Cambridge A Level Media Studies 9607 — 2015 Oct/Nov Paper 2 · Variant 1

9607/21/O/N/15 · 100 marks · ≈113 min

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Question paper, page 1

This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page. DC (NH) 99071/1 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over * 4 6 9 7 4 2 4 9 4 3 * MEDIA STUDIES 9607/02 Paper 2 Key Media Concepts October/November 2015 2 hours Additional Materials: 16-page answer booklet READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer Section A and one question from Section B. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level

Question paper, page 2

2 9607/02/O/N/15 © UCLES 2015 The total duration of this paper is 2 hours. The first 30 minutes will be spent watching and making notes on the moving image extract. After the 30 minutes of screening and note-making time, you should use 45 minutes to answer Section A before moving on to spend the last 45 minutes on Section B. Section A: Textual analysis and representation You will be shown an extract from Mad Men a total of four times. During the first screening, you should not make notes; during the second, third and fourth screenings there will be an opportunity to make notes and there will be gaps in between for further note-taking. Your notes should be made in the answer booklet and ruled through after you have finished writing your answer. Extract: Mad Men (season 1, episode 13, 2007 dir. Matthew Weiner) 1 Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs meaning through the following: • camera shots, angles, movement and composition • editing • sound • mise-en-scène. [50]

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3 9607/02/O/N/15 © UCLES 2015 Section B: Institutions and audiences Answer one question from this section. Refer to specific examples from one media area chosen from: • film • music • print • radio • video games. 2 To what extent is technological convergence important to media institutions? [50] OR 3 How far does your own experience of media consumption reflect wider patterns of audience behaviour? [50]

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2015 Oct/Nov, Paper 2 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A80/100
B70/100
C60/100
D50/100
E40/100