WACE Media Production and Analysis Year 12 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the WACE Media Production and Analysis Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Codes and conventions: technical, symbolic, written and audio codes3 and 4 · Core media concepts and exam skills (Units 3 and 4)

   Media languages

2. The system of communication: encoding, decoding and preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings3 and 4 · Core media concepts and exam skills (Units 3 and 4)

   Media languages

3. Media theories for audience analysis: hypodermic needle, uses and gratifications, reception theory, two-step flow, cultivation and agenda setting3 and 4 · Core media concepts and exam skills (Units 3 and 4)

   Audience

4. Artistic and cultural benefits of media work3 · Unit 3 – Media art

   Media languages

5. Auteur figures, personal expression and aesthetics3 · Unit 3 – Media art

   Media languages

6. Manipulating narrative elements and narrative structures3 · Unit 3 – Media art

   Media languages

7. Media aesthetics, the construction of themes and aesthetics within production contexts3 · Unit 3 – Media art

   Media languages

8. Using techniques, codes and conventions to challenge expectations3 · Unit 3 – Media art

   Media languages

9. How representations are constructed, and media as a vehicle to challenge representations3 · Unit 3 – Media art

   Representation

10. Cultural contexts, values and the interpretation of media art; media theories and audience response3 · Unit 3 – Media art

    Audience

11. Independent media producers: challenges and meeting niche audiences' expectations3 · Unit 3 – Media art

    Industry

12. The impact of cultural influences on media content3 · Unit 3 – Media art

    Industry

13. Suitability of media for social or political comment, and the intended audience4 · Unit 4 – Power and persuasion

    Media languages

14. Changing distribution networks and the impact of media trends on media use4 · Unit 4 – Power and persuasion

    Media languages

15. Persuasive techniques, codes and conventions; selection, emphasis and omission to construct point of view4 · Unit 4 – Power and persuasion

    Media languages

16. Persuasive representations, their values, and naturalised stereotypes4 · Unit 4 – Power and persuasion

    Representation

17. How media influence audiences: applying theories, and reinforcing or challenging perceptions, values and attitudes4 · Unit 4 – Power and persuasion

    Audience

18. How producers construct perceptions of issues: editorial control, funding, distribution and regulation4 · Unit 4 – Power and persuasion

    Industry

19. Propaganda, agenda setting and formal and informal censorship4 · Unit 4 – Power and persuasion

    Industry

20. Own production in the written paper, and writing short and extended answers3 and 4 · Core media concepts and exam skills (Units 3 and 4)

    Production and exam technique