Section A of the exam - Question 1B theoretical concepts
Revision
Watch: Plebs, Gogglebox, Black Mirror
Revision ppt OCR
History of Music Video - how postmodern have they been ?
http://www.slideshare.net/kerrymay/postmodernism-history-of-music-videos-music-videos
Theorists - revise and ensure you know at least two for each category
Useful ppts
1b Genre Theory
Please see me for the grid if you missed this lesson.
OCR Pete Fraser - examiner
Past questions for Section A
1a
June 2010- 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.
2011 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.
Jan 2011- 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.
January 2013 - research and planning skills
June 2013 - digital technology
June 2014: post production
June 2015: conventions
June 2016: Explain the importance of research and planning to your media production outcomes and
how your skills in this area developed over time. Refer to a range of examples from your
media production process in your answer
June 2017: Assess the effectiveness of the ways in which your research into real media texts led to
specific media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples from your media
productions in your answer.
1b
Jan 2011 - Apply theories of language to one of your coursework productions.
June 2011- in relation to the concept of audience.
Jan 2010 - 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.
June 2010- 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.
2011 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.
Jan 2011- 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.
Jan 2012 - 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
June 2012- 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.
January 2013 - research and planning skills
June 2012- 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.
June 2013 - digital technology
June 2014: post production
June 2015: conventions
June 2016: Explain the importance of research and planning to your media production outcomes and
how your skills in this area developed over time. Refer to a range of examples from your
media production process in your answer
June 2017: Assess the effectiveness of the ways in which your research into real media texts led to
specific media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples from your media
productions in your answer.
1b
Jan 2010- Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.
June 2010- Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to genre.Jan 2011 - Apply theories of language to one of your coursework productions.
June 2011- in relation to the concept of audience.
Jan 2012- Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.
June 2012- Explain how meaning is constructed by the use of media language in one of your coursework
productions.
Jan 2013; b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of narrative. [25]
June 2013 : Representation
June 2014: genre
June 2015: narrative
June 2016- Analyse the ways in which one of your coursework productions communicates meaning to the audience through media language
June 2017: Apply the concept of audience to one of your media productions
Jan 2012- Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.
June 2012- Explain how meaning is constructed by the use of media language in one of your coursework
productions.
Jan 2013; b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of narrative. [25]
June 2013 : Representation
June 2014: genre
June 2015: narrative
June 2016- Analyse the ways in which one of your coursework productions communicates meaning to the audience through media languageJune 2017: Apply the concept of audience to one of your media productions
Section A and B revision and wider reading
Section B: Postmodernism Past questions - consider, ponder...revise and plan!
Postmodern Media
What is meant by ‘postmodern media’?
Why are some media products described as ‘postmodern’?
Explain how certain kinds of media can be defined as postmodern.
Explain why the idea of ‘postmodern media’ might be considered controversial.
“Postmodern media blur the boundary between reality and representation.” Discuss this idea with reference to media texts that you have studied.
Discuss why some people are not convinced by the idea of postmodern media.
2016- 10 To what extent are you convinced by the idea of postmodern media?
11 How are representations of reality in postmodern media different from those in traditional media?
June 2017: Postmodern Media
10] Compare and contrast key theories of postmodern media in relation to some contemporary
examples. [50]
11] How would you explain postmodern media to someone who had never heard of the concept?
What is meant by ‘postmodern media’?
Why are some media products described as ‘postmodern’?
Explain how certain kinds of media can be defined as postmodern.
Explain why the idea of ‘postmodern media’ might be considered controversial.
“Postmodern media blur the boundary between reality and representation.” Discuss this idea with reference to media texts that you have studied.
Discuss why some people are not convinced by the idea of postmodern media.
2016- 10 To what extent are you convinced by the idea of postmodern media?
11 How are representations of reality in postmodern media different from those in traditional media?
June 2017: Postmodern Media
10] Compare and contrast key theories of postmodern media in relation to some contemporary
examples. [50]
11] How would you explain postmodern media to someone who had never heard of the concept?
Section A
A helpful ppt that will support your planning for the mock examination.
G325 Section A 1B
Narrative and genre
Plan your response and always use the ten commandments.
http://www.slideshare.net/sandylking/q1b-lesson-1genre-and-narrativetheoretical-perspective-evaluation
G325 revision and help tips from OCR
These ppt's are the property of Mike Fleckney at OCR and OCr support:
http://www.slideshare.net/fleckneymike/ocr-a2-media-studies-exam-questions-1a-and-1b-tips
http://www.slideshare.net/Tomaskas/g325-introduction-to-critical-perspectives
This one is from the OCR convention and will really help you prepare for Q1A Creativity.
http://www.slideshare.net/rikhudson/cemp-mark-readman-ocr-media-conference-2009
http://www.slideshare.net/Tomaskas/g325-introduction-to-critical-perspectives
This one is from the OCR convention and will really help you prepare for Q1A Creativity.
http://www.slideshare.net/rikhudson/cemp-mark-readman-ocr-media-conference-2009
G325 Section A Lesson 1
Lesson 8 : Gaming and postmodernism - social video games
http://www.slideshare.net/sandylking/lesson-8social-video-gamesLesson 7 Gaming and Postmodernism: Avatars
Salen and Zimmerman/ Turkle
http://www.slideshare.net/sandylking/lesson-7-violence-continued-and-avatar
Lesson 4: Gondry and beginning post-modern music video analysis
http://www.slideshare.net/sandylking/lesson-4narrative-and-gondrytaylor-swiftThe Office/ Extras and Orlan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ1Ph-Pprj4
Section A of the exam - Question 1B theoretical concepts
Lesson 2
Understanding the difference between modernism and post modernism.
Wider Reading
Jean Baudrillard http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/mar/07/guardianobituaries.france
Fredric Jameson http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/postmodernism/modules/jamesonpostmodernity.html
Lesson 1 - an introduction to the definitions of postmodernism including Strinati and Baudrillard.
http://www.slideshare.net/sandycomptonking/an-introduction-to-postmodernism-lesson-1
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