2. Today’s Lesson
By the end of the lesson you will:
• be able to describe the basic requirements of the
G325 Critical Perspectives unit and summer
exam.
• Have completed a detailed lesson plan
for a Q1(a) exam question on research
and planning.
3. The Critical Perspectives Exam – 2 hrs
Section A:
Theoretical Evaluation of
Production Section B:
Contemporary
Media Issues
Q1(a)
25 marks
Media in the
Online Age
50 marks
Q1(b)
25 marks
5. Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
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. It 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
6. Q1(a) - What does the Chief Examiner
say this question is about?
8. Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production
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
9. Q1(b) - What does the Chief Examiner
say this question is about?
12. Section B: Contemporary Media Issues
Media in the Online Age
You are required to answer onequestion (out of a
choice of two) on the contemporary issues and debates
surrounding different forms of media in the online age.
You will use case study examples as well as media
theory to support your answer.
13. Media in the Online Age Past questions
• "For media audiences, the internet has changed
everything." Discuss.
• Explain the extent to which online media exist alongside
older methods of distribution in 2010.
• How important to change in the media is the idea of
convergence? Refer to at least two media in your answer.
• "The impact of the internet on the media is revolutionary."
Discuss.
• Discuss the extent to which the distribution and
consumption of media have been transformed by the
internet.
14. Just to check you’ve 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 _______.
• Section B requires you to use ____ _____ examples
and media theory to support your answer about
different forms of _____ __ ___ ______ ___.
15. Just to check you’ve been
paying attention...
• Question 1(a) requires you to describe and evaluate
yourskills development.
• Question 1 (b) requires you to evaluate ___ of your
media products in relation to a media _______.
• Section B requires you to use ____ _____ examples
and media theory to support your answer about
different forms of _____ __ ___ ______ ___.
16. Just to check you’ve been
paying attention...
• Question 1(a) requires you to describe and evaluate
your skills development.
• Question 1 (b) requires you to evaluateone of your
media products in relation to a media concept.
• Section B requires you to use ____ _____ examples
and media theory to support your answer about
different forms of _____ __ ___ ______ ___.
17. Just to check you’ve been
paying attention...
• Question 1(a) requires you to describe and evaluate
your skills development.
• Question 1 (b) requires you to evaluateone of your
media products in relation to a media concept.
• Section B requires you to use case study examples
and media theory to support your answer about
different forms of mediain the online age.
18. First part of the lesson complete!
…now can you find the bird?
19. Research and Planning
In groups of 3 use post-it notes to write
down as many things as you can remember
doing as part of the research and planning
for your A2 production work. One thing per
post-it.
20. Research and Planning
Now divide these Post-it notes into those
that you think come under research and
those that you think come under
planning.
21. Research
Research refers to looking at real media and also audiences to
inform your thinking about a media production.
• Institutional research(company info, billing block, etc.)
• Research into conventions of media texts(layout, fonts, camera
shots, soundtracks, everything!)
• Audience research(before you made your products and after you finished
for feedback),
• You can also consider logistical research- recce shots of your
locations, research into costume, actors, etc
22. Planning
Planning refers to all the creative and logistical thinking
and all the organisation and record keeping that goes on
in putting the production together so that everything
works.
• For example, writing a synopsis, creating shot lists,
storyboards, animatics, filming schedules, carrying
out risk assessments, etc.
• Also, don't forget everything you planned as part
of the above to achieve continuity!
24. Research and Planning
Research involves both primary and
secondary research.
• What is Primary research?
• What is Secondary research?
• Can you further divide your research
into primary and secondary? (label with
‘P’ or ‘S’)
25. Research and Planning
• Access your blogs and look back at what skills
you said you had at the end of AS. Have you
improved any of your skills in research and
planning?
• Is this demonstrated in the work you
produced?
26. Research and Planning
• Go back to the creativity definitions you wrote.
• Has your research and planning enabled you to
be more creative? Or has it restricted your
creativity? Discuss in pairs
• Write down two examples of where research
helped you make creative decisions.
• Write down two examples of where research
helped you make creative decisions.
27. Research and Planning
Working individually, write a detailed essay plan for the
following exam question:
Q: 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.
28. Research and Planning
Paragraph 1 should be an introduction which explains which projects you did. It can be
quite short.
Paragraph 2 should pick up the skill area and perhaps suggest something about your
starting point with it- what skills did you have already and how were these illustrated.
Use an example.
Paragraph 3 should talk through your use of that skill in early projects and what you
learned and developed through these. Again there should be examples to support all
that you say.
Paragraph 4 should go on to demonstrate how the skill developed in later projects,
again backed by examples, and reflecting back on how this represents moves forward
for you from your early position and howthe development of these skills enabled you
to be more creative.
Paragraph 5 short conclusion
