A2 Media Course Overview

AS media is 50% of the final A2 grade and therefore A2 coursework and exam will also contribute another 50%. Coursework

• There are 100 marks available for the coursework project, which is 25% of the overall grade.
• The three aspects to this which are (1) Research and planning, which will be on my blog and is worth 20 marks. (2) Production exercise which is worth 60 marks and finally (3) Evaluations, worth another 20 marks.
• The production exercise will be a short film in it’s entirety, lasting approximately 5 minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of both. A poster for the film and a film magazine review page featuring the film will also be created.

Exam

• The exam is titled ‘Critical Perspectives in Media (G325), there are 100 marks available.
• Section A is called ‘Theoretical Evaluation of Production’ and there are two questions, each worth 25 marks.
• Qa is worded – Explain how your skills in the creative use of _____ developed over time, refer to a range of examples from your media productions in your answer.
• Qb is worded – Apply the concept of _____ to one of your coursework productions. (previous questions asked about audience, genre, narrative, representation and media language).
• Section B is worth 50 marks and is called ‘Contemporary Media Issues’ there will be a choice of questions, but we will answer one focussing on the topic of contemporary media regulation.