GCSE WJEC Media studies Unit 1 exam: TV & web based drama revision

I'm really not sure on how to revise for this exam, I can't find any useful resources online or anything on the WJEC specification. Help please! :confused:

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Reply 1

__Student__

Original post by jessica084

I'm really not sure on how to revise for this exam, I can't find any useful resources online or anything on the WJEC specification. Help please! :confused:

Oh hey I am going to do this exam as well. Have you found any resources yet?

Reply 2

laura0

I'm having the same problem. Web based dramas just aren't well known enough to do an exam on. I don't understand fully what the exam is about. What does it involve?

Reply 3

jessica084

Original post by __Student__

Oh hey I am going to do this exam as well. Have you found any resources yet?

Not online I can't find anything useful, there isn't any useful information in the specification either. The only thing I've got is a revision guide our teacher gave us:/

Reply 4

jessica084

Original post by laura0

I'm having the same problem. Web based dramas just aren't well known enough to do an exam on. I don't understand fully what the exam is about. What does it involve?

Section A- 40 marks (TV drama) you get shown a clip then have questions on it but you could get questions on other dramas you have studied.

Section B- 10 marks (Web-based drama) will 'test your understanding of web-based dramas in general'. You are assessed on planning, ideas and understanding of convergence. They might ask us to make a web-based drama and design a website for it and explain out choices ect.

I just got this info from the revision guides my teacher gave me as there are no past papers to look at for this topic.

Reply 5

jessica084

Original post by laura0

I'm having the same problem. Web based dramas just aren't well known enough to do an exam on. I don't understand fully what the exam is about. What does it involve?

I've just found some 'suggested websites' in the revision guide:

TV drama:
www.mediawebsource.com
www.mediawatchuk.org.uk
www.creativeskillset.org/tv/industry
www.guardian.co.uk/media/television
www.mediaknowall.com
www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk
www.barb.co.uk
www.culture.gov.uk
www.ofcom.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk
www.itv.com
www.channel4.com
www.channel5.com

Web-based drama:
www.mediaknowall.com
www.mediaedu.co.uk
http://orangejuiceinbishopsgarden.com/
http://www.bebo.com/katemodern
http://www.anyonebutmeseries.com/
www.guardian.co.uk/media

but I don't think any of these are revision websites.

Reply 6

__Student__

Original post by jessica084

If you are talking about WJEC then that is incorrect, it is out of 100 in total

Reply 7

__Student__

Original post by jessica084

Not online I can't find anything useful, there isn't any useful information in the specification either. The only thing I've got is a revision guide our teacher gave us:/

Is there a possibility of you scanning the revision guide to a word document then uploading it?

Reply 8

jessica084

Original post by __Student__

If you are talking about WJEC then that is incorrect, it is out of 100 in total

I probably have, the revision guide says WJEC. Is that the UMS or the raw total mark?

Reply 9

jessica084

Original post by __Student__

Is there a possibility of you scanning the revision guide to a word document then uploading it?

I haven't got a scanner, sorry:/

Reply 10

__Student__

Original post by jessica084

I haven't got a scanner, sorry:/

Could you do it at school for me :colondollar:

Reply 11

i90Elite

Original post by __Student__

Could you do it at school for me :colondollar:

Reply 12

MonkeyAce202

Media Studies Section A 4 questions worth 10 ,10, 10, 10 marks each
Section B worth 4, 10 ,10, 10,10,10, 6 each

Reply 13

ForgottenPen

Original post by jessica084

I probably have, the revision guide says WJEC. Is that the UMS or the raw total mark?

Oh sorry I was wrong raw mark is out of 80. Do you have any revision stuff that you could upload?

Reply 14

DestinySky

I'm so screwed for this, our teachers never finished teaching the course cause we got so far behind and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do...

Reply 15

babymomma

Original post by DestinySky

I'm so screwed for this, our teachers never finished teaching the course cause we got so far behind and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do...

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Reply 16

King Olaf

Hi I'm also doing this exam from the looks of things. And this is the best revision guide thing I could find. It's a PDF file. I've also been watching TV dramas of varying genre, which my teacher recommended we do. Has anyone else found any good revision resources?

Reply 17

spaghettihoops17

Hey guys,
i`m doing the same exam on thursday too :/ i`ve only revised key words and theories, there is literally nothing on the website at all and you have to buy the mark schemes and i hate how the topics always change each year tv drama and web based drama are the hardest aswell, have you got any other revision tips? :smile:

Reply 18

laura0

To prepare for the second half of the exam, we have been told to create plans for a trailer, opening sequence and a website of our own WBD. Is there anything else we could be asked to design?