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Course Overview:
"The content and language of media products provide ways of seeing the world. The media is effectively a hidden curriculum for students which should be explored."
Increases personal confidence and practical skills in handling media technology.
Develops skills useful in a wide variety of non-media careers. Enables students to see behind the screen and read between the lines. Aids communication, developing an ability to express ideas in different forms and different media.
Media studies is an academic discipline that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media.' The subject may be broadly divided into three interrelated areas:
OCR exam board
This is a 4 unit specification integrating both theoretical and practical approaches.
The course is weighted 50% Coursework and 50% exam
50% AS and 50% A2
AS GCE Scheme of Assessment
AS G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media 50% of the total AS GCE marks Coursework100 marksThis is a coursework unit where candidates produce a media artefact from a series of briefs. This process involves progression from a pre-production, preliminary exercise to a more fully realised piece. The briefs offered are: print, video, audio and website. Candidates present their research and planning in electronic format and do an evaluation in electronic format, based on a series of prompt questions. This unit is internally assessed and externally moderated. AS G322: Key Media Concepts (TV Drama) 50% of the total AS GCE marks 2 h written paper 100 marksThis paper covers the two areas of Textual Analysis and Representation alongside Institutions and Audiences. In Section A, candidates answer questions on an unseen moving image extract that is then linked to some aspect of the representation within the sequence. In Section B, candidates study a specific media industry from a choice of: film, music, newspapers, radio, magazines or video games. This unit is externally examined. Advanced GCE Scheme of Assessment
A2 G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media 25% of the total Advanced GCE marks Coursework100 marksThis is a coursework unit where candidates engage with contemporary media technologies to produce a media portfolio through a combination of two or more media and then present their research, planning and evaluation in electronic format. This is a development of the skills from Unit G321 and is also internally assessed and externally moderated. A2 G325: Critical Perspectives in Media 25% of the total Advanced GCE marks 2 h written paper 100 marksThis paper covers the two areas of Theoretical Evaluation of Production alongside a study of Contemporary Media Issues. In Section A, candidates describe and evaluate their skills development in their production work and then select one production to evaluate in relation to a media concept. In Section B, candidates choose one topic and then demonstrate their understanding of a contemporary issue through a range of texts, institutions, audiences and debates. This unit is externally examined.