A2 Media StudiesCourse

Two Units in A2 1. G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media –

Coursework

2.G325: Critical Perspectives – Exam

Both of these units are worth 50% of the final grade.

Coursework Details - 1. G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media

• Promotion Package which is worth 60 marks. • Evidence of planning and research is worth

20 marks. • Evaluation is worth 20 marks.

Promotional Package - There is 60 marks within this section and consists of 3 products. - Main Task (40 marks):

A music video that has an creative effect to it and cant last longer than 3 minutes long. - Ancillary Task (10 marks each): 1. A digipak for the albums release – this is to promote your music

video. 2. A magazine advertisement for the Digipak.

With in the Process - For this task you are allowed to use Photoshop and Adobe illustrator and In-Design to make the ancillary texts.

A planning and research blog and evaluation are also required. This year there are only 4 evaluation questions. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products? 2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? 3. What have you learnt from your audience feedback? 4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research,

planning and evaluation stages?

Main aim - Main aim is to create advertising materials for a music promo in order to construct an audience for it.

The examiner will expect a clear relationship between all 3 products. Create a BRAND IDENTITY.

G325 G325 has two sections.

In the first section you will be writing about AS as well as A2 Coursework.

Section 2 - G325: Critical Perspectives This exam is 2 HOURS long. There are two sections to this paper; 1. Section A: Theoretical Evaluation pf Production

(50 marks) 2. Section B: Contemporary Media Issues

(50 marks)

Section A • Section A has 2 questions: Question 1a asks you to describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of all you production works, involving AS to A2. In the examination, questions will be posed using one or two of the following categories: • Digital Technology • Creativity • Research and planning • Post-production • Using conventions from real media texts.

Section A: Question 1b This asks you to select one production, can be from AS or A2 work, and evaluate it in relation to one of the following media concepts: • Genre • Narrative • Representation • Audience • Media Language

Section B: Contemporary Media Regulation•What is the nature of 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?