Pete Wall and Charlie Evans from HarperCollins have kindly agreed to share their latest series of podcasts with Mediaedu.co.uk Please click on the hyperlink immediately below to download and listen to an invaluable introduction to this year’s AQA GCSE Media Studies Controlled Test.

Quiz Shows Podcasts

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Quiz Show Intro Letter

Creating a television quiz show is one of the best ways of exploring televisual techniques in a television studio. It is difficult to make a television quiz show without a multi camera set up.

A Further Education College came up with the idea of a 20 minute quiz show, called What Do You Know Quiz Show? Further down the page is how they made it.

The class was divided into two teams of 12 people in each. Each team produced a 10 minute quiz...

These quizzes are best viewed in Firefox.

Firefox is an excellent alternative to Internet Explorer which is available free for both PCs and Macs.

I have tried to break down the marking for each question for those people who need guidance on the value of individual bullet points / questions.

Most of the bullet points / questions I expect will be rolled together into one answer and so, as with much GCSE Media Studies marking, I would be thinking about marking the answers holistically – have a look at the table of marks out of 25 where I have suggested that a little bit either side of...

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December 2008

Dear Media Student

Congratulations on reaching the final phase of your GCSE course. We know that the work has been difficult at times and possibly frustrating, but we hope that your two year’s work in the world of media has ultimately been rewarding.

The Final Challenge for you is possibly the most challenging yet – The Television Quiz Show exam!...[ read full article ] »

A Grade

An A / A* grade student will have realised how the history of television forms and influences the current programmes being broadcast at present. They will have a comprehensive knowledge of some significant quiz shows and the way in which the genre has developed over the years and will have considered possible developments in the future of broadcasting.

There will be clear evidence that ethical considerations and issues will have been...

CT2009: TV Quiz Shows – Mock exam paper – HIGHER
Question 1 – History and Research
Question 2 – Key Concepts
Question 3 – Production Tasks
Question 4 – Evaluation / The Future

Question 1 – Describe the key conventions of the television quiz show. (25 marks)

You should discuss:
i) the Host (KC=ML/C)
ii) the contestants and how they are selected (KC=R)
iii) the questions that are asked / the rounds or structure of the show (...

Question 1 – History and Research
Question 2 – Key Concepts: Audiences
Question 3 – Production Tasks
Question 4 – Scheduling

Question 1 – Describe the key conventions of the television quiz show. (25 marks)

You should discuss:

i) the Host (KC=ML/C)

ii) the contestants and how they are selected (KC=R)

iii) the questions that are asked / the rounds or structure of the show (KC=ML/C)

iv) the studio setting and (KC=ML/C)

v) the...

This is a prepared exam. This means that you have two weeks to research and prepare your answers. You will then have 1 ½ hours to carry out the tasks under supervision.  You will NOT be allowed to take any notes into the exam but you should make sure that you have pencils, colours, ruler, sharpener, eraser, highlighter, etc.

This is a 2-question mock exam. The real AQA GCSE Media Studies Controlled Test will have 4 tasks for you to complete....[ read full article ] »

Listen to Pete Wall’s podcasts below to get a better understanding of how to prepare for the AQA GCSE Media Studies Controlled Test on Quiz Shows.

Click here to download An Introduction to Quiz Shows as an MP3 file or listen to it now using the player below.

Part One - An Introduction to Quiz Shows

Click here to download Quiz Shows and Media Language as an MP3 file or listen to it now using the player below.

Part Two - Quiz Shows and...

Listen to Pete Wall’s podcasts below to get a better understanding of how to prepare for the AQA GCSE Media Studies Controlled Test on Quiz Shows.

Click here to download An Introduction to Quiz Shows as an MP3 file or listen to it now using the player below.

Part One - An Introduction to Quiz Shows

Click here to download Quiz Shows and Media Language as an MP3 file or listen to it now using the player...