Media Studies explore a range of contemporary forms of mass communication such as TV drama, music videos, video games, advertising and film marketing, newspapers and magazines, and online and social media. The course combines theoretical exploration and analysis with practice and you will develop a range of technical skills throughout the course as you explore and produce your media products. The lessons will include critical discussions, presentations, annotations and deconstructions of a range of media texts, theoretical exploration, debates and essay writing. The course shares a lot of skills with English as you explore the meaning and messages which are encoded in media products that we consume every day. Increasingly, our lives are becoming saturated with media as we use it as entertainment, for communication and to express ourselves. This course gives you a critical standpoint to be able to explore the power the media can have in shaping society. It is an essay‐based subject and, because the content of A-level Media Studies is firmly embedded within cultural, socio‐political and economic life, it sits well alongside many subjects. Media Studies can also develop a wide range of transferable skills including analysis, visual communication, problem-solving, as well as communication, presentation and organisational skills.
Applicants who wish to join us in the Sixth Form have the opportunity to attend a Sixth Form Open Evening. They will then be invited into school to meet Mr Softley, our Assistant Head (Sixth Form & Futures), followed by an invitation to attend our Sixth Form Taster Day. An offer will be made subject to our entry requirements of at least 5 GCSEs grade 4 or above (including at least a 6/B grade in chosen A level subjects).
Media One: Exam (35% of A‐level) Questions will focus on the Close Study Products of advertising and marketing, music videos, radio, newspapers, film and one unseen media product. Media Two: Exam (35% of A‐level) QuesƟons will focus on the in‐depth Close Study Products of television, magazines and online, social and participatory media, video games and one unseen media product. This exam calls for a synoptic understanding of media. Non‐exam assessment (NEA): Creating cross‐media production (30% of A‐level) A choice from six annually changing briefs, set by AQA.
About Education Provider
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Local Authority | Leeds |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £35,295 - £35,490 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £11,700 - £16,500 |
| Address | Apperley Bridge, Bradford, BD10 0NR |
Media Studies explore a range of contemporary forms of mass communication such as TV drama, music videos, video games, advertising and film marketing, newspapers and magazines, and online and social media. The course combines theoretical exploration and analysis with practice and you will develop a range of technical skills throughout the course as you explore and produce your media products. The lessons will include critical discussions, presentations, annotations and deconstructions of a range of media texts, theoretical exploration, debates and essay writing. The course shares a lot of skills with English as you explore the meaning and messages which are encoded in media products that we consume every day. Increasingly, our lives are becoming saturated with media as we use it as entertainment, for communication and to express ourselves. This course gives you a critical standpoint to be able to explore the power the media can have in shaping society. It is an essay‐based subject and, because the content of A-level Media Studies is firmly embedded within cultural, socio‐political and economic life, it sits well alongside many subjects. Media Studies can also develop a wide range of transferable skills including analysis, visual communication, problem-solving, as well as communication, presentation and organisational skills.
Applicants who wish to join us in the Sixth Form have the opportunity to attend a Sixth Form Open Evening. They will then be invited into school to meet Mr Softley, our Assistant Head (Sixth Form & Futures), followed by an invitation to attend our Sixth Form Taster Day. An offer will be made subject to our entry requirements of at least 5 GCSEs grade 4 or above (including at least a 6/B grade in chosen A level subjects).
Media One: Exam (35% of A‐level) Questions will focus on the Close Study Products of advertising and marketing, music videos, radio, newspapers, film and one unseen media product. Media Two: Exam (35% of A‐level) QuesƟons will focus on the in‐depth Close Study Products of television, magazines and online, social and participatory media, video games and one unseen media product. This exam calls for a synoptic understanding of media. Non‐exam assessment (NEA): Creating cross‐media production (30% of A‐level) A choice from six annually changing briefs, set by AQA.