Subject Information - Media Studies

VISION/AIM

Our vision is to be passionate about an evolving industry with the skills that give students wider post-16 choices and open their minds to this academic, intellectual and diverse subject.

Studying the media empowers our students. In a 2021 OFCOM report, it was found that 92% of 12-15 year olds watch video-on-demand content and 91% use a smartphone, opening them up to a world of mediated content. Like many other subjects, Media Studies helps students define their own place in the world. An interdisciplinary subject, students might be looking at a text from the perspective of business and regulation, analysing meaning in a similar way to students of literature or art, or exploring the historical context which shaped both the text and responses to it. 

Further information can be requested from the Head of Department/Lead Teacher, nheasley@fhes.org.uk

 

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 10
  1. Introduction to mise-en-scene:
  • Camera angles/shots and movements
  • Sound
  • Lighting
  • Framing
  • Costume
  • Special Effects
  • Analysis of above
  1. Theory
  • Character types
  • Narrative structure
  • Audience theory
  • Male gaze theory
  1. Start set texts
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers including websites

 

  1. Advertising
  • This Girl Can
  • Quality Street
  1. Audience and Industry - Fortnite and The Archers

Bond

  1. NEA AND Bond - Media Language and Representation
  2. Sit a past paper for paper 1

Year 11
  1. Music Videos
  2. Music Websites

MOCK 1
  1. Crime drama - Luther and The Sweeney

MOCK 2
  1. Revision of paper 1 and paper 2

 

KEY SKILLS

Key Skills

Year 10

Year 11

Identifying

Recognising and knowing subject terminology

Applying subject terminology to set texts

Analysing

Applying subject terminology to the analysis of still and moving images.

Analysing moving images in relation to exam questions

 

Critical thinking (theories)

Using theories to create meaning

Applying mature theories to the set texts to determine the reasons they were created

Examining

Pulling apart media texts to understand why something was made in the way it was, in relation to the context it was made in.

Using context, theories and meaning to answer exam questions.

 

Creating

NEA

NEA

 

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES

Exam Board

Eduqas

NEA

From a selection of briefs published each year. Worth 30%

Paper 1

Exploring the Media: 40%

Media Language and Representation in the set text booklet AND in an unseen text; Media Industries and Audiences via set texts covering film, radio, newspapers and video games.

Paper 2

Understanding Media Forms and Products: 30%

Language, representation, audiences. Industries and contexts via TV crime drama and music videos (set texts).

Link to the Specification

https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/media-studies-gcse/#tab_keydocuments

 

 

 

 

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