OCR A Level Media Studies H409/02 Evolving media June 2025 Combined
QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Thursday 5 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level Media Studies
H409/02 Evolving media
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
, © OCR 2025 [603/2339/5] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (PQ) 354681/2 Turn over
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SECTION A
Media Industries and Audiences
1 Explain how ownership of media organisations can influence the film industry.
Use Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
(2021) to support your answer.
In your answer you must also consider how economic contexts can influence the film industry.
[15]
2 Explain how video game producers reflect the needs of mass and niche audiences.
Use Animal Crossing: New Horizons to support your answer. [15]
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SECTION B
Long Form Television Drama
In Question 3 use your knowledge and understanding from your full course of study, including
different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts.
You have studied two set episodes of long form television dramas: one from List A and one from
List B.
Use examples from both long form television dramas you have studied to support your answer.
List A List B
Mr Robot Lupin
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
Killing Eve Money Heist / La Casa de Papel
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
Atypical Trapped
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
Stranger Things Deutschland 83
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
3* ‘No matter where they are made, long form television dramas must be realistic to succeed.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
In your response, you must:
• explain the contexts in which long form television dramas are produced and consumed
• explain how media contexts may have influenced representations of reality in the set
episodes you have studied
• refer to academic ideas and arguments
• make judgements and reach conclusions about the reasons for similarities and differences in
representations of reality between the two episodes. [30]
4 Evaluate the usefulness of one of the following theories in understanding long form television
drama:
EITHER
• Lévi-Strauss’s theories about Structuralism
OR
• Baudrillard’s theories about Post-Modernism. [10]
END OF QUESTION PAPER
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QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Thursday 5 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level Media Studies
H409/02 Evolving media
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
, © OCR 2025 [603/2339/5] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (PQ) 354681/2 Turn over
*184 7 0 765 96 *
, 2
SECTION A
Media Industries and Audiences
1 Explain how ownership of media organisations can influence the film industry.
Use Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
(2021) to support your answer.
In your answer you must also consider how economic contexts can influence the film industry.
[15]
2 Explain how video game producers reflect the needs of mass and niche audiences.
Use Animal Crossing: New Horizons to support your answer. [15]
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, 3
SECTION B
Long Form Television Drama
In Question 3 use your knowledge and understanding from your full course of study, including
different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts.
You have studied two set episodes of long form television dramas: one from List A and one from
List B.
Use examples from both long form television dramas you have studied to support your answer.
List A List B
Mr Robot Lupin
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
Killing Eve Money Heist / La Casa de Papel
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
Atypical Trapped
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
Stranger Things Deutschland 83
(Season 1, Episode 1) (Season 1, Episode 1)
3* ‘No matter where they are made, long form television dramas must be realistic to succeed.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
In your response, you must:
• explain the contexts in which long form television dramas are produced and consumed
• explain how media contexts may have influenced representations of reality in the set
episodes you have studied
• refer to academic ideas and arguments
• make judgements and reach conclusions about the reasons for similarities and differences in
representations of reality between the two episodes. [30]
4 Evaluate the usefulness of one of the following theories in understanding long form television
drama:
EITHER
• Lévi-Strauss’s theories about Structuralism
OR
• Baudrillard’s theories about Post-Modernism. [10]
END OF QUESTION PAPER
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