Here's everything you need to know for your revision and preparation for the final exams.
The final weeks and days before the final exams are a good opportunity to go over what you know and test yourself against the kind of questions that AQA like the use.
Media Paper 1
Media Paper 1 is on Tuesday 16 May in the afternoon.
Section A: Media Language, Representations and Contexts
Unseen text analysis
- Unseen text analysis - look at previous assessment LRs and revise mise-en-scene (CLAMPS) and other key media language from your GLoW Media glossary.
Magazines:
- Tatler - original blog notes here
- Heat - original blog
- You can find the original lesson slides here in our GCSE lesson slides folder on Google Drive.
Advertising & Marketing:
- OMO - original blog notes here
- Galaxy Audrey Hepburn Chauffeur advert - original blog notes here
- NHS Represent campaign - original blog notes here
- You can find the original lesson slides here.
Section B: Media Industries and Audiences
Music Video:
- BLACKPINK: How You Like That - original blog notes here
- Arctic Monkeys: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - original blog notes here
- You can find the Music Video lesson slides here.
Radio:
- Launch of Radio 1 in 1967 / Tony Blackburn breakfast show - original blog notes here
- Kiss FM Breakfast show with Jordan and Perri - original blog notes here
- You can find the Radio lesson slides here.
Film Industry:
- Black Widow - original blog notes here
- I, Daniel Blake - original blog notes here
- You can find the Film Industry lesson slides here.
In-depth topics
These can appear either in Section A or in Section B as we have studied these for all four key concepts.
Newspapers:
OSP/Videogames:
- Lara Croft Go - original blog notes here
- Kim Kardashian Hollywood - original blog notes here
- Marcus Rashford - original blog notes here
- You can find all the lesson slides here.
Media Paper 2
Media Paper 2 is on Wednesday 24 May in the afternoon.
Section A: Television
Television:
- Clip from Doctor Who OR His Dark Materials - Google Drive folder with CSP videos here
- TV index to original blog tasks here
- You can find the original lesson slides here.
Section B: Newspapers OR Online, Social and Participatory Media/Videogames
Newspapers:
OSP/Videogames:
- Lara Croft Go - original blog notes here
- Kim Kardashian Hollywood - original blog notes here
- Marcus Rashford - original blog notes here
- You can find all the lesson slides here.
Links and revision resources to help you
We have a range of resources to help you prepare for your final exams.
Exemplar questions and answers
You can find a document of exemplar questions and answers from previous lessons here. This google doc will be updated as we look at more questions and sample answers in revision lessons before the exams.
CSP Knowledge Organisers
Ms Fowler has put together a brilliant set of Knowledge Organisers to revise the CSPs. Look through these and then create your own to test your knowledge!
ZigZag practice papers and mark schemes
Use your paper copies of the ZigZag practice papers and mark schemes for Paper 1 and Paper 2. This is particularly good to prepare for the unusual or left-field questions that AQA like to put in their exams sometimes. Remember, if you know the terminology, the theories and the CSPs you can't go far wrong.
If you don't have a copy of the practice papers then you can collect them from DF07.
Revision is the key
It's important that you really put the time into your revision to make sure you know these CSPs inside out. If you would like revision cards to revise with feel free to pop in to DF07 and I'll happily provide you with them for free - you need create revision cards for all the exam CSPs and also for media terminology and theory (e.g. Mise-en-scene, Reception theory, Uses & Gratifications theory etc.)
The better you know the terminology, theory and CSPs, the better you'll do in the final exams. Good luck!
