Two Hour Exam

Friday 15th June (am)

Two Questions on Production (worth 25 marks each)

1A) Skills Development

1B) Theoretical Evaluation of Production

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One Question on Collective Identity (worth 50 marks)

Theoretical Evaluation of Production

Question 1:

Describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio.

• 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

• Creativity

• Research and planning

• Post-production

• Using conventions from real media texts

In the examination, questions will be posed using one or two of these categories.

Organise your skills under the following headings (certain skills

may well fall under more than one heading):

Digital Technology

Creativity

Research and planning

Post-production

Using conventions from real media texts

Jot down the production skills you have

developed over the two year media course

Jot down some ideas:

•Why are media production skills important?

•How have media production skills learnt on the course helped you to be creative?

•What digital technology have you used during AS and A2?

•What research and planning have you done during AS and A2?

•What post-production effects have you used in AS and A2 projects?

•How have you used existing forms and conventions from real media products in AS and A2 projects?

1 (a) “Digital technology turns media consumers into media producers”. In your

own experience, how has your creativity developed through using digital

technology to complete your coursework productions? [25 Marks]

Exam Question for 1(A)

January 2010 Exam Question: 1(A)

“Describe how you developed research and planning skills for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how theseskills developed over time”. (25 marks)

June 2010 Exam Question 1(A):

Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research for productionhas developed over time. [25]

Genre

Narrative

Representation

Audience

Media language

Question 1(b) requires candidates to select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept:

You will need to refer to your work for the Foundation (Magazine Project) and Advanced (Music Promo Package) Portfolio units.

Marks are awarded for:

• Explanation / analysis / argument (10 marks)• Use of examples (10 marks)• Use of terminology (5 marks)