This document provides details about the Media Studies A2 course, which consists of two units worth 50% each: 1) an advanced portfolio coursework and 2) a critical perspectives exam. The coursework involves creating a promotion package for a film, including a teaser trailer as the main task and a magazine cover and poster as ancillary tasks. Students will use software like Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator. The exam has two sections - the first addresses skills development and evaluates a past production work, while the second covers contemporary media issues and online media.

1. Media Studies A2 Course

2. TWO UNITS:
1. G324: Advanced Portfolio in
Media (Coursework)
2. G325: Critical Perspectives
(Exam)
Each is worth 50% of the final grade

3. Coursework Details
• 1.G324: Advanced Portfolio
in Media
• Promotion Package (60
marks)
• Evidence of planning &
research (20 marks)
• Evaluation (20 marks)

4. The Promotion Package consists of
THREE products:
Main Task (40 marks):
a teaser trailer
2 Ancillary Tasks (10 marks each):
1. a film magazine front cover,
featuring your film
2. a poster for your film
(60 marks in total)

5. You will edit your teaser trailer
using Final Cut Pro
You will use Photoshop and
Adobe Illustrator to make the
ancillary texts
A planning and research journal
and evaluation are required

6. Evaluation questions (only 4)
•In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
•How effective is the combination of your main
product and ancillary texts?
•What have you learnt from your audience
feedback?
•How did you use new media technologies in the
construction and research, planning and
evaluation stages?

7. So your main aim is to create advertising
materials for a new film in order to
construct an audience (= money) for it
The examiners want there to a be a clear
RELATIONSHIP between all 3 products
They want you to create a BRAND IDENTITY

8. Module 2
G325: Critical Perspectives
EXAM 2 Hours
There are two sections to this
paper:
Section A: Theoretical
Evaluation of Production (50
marks)
Section B: Contemporary
Media Issues (50 marks)

9. IMPORTANT NOTE:
The G325 exam has 2 sections
In the first section of the exam you
will be writing about your AS & A2
COURSEWORK

10. Section A has two compulsory questions:
Question 1a asks you to describe and
evaluate your skills development over the
course of all your production work, from AS
to A2.
In the examination, questions will be posed
using one or two of the following
categories:

11. • Digital Technology
• Creativity
• Research and planning
• Post-production
• Using conventions from real
media texts

12. Question 1b asks you to select
one production (i.e. either AS
or A2 work) and evaluate it in
relation to one of the
following media concepts:
•Genre
•Narrative
•Representation
•Audience
•Media language

13. Section B: Contemporary Media Issues
Our Set Topic: Media in the Online Age
You will show understanding of
contemporary media texts, industries,
audiences and debates. This
understanding must combine knowledge
of at least two media and a range of texts,
industries, audiences and debates