Structure of Exam

2 Hour exam

2 Questions on coursework = 25 each = 50

Media theory question= 50

Total out of 100.

Section A:

Theoretical evaluation of production work (2 questions)

You will be asked to reflect on:

Skill development:
•Digital technology
•Creativity
•Research and planning
•Post production
•Using media convention (medium)
•Relation to real world texts

Your production experiences- in and out of school- extra

- curricular AS/ A2

 

Part 2:
 

Question concerning your production work in relation to:

•Genre

•Narrative

•Representation

•Audience

•Media theory and language

The question will ask you to discuss one or more of these in relation to your production
work.

It could be the concept does not nicely fit your production. In this case you have to argue
how the theoretical concept does NOT directly affect your production work. You have to
demonstrate that you understand the concept

Section B:
Contemporary Media Issues- Postmodernism
Subject :  Post – Modernism
This will include:
•Case studies- films/ video games/ tv/music videos
•Issues and debates
•Your own independent research
•Contemporary issues
•Audience
•Industry

Generally a world view/ theory -
“ A style and concept in the arts characterized by distrust of theories and ideologies and by
the drawing of attention to conventions”

Characterized by:

•Irony

•Playing with conventions

•Black humour

•Intertextuality

•Pastiche- paste together/ comment

•Magic realism

•Different perspectives

•Playing with conventions

•Black humour

•Intertextuality

•Pastiche- paste together/ comment

•Magic realism

•Different perspectives