The document outlines an upcoming two hour exam on Friday June 15th. It will contain two 25 mark questions on media production skills and one 50 mark question on collective identity. Question 1A will ask students to describe and evaluate their production skills development over the two year course, focusing on areas like digital technology, creativity, research, and using conventions from real media. Question 1B will require students to evaluate one of their productions in relation to a media concept such as genre, narrative or audience. The document provides sample exam questions and guidance on how marks will be awarded.

2. Two Hour Exam
Friday 15th June (am)

3. Two Questions on Production (worth 25 marks each)
1A) Skills Development
1B) Theoretical Evaluation of Production
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One Question on Collective Identity (worth 50 marks)

4. 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.

5. • 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:
• Digital Technology
• Creativity
• Research and planning
• Post-production
• Using conventions from real media texts
In the examination, questions will be posed using one or two of these categories.

6. 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

7. Jot down some ideas:
•Why are media production skills important?
•How have media production skills learnt on the course helped you to be
creative?
•What digital technology have you used during AS and A2?
•What research and planning have you done during AS and A2?
•What post-production effects have you used in AS and A2 projects?
•How have you used existing forms and conventions from real media products
in AS and A2 projects?

8. 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]

9. 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)

10. 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]

11. Question 1(b) requires candidates to select one production and
evaluate it in relation to a media concept:
Genre
Narrative
Representation
Audience
Media language

12. 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)