A2 Media Exam G325

A2 Media Exam G325

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  A2 Media –G325 Critical Perspectives Introduction to the exam and Question 1a
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  The critical perspectivesexam – 2 hours Representation of British youth
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  Brief overview Q1a. –Evaluate your skills development in a specific area. Q1b. – Evaluate one of your own media products in relation to a key media concept. Q2. – Respond to the given question, which will allow you to discussion representations of British youth
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  Question 1 (a) Requiresyou to describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Foundation (AS) to Advanced (A2) Portfolio. It will require you to adapt this to one or two specific areas from the following:
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  Topics – Q1a
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  Topics – Q1b(to compare)
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  Past Questions
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  For each one,what do you describe, what do you evaluate and what skill is relevant?
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  Exemplar task Read thetwo sample answers and carry out the task. Health warning – the examiners will not make a judgment on your coursework based on what you say in your answer, it can’t affect your coursework mark at all, and the quality of your methods will not affect the exam mark. Don’t read the examples and be concerned if either student’s research and planning methods seem better than yours. The point is how well they describe and evaluate them. A good description and evaluation of bad methods can earn good marks.
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  Answers to theexemplar task No surprises – the first one is a Level 4 with the full 25 marks (clearly, the terminology makes references to some of the conventions Goodwin and Vernallis identified). The second is level 2 with 14 marks. Let’s talk about the key differences – in particular, what did the writer of the second exemplar do wrong? Without any teaching on this question, which do you think you would write? What would your assumption be about what is required? It is important to understand that we are evaluating the impact of the things we did on the production, not how well we did them. The second student only got as far as describing.
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  Evaluation Practice Create atable for yourself like the one below to start thinking about this response. Fill it in with as many examples as you can and evaluate their impact on your production. A good tip for structuring the essay is to use the chart as a visual aid to draw links between the years to show the skills development. AS Production – research methods and use of real media conventions. AS Production – impact on the finished piece A2 Production – research methods and use of real media conventions. A2 Production – impact on the finished piece
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  Homework So. . .At the moment, you have coursework to do. But. . . The more times you practice writing a response for each question option, get feedback and improve, the better your chances of a good mark. Therefore. . . You do have homework to write your own answer to the given question options, but you don’t have a deadline as such. Get it done as soon as possible, without taking the mickey.