The specification aims to provide students with a range of supportive concepts, ideas, and skills. In particular, this course: • Offers comprehensive coverage of media theory and practice to gain an understanding of the dynamic relationships between media products, industries, and audiences. • Explores the global nature of the media today and the impact of this on media products and processes. • Provides opportunities for students to explore and pursue interests in their own media texts within practical production. • Develop an understanding of how products relate to their wider historical context. The course aims to: • Enhance students’ enjoyment and appreciation of the media and its role in their daily lives. • Allow students to study a range of rich media products, including those with which they may be less familiar. • Allow students to develop a critical understanding of the media through engagement with media products and concepts and the creative application of practical skills.
Each applicant must achieve at least five GCSE passes at grade 9 – 4. Each applicant must achieve at least four GCSE grade 5 passes.
Component 1: Meanings and Representations in the media. Six media products of a range of different forms will be studied in a two-hour written examination, comprising of three essay responses. Component 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth This unit focuses on three sections: TV in a global age, mainstream and alternative magazines and media in the online age. Several of the texts will be set by the exam board and it will be assessed in a three-hour written examination. Component 3: Cross-media production Students will respond to a choice of briefs set by the exam board to create their own cross-media production based on two different forms.
About Education Provider
| Region | North East |
| Local Authority | County Durham |
| Ofsted Rating | Requires improvement |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | North End, Durham, DH1 4NG |
The specification aims to provide students with a range of supportive concepts, ideas, and skills. In particular, this course: • Offers comprehensive coverage of media theory and practice to gain an understanding of the dynamic relationships between media products, industries, and audiences. • Explores the global nature of the media today and the impact of this on media products and processes. • Provides opportunities for students to explore and pursue interests in their own media texts within practical production. • Develop an understanding of how products relate to their wider historical context. The course aims to: • Enhance students’ enjoyment and appreciation of the media and its role in their daily lives. • Allow students to study a range of rich media products, including those with which they may be less familiar. • Allow students to develop a critical understanding of the media through engagement with media products and concepts and the creative application of practical skills.
Each applicant must achieve at least five GCSE passes at grade 9 – 4. Each applicant must achieve at least four GCSE grade 5 passes.
Component 1: Meanings and Representations in the media. Six media products of a range of different forms will be studied in a two-hour written examination, comprising of three essay responses. Component 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth This unit focuses on three sections: TV in a global age, mainstream and alternative magazines and media in the online age. Several of the texts will be set by the exam board and it will be assessed in a three-hour written examination. Component 3: Cross-media production Students will respond to a choice of briefs set by the exam board to create their own cross-media production based on two different forms.