Media Studies

Media Studies Modules
Advanced/Advanced Subsidiary OCR GCE Media Studies
Assessment is by means of two units of assessment for AS and a further two units of assessment for Advanced GCE.

AS Media (Year 12)

AS G331 – Foundation Production

This unit requires candidates to demonstrate a range of technical skills and understanding of media texts trough the construction of a media text of their own production. Candidates also record and monitor the production process and demonstrate evaluation, from planning to outcome.

Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. Your AS Production Brief is to produce the opening two minutes of a thriller including titles.

AS G332 - Textual Analysis

The purpose of these units is first to assess candidates’ media textual analysis skills and their understanding of the concept of representation using a short unseen moving image extract from television drama. Second to assess candidates’ knowledge and understanding of media institutions and their production processes, distribution strategies, use of technologies and related issues concerning audience reception and consumption of media texts.

The examination is two hours (including 30 minutes for viewing and making notes on the moving image extract) and candidates are required to answer two compulsory questions. The unit is marked out of a total of 100, with each question marked out of 50.

There are two sections to this paper:

Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation (50 marks)

Section B: Institutions and Audiences (50 marks)

At Advanced GCE, candidates have the opportunity to extend their knowledge within the conceptual framework through engagement with a range of contemporary media issues and debates and and through completion of an advanced coursework production.