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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?