This document provides details about the A2 Media Studies course consisting of two units: G324 Advanced Portfolio in Media coursework and G325 Critical Perspectives exam. The coursework unit involves creating a music video no longer than 3 minutes as the main task. Two ancillary tasks are also required - a digipak for the album release and a magazine advertisement. Planning, research, and evaluation are assessed separately. The exam unit has two sections - the first evaluates skills development and one past production work, the second addresses contemporary media regulation topics.

1. EXPLANATION OF A2
COURSE
Gemma Smith

2. COURSE CONSISTS OF TWO UNITS
1. G324: Advanced Portfolio in
Media
(Coursework)
2. G325: Critical Perspectives
(Exam)

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 music video – no more than 3
minutes long
Ancillary Task (10 marks):
A digipak for the album’s release
A magazine advertisement for the
digipak

5. I WILL ALSO USE PHOTOSHOP AND
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND IN-DESIGN
TO MAKE THE ANCILLARY TEXTS.
A PLANNING AND RESEARCH BLOG
AND EVALUATION WILL BE REQUIRED

6. EVALUATION QUESTIONS
•In what ways does your media product use,
devlop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products
•How effective is the combination of your
main product and ancillary texts
•What have you learned from your audience
feedback
•How did you use new media technologies in
the construction and research, planning and
the evaluation stages?

7. G325 HAS TWO EXAM SECTIONS
First section of the exam you will
be writing about your AS & A2
COURSEWORK.

8. G325: CRITICAL PRESPECTIVES
Exam( 2 HOURS )
Two sections
Section A: Theoretical evaluation of production (50
marks)
Section B: Contemporary media issues (50 marks)

9. QUESTIONS
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
the questions will be posed using one or two of the following categories:
Digital Technology, Creativity, Research and planning and post-
production, using conventions from real media texts.
1b. Asks you to select one production(either AS or A2 work) and evaluate
in relation to one of the following: Genre, Narrative, Representation,
Audience and media language
Section B: Contemporary media regulation
What is the nature or contemporary media regulation compared with
previous practices?
What are the arguments for and against specific forms of contemporary
media regulation?
How effective are regulatory practices?
What are the wider social issues relating to media regulation?