The Cross-Media Production and Assessment | AQA A-Level Media Studies (7572)
The Cross-Media Production and Assessment
- 74 questions
- 6 subtopics
- Non-exam assessment: the cross-media production
- Non-exam assessment
The cross-media production is the non-exam assessment, worth 60 marks and 30% of the A-level.
This topic also covers how close study products are used, and what the written papers expect from an extended, synoptic response.
Sample questions from The Cross-Media Production and Assessment
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Close study products and how they are used
Why does the board require close study products across audio-visual, print and online forms?
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Because each form uses media language differently and raises different industry and audience questions, so studying across all three prevents an understanding built on one kind of product. -
Close study products and how they are used
Why is it important to know the industry context of a close study product as well as its content?
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Because questions on media industries and audiences require knowledge of how a product was funded, produced, distributed and regulated, not only of what appears in it. -
The NEA brief and its requirements
What are the briefs linked to?
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The A-level Media Studies close study products. -
The NEA brief and its requirements
Must the NEA be completed individually?
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Yes, each student must complete an individual cross-media production. -
The Statement of Intent
What must be submitted to the board alongside the media product?
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The Statement of Intent. -
The Statement of Intent
Why is the word limit on the Statement of Intent a constraint worth planning for?
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Because five hundred words cannot cover everything, so the statement must select the decisions that best demonstrate application of the framework. -
Applying the theoretical framework in production
How can a student demonstrate awareness of stereotyping in their own production?
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By recognising the conventional representations associated with the form and making a considered decision to work with, complicate or avoid them. -
Applying the theoretical framework in production
How does planning contribute to a successful production?
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It converts intentions into workable arrangements of location, participants, equipment and time, which is what allows the intended product to actually be made.
The 6 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Close study products and how they are used | What a close study product is, why the focus is the framework rather than the product, and the required spread across forms. | 12 |
| The NEA brief and its requirements | Six briefs released each March, what the board specifies, the eight available forms, and the rules on individual work. | 13 |
| The Statement of Intent | The 500-word limit, the April deadline, and what separates explaining intent from describing a production. | 12 |
| Applying the theoretical framework in production | How media language, representation, industries and audiences inform production decisions, and why research comes first. | 13 |
| Producing across platforms for a specified audience | Digital convergence, what makes a cross-media production coherent, and why duplicating one product across platforms fails. | 12 |
| Extended response and synopticity | Sustaining an argument, drawing the four areas together, and using close study products as evidence rather than description. | 12 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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