Exam Outline

Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production (50 Marks)

1a) Theoretical evalutation of skill development over the course of the two years (both AS and A2 c/w productions including preliminary and ancillary tasks)
Candidates answer two compulsory questions. The first requires the, tp describe and evaluate their skills development over the course of their production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio. The second asks them to identify one production and evaluate it in relation to one theoretical concept.

Question 1(a) requires candidates to describe and evaluate their skills development over the course of their production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio. The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development, and the question will require them to adapt this to one or two specific production practices. The list of practices to which questions will relate is as follows:
Digital technology
Research and planning
Creativity
Post Production
Using conventions from real media texts

1b) Theoretical evaluation of one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept.Question 1(b) requires candidates to select one production and evaluate it in relation a media concept. Thelist of concepts to which questions will relate is as follows:
Genre
Narrative
Representation
Audience
Media language


Section B: Contemporary Media Issues (50 Marks)
2) Contemporary Media Issues - Media and Collective Identity - The Representation of British youth and youth culture

How do the contemporary media represent British youth and youth culture in different ways?
How does the contemporary representation compare to previous time periods?
What are the social implications of different media representations of British you and youth culture?
To what extent is human identity increasingly 'mediated'?

In order to be fully prepared for the specific requirements of the question, the material studies by candidates must cover these three elements:

Historical - Dependent on the the requirements of the topic, candidates must summarise the development of the media forms in question in theoretical contexts.
Contemporary - Examples from five years before the examination
Future - Candidates must demonstrate personal engagement with debates about the future of the media forms/issues that the topic relates to.