Some practice papers

1. Duration:2 hours
8th June 2016 (22 weeks)

2. The paper
 Section A (1 hour)
 1A – 25 marks
 1B- 25 marks
 Section B (1 hour)
 Choice of two questions (answer one) – 50 marks

3. Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of
Production
 Question 1A and 1B
 You must answer both

4. 1A
 Question 1A requires you to describe and evaluate your
skills development in production work from
foundation to advanced. The focus of this evaluation
must be on skills development and the question will
require you to adapt this to one or two specific
production practices.

5. 1A- practices
 Digital technology
 Creativity
 Research and planning
 Post- production
 Using conventions from real media texts.

6. 1B
 This question requires you to select one production
and evaluate it in relation to a media concept.
 Questions in the exam will be set with only one of the
concepts.
 You can choose either AS or A2 main task or primary
task/ ancillary task.

7. 1B- Concepts
 Genre
 Narrative
 Representation
 Audience
 Media Language

8. Section B- Contemporary Media
Issues
 How do the contemporary media represent nations,
regions and ethnic/social/ collective groups of people in
different ways?
 How does contemporary representation compare to
previous time periods?
 What are the social implications of different media
representations of groups of people?
 To what extent is human identity increasingly ‘mediated’?