TV, film, radio, the internet… we’re surrounded by media every single day and the fight for our attention is growing all the time. If you’re interested in how the media shapes our lives and want to create your own productions, this could be the course for you. You’ll spend time analysing the media around us, debating what you find with other students and coming to your own conclusions about the media industry and where it’s heading. This course aims to develop a critical response to the media by exploring a wide variety of media, drawing on fundamental media concepts and theoretical framework. You will gain an understanding of how media products are constructed; why the producers of a text are important in media industries; how audiences are grouped and targeted, how the digital revolution allows us to become producers ourselves and how the representation of people, places and events is evident in media. The A level Media Studies course is made up of 3 units. Component 1 - Media Products, Industries and Audiences (Written exam) 35% In this section you will study a number of set texts from a range of platforms including advertising and marketing, newspapers, music video, radio and film marketing. Component 2 - Media Forms and Products in Depth (Written exam) 35% In this section you will study three areas of media in detail. Television; Social and Participatory Media and Video Games Component 3 - Cross Media Production (NEA) 30% This is your opportunity to get creative! In this section you will research, plan and create your own products to meet a brief set by the exam board. Previous students have created music videos, short films, sequences from TV shows, pages from magazines, print marketing for films, TV or music industry, website and more.