Choose to study Media Studies at Brighouse Sixth Form College and learn how, every day, we are influenced or manipulated in some way by media texts. The media is so ingrained in our daily lives that we have a responsibility to understand how it is constructed and how producers of media texts influence us. Studying Media Studies will allow you to gain knowledge and understanding of a range of media texts, developing your analytical skills and applying media theory to the planning and production of your media products. Key concepts of representation, narrative and audience will be the foundation for your study of a range of texts across multiple media platforms including film, TV, digital media and the print press. You will learn to apply relevant cultural theory to support your views while developing your writing skills. Alongside the theoretical and analytical approach to the media, you will have the opportunity to plan and produce your own media texts. With part of the course being based on practical media production, you will have the opportunity to use media technology and software to create your products. Component 1: Media Products, Industries and Audiences You will study all of the following media forms: – advertising, marketing, film, newspapers, radio, and video games - and media contexts to understand Media Language and Meanings, Representations and Meanings and produce a Contextual Study on Representations, Industries and Audiences based on two media products. Component 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth You will study media language, representation, industry and audiences to understand Television in the Global Age, Magazines: Mainstream and Alternative Media and Media in the Online Age. Component 3: Cross-Media Production/Non-exam assessment An individual cross-media production based on two forms in response to a choice of briefs set by WJEC, applying knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework and digital convergence. Use of photo and video editing software to produce two linked products.