Media/Film/Tv Studies
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School - Sandwell
01215561488
Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9QS
Course summary

In Year 12 students will be introduced to the framework within which they will examine a range of media products across the course: Media Language, Representation, Audience and Industry. These four pillars of the course will underpin all the learning which students will undertake in both Y12 and Y13. At the start of the year, students will look at how social and historical contexts influence a broad range of media products; all of this knowledge will be useful as they are introduced to their set media products. As students discover the generic conventions of different forms of media, they will start to examine how these are used to target different audiences. They will also examine the industries to which different texts belong. All of the knowledge which is discovered and build upon in the first five half-terms will be used when students complete their NEA at the end of Year 12. In this NEA they will have to produce a media product to a brief which the exam board will set and this will enable they to apply the skills which they have developed over the course of the year.

Entry requirements

Five GCSEs 9-4 or Level 2 BTEC Merit Grades, including English and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 or above.

How you'll be assessed

HALF TERM 1: Tide, Kiss of the Vampire, Assassin’s Creed, Riptide and Media Contexts - Weekly knowledge quiz to consolidate previous learning of other texts; Component One Section A exam-style questions marked using the KS5 marking sheets. HALF TERM 2: Newspapers and Super Human - Weekly knowledge quiz to consolidate previous learning of other set media products; Component One Section A and Section B exam-style questions marked using the KS5 marking sheets. HALF TERM 3: Film Marketing – Black Panther and I, Daniel Blake - Weekly knowledge quiz to consolidate previous learning of other set media products; Component One Section B exam-style questions marked using the KS5 marking sheets. HALF TERM 4: Have You Heard George’s Podcast; Assassin’s Creed Franchise - Weekly knowledge quiz to consolidate previous learning of other set media products; Component One Section Band exam-style questions marked using the KS5 marking sheets. HALF TERM 5: Mainstream and Alternative Media – Vogue and The Big Issue - Weekly knowledge quiz to consolidate previous learning of other set media products; Component Two Section Band exam-style questions marked using the KS5 marking sheets. HALF TERM 4: NEA - Weekly knowledge quiz to consolidate previous learning of other set media products; 1-1 general feedback in line with JCQ guidance through discussion around NEA; marking according to mark scheme of Component 3.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionWest Midlands
Local AuthoritySandwell
Ofsted Rating
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressWood Green Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9QS