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Examiners Reports

Internet Links

1 Examiners' Report Winter 2012

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publications/15549.pdf

2 Examiners' Report Summer 2011

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publications/14227.pdf

3 Examiners' Report Winter 2011http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/

publications/13312.pdf

4 Examiners' Report Summer 2010

http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/11988.pdf

5 Examiners' Report Winter 2010

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publications/10680.pdf

6 Examiners' Report Summer 2009

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publications/9083.pdf

Overall Advice on the Exam

Be sure of the format of the exam - answerONE question from each section.READ the questions carefully.

use specific micro features to underlinepoints being made.

Give detailed and specific examples fromthe films.

Give more explicit engagement with theconstruction of narrative, themes andmessages and values in the films.

Candidates who could deconstruct moreprecisely the narratives of the films studied,using explicit knowledge of narrativedevices, performed much better than those

Advice on Section BMake sure that you are confident of the link between

horror conventions and narrative structure.

The term 'narrative devices' confused some candidates,who struggled to identify any used by the films they hadstudied. Some candidates got 'bogged down' in lengthytheories such as Propp and Todorov without reallyapplying them to the films. It would be more useful toassess the effect of openings, climaxes or endings (keysequences).

Advice on Section C

Comparative study is a key objectiveCandidates need to identify specific narrative devices used

and compare them. Some candidates could only listgeneric conventions and were not able to make any links

between genre and narrative construction and themes.Some candidates were unaware of when their films were

made, making a coherent response difficult. A minority ofcandidates also confused when the films were set with

when they were made.

Advice on Section A

Consider the question first (which tends to be broad- based) and establish what youknow about the question before considering the resource material.

The aim is for candidates to be able to respond to the question using a combination ofideas suggested by the resource material and their own case studies. They can ofcourse debate what ideas are suggested by the resource material.

Resource material should be used as a springboard for debate.

Candidates do not have to deal at length with every item of resource material - beselective

Combine use of the resource material with your own examples, expressed with asense of personal voice.

Unfortunately, many candidates described the resource materials, often repeating thetext verbatim. It appears as if few candidates are consistently providing examples ordebating arguments surrounding questions.

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