Two Hour Exam Friday 15th June (am)
Two Questions on Production (worth 25 marks each) 1) Skills Development 2) Theoretical Evaluation of Production + One Question on Collective Identity (worth 50 marks)
Theoretical Evaluation of Production
Question 1: Describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio.
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Question 1(a) requires candidates to describe and evaluate their skills development over the course of their production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio. The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development, and the question will require them to adapt this to one or two specific production practices. The list of practices to which questions will relate is as follows:
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Digital Technology
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Creativity
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Research and planning
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Post-production
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Using conventions from real media texts In the examination, questions will be posed using one or two of these categories.
Question 1(b) requires candidates to select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept:
Genre Narrative Representation Audience Media language
Jot down the production skills you have developed over the two year media course Organise your skills under the following headings (certain skills may well fall under more than one heading): Digital Technology Creativity Research and planning Post-production Using conventions from real media texts
Exam Question for 1(A)
1 (a) “Digital technology turns media consumers into media producers�. In your own experience, how has your creativity developed through using digital technology to complete your coursework productions? [25 Marks]
January 2010 Exam Question: 1(A) “Describe how you developed research and planning skills for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time�. (25 marks)
June 2010 Exam Question 1(A): Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research for production has developed over time. [25]
You will need to refer to your work for the Foundation (Magazine Project) and Advanced (Music Promo Package) Portfolio units.
Marks are awarded for: • Explanation / analysis / argument (10 marks) • Use of examples (10 marks) • Use of terminology (5 marks)