Monday, 28 February 2011

Section A exam tips

QUESTION 1A
-Flow and structure needed
- Terminology
- Keep refering a1 and a2
- time scale
- opening pargraph
- preliminary task
- main sequence
- advanced portfolio ( film poster & magazine review)

QUESTION 1B
-point out what you are talking about
- theory

Theoretical evaluation of production

Question 1A:
Requires candidiates to describe and evaluate your skill development over the course of their production work, from foundation portfolio to advance portfolio. The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development. The question will require you to adapt this to one or two specific production practises.
   Digital technology
  Creativity
  Research and planning
  post- production
  Using conventions from real meda texts
EXAMPLE QUESTION: 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 example in your answer to show how these skills devlpoed overtime.

Question 1B:
requires candidated to select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept .
  Genre
  Narrative
  Representation
  Audience
  Media language
EXAMPLE QUESTION: analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.


MARK SCHEME:
-Explanation/analysis/arguement= 10MARKS
- Use of examples=  10MARKS
- Use of terminology= 5MARKS