Evaluation Specification

GCSE Media Studies Evaluation


For evaluation, candidates must produce their own evaluation of 300-500 words or equivalent, depending on the presentational form selected, which explains how their production:

• met its aim and purpose

(Did your film/trailer/newspaper/opening credits succeed?)

• used appropriate generic conventions

(used the conventions of the genre eg. music, titling, camera shots, editing, mise-en-scene etc)

• used representations

(how were men/women /age, sexuality/disability/ethnicity portrayed?)

• used narrative (where appropriate)

(how and why did you construct the storyline)

• addressed the chosen or preferred audience(s) and /or user(s)

(get audience feedback on this with a questionnaire)

• revealed media organizational issues.

(What problems did you have? Eg. filming, equipment, research, getting copyright permission etc)


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