative over the next week or two.
Response 1
Response 2
Response 3
Response 4
Vera
CSI Miami
Year 11 GCSE Media Studies 2015
Terms for Textual Investigation
Name___________________________________________
Response number
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Media term
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Meaning
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1
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Linear Narrative
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Follows a straight line — starting at the beginning, moving to the middle and proceeding to the end of the story.
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