Support from the chief examiner

For some great support with the exam check out the chief examiner's blog: http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/

1a - structure and preparation

Quiz for 1b

1b example questions

1b: Analyse how you have explored targeting specific audiences in one of your coursework productions.

1b: 'Genre is essential for audiences to make sense of texts' Explain how you met and/or challenged conventions in order to appeal to audiences in one of your production pieces.

1b:'Genre is not useful given the hybrid nature of texts' Explain how you met and/or challenged conventions in order to appeal to audiences in one of your production pieces.

1b:‘Media texts rely on cultural experiences in order for audiences to easily make sense of narratives’. Explain how you used conventional and/or experimental narrative approaches in one of your production pieces.

Example Exam

Link to example answers for 1a and 1b

http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com/uploads/6/0/9/6/6096819/candidate_2.pdf

Quite a useful presentation....

http://www.slideshare.net/petefrasers/g325-tips

1b theory

How to approach a question

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Framework for your skills development

Use this table to fill in specific processes, skills and techniques that you have used throughout your AS and A2 production work. This will be a useful tool for building your responses to a 1a question.

Theory for 1b

What can you expect from the exam?

1a Example Questions