A Level Media

This subject combines practical production work with established theory and media debates. Students will study the mass media especially film, television, radio and the press. Students are encouraged to analyse the products of the media, the audiences who consume them and the industries that create them.

Course content

Year one - AS Level Coursework portfolio Candidates produce two paired media artefacts from a series of briefs in either: print, video or audio. Year two - A2 Level Coursework portfolio Promotional package for a 'new' media product using two or more of the following media: video, print, audio. A presentation using two or more of the following: slideshow, blog or website, podcast, DVD with 'extras.

• Textual analysis and representation- Analyse a sequence from a television or radio drama
• Institutions and audience- case study about a media industry
• Understand contemporary processes of production, distribution, marketing, and theories about audience reception and consumption.
• Critical perspectives in media
• A theoretical evaluation of production
• Contemporary media issues
• Media regulation
• Global media
• Media and collective identity
• Post-modern media
• Media and democracy

Progression

Degree in Media, or professional courses and internships.