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GCSE Media StudiesUnit 1: Investigating the MediaPreliminary Guidance 2017 Televis ion Game Shows

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External Assessment Topic June 2017

Television Game ShowsTelevision Game Shows have entertained audiences for many years and have become astaple ingredient of television programming and schedules. Often set in TV studios in frontof a live audience (though not always) game shows have the element of competition attheir core. There are several sub genres of Television Game Shows, all of which areappropriate for Unit 1 purposes. These include the following: activity oriented; dating;panel games; puzzle oriented and quiz shows. Among the vast array of UK TelevisionGame Shows that can be selected for study are the following: Total Wipeout, Take MeOut, A Question of Sport, Countdown, Pointless. These are not prescriptive, but are justoffered as examples of the genre. There is no requirement to study examples of TelevisionGame Shows from the past but it would interesting in the study of the topic to cover a wide

range of shows and not just contemporary examples.Reality television shows, although having many similar conventions (and often a gameelement to them), differ as they usually have a focus on talent or real-life/work scenariosand therefore should not beused in the study of Television Game Shows.

As general guidance for Unit 2, no Controlled Assessment for any of the AssignmentBanks may be submitted on Television Game Shows. More specifically, the impact onselection from the Assignment Banks is as follows:

Assignment Bank 1:

Moving ImageCentres are still free to select this topic as long as the genre of Television Game Shows isnot selected.

Packaging of DVDsCentres are free to work with this topic as long as Television Game Shows are avoided.

Assignment Bank 2:

Moving Image Production

Centres are still free to offer television for this topic but Television Game Shows must notbe selected for the focus of the assignment.

Assignment Bank 3:

Moving ImageCentres are still free to offer television for this topic but work must not focus on TelevisionGame Shows.

Web-based technologies/new mediaCentres are not permitted to submit work for a website for a Television Game Show.