Media/Film/Tv Studies

Assessment

The Eduqas A Level Media Studies at Aquinas College is 30% coursework and 70% exam, over two years. 2 exams will be sat at the end of the second year with the coursework being completed towards the end of the first year. Component 1: (Products, Industries and Audiences: 35%) • Analysis of an unseen print or audio-visual text • Analysis of set texts. These may be advertising campaigns, music videos such as Riptide by Vance Joy, radio programming, or films like ‘Straight Outta Compton’. Component 2: (Media Forms and Products in Depth: 35%) • Apply and evaluate media theories to set texts. • Television in the Global Age (Humans and The Returned). • Magazines: Mainstream and Alternative Media (Woman’s Realm and Huck) Media in the Online Age: (Zoella and Attitude). Component 3: (Non-examined assessment: 30%) Set briefs will be released every March, covering a range of practical and academic bases e.g: • Music video • Film advertising and website • Magazine and accompanying blog