Easter revision links and tips

The Easter holidays are a critical time for revision and final coursework improvements.

This is the time to be revising the exam topics, practising questions and making any final improvements to your production work. It's also important to have a break too! Make sure you give yourself a few proper days off amongst the school work.

Coursework deadline

The coursework deadline is Wednesday 20 April - all details on this blogpost here. Please remember that although the production work is due after Easter your Statement of Intent cannot be changed after Friday 1 April so whatever we have on that date will be your final Statement of Intent.

Exam revision

Remember that AQA have given us advance information for the 2022 exams that will really help us focus our revision and preparation. 

Here's what you need to revise with links to the original blogposts:

Paper 1

Section A: Language and Representation

• Unseen analysis
• Music Video - Letter to the Free
• Advertising and Marketing - Score hair cream and Maybelline That Boss Life

Section B: Industry and Audience

• Film Industry - Blinded By The Light
• Radio - War of the Worlds and BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat

Paper 2

• Unseen analysis
• Magazines - Men's Health and Oh Comely
• OSP - Teen Vogue and The Voice
• Television - Capital and Deutschland 83

Revision links and guidance

We've got plenty of resources to help you with your revision and preparation for the upcoming exams.

Here's a link to the PowerPoint we've been using to revise key topics so far. 

Here's the sample questions and answers we've been working on in our revision lessons. 

Note that you'll need your Greenford Google login for these resources as they are only for GHS Media students.

We also gave you a paper copy of the Theoretical Perspectives resource which covers all the theories in the A Level Media specification. Let us know if you didn't get one!

Finally, here's a short blog on what makes a good flashcard - always useful to get top tips on effective revision techniques.

Walk-and-talk Paper 1

As promised, we'll be doing a walk-and-talk mock exam to practice the timing and style of questions for Paper 1. It will follow the advance exam information that AQA have released so revise the links for Paper 1 above. This will be in the second week back after Easter so be prepared for that.

Good luck with your revision!