assessment


 * __Assessment__**

Your OCR OCR Media Studies (1918) course is 50% coursework and the exams at the end of Year 11 make up another 50% of your assessment.

You will need to produce a Media Portfolio to showcase all of your coursework and achievements in the subject.

You can download a syllabus so you know what you will be studying and when you will be studying it:

Find out more about different types of assessment and understand more about the course by visiting the OCR website and searching for GCSE Media Studies: [[[|http://www.ocr.org.uk]


 * __Past Exam Papers__**

Download past exam papers by clicking below. Both exams are worth 25% of total assessment and have Foundation and Higher options:






 * __Reviewing Your Performance__**

Find out what grade you will get based on your efforts INSIDE and OUTSIDE the classroom by downloading the document below. It will also tell you how you can improve in the subject:

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 * __Media Portfolio (50%)__**

Your portfolio should contain your three coursework pieces. TWO of these are completed in Year 10 and are together worth 25% of your marks. The other piece is completed during Year 11 and is also worth 25% of your total grade.


 * Coursework Assignment 1: Textual analysis essay, comparing two newspapers (12.5%)

Coursework Assignment 2: Analytical essay on the represntation of Muslims in the media (12.5%)

Coursework Assignment 3: Practical production of a website for a band aimed at teenagers (25%)**

Your portfolio should also contain all assessed work you have produced each half term and any work you have completed for Heartlands Voice or Heartlands Sports News.


 * __Examinations (50%) - Higher Tier__**

You will sit two exams (Component 4 and Component 6). These will take place at the end of Year 11:


 * Textual Analysis (Print Option) (1 Hr and 45 Minutes) (25%)

Cross Media Topics (1 Hr and 45 Minutes) (25%)

__Assessment Objectives:__**

These are the ways you are assessed over the course. There are FOUR main elements of assessment. You will be assessed on:


 * **Skills** || **Assessment Objectives** ||
 * Media Knowledge and understanding || AO1 and AO2 ||
 * Media analysis and interpretation || AO3, AO4 and AO5 ||
 * Media production and evaluation || AO6(i) and (ii) ||
 * Quality of written communication || AO7 ||


 * These objectives can be explored in more detail below:**


 * **Assessment Objective** || **Candidates Will Be Able To:** ||
 * AO1 || Knowledge and understanding of how the languages of media texts create meaning, recognising the use of codes and conventions in a range of media texts ||
 * AO2 || Knowledge and understanding of how social and cultural messages and values are represented by analysis of a range of media texts ||
 * AO3 || Analysis and interpretation of how the languages of media texts create meaning, and are categorised by their codes and conventions, by responding to unseen material. ||
 * AO4 || Comparative analysis and interpretation of the processes involved to construct media texts, the institutions that produce them and the audience that consume them. ||
 * AO5 || Comparative analysis and interpretation of the processes used to construct social messages and values, and their meanings in historical contexts ||
 * AO6(i) || Knowledge and production and the use of technical skills in the construction of the candidate’s own media text ||
 * AO6(ii) || Evidence of planning and evaluation in a written commentary of the candidates own media production ||
 * AO7 || Quality of written communication, including spelling, punctuation and grammar ||