G325: Critical PerspectivesDuration:2 hours

8th June 2016 (22 weeks)

The paperSection A (1 hour)1A – 25 marks1B- 25 marks

Section B (1 hour)Choice of two questions (answer one) – 50

marks

Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production

Question 1A and 1B

You must answer both

1AQuestion 1A requires you to describe and

evaluate your skills development in production work from foundation to advanced. The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development and the question will require you to adapt this to one or two specific production practices.

1A- practicesDigital technologyCreativityResearch and planningPost- productionUsing conventions from real media texts.

1BThis question requires you to select one

production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept.

Questions in the exam will be set with only one of the concepts.

You can choose either AS or A2 main task or primary task/ ancillary task.

1B- ConceptsGenreNarrativeRepresentationAudienceMedia Language

Section B- Contemporary Media IssuesHow do the contemporary media represent nations,

regions and ethnic/social/ collective groups of people in different ways?

How does contemporary representation compare to previous time periods?

What are the social implications of different media representations of groups of people?

To what extent is human identity increasingly ‘mediated’?