The exam for BTEC Level 3 Media students takes place in Year 13, and is screen-based. It focusses on teh following areas:

• Construction of meaning through representation
• Representation of values by the media creators and audience at the time, location and context of construction.
• Social, technological, industrial and economic factors influencing representations.
• Concept of audiences – participation, consumption, reception, production, curation and distribution of media products.
• Construction of identity in media products – audience, creators, producers.

It is a two hour exam that will contain a mixture of short and long answer questions.

The exam paper is an interactive pdf that you complete on a computer.

Accompanying the paper will be set texts that you are able to access for the duration of the exam.

Some of the questions will ask you to directly analyse the set texts in your answers. Other questions might require you to refer to the set texts and examples from your study during the course.

Example:

Q1 Explain one way that sound has been used within Clip A to create meaning for the audience.

2 marks

Q2 Explain one way that Editing has been used in Clip A to convey emotion to the audience

2 marks

Online resources

There are many online resources on the web that can help you with revision at home for this exam – below are some links to where you can find further online help:

https://hwmedia.wixsite.com/stkatherinesmedia/unit-1-media-representation-exam-su

http://www.mediaknite.org/media-representations-aos-1-unit-1/

https://quizlet.com/249220126/unit-1-media-representations-flash-cards/