GCSE MEDIAControlled Test - Guidance Tips

Questions 1 - 3

THESE ARE NOT THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS – SO DON’T SHOOT US IF THEY DON’T COME

UP.HOWEVER, BASED ON THE PRE-RELEASE MATERIAL FROM THE EXAM BOARD, IT IS

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS LIKE THESE WILL BE ON THE PAPER…

General Points•The exam will be 1hour and 30 minutes long

•The exam will be held on Thursday, June 6th at 1:30 pm

•Each question is worth 15 marks and you should spend approximately 20 minutes on each question.

•You should bring design equipment such as drawing and colouring pencils, a ruler and an eraser in order to answer question 4.

•NOTE: These notes are not designed to be comprehensive; they are merely designed to start you off and provoke some ideas. You have already been give a lot of information to help you and you should be using the posts on this blog

Institution identified

Use of Social Media

Twitter

Name of Online Magazine - consider the

font used

One website page focused on one genre - NOT A HOMEPAGE!

Suggests a Q. that will ask you to justify the

advantages and

disadvantages of

publishing online

Q on knowledge and understanding on

music press print and online

Demonstrate some

element of mode of address

Focus on new talent not existing big stars - consider

language to highlight this

Consider the aesthetic design (style) and what will be included

(content). You may need to explain and design this!

The Scenario• The scenario you are provided with gives you a situation that requires your

expertise. In reality, it is a reminder that you are expected to respond to the questions in role; in other words, you are the music fan and should write your answers in an appropriate style.

• The scenario also provides with useful bits of information that will help you, such as:

• Revolutionary Publishing is excited to announce the launch of our online magazine - RHYMIX

• We intend to produce something different.. not just another promotional tool for the music industry

• provide independent and informed comment on all that is trending in the music scene

• AND

• uncovering creative taken from all over the country and aim to support new bands/artistes whose talent and creativity deserve recognition.

• ideas for the content and design of an updateable page

Possible Question 2 - Pitching your idea

PLEASE REMEMBER THE ORDER CAN CHANGE

• For your pitch you will need to remember to remain in role, using persuasive and exciting language. You need to show the examiner that YOUR Online Page is the BEST THING EVER!

• It is likely you will need to include:

• Genre

• Content

• Design

Q.2 will test your ability of recall, select and communicate knowledge and understanding (AO1)

It will test the ability to demonstrate research, planning and presentation skills (AO3)

It will also test the ability to construct and evaluate your own products (AO4)

Question 3 PLEASE REMEMBER THE ORDER CAN CHANGE

•It is likely you will need to explain why it is a good idea for Revolutionary Publishing to publish online

• What are the advantages?

• What are the disadvantages?

Q.3 will test your ability of recall, select and communicate knowledge and understanding (AO1)

It will test the ability to demonstrate research, planning and presentation skills (AO3)

Question 4: Creative Task

PLEASE REMEMBER THE ORDER CAN CHANGE• You will be supplied with an A3 sheet of paper to produce your design. It would be a good idea to draw your webpage leaving room to write annotations around the perimeter of your design. These would explain the decisions that you have made to the examiner.

• Your content needs to be appropriate the brand values. The ideas you came up with for Question 2 and 3 will be a good starting point... Remember it’s states a page, not a homepage so considering how you might include conventional elements such as the title, colour, font, images to link in with the overall aesthetic appeal.

• You must observe the conventions of a webpage - consider how your reader will navigate the page with hyperlinks and where these hyperlinks should be placed. How should your content be arranged on the website? Research existing sites for ideas and good practice.

• Consider the advantages of the webpage format - interactive elements like moving image footage, animations, sound, music, links to other sites - and how these could be used to attract your target audience. You should also explain how these techniques could be used to present information effectively

• Link to social networking sites - how could these be used? You might also consider how to use forums or microsites (blogs) to develop relationship between the text and audience

Q.4 will test your ability of recall, select and communicate knowledge and understanding (AO1)

It will also test the ability to construct and evaluate your own products (AO4)