Friday 24 January 2014

Past paper questions


Jan 2013
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production You must answer both 1(a) and 1(b).
In question 1(a) you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units and you may refer to other media production work you have undertaken.

1 (a) Explain how your research and planning skills developed over time and contributed to your media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer. [25]
In question 1(b) you must write about one of your media productions.


(b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of narrative. [25] 


Media in the Online Age
  1. 8  How significant has the internet been to media audiences? [50]
  2. 9  Discuss the extent to which the internet has transformed media production. [50]
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    June 2012
    In question 1(a) you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units and you may refer to other media production work you have undertaken.
    1 (a) Describe a range of creative decisions that you made in post-production and how these decisions made a difference to the final outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time. [25]
    In question 1(b) you must write about one of your media productions.
    (b) Explain how meaning is constructed by the use of media language in one of your coursework
    productions. [25]


    Media in the Online Age
    8
    “The online age has significantly changed consumer behaviour and audience reception, compared
    with the offline age.” Discuss.
    9 Evaluate the ways in which media producers have taken advantage of convergence.

    _____________________________________________________________________

    Jan 2012
    In question 1(a) you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units and you may refer to other media production work you have undertaken.
    1 (a) Describe how your analysis of the conventions of real media texts informed your own creative media practice. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time. [25]
    In question 1(b) you must write about one of your media productions.
    (b) Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions. [25]

    Media in the Online Age
    1. 8  The online age has led to competing theories of cultural change. Which do you consider the most
      relevant to the media, and why? [50]
    2. 9  Evaluate the ways in which media audiences have benefited from online media. [50]

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      June 2011
      In question 1(a) you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units and you may refer to other media production work you have undertaken.
      1 (a) Explain how far your understanding of the conventions of existing media influenced the way you created your own media products. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how this understanding developed over time. [25]

      In question 1(b) you must write about one of your media productions only.
      (b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience. 


     Media in the Online Age

    1. 8  “This is the age of the prosumer – where the consumer becomes the producer.” Discuss. [50]
    2. 9  Discuss the extent to which the behaviour of media audiences has been transformed by the internet. 

      ___________________________________________________________________

     JAN 2011


    In question 1(a) you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units and you may refer to other media production work you have undertaken.
    1 (a) Describe how you developed your skills in the use of digital technology for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to your creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time. [25]

    In question 1(b) you must write about one of your media productions. (b) Apply theories of narrative to one of your coursework productions. 


    Media in the Online Age
    1. 8  “The impact of the internet on the media is exaggerated.” Discuss.
    2. 9  Evaluate the opportunities and the threats offered to media producers by the internet.

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      JUNE 2010 


      In question 1(a) you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units and you may refer to other media production work you have undertaken.
      1 (a) Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research for production developed over time. [25]

      In question 1(b) you need to choose one of your media productions to write about. (b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to genre. 


      Media in the Online Age
      1. 8  “For media audiences, the internet has changed everything.” Discuss. [50]
      2. 9  Explain the extent to which online media exist alongside older methods of distribution in 2010.

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        Jan 2010 


        In question 1(a) you need to write about your work for the Foundation Portfolio and Advanced Portfolio units and you may refer to other media production work you have undertaken.
        1 (a) 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 examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time. [25]
        In question 1(b) you need to choose one of your media productions to write about. (b) Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.


        Media in the Online Age
        1. 8  “The impact of the internet on the media is revolutionary”. Discuss. [50]
        2. 9  Discuss the extent to which the distribution and consumption of media have been transformed by the internet. 
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