1. Past exam questions for Section 1a and 1b
June 2017
1a. Assess the effectiveness of the ways in which your research into real media texts led to
specific media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples of your media
productions in your answer. (25 marks)
1b. Apply the concept of audience to one of your coursework productions (25 marks)
June 2016
1a. Explain the most significant ways in which your media productions were informed by the
research and planning of real media texts. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to
demonstrate how this understanding developed over time. (25 marks)
1b. Apply the concept of audience to one of your coursework productions (25 marks)
June 2015
1a. Explain the most significant ways in which your media productions were informed by
your understanding of the conventions of real media texts. Refer to a range of examples in
your answer to demonstrate how this understanding developed over time. (25 marks)
1b. Apply the concept of narrative to one of your coursework productions (25 marks)
June 2014
1a: Describe the most important post-production decisions you made for your different
media productions and explain why these decisions were significant. Refer to a range of
examples in your answer to show how your skills in post-production developed over time
(25 marks).
1b: Apply the concept of genre to one of your coursework productions (25 marks).
June 2013
1a: Explain how your skills in the creative use of digital technology developed over time.
Refer to a range of examples from your media productions in your answer. (25 marks)
1b: Apply the concept of representation to one of your coursework productions. (25
marks)
January 2013
1a: Explain how your research and planning skills developed over time and contributed to
your media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer. (25 marks)
1b: Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of narrative. (25
marks)
2. June 2012
1a: Describe a range of creative decisions that you made in post-production and how
these decisions made a difference to the final outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in
your answer to show how these skills developed over time. (25 marks)
1b: Explain how meaning is constructed by the use of media language in one of your
coursework productions. (25 marks)
January 2012
1a: Describe how your analysis of the conventions of real media texts informed your own
creative media practice. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these
skills developed over time. (25 marks)
1b: Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions. (25 marks).
June 2011
1a: Explain how far your understanding of the conventions of existing media influenced the
way you created your own media products. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to
show how this understanding developed over time. (25 marks)
1b: Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience (25
marks)
January 2011
1a: Describe how you developed your skills in the use of digital technology for media
production and evaluate how these skills contributed to your creative decision making.
Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.
(25 marks)
1b: Apply theories of narrative to one of your coursework productions. (25 marks)
June 2010
1a: Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real
media texts and how your ability to use such research for production developed over time.
(25 marks)
1b: Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to genre. (25 marks)
January 2010
1a: Describe how you developed research and planning skills for media production and
evaluate how these skills contributed to creative decision making. Refer to a range of
examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time. (25 marks)
1b: Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions (25 marks)
