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‡ Television
‡ Magazines
‡ Film
‡ Radio
‡ Advertising
‡ Pop Music
‡ Newspapers
‡ Internet

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texts (such as movies, TV shows) and:
‡ Who made them ("institution")?
‡ How they were made ("process")?
‡ Why they were made ("purpose")?
‡ Who they were made for ("audience")?
‡ What rules were followed when making them ("conventions" and
‡ "genre")?
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‡ Dedication
‡ Perserverance
‡ A Creative Eye
‡ Imagination
‡ Meeting Deadlines!
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‡ Consists of 2 units: G321 (coursework) and G322
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‡ Both are 50% weighting to your AS grade and 25%
weighting to your final A level grade!

‡ G321 coursework will take place from January

2011 ² April 2011

‡ G322 study will take place from September 2010

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‡ 2 hour examination
‡ 30 minute TV Drama Extract
‡ 45 minute analysis (representing something
and using media language)
‡ 45 minute institutions and audiences
question

Miss Peacock will teach you representation

section and Mr Claydon will teach you
Institutions and Audiences question.
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‡ Planning and Research (20 marks)

‡ Construction (60 marks)
‡ Evaluation (20 marks)

‡ All work may be presented in groups (no bigger

than 4 members) but all candidates will be marked
individually for their contribution
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‡ You will get the most out of this course if you«..

‡ Are Independent Learners ² including researching

and working outside of lessons.
‡ Always ask questions if you don·t understand
‡ Always Meet Every Deadline
‡ Don·t Blame the Equipment!
‡ Always come prepared for lessons ² ready to work
and with notes
‡ See yourself as professional project workers ²
NOT college students (especially with the
coursework ² it is NOT a school project! )
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‡ The following address ² also on the hand out
sheets given to you is the AS blog address.
‡ All powerpoints and work from every lesson will be
posted here so you can access it. If you are
absent you MUST look at the blog to catch up on
work missed. We will post ideas, links and videos
for you to watch on here. Please check it daily like
facebook, e-mails etc!

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‡ You will learn basic media theories with
Miss Peacock and Mr Claydon.

‡ After 2 weeks you will be doing a

preliminary task with Miss Peacock and
looking at Representation

‡ With Mr Claydon you will be looking at

Institutions and Audiences and Film case
studies.
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‡ All of you will be given a folder ² ALL
of your work should be stored in here!