30%
Assessment
Media & Film Studies
Course Overview
Media Studies is designed to enhance your enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of the media and its role in your daily life. The course introduces you both to media ideas and the practice of production, which gives you the chance to develop a real understanding of media platforms, the contemporary media landscape and the influential role of the media in today’s society. This course helps you develop these relationships with the media. As a consumer you’ll become more aware of the many ways in which media messages are presented to us, as well as discovering how the institutions which produce and distribute media products are trying to reach you. Using the most up to date technology, utilising the capabilities of Apple iMacs and associated software, you will create work of a professional standard that will showcase your technical and creative capabilities.
Examination Board:
OCR
Entry Requirements:
Grade 5 in GCSE English Language or Literature.
Course Level:
A Level
What skills will I develop?
| Time management | |
| Team working | |
| Organisation | |
| Listening | |
| Communication | |
| Numeracy | |
| Research |
How will I be assessed?
70%
Exam
01: Media messages (35% of total A level) 2 hour written examination.
Section A: News and Online Media
This section consists of two linked in-depth studies that focus on contemporary news in the UK, requiring you to explore how and why newspapers and their online counterparts are evolving as media products and the relationship between both online and offline news.
Section B: Media Language and Representation
You will explore media language and representation, through media products set by OCR in the following media forms – magazines, advertising and marketing and music videos.
02: Evolving media (35% of total A Level) 2 hour written examination.
Section A: Media Industries and Audiences
You will explore media industries and audiences, through media products set by OCR for – radio, video games and film.
Section B: Long Form Television Drama
You will engage in one in-depth study of television as an evolving, global media form. You must study one complete episode of a contemporary English language long form TV drama and one complete episode of a non-English language long form TV drama to inform your study.
Non-Exam Assessment: Making media (30% of total A Level) You will create a cross-media product in response to an OCR set brief relating to TV, music video, magazine, radio or film.
Is there anything else I should know?
You will develop excellent practical and problem solving skills and the course will prepare you for a wide range of degree courses and careers in Science.
Progression Routes
Chemistry is highly regarded and considered a ‘facilitating subject’ for the top universities in the country, regardless of the degree that you wish to study. It provides an excellent grounding for those wishing to progress onto Law and other traditional ‘humanities’ subjects but also for Medicine and Veterinary Science as well as Business or Management.
Chemistry is a good choice for students looking to progress into careers involving Health, Research or Industry. These may include professions such as Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Education, Forensic Science, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Research and Development.