Question 1A, Media Studies, OCR, A2

1. Section A
Question 1

2. Create 5 separate posts on
your G325 blog

3. Why?
• During the course of your A level add to each blog
post examples of your learning under these 5
headings.
• The exam question asks you to EVALUATE your
skills development over the two years.

4. Digital Technology
• Evaluate your skills development in terms of your
use of Digital Technology in your practical work.

5. Creativity
• Evaluate your skills development in terms of your
creativity in completing your practical work.

6. • How did you edit in order that it looks like 2 locations are actually the
same place? Waterloo and Orleans Park.
• How did you dress a set in order to make it look authentic?
• Were you creative with costumes or props?
• How have you creatively indicated your genre - eg. locations? music?
• How did you get around sound issues - ie. no microphones for
dialogue.
• What about lighting? How did you creatively find ways around that?
• Sound effects? Any creativity used to mimic alternative noises?

7. Research and Planning
• Evaluate your skills development in terms of
research and planning when completing your
practical work.

8. Post Production
• Evaluate your skills development in terms of post-
production (editing, sound,special effects) when
completing your practical work.

9. Using conventions from real
media texts
• Evaluate your skills development in terms of how
you used or subverted real media texts when
completing your practical work.