Another superb year of coursework has finally come to a close. We say this every year but again it's true...the overall standard has been better than ever so well done! The vast majority of you didn't just meet your minimum target grades but went one higher (and in some cases two!). This is brilliant news and means you are really set up to achieve outstanding results again come August...so long as you make sure you revise hard for the exams!
What you see below are links to six of the best of the 'A' grade essays that were submitted (there were more but not all of them have been posted up by their authors). It is strongly recommended that you read through these as part of your revision programme. Not only will they provide you with plenty of synoptic material for Med 6 but they all make crucial links to Med 4 which will help refresh your memories about what you need to know here and, most probably, provide you with new case studies and examples to present in your essays.
In particular, make sure you read those by Rohini (genre), and Tanya (representation of women).
GENRE
“Don't mess with the flow, no no/Stick to the status quo”
To what extent and why does Disney’s High School Musical (2006) conform to the conventions of its generic predecessors – the ‘teenpic’ and the traditional musical genres?
...Truly outstanding work from Rohini...full marks, and containing some superb references which you could all 'appropriate' for your exam essays!
“I don’t think after Jurassic Park that we can, or should ever accept a model animated dinosaur again”.
....An extremely well researched essay from Chintan.
“Cuarón has created the thinking person's action movie.”Is Children Of Men a typical science-fiction film?
...Amandeep made superb use of his 'study leave' to produce this really concise, yet fluent study.
REPRESENTATION
“Always bet on a blonde”.How and why has the representation of women changed in the British soap opera “Eastenders”?
...excellent essay by Tanya that covers much of the essential research and theory on the representation of women.
“We’ve always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.”
How are female characters represented in Heroes and how does this signal a break from superheroes of the past.
...A clear and engaging study by Pooja.
Catwoman, with a central female protagonist, might be seen as victory for women. However Catwoman is a sex symbol, thus the film is guilty of double standards in terms of gender representation.
...A well argued and detailed essay by Baldip.
“We’ve always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.”How are female characters represented in Heroes and how does this signal a break from superheroes of the past.
...A clear and engaging study by Pooja.
Catwoman, with a central female protagonist, might be seen as victory for women. However Catwoman is a sex symbol, thus the film is guilty of double standards in terms of gender representation....A well argued and detailed essay by Baldip.
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