MEST1 Mock exam - Wednesday 9 May

Your MEST1 mock exam is on Wednesday 9 May.

This is a crucial reminder of everything you need to revise before the real MEST1 re-sit on Wednesday 23 May.

Important note: if the mock exam clashes with your Art exam or a Languages exam, simply arrange a convenient time to sit the MEST1 mock exam in DF06. You will need two hours and a pair of headphones for this.

What do you need to revise?

MEST1 Section A

You need to look over everything you've studied in Media for the last two years, paying particular attention to media terminology and theory. Look over your blog indexes for the following units:

MIGRAIN Introduction to Media (you may also want to check this year's, super-charged new-specification MIGRAIN unit if you fancy some additional revision/learning)
Film Language unit - camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene (link is to this year's expanded new-specification version - we didn't do an index for this last year)

Plus everything from Year 13 - the NDM News unit, your Identities and the Media unit etc. This can really set you apart from the competition.


MEST1 Section B

Here you need to look back specifically at the work on Ill Manors, A Field In England and your independent case study. Remember the basics:

• You must write explicitly about all three media platforms: print, broadcast and e-media (you do not have to write about them equally).
• Try and mention three case study texts - Ill Manors, A Field In England and your independent case study film. Again, these do not need to be covered equally.

Other useful links

We'll put some other useful links here - such as last year's Examiner's Report on MEST1 (the exam you did last May).

Above all else, make sure you answer the question and offer your opinion on the media debates raised by the question.

Good luck!