Final revision links and tips

As we approach the final day of Year 13 lessons, we need to be stepping up our revision for the upcoming exams.

This is the time to be revising the exam topics, practising questions and making sure there are no gaps in our knowledge. 

Exam revision links

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

Media Paper 1 - Monday 22 May (afternoon)

Section A: Language and Representation

Unseen analysis

• Revise media language and representations - including theory - as well as looking back at your assessment LRs across the course. Many of these had an unseen element so look at the mark schemes and feedback to help prepare for this question.
• MIGRAIN index is here.
• Original lesson slide PDFs can be found on Google Drive here (you'll need your Greenford login to access).

Advertising and Marketing

• CSPs: Score hair cream and Maybelline That Boss Life.
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here.

Music Video

• CSPs: Letter to the Free and Ghost Town
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here.

Section B: Industry and Audience

Film Industry

• CSP: Blinded By The Light
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here.

Radio

• CSPs: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat and War of the Worlds (1938).
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here.

Newspapers

• CSPs: The Daily Mail and the i newspaper and websites.
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here. 

Media Paper 2 - Tuesday 6 June (afternoon)

Unseen text analysis

• Revise media theories for this question - the question often asks you to apply a theory to an unseen text. 
• MIGRAIN index is here.
• Original lesson slide PDFs can be found on Google Drive here (you'll need your Greenford login to access). 

Television

• CSPs: Capital and Deutschland 83.
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here. 

Magazines

• CSPs: Men's Health and Oh Comely.
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here. 

Online, Social and Participatory Media

• CSPs: Teen Vogue and The Voice.
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here. 

Videogames

• CSPs: Tomb Raider Anniversary, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and The Sims FreePlay.
• Final index is here.
• You can find the original lesson slide PDFs on Google Drive here. 

Revision links, resources and guidance

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

Here are some sample questions and answers we've worked on in exam revision lessons. We're constantly adding to this document in our revision lessons so keep looking back at it for exemplar answers and help revising. Note that you'll need your Greenford Google login for this resource as it is 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!

Don't forget our brilliant archive of Media Factsheets. You've used plenty of these for blog tasks over the last couple of years but there are plenty more we haven't set for homework. Look at these for example: 

• How to revise for A Level Media exams
• Exploring theoretical perspectives to print magazines
• Newspapers: an update
• Channel 4: an overview and update
• Understanding digital convergence
• BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat
• Using theory
• The BBC: an overview and update

If you want to test your knowledge of the complete subject content, you can find it on the AQA website here. Look at the menu on the left-hand side - under media language, media representation etc. you'll find everything that could come up in exams: 

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 exam feedback

If you want feedback on your walk-and-talk mock exams, book an appointment during your normal Media lesson time in the week of Monday 15 May with the relevant teacher. Bring your paper in for that appointment and we'll go through it together.

We can also give out coursework marks during the week of 15 May if you come and see your coursework teacher. 

Good luck with your revision!