Question 1a and Question 1b - Past questions and Exam Advice from Pete Fraser

Here are ALL previous questions for each element, from the exams in Jan and June 2010 and Jan 2011 and 2012.

Section A 

1a
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.

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.

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.

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.

Describe a range of creative decisions that you made in post-production and how these decisions made a difference to the final outcomes.
 
1b

Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.

Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to genre.

Apply theories of narrative to one of your coursework productions.

Analyse media representation in one of your coursework production.

Explain how meaning is constructed by the use of media language in one of your coursework production.

How to approach question 1a
How to approach question 1b