If Anyone wants media help...

[JVG]

Hey, I did OK in Media last year, and would like to pass on some help, as the people on this forum have been fantastic.

Drop me a message

[milkcarton]

JVG,
     You did "OK" and got a 50??? Oh man I am going to ask you a HEAP of questions tomorrow.

[Slumdawg]

I did OK in Media last year

Biggest understatement of the year. You aced media haha. Just out of interest, did you get a premier's award for it?

[JVG]

Haha no, I was the only 50 who didn't

[sc92]

there was only one 50 last year.....

[m@tty]

According to the Herald Sun top achievers list, there were 10 50's last year.

[sc92]

sh*t.... this is awkward. my bad.

[BilzaLM]

Did you expect to get (close to) a 50 or was it a big surprise? Not really relevant to anything, just curious.

[louiethefly]

how much work did you do yourself? and how much did your teacher help you?

[JVG]

Honestly I had no idea- i can't say I studied a lot the weekend before- was rowing in Nagambie. My teacher did help me a lot, the most valuable thing she told me was to include complexities to really differentiate yourself- like even though passive is not an accurate description of an audience ('couch potato' question) it's good to say that we can choose to passively consume media. I must say- I went into the exam having done every question before, that was what helped me the most.

[Slumdawg]

Honestly I had no idea- i can't say I studied a lot the weekend before- was rowing in Nagambie. My teacher did help me a lot, the most valuable thing she told me was to include complexities to really differentiate yourself- like even though passive is not an accurate description of an audience ('couch potato' question) it's good to say that we can choose to passively consume media. I must say- I went into the exam having done every question before, that was what helped me the most.

Oh god, my teacher is probably the worst in the world. I gave him a practice exam to mark and his comments weren't helpful in the slightest. In fact most of them were wrong. He was like "Dialogue is NOT sound" when in the question was like "Refer to how sound engages an audience, including music, sound effects and/or dialogue". This was vcaa too. Arghhh. I wish I had a good teacher to mark my stuff. I'm not even gonna bother showing him anything else. It's a waste of time. I may have to send you some answers JVG! Cos my teacher is pathetic.

[milkcarton]

Oooooooooo shit, shilayli.

3 DAYS.
FRIDAY - narrative <- everything
SATURDAY - social values <- everything
SUNDAY - media influence <- everything
Monday prior to 3:00pm <- black ops

[BilzaLM]

Couldn't really think of anywhere else to put this question...
For Social Values, it asks the production period of the film we watched. Now, i'm aware of what this means and everything, but I'm just wondering on that small line given do we just write the year it was released in, or give a range of the years it was produced over?
For example, I'm doing "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". Do i simply write 1967, or do i write something like 1965-1967?
Also by "I'd done every question before", do you mean by luck you had done the ones that came up in the exam, or that you'd literally done every practice exam you could find haha? (Better yet, how many practice exams did you do?)
I only have access to 7....(VCAA 2005-09, Insight 2007-08).
Thanks.

[Slumdawg]

Couldn't really think of anywhere else to put this question...
For Social Values, it asks the production period of the film we watched. Now, i'm aware of what this means and everything, but I'm just wondering on that small line given do we just write the year it was released in, or give a range of the years it was produced over?
For example, I'm doing "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". Do i simply write 1967, or do i write something like 1965-1967?
Also by "I'd done every question before", do you mean by luck you had done the ones that came up in the exam, or that you'd literally done every practice exam you could find haha? (Better yet, how many practice exams did you do?)
I only have access to 7....(VCAA 2005-09, Insight 2007-08).
Thanks.

Years it was produced over apparently. But it doesn't really matter. No marks are given for it anyway so you could do either. It's just to kinda impress the assessor. What could they do if you didn't write anything? Nothing really. So don't stress about it. Just do 1965-1967 that's what seems to be right, but it's not important in the scheme of things anyway.

[Slumdawg]

Also by "I'd done every question before", do you mean by luck you had done the ones that came up in the exam, or that you'd literally done every practice exam you could find haha? (Better yet, how many practice exams did you do?)
I only have access to 7....(VCAA 2005-09, Insight 2007-08).
Thanks.

I also wanna know the answer to this..