SACE Stage 2 Media Studies study guide
SACE Stage 2 Media Studies · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Media Studies is listed on the SACE Board of South Australia website as a Stage 2 subject within the South Australian Certificate of Education. The SACE is a senior secondary qualification built from 200 credits, which students can accumulate through subjects, VET and other recognised learning, and Stage 2 is the final stage of that journey. Media Studies is intended for senior secondary students in their final year of the SACE, including students studying through accredited schools in the SACE International network across Asia. The public SACE website does not publish a Media Studies-specific exam duration, question count, pass mark, fee, or retake rule, so candidates should treat any such figures they encounter elsewhere as unverified and confirm details through their school and the SACE Board. Topics on this exam: Media Studies knowledge and skills (school assessment) and Media Studies external assessment. The SACE Stage 2 Media Studies study guide has 2 sections and about 708 words.
01Media Studies Knowledge and Skills: School-Assessment Toolkit
School assessment rewards demonstrated control of media language, not opinion. Be fluent with: media language (camera framing and angle, mise-en-scène, editing rhythm, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, typography, colour grading); narrative and genre (equilibrium and disruption, enigma, genre conventions and hybridity); representation (stereotyping, countertypes, who is speaking for whom); institutions and industry (ownership, funding models, regulation such as the ACMA and classification, distribution and platform logic); audiences (targeting, demographics versus psychographics, uses and gratifications, reception and fandom); and ideology and values (dominant, negotiated and oppositional readings).
375 words, about 2 min02External Assessment: Examination and Major Project
The external assessment usually combines an extended analytical response under timed conditions with a major project (production or investigation) supported by documentation. You are assessed on depth of analysis, accuracy of terminology, coherence of argument, and the quality of justification and reflection.
333 words, about 2 min