This document contains past exam questions for the G325 Section A exam from 2010 to 2014. The questions generally ask students to describe and analyze how their media production skills, such as research, planning, use of technology, understanding of conventions and genres, developed over time through their coursework. Students are asked to refer to examples from their past productions and apply concepts like representation, narrative, audience and genre to one of their courseworks. The questions also ask students to evaluate how their skills contributed to creative decision making in their media productions.

1. G325 Section A – Past Exam Questions
Jan 2010
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 examplesinyouranswertoshow how these skillsdevelopedovertime.
b) Analyse mediarepresentationinone of yourcourseworkproductions.
Jun 2010
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 developed
overtime.
b) Analyse one of yourcourseworkproductionsinrelationto genre.
Jan 2011
a) Describe how you developed your skills in the use of digital technology for media
production and evaluate how these skills contributed to your creative decision
making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills
developedovertime.
b) Apply theoriesofnarrative to one of yourcourseworkproductions.
Jun 2011
a) Explain how far your understanding of the conventions of existing media
influenced the way you created your own media products. Refer to a range of
examplesinyouranswertoshow how thisunderstandingdevelopedovertime.
b) Analyse one of yourcourseworkproductionsinrelationtothe conceptof audience.
Jan 2012
a) Describe how your analysis of the conventions of real media texts informed your
own creative media practice. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show
howthese skillsdevelopedovertime.
b) Analyse mediarepresentationinone of yourcourseworkproductions.
Jun 2012
a) Describe a range of creative decisions that you made in post-production and how
these decisions made a difference to the final outcomes. Refer to a range of
examplesinyouranswertoshow how these skillsdevelopedovertime.
b) Explain how meaning is constructed by the use of media language in one of your
courseworkproductions.

2. Jan 2013
a) Explain how your research and planning skills developed over time and
contributed to your media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in
your answer.
b) Analyse one of yourcourseworkproductionsinrelationtothe conceptof narrative.
Jun 2013
a) Explain how your skills in the creative use of digital technology developed over
time.Refertoa range of examplesfromyourmediaproductionsinyouranswer.
b) Applythe conceptof representationtoone of your courseworkproductions.
Jun 2014
a) Describe the most important post-production decisions you made for your
different media productions and explain why these decisions were significant.
Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how your skills in post-
productiondevelopedovertime.
b) Applythe conceptof genre to one of your courseworkproductions