Media/Film/Tv Studies

Course summary

The media affects us all and through this course you will be exposed to a whole range of media products that we encounter daily but also media products from the past and from other cultures. An A Level in Media Studies provides you with the opportunity of hands-on practical work by developing your production work. The topics covered relate to every-day life and will increase your knowledge and understanding of how the media works and how it affects us. You will develop your enquiry, critical thinking and decision-making skills as well as developing your knowledge and understanding of contexts and critical media debates and issues that are pertinent in the current media landscape. The course looks at the theoretical framework when analysing media products. This includes: media language (how products are created); media representation (how people, groups and places are presented in the media); media industries (who creates media); media audiences (how target audiences are catered for and how the media affect us). Students will consider issues and debates in the media and will be expected to argue for / against various issues which affect us as consumers of media products. In the non-exam assessment (coursework) students will be have to create two media products that are made for an intended audience. This will be based on a choice of topics provided by the exam board.