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Media Studies
What kind of work do we do?
Media Studies
Foundation Portfolio in
MediaTwo minute opening to a
film
Advanced Portfolio in
MediaOne minute film teaser trailer, magazine &
poster
Practical Work
+ Research, planning and evaluation…
Where do we do it?
Media Studies
Department Resources
• Specially designed main teaching room in the Edward Alleyn Building;
• Full digital sound and projection facilities;• 8 brand new iMacs with 21inch screens• Film editing is done using the industry standard software
Final Cut Pro X;• Production work at A2 level learning to use the powerful,
but highly intuitive, software packages Dreamweaver, Photoshop and InDesign CS5 all by Adobe;
• Both Media Studies teachers are trained in the use of this software and the department has a full-time media technician who is available to help students outside of class time.
What other skills will you learn?
Media Studies
Writing skillsAS Media
Concepts (TV Drama)
Analytical essay on a previously unseen 5
minute extract from a British TV drama;
applying case studies completed in class on
the production, distribution and
exhibition of films to an exam question.
A2 Critical Perspectives
in MediaReflective essay on the process of production;
discursive essay on Post-modern film, videogames
and TV
Technical Codes• Camera Shot,
Angle,Movement & Composition
• Mise-en-Scène• Editing• Sound
• Gender• Age
• Ethnicity• Sexuality
• Class and status• Physical
ability/disability• Regional identity
Representation
Writing at A2 Level• At A2 the discussion gets more detailed, more
interesting and more expansive. You will focus on how the TV, videogame and film industries help create
‘postmodern identities’ and ‘hyperconscious texts’…
Media Studies
Other Written Work
• As well as timed essays, students keep an individual blog and are expected to update it weekly as a diary that reflects on their class and production work, as
well as posting rough cuts of their films and trailers. Students are encouraged to comment critically on each
others’ work.
• Students are also expected to analyse and prepare presentations on contemporary films and film
companies. For example, this year we are studying ‘Monsters’, ‘Looper’ & ‘Skyfall’ alongside Working
Title Films, BBC Films and Film Four.
Media Department Trips
Media Studies
The Ritzy, Brixton
The IMAX, Waterloo
Course OverviewAS Level A2 Level
Unit G321
Foundation
Portfolio in Media
Two minute opening to a film
Unit G322 Key Media Concepts
(TV Drama)Textual
analysis of TV drama
and representatio
n; detailed study of the film industry
Unit G324 Advanced
Portfolio in Media
60 second film teaser
trailer, website
homepage and main
poster
Unit G325 Critical
Perspectives in
MediaReflective
essay on the process of
production; analysis of
representation in British film and TV
Coursework
2 hr Exam Coursework 2 hr Exam
25% 25% 25% 25%
Exam Results
Media Studies
Year of
exam
Class
size
A B
2013 10 5 52012 4 4 -2011 9 6 32010 4 4 -2009 4 3 12008 14 13 12007 8 7 12006 13 9 42005 9 3 62004 12 10 22003 10 7 32002 13 10 32001 11 8 3
AS Exam Results
Value Added• At AS level the department improves students’ results by one and a half grades.
• At A2 level the department improves students’ results by just under a grade.• Put them together and if your GCSE results suggest that you should be getting a C in Media Studies by the time you take your A2 level, if you listen to us and do what you’re told, we’ll get you an A…
University Destinations
• Film Studies and French at Exeter• Film and Television Production at York• Film Studies at Sussex• English Literature at Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool,
Sussex and Durham• Italian Studies at Warwick• Politics at Newcastle• Broadcast Journalism and French & Media at Nottingham• Law at Bristol• Engineering at Oxford Brookes• Art Foundation at Camberwell, Chelsea and Central St.
Martins• Television Production at Bournemouth• Geography at Leeds and Sussex…
Subject Combinations
• Anything really but particularly…• English Literature• Other Humanities like History,
Politics and Geography• Art, Theatre Studies and
Photography• IT and Computing
Good Places to Study Media• Depends what you want to focus on but…
• Leeds – Institute of Communication Studies - excellent journalism school
• Cardiff – School of Journalism• Aberystwyth – centre of excellence for Media & Communication
Studies• Birmingham – the original Centre for Cultural Studies – it began
what we now know as Media Studies back in the 60s• Westminster – popular TV and Film Production courses• Bournemouth – the Media School• Sussex , Exeter & Surrey – good general courses on film theory
and practice…• London – King’s – Centre for Cultural, Media & Creative
Industries & Goldsmiths or Royal Holloway…• University of the Arts – practical courses with an unsurprising
Fine Arts bias.
Any Questions?