INTERMEDIATE 2

Entry Level:
Some experience of Media Studies.

Course Content
This course is made up of two units:

Unit 1 - Analysis: This unit involves the analysis in depth of a range of media texts, describing in detail their relationship to social, institutional and audience contexts.

Unit 2 - Production: This unit involves contributing to a group media production.

Assessment
There are two forms: internal and external.

External: 1. Examination of 1 hour 30 minutes. It will consist of two sections: Analysis and Production, containing a range of questions in each section. Candidates will attempt two questions, one from each section.

External: 2. Unseen Analysis. This consists of one essay written in school, under exam conditions, analysing a previously unseen text.

Internal: Unit 1. Two essays, written in school under exam conditions, providing detailed analysis of two texts, fiction and non-fiction.

Internal: Unit 2. Continuous assessment of the contribution made to the planning and implementation of a media production, and one essay written under exam conditions which evaluates the production process.

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HIGHER

Entry Level:
Media Studies at Intermediate 2 level or equivalent or English Standard Grade at 1 or 2.

Course Content
The course is made up of two units, both of which are internally assessed.

Unit 1 – Analysis: This unit involves the analysis in depth of a range of media texts, describing in detail their relationship to social, institutional and audience contexts.

Unit 2 – Production: This unit involves contributing to a group media production in a single medium, targeted at a specific audience.

Assessment
There are two forms of assessment: internal and external.

External: i) Examination of two hours duration. It will consist of two sections, Analysis and Production, containing a range of questions in each section. Candidates will attempt two questions, one drawn from each section.

External: ii) Unseen Analysis. Candidates will be required to demonstrate the analytical skills of two of the six outcomes (Categories and Language). This will take place in school under controlled conditions.

Internal: Unit 1 – Analysis of the six key aspects: Categories, Language, Audience, Narrative, Representation and Institutions, in two essays written in school under exam conditions.

Internal: Unit 2 – Continuous assessment of the contribution made to the planning and implementation of the group production, and one essay written under exam conditions which evaluates the production process.