Media Studies

Assessment

Exam 1: Media Products, Industries and Audiences 2 hour exam (35% of A level) Section A: Analysing Media Language and Representation – Advertising and Marketing, Music Video, Newspapers. Section B: Understanding Media Industries and Audiences – Advertising, Film Marketing, Radio, Video Games. Exam 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth 2 hour 30 mins exam (35% of A Level) Section A: Television in the Global Age – ‘Peaky Blinders’ (2013). The Bridge (2015) Section B: Magazines; Mainstream and Alternative – ‘Woman’ (1964), Adbusters (2016) Section C: Media in the Online Age – KSI, Gal-Dem. Media Production – Non-exam assessment (30% of A Level) This coursework unit provides students with the opportunity to create and produce their own media products. The areas of production are Television, Online, Film Marketing and Magazines. Each of these briefs will also include an option for creating podcasts. The skills developed through the NEA will be hugely transferable and provide you with a sliest that future employers will find very attractive