1. STARTER
What is skill? Write a definition.
Dictionary Definitions:
• The ability to do something well; expertise.
• A developed talent or ability
(Taken from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/skill &
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skill)

2. A2 Media - G325 Section A
Focus on Q1a - Skills Development

3. Today’s Lesson
Today you will be exploring the areas of skill
development that you will need to write about in
the first section of your summer exam.
By the end of the lesson you will:
• be able to describe the basic requirements of the
summer exam
• have created a poster presentation, working with
a small group, that covers one area of skills
development.

4. The Exam
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
(50 marks, 25 marks per question)
This section is made up of two questions:
Question 1(a) requires you to describe and evaluate your skills
development over the course of your production work, from
Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio. The question will require
you to adapt this to one or two specific areas from the following:
• Digital Technology
• Research and planning
• Post-production
• Using conventions from real media texts
• Creativity

5. Example Paper

6. The Exam
Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
(50 marks, 25 marks per question)
This section is made up of two questions:
Question 1(b) requires you to select one production (main task
or ancillary) and evaluate it in relation to a media concept that
could be any of the following:
• Genre
• Narrative
• Representation
• Audience
• Media language

7. Example Paper

8. Just to check you have been paying
attention...
• Question 1(a) requires you to describe and evaluate
your ______ ___________.
• Question 1 (b) requires you to evaluate ___ of your
media products in relation to a media _______.

9. Just to check you have been paying
attention...
• Question 1(a) requires you to describe and evaluate
your skills development.
• Question 1 (b) requires you to evaluate one of your
media products in relation to a media concept.

10. What are media skills?
• Discuss this with the person sitting next to you and
come up with as many examples of media skills as
you can.
• Take it in turns to add your ideas to a class spider
diagram on the white board.

11. List 3 media skills that you now have.
1
2
3
• Can you make them more specific?
• Can you quantify them – what level of skill do you
have for each?
• Can qualify them - what can you do that
demonstrates this skill?

12. Group Poster Presentation Task
Remember, question 1(a) requires you to consider your
skills development in relation to:
• D...?
• R...?
• P...?
• U...?
• C...?
.

13. Group Poster Presentation Task
Remember, question 1(a) requires you to consider your
skills development in relation to:
• Digital Technology
• Research and planning
• Post-production
• Using conventions from real media texts
• Creativity
To help you understand what you need to discuss for each
area, you will work in pairs to create a poster, focusing on
one of these areas, and present it to the rest of the class.

14. Group Poster Presentation Task
• Digital Technology
• Research and planning
• Post-production
• Using conventions from real media texts
• Creativity
Your poster must include the following:
1. A definition
2. What you did for your coursework that comes under
this category.
3. Examples of skills you may have in this area.
4. Images to illustrate all of the above.

15. New Blog page A2 Exam
1. Set up an A2 Media Exam page.
2. Create sub-blogs for Exam Section A Q1a, 1b
and Exam Section B, Regulation and We
Media
3. Ensure that the information from this lesson
is on your blog.