Media Studies - Key Stage 4

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What students will learn

How it builds on learning

Introduction to Media Studies (Autumn Term 1)

Students will be introduced to the key concepts and terminology that they will need to succeed in Media Studies.

Component 1, Section A: Advertising (Autumn Term 1)

Students will apply what they have learned in the introduction, as well as analysis skills from Key Stage 3 English, to study the set print advertisements for the exam.

We consider representations of gender in the media, building on skills gained in Key Stage 3 English and PSHE.

Component 1, Section A: Magazines (Autumn Term 2)

Students will continue to use their analysis skills from the Advertising unit. They will also begin to apply these skills independently by analysing unseen texts.

We consider representations of gender and ethnicity, further building on skills from the previous unit.

Component 1, Section A and B: Film Promotion (Autumn Term 2/Spring Term 1)

Students continue to build on and develop their analysis skills. The study of Media Industries is also introduced, where students consider how industries create, market and distribute their products.

Component 1, Section B: Radio (Spring Term 1)

This builds on learning about media industries in the previous unit. We also learn about how media products reach audiences and how and why audiences consume media products, building on discussions from the introduction.

Component 1, Section A and B: Newspapers, in-depth study (Spring Term 1 & 2)

This unit involves applying skills from all the previous units, as well as building on skills from PSHE, looking at how the news portrays political issues and how and why news sources may be biased.

Component 1, Section B: Video Games (Summer Term 1)

This unit builds on study of industries and audiences from previous units, as well as consideration of online media, as introduced in the Radio unit.

Component 3: NEA (Summer Term 2)

As well as revision and completing mock exams, students will begin to consider how they can apply all the conventions they have learned about to a media text of their own.

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Component 3: NEA (Autumn Term 1)

Students will begin to consider how they can apply all the conventions they have learned about to a media text of their own.

They will use editing skills gained from homework throughout Year 10.

Component 2: TV Crime Drama (Autumn Term 2)

This unit involves skills from all the previous units, this time applying those skills to audio-visual media texts for the first time. Students will have an opportunity to look at a current and historic media text, developing comparison skills from previous units and English.

Component 2: Music Video (Spring Term 1)

This unit involves skills from all the previous units, again applying those skills to audio-visual media texts although in a different context.