GCSE MEDIA STUDIES

Every aspect of our lives is touched by media whether it is your Friday night DVD, checking who is tweeting what on your smartphone or reading the day’s headlines in the paper.

Studying media involves changing the way you look at the world by understanding how different media work. But, you also get to change how others look at the world by making your own media products!

What is Media Studies?

Action Adventure Film

• One exam on two topics1. Action Adventure Films2.Television Comedies

• Group Production Project• Advertising Campaign

• Individual Production Project1. Choice of media product 2. Essay

What do will you do?

TV Comedy

Our current students have produced all sorts of media projects, some examples are:

• Documentary on bullying

• Website for a Lady Gaga album

• Design for a new female gaming hero

Examples of Individual Projects

Print Advertising

Students have to analyse media texts in depth in an essay. Here are some examples:

• Representation of gender in three music videos by Madonna, Lady Gaga and Eminem

• Use of documentary conventions in TV and short film: Educating Essex, I remember Lebanon

• Exploration of mental health in Eastenders and Hollyoaks

Examples of individual essays

Documentary

• As well as developing media skills, you will also learn how to:

• Conducting research• Project planning• Leading a team• Working independently• Thinking critically• Relate texts to their social context

What else will you learn?

Popular Music

GCSE Media Studies helps you develop the knowledge and skills that you need for post-16 study in:

• English Literature, Art

• Psychology, Sociology

• Film Studies, Media Studies

Where does it lead?

News and Celebrity

If you:

• Like challenging how you see the world

• Enjoy working on long term projects

• Can express your ideas and ask difficult questions

• Want to analyse films, TV, advertising and more

Then Media Studies is for you!

So, what do you need…

Video Games

Talk to Ms Honeyman or Miss Seabrook

To find out more…