Media is an essential part of our day to day lives through smartphone adverts in our Twitter feeds to watching a Netflix Original drama. Media is always changing, adapting and innovating. To study media is to understand the processes that go in to creating your favourite television show or computer game. It investigates how producers express certain ideas and how audiences might respond to these. Media Studies also looks at how we today create our identity and sense of who we are by the way we consume and interact with media. It is important to study the media as it helps us to understand the world we live in, one where audiences are increasingly interacting with media and becoming producers of media texts themselves. A-level Media Studies is a two year programme, but when you successfully complete the first year you will have achieved an Advanced Subsidiary (AS) in Media Studies. The Programme of Study In your first year you will develop the ability to analyse a wide range of media, this includes studying a number of set products such as specific music videos, film marketing, newspapers, computer games, radio programmes and advertisements. Students will develop media language in order to analyse these media and engage with key issues and debates, including stereotyping of groups, and the effects media may have on people. You will also study three media industries in depth; television, magazines and online media. You will investigate set products and analyse all aspects of the text’s production, reception and regulation. There are two written exams with a combined worth of 70% of the AS course and both will be sat in the summer. In addition, students will work independently on practical coursework (Non Examined Assessment) which will require them to research, plan and produce their own media texts. This is based on a set brief provided by the exam board which changes yearly. However, examples may include making; a music video or website for a new band, print or online magazine pages or a film advertising campaign. The coursework portfolio is worth 30% of the AS course. In your second year you will study additional set products and further develop your understanding of the AS set products. The written end of year exams form 70% of the A-level grade and are similar to the AS papers but require more in depth knowledge and ability to critically analyse, evaluate, and develop a sustained line of argument. In addition to this, students will independently undertake a cross media coursework (Non Examined Assessment) brief. Again this will be based on a set brief provided by the exam board which changes yearly. However, examples may include making; a print marketing campaign and website for a new film or launching a new magazine in print and online, or making a music video and promotional materials for a new music artist. The coursework portfolio is worth 30% of the A-level. Higher Education and Career opportunities Media Studies provides an excellent foundation for further study on media-related courses in Higher Education, for a range of related subject areas in the Arts and Humanities, as well as a foundation for a range of practical roles in the creative industries.
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Essex |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Fambridge Road, Maldon, CM9 6AB |
Media is an essential part of our day to day lives through smartphone adverts in our Twitter feeds to watching a Netflix Original drama. Media is always changing, adapting and innovating. To study media is to understand the processes that go in to creating your favourite television show or computer game. It investigates how producers express certain ideas and how audiences might respond to these. Media Studies also looks at how we today create our identity and sense of who we are by the way we consume and interact with media. It is important to study the media as it helps us to understand the world we live in, one where audiences are increasingly interacting with media and becoming producers of media texts themselves. A-level Media Studies is a two year programme, but when you successfully complete the first year you will have achieved an Advanced Subsidiary (AS) in Media Studies. The Programme of Study In your first year you will develop the ability to analyse a wide range of media, this includes studying a number of set products such as specific music videos, film marketing, newspapers, computer games, radio programmes and advertisements. Students will develop media language in order to analyse these media and engage with key issues and debates, including stereotyping of groups, and the effects media may have on people. You will also study three media industries in depth; television, magazines and online media. You will investigate set products and analyse all aspects of the text’s production, reception and regulation. There are two written exams with a combined worth of 70% of the AS course and both will be sat in the summer. In addition, students will work independently on practical coursework (Non Examined Assessment) which will require them to research, plan and produce their own media texts. This is based on a set brief provided by the exam board which changes yearly. However, examples may include making; a music video or website for a new band, print or online magazine pages or a film advertising campaign. The coursework portfolio is worth 30% of the AS course. In your second year you will study additional set products and further develop your understanding of the AS set products. The written end of year exams form 70% of the A-level grade and are similar to the AS papers but require more in depth knowledge and ability to critically analyse, evaluate, and develop a sustained line of argument. In addition to this, students will independently undertake a cross media coursework (Non Examined Assessment) brief. Again this will be based on a set brief provided by the exam board which changes yearly. However, examples may include making; a print marketing campaign and website for a new film or launching a new magazine in print and online, or making a music video and promotional materials for a new music artist. The coursework portfolio is worth 30% of the A-level. Higher Education and Career opportunities Media Studies provides an excellent foundation for further study on media-related courses in Higher Education, for a range of related subject areas in the Arts and Humanities, as well as a foundation for a range of practical roles in the creative industries.