Paper 1
Section A: Television Section B: Promoting Media
The Exam
Component 01: Television and promoting media
Section A: Television Learners will engage with one in-depth study covering contemporary and historic television products, responding to questions covering the whole of the theoretical framework and a range of media contexts.
Section B: Promoting Media Learners will study media products from the same global conglomerate producer illustrating the media forms of film, advertising and marketing, and video games.
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70 marks 1hr 45 minutes (including 30 minutes viewing time)
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Written paper 35% of total GCSE (9–1)
Resources
The two set texts that you will watch and be examined on are:
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Historic TV Drama: The Avengers (1965)
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Episode: “The Gravediggers” (Series 4, Episode 2)
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First broadcast: ITV, 1965
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Produced by: ABC Television (Associated British Corporation)
Contemporary TV Drama: Vigil (2021)
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Episode 1
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First broadcast: BBC One, 2021
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Produced by: World Productions (subsidiary of ITV Studios)
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Platform: BBC iPlayer and terrestrial broadcast​
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You can watch them here:
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There are some excellent support videos here:
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