Introduction to Section 1b

A2 Media Studies: Analysis of production work and applying relevant media theory

Homework!

Me taking it in…

You getting it back

Marking criteria

Grid for marking – self-reflection activity

Re-cap Section 1a

G325 – SECTION A

QUESTION 1A QUESTION 1B

HOW your

SKILLShave progressed and

DEVELOPED over the course of

your Media education

It’s about

YOUas a

MEDIA PRACTICTIONER

Research & Planning

Using Conventions of Real Media

Texts

Post Production

Digital Technology

Creativity

You must give examples from ALL of your

coursework productions – prelim, AS and

A2

How different

MEDIA CONCEPTS can be applied to your

coursework

It’s about

THE TEXT

GENRE

NARRATIVE

MEDIA LANGUAGE

AUDIENCE

REPRESENTATION

You must give examples from only ONE piece

of coursework – your MUSIC VIDEO

Exam Structure

30 minutes to answer one question

Will be on ONE concept (out of a five)

Worth 25 marks

Worth 25% of your A2

You will write about your music video ONLY

You will apply theory relating to the concept to your

music video

Say how it uses or challenges the theory

You must refer to at least TWO theories in your

answer

What are the 5 concepts for 1b?

Representation (Jan 10, Jan 12, June 13)

Media Language (June 12)

Narrative (Jan 11, Jan 13, June 15)

Audience (June 11)

Genre (June 10, June 14)

Audience and Media Language – not been examined

for a while and only once

Definitions Activity

Match the concept with the definition in your pack

Re-write the definitions in your own

words

Theory?

In the exam you must refer to at least two theories in

your answer

The theory will be based around the concept

You already know much of the theory (we sneaked it

into the coursework unit)

You will need to understand and apply the theory to

your music video production

You will need to have examples from the theories to

hand in the exam.

Matching Activity

Read through the theories and match them to one of the five concepts

Feedback

Self correct your answers using

the critics sheet

The critic sheet contains all of the theories that you will explore in this section of the unit

Activity: applying theory to a music

video

Watch the videos and apply the theory

Homework

Analyse your own music video in relation to some of

the theories on the critic sheet.