Monday 8 July 2013

The AS course outline

The AS GCE (from September 2013) is made up of two units that form 50% of the corresponding four-unit Advanced GCE. Candidates complete unit G321 and either G322 or G323.
G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media
This is a coursework unit where candidates produce a media artefact from a series of briefs. This process involves progression from a pre-production, preliminary exercise to a more fully realised piece. The briefs offered are: print, video, audio and website. Candidates present their research and planning in either paper-based or digital format and do an evaluation in digital format (a blog), based on seven required prompt questions. This unit is internally assessed and externally moderated.

                     G322: Key Media Concepts (TV Drama)

This paper covers the two areas of Textual Analysis and Representation alongside Institutions and Audiences. In Section A, candidates answer questions on an unseen moving image extract that is then linked to some aspect of the representation within the sequence. In Section B, candidates study a specific media industry from a choice of: film, music, newspapers, radio, magazines or video games. This unit is externally examined.

Friday 5 July 2013

Welcome to the Media Jungle

Hello and welcome to the A level Media Studies blog for Oasis Academy John Williams.
 
 
We are your teachers - Mr Smith and Mrs Ackerman and we will be using this blog to set independent study tasks for you to be doing throughout your course and in preparation for the start of your course in September.