Media Studies AS and A Level

You will develop an understanding of…

• MediaConcepts,contextsandcriticaldebates• Mediatextsthroughanalysisandevaluation• Howtoplanandconstructmediatextsalongwithtechnicalandcreativeskills• Howtoundertake,applyandpresentresearch

AS Course and A Level

ASExam24%ASCoursework16%

ALevelExam36%ALevelCoursework24%

Representation Audience Textual Analysis

Exam: Section 1 Selling Images

UnseenText

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Exam: Section 2 News in an Online Age.

Representation of an event

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Exam: Section 3 FromWalestoHollywood

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Coursework Research,plan,produce,evaluateaIndiemusicvideotargeting16-25yearolds

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A2: Year 13

•  Magazines

•  Television:CrimeDrama

•  VideoGames

Why Media?

•  Advertising•  Journalism•  EventManager• Webdesign•  SocialMedia• Marketing•  Researcher•  Production•  Post-Production

How to succeed in Media Studies

•  HaveaGradeCoraboveinEnglishLanguageandEnglishLiterature

•  Haveaninterestinlearningaboutdifferentmediatextsevenonesyouhaven’tseenorreadbefore

•  HaverelevanteditingandI.TskillsneededtocompletecourseworkORbekeentolearnnewskills

•  Bewillingtoutilisethelibrarywhenresearchingtopics

•  Bepreparedtowriteyourideasintoextendedessayresponses