Y12 Media exam: Paper 1 Learner response

The Year 12 exams are a great opportunity to take on questions similar to what you'll be facing in full next year.

It's important to remember that we are not expecting you to reach your target grade in these exams. If you do, that's brilliant - but it probably means you need a higher target grade! These exams will contribute to your UCAS university predicted grade and give us a good idea of your progress at the halfway point in the course but as ever the most important aspect is that you learn from this experience and get better as a result.

Y12 exam - Media Paper 1: Learner response

Create a new blogpost on your Media Exam blog called 'Media Paper 1 learner response' and work through the following tasks:

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).

2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully, paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. This is some of the best analysis you can do as it gives you an idea of what the exam board is expecting. For your LR blogpost, identify ONE point you could have added for the first three questions in Section A:

Q1 (unseen text) additional point/theory: 

Q2 (unseen text and CSP) additional point/theory/CSP reference: 

Q3 (music video) additional point/theory/CSP reference: 

3) Now focus on Section B. Section B began with two questions testing your knowledge of industry terminology. Make sure you know the answers to these (get the answers from the mark scheme if you have to):

Benefits of vertical integration: 

Definition and benefits of diversification: 

4) The Section B CSP focus was on Blinded By The Light. The impact of new technology on distribution was a weaker area in most answers. Pick out three points from the mark scheme that you could have included in your answer here.

5) Finally, identify three things you plan to revise before your next Media assessment or mock exam (e.g. terminology, particular theories or CSPs etc.) 

You will need to complete this for homework - due date on Google Classroom.