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A2 Media Studiesdeveloping skills in preparing for the exam

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Starter

what digital technologies have you used in

creating your AS and A2 productions?

brainstorm these in groups of three, identifying;

the technology, the media platform, the software,

the hardware.

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Develop

How did you use these technologies?

What skills did you learn through the process?

In which ways did this process develop or

enhance your creativity?

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SECTION A: THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION

YOU MUST ANSWER BOTH 1(A) AND 1(B).

IN THIS SECTION YOU NEED TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR WORK FOR THE

FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO AND ADVANCED PORTFOLIO UNITS. YOU

MUST ANSWER BOTH 1(A) AND 1(B).

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(A) DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TURNS MEDIA CONSUMERS INTO MEDIAPRODUCERS. IN YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, HOW HAS YOUR

CREATIVITY DEVELOPED THROUGH USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO

COMPLETE YOUR COURSEWORK PRODUCTIONS? [25]

(B) MEDIA TEXTS RELY ON CULTURAL EXPERIENCES IN ORDER FOR

AUDIENCES TO EASILY MAKE SENSE OF NARRATIVES. EXPLAIN HOW

YOU USED CONVENTIONAL AND / OR EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVEAPPROACHES IN ONE OF YOUR PRODUCTION PIECES. [25]

SECTION A TOTAL [50]

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Marshall McLuhan

The Medium is the Message

www.marshallmcluhan.com

Read some of his quotations

Choose two or three which you think are relevant

to media studies in some way

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Discuss

Write the quotations on the large sheets of paper

Brainstorm what you think they mean, or what

ideas they spark for you

How might McLuhan as a theorist be applied?

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Discuss & Research

How has the relationshipbetween producer and

consumer changed with thearrival of digital technologies?

Return to the list you made atthe beginning

Use the web to source potential

articles which discuss this -academic papers, news reports

etc.

Create an answer to thequestion

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Return to question 1A