Jan 2010 Section A 1) a) 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 example in your answer o show how these skills developed over time. b) Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions. Section B 2) Media in the Online Age 8) The impact of the internet on the media is revolutionary. Discuss. 9) Discuss the extent to which the distribution and consumption of media have been transformed by the internet.

Jun 2010 Section A 1) a) 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. b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to genre. Section B 2) Media in the Online age 8) For media audiences, the internet has changed everything. Discuss. 9) Explain the extent to which online media exist alongside older methods of distribution in 2010.

Jan 2011 Section A 1) a) 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 example in your answer to show how these skills developed over time. b) Apply theories of narrative to one of your coursework productions. Section B 2) Media in the Online Age 8) the impact of the internet on the media has exaggerated. Discuss. 9) Evaluate the opportunities and the threats offered to media producers by the internet. Jun 2011 Section A 1) a) 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. b) Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience. Section B 2) Media in the Online Age 8) This is the age of the prosumer- where the consumer becomes the producer. Discuss. 9) Discuss the extent of which the behaviour of media audiences has been transformed by the internet.

Jan 2012 Section A 1) a) Describe how your analysis of the conventions of real life 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. b) Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions. Section B 2) Media in the Online Age

8) The online age has led to competing theories of cultural change. Which do you consider the most relevant in media, and why? 9) Evaluate the ways in which media audiences have benefited from online media.