Media Studies…
is a field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the ‘mass media’. Media Studies helps you develop an important set of skills that will help you navigate the rest of your education and then, your working life. Media Studies will help you increase your knowledge and understanding of:
• Communication / Design / Planning
• Presentation / Evaluation / Creativity
• Critical Thinking / Research / Story-telling
• Technology / Politics / Business
• Culture / Citizenship
You will develop skills in time management, get involved in project and group work and work on your essay writing skills and ability to work with images.
This particular unit will look at Print Media. We will be looking closely at:
• Print adverts
• Comics
• Magazines
• Newspapers
Intermediate 1 explained
The Intermediate 1 qualification in Media Studies helps learners to develop further awareness of the media text as a construct. They gain skills in describing a text, identifying individual elements and indicating how they work together.
Learners produce an item in one of the same media they study in the Analysis part of the course. This enables them to see how theory informs practice and vice versa. The course develops critical ability in the spontaneous analysis of an unseen text, and understanding of the relationship between fiction and non-fiction.
The Intermediate 1 Media Studies Course is at SCQF level 4.
At this level, students work on both the modular units in class and work towards an external exam. The units must be passed before the exam can be considered as an option for students. They also have to look at an unseen media text and answer questions about it under exam conditions. The unseen analysis is worth 20% of the marks and the exam itself is worth 80% of the marks. Both the unseen analysis and the exam are marked externally. Any student who has not done well in at least one prelim is unlikely to be able to be presented for the exam on Monday 3rd of June. Access 3 would be the alternative for students in this category.
Access 3 explained
The Access 3 qualification in Media Studies offers learners the opportunity to identify the various elements that make up media texts, thus opening them to analysis. The media texts may be newspapers or magazines, television or radio programmes, cinema films, advertisements, music videos or websites.
Learners come to see all media texts as constructs, each made from the point of view of a producer targeting a particular audience. The course also develops planning and production skills using media technology. Learners reflect on their production experience and evaluate their own and the group’s strengths and weaknesses during the production process.
The Access 3 Media Studies Course is at SCQF level 3.
Access 3 level has no external exam. Students work through modules in class time, with some additional homework. The course is pass/fail depending on the work which students produce.
The three units are –
analysis:fiction;
analysis:non-fiction and
production.
Useful websites to look at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/connect/behindthescenes/how_television
Learn how TV documentaries, radio, the news and websites are made.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/connect/makeplay/
Tips, tricks and fun activities to help you get more from digital cameras, sound recorders and your creative story ideas!
See films made by other young people.
Hello world!
Welcome to our Media Studies permanent record of work. We are trying out various media production tasks and the articles uploaded here will be all our own work while we develop our skills.
