Exam Outline

Exam - 2 hours

Answer 2 questions from section A

Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of production (50 marks)

1A) Theoretical evaluation of skill development over the course of the 2 years, (AS and A2: including preliminary and ancillary tasks)

1B) Theoretical evaluation of one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept.

Section B: Contemporary media issues (50 marks)

2) Media and collective identity - the representation of British youth and youth culture

Section A, 1A:

Discuss skill development over the course of the production work from foundation to Advanced Portfolio.

- Digital technology

- Creativity

- Research and planning

- Post-production

-Using conventions from real media texts

1B: Select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept

- Genre

-Narrative

-Representation

-Audience

-Media Language

Section B:

- How do the contemporary media represent British youth and youth culture in different ways?

- How does contemporary representation compare to previous time periods?

- What are the social implications of different media representations of British youth 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 studied by candidates must cover these three elements:

- Historical - dependant on the requirements of the topic, candidates must summarise the development of the media forms in questions in theoretical contexts.

-Contemporary - examples from five years before the examination

-Furture - candidates must demonstrate personal engagament with debates about the future of the media forms/issues that the topic relates to.