Section A Q1a: Research

Part 1:

You have 10 minutes to a full plan for this essay question

Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research for production developed over time.

Use this plan to work out what examples/points you will use in each paragraph.

You may want to use the below essay structure as suggested by OCR:

Paragraph 1: Should be an introduction which explains which projects you did. It can be quite short.
Paragraph 2: Should pick up the skill area and perhaps suggest something about your starting point with it- what skills did you have already and how were these illustrated. Use a detailed example.
Paragraph 3: Should talk through your use of that skill in early projects and what you learned and developed through these. Again there should be detailed examples to support all that you say.
Paragraph 4: Should go on to demonstrate how the skill developed in later projects, again backed by detailed examples, and reflecting back on how this represents a move forward for you from your earlier position.
Paragraph 5: Short conclusion

This plan does not need to be incredibly detailed, it does however need to be specific. Re-wording the above structure will not help you plan out the answer for this question.

You should have a specific point you want to talk about in each paragraph, this point should be detailed in your plan. You might also include a brief note of the example you are going to use to back up this point.

Part 2:

You have 40 minutes to write a PEE paragraph for the each of the paragraphs you have planned.

Use your notes to make sure your paragraphs are specific and focused.

You might want to structure your paragraphs using the below structure:

P: Point.
Use this section to state the area you will be focusing on, for example the specific area of post production you will be focusing on in this point. This section can be fairly short, maybe just a sentence or 2.

E: Evidence/Example
Use this section to go into more detail about the specific area of post production. Pick a specific example from 1 of your coursework pieces that demonstrates your skill in this area and look at it in detail.

E: Explanation
Use this section to explain your example and link it back to the question, for example how this example and post production skill contributed to your creative decision making.

Part 3:

Pick your best PEE paragraph to share with the class.

What do you think is good about it?
Could you improve it in any way?

Part 4:

Using the examples you have seen from each other, look back at your PEE paragraphs and make any improvements you can to them.