Exam

Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production (50 marks)

• 1a) theoretical evaluation of skill development over the course of the two years (both AS and A2 c/w productions including preliminary task and ancillary tasks)
• Asked to refer to any one of these skill developments: digital technology, creativity, research and planning, post-production and using conventions from real media texts
• 1b) theoretical evaluation of one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept
• One of these media concepts will come up: genre, narrative, representation, audience and 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
• 4 Questions:
  1) how do the contemporary media represent British youth and youth culture in different ways?
  2) How does contemporary representation compare to previous time periods?
  3) What are the social implications of different media representations British youth and youth culture?
  4) To what extent is human identity increasingly mediated?
• Historical
• Contemporary
• Future