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Key Stage 4 Summary
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ALL MEDIA GCSE EXAMS (COMPONENT 1 & 2) TAKE PLACE IN HT5 |
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Component 1: Exploring the Media
Exam Assessment
40% of qualification
Section A: Exploring Media Language and Representation This section assesses media language and representation in relation to two of the following print media forms: magazines, marketing (film posters), newspapers, or print advertisements.
Section B: Exploring Media Industries and Audiences This section assesses two of the following media forms: film, newspapers, radio, video games
Component 2: Understanding Media Forms and Products
Exam Assessment
30% of qualification
This component assesses all areas of the theoretical framework and contexts of the media in relation to television and music videos/websites.
Component 3: Creating Media Products
Non-exam assessment
30% of qualification
Students work to market a film of their own design through creating a poster and DVD case in photoshop, with the aim of targeting a specific audience and being conventional to a given film genre, as provided by Eduqas.
Key Stage 5 Summary
| KS5 | HT1 | HT2 | HT3 | HT4 | HT5 | HT6 |
| Year 12 | Topics Advertisement and marketing Case studies Tide print advert Super. Human. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games audio-visual advertisement (2020) | Topics Newspapers Advertisement and marketing Music Video Case studies Daily Mirror The Times Kiss of the Vampire Beyoncé – Formation music video | Topics Television Magazines
Case studies Black Mirror – San Junipero episode Woman (23-29 August 1964) | Topics Radio Film Industry Online Case studies Woman’s Hour Black Panther Zoella | Topics Video Games Component 3 – Research and Planning Case studies All case studies studied so far | Topics Revision Component 3 – Production phase
Case studies Consolidation of all case studies studied |
| Year 13 | Topics Revision Component 3 – final editing phase Case studies All case studies studied in Year 12 | Topics Music Videos Newspapers Film Industry Case Studies Vance Joy - Riptide music video The Times The Mirror I, Daniel Blake | Topics Television Magazines Case Studies Adbusters The Returned | Topics Newspapers Online Radio Video Games Case Studies Tide Water Aid Woman’s Hour Assassin’s Creed franchise Attitude and Zoella | Topics Revision
Case studies All case studies | Topics Revision
Case studies All case studies |
Component 1: Media Products, Industries and Audiences
Exam Assessment 35% of qualification
The examination assesses media language, representation, media industries, audiences and media contexts. It consists of two sections:
Section A: Analysing Media Language and Representation This section assesses media language and representation in relation to two of the following media forms: advertising, marketing, music video or newspapers.
Section B: Understanding Media Industries and Audiences This section assesses two of the following media forms – advertising, marketing, film, newspapers, radio, video games - and media contexts
Component 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth
Exam Assessment
35% of qualification
The examination assesses media language, representation, media industries, audiences and media contexts. It consists of three sections:
Section A: Television in the Global Age
Section B: Magazines: Mainstream and Alternative Media.
Section C: Media in the Online Age
Component 3: Cross-Media Production
Non exam assessment
30% of qualification
Students film and edit a music video and use photoshop to create a magazine front cover and double page spread for the same artist. Students are required to meet the needs of a given audience, as well as meet a specific industry standard, as provided by Eduqas.
Useful Links
Bridge Media Studies YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqu6VHIL5G0cl8RDeoWIQPA
Here you can find examples of final projects as well as an abundance of planning material.
Key Stage 4:
GCSE examination exemplars: www.ocr.org.uk/Images/173744-unit-b322-exemplar-answers-from-june-2013-with-commentaries
GCSE revision resources: P:\Media Studies\GCSE revision resources
Key Stage 5:
AS examination exemplars: www.ocr.org.uk/Images/284844-as-level-exemplar-candidate-work-unit-g322
A2 exam exemplars: www.ocr.org.uk/Images/286030-a2-level-exemplar-candidate-work-unit-g325
Year 12 PLCs and coursework assessment sheets: P:\Media Studies\PLCs\Year 12
Year 13 PLCs and coursework assessment sheets: P:\Media Studies\PLCs\Year 13
AS revision resources: P:\Media Studies\AS revision resources
A2 revision resources: P:\Media Studies\A2 revision resources