Media Studies
The Team
Staff Member |
Role |
Email Address |
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Donna Steel |
Head of Media Studies |
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Fiona Giles |
Media Studies teacher |
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Key Stage 4
Exam Board: Eduqas
Link to Specification: https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/media-studies-gcse/#tab_overview
Future Careers: Advertising, journalism, web design. TV and music industry, TV and film production, interactive media, and digital marketing, technical production, special effects, web design and post-production
Tier of entryâ¯
Single tier
Programme of studyâ¯
GCSE Media Studies studentsâ¯will analyse how media products like TV programmes and music videos use images, sounds, language, and representations to create meaning.â¯â¯Theyâ¯will learn about the media industry and how the industry affects how media products are made.â¯â¯Theyâ¯will investigate media audiences, exploring who are the people who watch, read and consume the products, and considering how different people might be affected by media products differently, and why.⯠Theyâ¯will study lots of different media forms, such as:â¯
Television,â¯Online Media,â¯Advertising and Marketing,â¯Film Marketing,â¯Magazines,â¯Newspapers,â¯Social and Participatory Media,â¯Music Video,â¯Radioâ¯andâ¯Video Games.â¯
There’s also a significant amount of practical work where you might create music videos, magazines, television programmes, advertisements and more.â¯â¯
In the practical work, they will be able to apply what they haveâ¯learned about the media in the production of theirâ¯own media products.â¯
Learning/Teaching Approachâ¯
A wide range of approaches are used including whole class and group discussion,â¯reading, watching, listening to designated media texts,â¯student presentationsâ¯and practical computer tasks. To achieve a high grade, students also need to devote a large amount of private study to reading, watching and listening to similar media texts to broaden their knowledge.â¯Media Studies will even help you to develop skills that you’ll be able use in your other subjects such as critical thinking, analysis, research, planning, practical skills, time management and essay writing skills.â¯
Assessmentâ¯
Assessment will consist of a mixture of examinations and non-examined assessment.â¯â¯
Component 1: Written examination:⯠1 hour 30mins, 40% of qualificationâ¯â¯
Component 2: Written examination:⯠1 hour 30mins, 30% of qualificationâ¯â¯
Component 3: Non-exam assessment:⯠Media Production, 30% of qualificationâ¯
What it leads toâ¯
During the GCSE Media courseâ¯studentsâ¯develop and practise a range of skills which will equipâ¯themâ¯for progression to A Level study.⯠They will also help in other areas such as Film, English, Humanities and Socialâ¯Sciences.â¯â¯ Ifâ¯studentsâ¯are interested in the idea of a career in TV and film production, advertising, journalism, interactive media, and digital marketing, technical production, special effects, web design and post-production, then studying Media at GCSE level is a great place to start.â¯â¯â¯
Additional pointsâ¯
Texts are designated by the exam boardâ¯
A brief overview of topics covered in each cycle of each year
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Cycle 1 |
Cycle 2 |
Cycle 3 |
Cycle 4 |
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Year 10 |
Media Key Concepts (genre, conventions, media language, text, institution, audience, representation, stereotypes, narrative) Print advertisement – Quality Street
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Print advertisement – This Girl Can
Film posters – The Man with the Golden Gun, Spectre film poster 2015 and Spectre website 2015
Radio - The Archers (two episodes) and The Archers website
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Magazines – GQ and Pride (set texts)
Radio - The Archers (two episodes) and The Archers website Newspapers – The Sun and The Guardian (set texts)
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Video games – Fortnite and Fortnite website Coursework – Research and planning
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Year 11 |
Coursework Music videos
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Coursework Crime Drama
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Exam revision Paper one |
Exam revision Paper two |
Key Stage 5
Exam Board: Eduqas
Link to Specification: https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/media-studies-as-a-level/#tab_overview
Future Careers: There is a huge array of career opportunities in the media, which is an industry that is growing at an exponential rate. Advertising, journalism, web design. TV and music industry, TV and film production, interactive media, and digital marketing, technical production, special effects, web design and post-production.
Programme of studyâ¯
GCE Media Studies studentsâ¯will analyse how media products use language and representations to create meaning. Theyâ¯will learn about the media industry and how the industry affectsâ¯how media products are made. Theyâ¯will investigate media audiences, exploring who are the people who watch, read and consume the products and considering how different people might respond to products differently, and why. Theyâ¯will study many different media forms, such as:â¯
Television,â¯Online Media,â¯Advertising and Marketing,â¯Film Marketing,â¯Magazines,â¯Newspapers,â¯Social and Participatory Media,â¯Music Video,â¯Radioâ¯andâ¯Video Games.â¯
Studentsâ¯will explore and apply critical perspectives including those of world-renowned media and cultural theorists, and will examine how social, historical, political and economic contexts affect media production. Theyâ¯will also have the opportunity to apply what theyâ¯have learned through the production of your own media texts, exploring and creating media forms such as music videos, magazines, television, websites and film marketing.â¯
Learning/Teaching Approachâ¯
A wide range of approaches are used including whole class and group discussion,â¯reading, watching, listening to designated media texts,â¯student presentationsâ¯and practical computer tasks. To achieve a high grade, students also need to devote a large amount of private study to reading, watching and listening to similar media texts to broaden their knowledge.â¯
Media Studies will help you to develop valuable transferable skills such as critical thinking, analysis, research, planning, skills of enquiry and evaluation, practical skills, creativity, time management, essay writing skills and more. Your studies will complement and assist your learning in other subjects such as English Language and Literature, Humanities, Sociology, Film, ICT and the Extended Project.â¯
Assessmentâ¯
Assessment will comprise of a mixture of examined and non-examined assessment.â¯â¯
Component 1 Written examination:⯠2 hours 15â¯mins, 35% of qualificationâ¯â¯
Component 2 Written examination:⯠2 hours 30â¯mins, 35% of qualificationâ¯
Component 3 Non-exam assessment: Cross-Media Production, 30% of qualificationâ¯
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What it leads toâ¯
Over one hundred universities offer courses in Media, Communications and Cultural Studies in the UK. A GCE in Media Studies helps you to progress to these courses, as well as to those in other areas such English, Humanities and Social Sciences. There is a huge array of career opportunities in the media, which is an industry that is growing at an exponential rate. According to accountancy giant PwC’s latest Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2018-2022, the entertainment and media sector will be worth £76 billion by 2022 and the video games sector is currently valued at more than half the UK’s whole entertainment industry.â¯â¯
If you are looking for a job in this area, studying Media at GCE and at degree level is a route into careers such as TV and film production, advertising, journalism, interactive media, and digital marketing. It could help to provide you with the foundation to secure roles in technical production, special effects, web design and postproduction.â¯â¯
A brief overview of topics covered in each cycle of each year
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Cycle 1 |
Cycle 2 |
Cycle 3 |
Cycle 4 |
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Year 12 |
Media Key Concepts (genre, conventions, media language, text, institution, audience, representation, stereotypes, narrative)
Print advertisement – Tide Kiss of the Vampire
Audio/Visual Advertisement Wateraid Unseen
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Music Video – Beyonce – Formation Vance Joy - Riptide
Newspapers – The Times and The Daily Mail (set texts)
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Industries - I, Daniel Blake Black Panther
Video games – Assassin’s Creed franchise
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Online - Zoella/Zoe Suggs Attitude Coursework – Research and planning
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Year 13 |
COURSEWORK Radio - Late Night Woman’s Hour Industries Humans
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Magazines - The Big Issue Industries The Returned |
Magazines – Vogue Exam Revision |
Exam revision |