A2 exam tips (WITH LINKS TO PRESENTATIONS)

For this exam, you will have two hours and three questions to answer:

1a (25 marks, 30 mins) is on the development of your skills across the course

1b (25 marks, 30 mins) analysing ONE of your productions in relation to a particular concept from a list

section B (50 marks, 60 mins) on WeMedia and Democracy

For 1a five different areas can come up: Creativity, Post-production, Research, Conventions of real media, Use of digital technology. You have to show what you did and how your skills developed, with close reference to examples. It's about YOU, your SKILLS, the PROJECTS and REFLECTION

For 1b the five areas are Narrative, Genre, Audience, Media Language, Representation. What you have to do is take ONE of your productions and analyse it, using critical ideas from the area in the question. It's about the WORK, the CONCEPT, the IDEAS. Again detailed reference to specific examples will be essential.

 For Section B, you will have a choice of TWO questions- you answer ONE. You use the case studies from class and refer to TWO or more critics to apply their ideas. The best answers always generate a sense of debate- arguments on both sides- and back points up with examples in detail.

Here are links to the presentations from the session on May 12 - you can download PDFs.

WEMedia
Q.1a and b
Narrative Theories  by Andrea Joyce