There will be no Year 12 Media lessons in the week before half-term.
This follows the final AS Media exam on Thursday 18 May and applies between 18-26 May. Instead, we want you to start reading and researching the key exam topic for Year 13: new and digital media. Consider the following questions:
- How has new technology changed different aspects of the media? (E.g. news, television, film etc.)
- Have any major media industries or institutions suffered or gone out of business as a result of digital media?
- Has new technology or digital media influenced other aspects of society - politics, education, community relations, protest movements, globalisation?
- Has social media changed the way people behave and interact with the world?
- Has technology allowed people to explore or promote their own individual identity - particularly minority groups?
We will be exploring some of these issues after half-term as we begin Year 13 - which includes starting Year 13 coursework.
Wider reading
As a prospective Year 13 student, it is absolutely essential you are reading and engaging with the wider media using resources such as Media Guardian or the links on our blog Twitter account. You should also be reading Media Magazine regularly - the latest issue is MM60 and looks at punk, surveillance movies, online trolling, transgender issues and the distribution of Marvel movies.
Attendance at ALL lessons after half-term is compulsory and required in order to study Media in Year 13. Your Year 12 Media lessons will continue right up until the final day for Year 12 on Friday 14 July.
Congratulations on finishing AS Media - you've produced some phenomenal work this year and we look forward to starting Year 13 after half-term!
You should now be in the middle of your final revision and preparation for Thursday's MEST1 exam.
We've got a few final notices and resources to help maximise your performance in the exam.
Firstly, a reminder that you do NOT need to attend lessons on Wednesday afternoon and can spend that time revising for your MEST1 exam.
Secondly, you need to attend Media at 8.30am on Thursday in order to hand over electronic devices and be supervised by staff from the official exam start time of 9am. If you want to get breakfast in the dining hall first at 8am that is fine. You will then be accompanied down to the main hall at 10.30am after a revision session in Media.
Finally, we've put together some exemplar essays for MEST1 Section B covering the British film industry case study films:
This is the MEST1 Section B essay we wrote in class today (12C Tuesday) - looking at audience control. We also have an alternative exemplar for the same question that covers Spectre in addition to Ill Manors and A Field In England. Both of these exemplars contain plenty of critical autonomy - that crucial ability to engage with the question and offer a critical perspective in response.
Good luck with your revision - you are perfectly placed to do brilliantly in this exam to add to excellent coursework grades already secured!
Your independent case study is a vital part of your MEST1 Section B essay.
You should have as comprehensive a case study on your chosen film as we did in class for Ill Manors. This will mean you have a wide variety of media products to use as examples and can therefore tailor your answer to focus sharply on the question.
Today we are going to assess another student's independent case study.
On the main Year 12 blog page, click on the name of the student immediately above you in the link list. (If you're at the top, cycle back to the bottom of the list.) Look at their independent case study notes, research and answers and collect the following information in a new blogpost called 'Independent case study: peer assessment':
Name of student whose blog you are assessing:
Name of film they have researched:
Have they covered all three platforms?
Examples they provide from print:
Examples from broadcast:
Examples from e-media:
Any additional, relevant information that could be used in an exam essay:
What similarities can you find between this case study and Ill Manors?
What differences can you find between this case study and Ill Manors?
Does this film have any similarities or differences with A Field In England?
Is there anything you can learn from this case study?
What could you add to your own case study after today’s work?
Write ONE thing you will do as part of your MEST1 Section B revision as a result of looking at this case study:
