Media Studies OCR Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE

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AS (Year 12) and A2 (Year 13): The AS and A-Level Media Studies course is an interesting and challenging learning programme that will develop students’ practical and critical skills. It involves the analysis of media texts such as films, television, newspapers, magazines, broadcast audio and digital media, as well as discussion of the industries that produce them and the way that audiences consume them. To achieve highly in the course it is essential that you have the following qualities: • A critical interest in the media texts that you and your peers enjoy watching, reading, listening to and experiencing. • A mature attitude to media texts that are sometimes difficult, challenging and controversial. • An openness to learning new practical skills such as planning, capturing, editing and producing your own media texts. You will need to be able to communicate effectively and accurately in both written essays and production work, which will involve you creating media texts such as short films, printed products, broadcast audio or digital media. Students must submit a number of coursework productions for both AS and A2 and the deadlines for these will be at the end of Autumn and Spring terms in each year respectively. You will be expected to analyse and confidently comment in depth on a wide range of media texts and to relate them to the industries that produced them. Perhaps most significantly of all, you will need to be able to put yourself into the position occupied by a range of audiences.

Course information

Name: Media Studies OCR Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE Qualification title: GCE Advanced Subsidiary Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment AS Assessment Unit 1 – Foundation Production Portfolio (Coursework Unit) 50 % of AS and 25% of A-Level Completion of two production tasks (One Preliminary, One Main) in the medium of print, video, audio or web. Presented and evaluated in digital format. A preference of specific media platforms for this unit may be introduced in 2017. Unit 2 – Key Concepts (Exam Unit) 50% of AS and 25% of A-Level Section A Textual Analysis (TV Drama) Section B Institutions and Audiences 2 Hour exam Awarding OCR Created 20160310 11:47:50 Updated 20160809 10:30:10

Entry requirements

Pan, paper and access to a range of media Equipment required Pan, paper and access to a range of media

Provider

Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
Voluntary Aided School
info@btg-secondary.lambeth.sch.uk
020 8769 3294
http://www.btg.ac/

Address

Belltrees Grove Town: London