Media Production and Analysis

Official curriculum and assessment

To start WACE Media Production and Analysis revision, open the 2025 Written examination. Use the official resources below to choose a task, attempt it independently and check your response against the available assessment guidance. The practice sequence below explains how to turn that review into a focused next attempt. Confirm the paper’s course and syllabus year before using it.

• 2025 Written examination (PDF)
• 2025 Ratified marking key (PDF)
• 2025 Practical (production) examination requirements (PDF)
• 2025 Practical (production) marking key (PDF)
• 2025 official report or marking guidance (PDF)
• 2024 Written examination (PDF)
• 2024 Ratified marking key (PDF)
• 2024 official report or marking guidance (PDF)

Editorial guidance prepared 3 November 2026.

How to practise this subject

These practice suggestions are editorial guidance from Australian Study Resources.

1. Open the 2025 Written examination, Section One Q1. Task focus — Discusses how a media producer built propaganda, supported by evidence from a studied work; marked on the concept (6), evidence (4) and terminology (2). Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
2. Open the 2025 Written examination, Section One Q3. Task focus — Discusses how applying media theories helps explain the influence of media on audiences, with evidence. Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
3. Open the 2025 Written examination, Section One Q4. Task focus — Discusses how stereotypes become naturalised in a studied media work, with evidence. Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
4. Record the specific point you missed, write a corrected response, and attempt another question that requires the same skill. Check older material against your current course before reusing it.