Media/Film/Tv Studies

Course summary

Over the two years, you will explore a range of contemporary and historical media products across a range of media platforms. They include texts from: - Advertising and Marketing - Newspapers - Magazines - Computer games - TV drama - Blogs and online content - Music videos - Radio - Film You will study a range of theorists and be expected to explore and challenge ideas about these texts from a critical point of view. Throughout the course, you will develop technical skills in the use of camera, lighting, and editing equipment and in the use of Photoshop software to create a range of products. This will help to prepare you for the NEA coursework. Cross-media production - Students will be expected to produce a cross-media production for their NEA. A new brief is set by the examination board each year, but in previous years, students have created a film campaign including a website, posters, and DVD cover designs.