1. What are the Macro elements in
Media Studies?

2. Film
Horror Film
trailer
Film magazine
front cover
Film poster

3. Year 13 Exam
 You will have two sections
Section A Section B
Theoretical Evaluation Contemporary Media
of Production Issues: Postmodernism
50marks 50marks
Ms Paul Mr Raymond

4. Exam folder
 Ring binder
 10 dividers
 Lined paper
 Every lesson counts!
 Keep organised = easy
revision 

5. Section A Section B
Theoretical Evaluation Contemporary Media
of Production Issues
- Postmodernism
2 questions
Question 1a Answer 1 question
25 marks (you have a choice of 2)
Question 1b
25 marks
=50 marks 50marks
Ms Paul Mr Raymond

6. Question 1
 Synoptic question: reflection on all your
practical work from AS – A2
 Digital Technology
 Creativity
 Research and planning
 Post-production
 Using conventions from real media texts

7. Question 1b
Reflection on any production work in regards to the following;
 Genre theory
 Narrative theory
 Representation theory
 Audience theory
 Media language
○ Technical codes
○ Language codes

8. Define it
 Genre
 Representation
 Narrative
 Audience
 Institution
 Media Language

9. 12 June 2012
th
 Research tasks until 12th June 2012
 After 12th June 2012 you will produce your
preliminary for horror trailer
 Research tasks will need to be completed before
Pre-lim
 Incomplete research tasks = no filming

10. Genre
 What is genre?
 Why is genre important?
 Why is genre important to
audiences?
 Why is genre important to
institutions?
 What genre theorists can you find?
 How does genre theory apply to
horror film?