The 20-mark question on a three-minute extract from the set episode, shown twice with six minutes for notes between viewings, after two minutes to read the questions.
Part (a), 10 marks: analysing media language or representation in the extract; part (b), 10 marks: a judgement, such as how typical of the genre the extract is.
Making notes while watching: what to look for in camerawork, editing, sound, mise-en-scène and performance, and how to turn notes into analysis of specific moments.
The 2025 questions (camerawork; how typical of the genre the characters are) and the 2026 questions (facial expressions and body language; how typical of the genre the camerawork is).
A question set out as Eduqas sets it, with its wording and marks, and a model answer with the band and mark an examiner would give and why, beside a weaker answer and what would lift it.
Timing: about 50 minutes for Section A, including the viewing.
Sentence starters and a short checklist of the steps, for students aiming at Grade 4 and above.
The set products for 2027 and 2028 exams are the Vogue and GQ covers; the Man with the Golden Gun and No Time to Die posters; the Guardian of 18 January 2022 and the Sun of 1 January 2021 (2027 exams only), then the Guardian of 6 May 2025 and the Sun of 22 March 2025 (2028 exams); the Quality Street and NHS 111 adverts; the Sun, Desert Island Discs, No Time to Die and Fortnite for industries and audiences; Trigger Point with The Sweeney, or Man Like Mobeen or Modern Family with Friends; and Lizzo or Taylor Swift, Stormzy or Justin Bieber, and Rio or Waterfalls. This Girl Can, The Archers and Luther were last set for 2026 exams, so past questions on them are practice only.
Back readings of class, gender and ethnicity with specific evidence from the products, as the mark schemes reward.
