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MEDIA STUDIESAT
SPROWSTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
Preferences 2012
GCSEOr
BTEC MEDIA
There are two different options
GCSE is worth 1 x GCSEGrades A* - G
Is studied for 5 hours a fortnight
It is worth 1 x GCSE
It is suitable for those interested in the subject or combining creative and academic
studies of the media, its industries and audiences
It is 60% coursework & 40% GCSE
What is involved in a GCSE in Media Studies??
Year 10 is spent on producing a range of coursework projects the best of which get entered for your GCSE – one must be solo work and one must be group work.
Year 11 prepares you for the exam can involve completing final practical projects
This rigorous course combines theory with practical work in a fun, challenging way that makes learning enjoyable.
Is it successful??Most students meet or exceed their target grades.
WE AVERAGE 75% A*-C or above over the past 4 years.We enter students at all levels of ability and celebrate
everyone’s success.
Project 1: ADVERTISING
• Study adverts
• Write an essay showing understanding of messages and values
• Plan, design, photograph and produce an original advertising
campaign that uses gender stereotypes to sell a product; YOU
are the star of the campaign
What do I need to look at to show I understand how the values and messages are communicated
• What is the brand identity associations?• Is it iconic?• What morals and values does it
represent?• Does it rely on stereotypes – how?• What values should we associate with
the product?• What do we get as well when we buy the
product?• Have the messages and values changed
from what we normally see for this product?
Project 2;.this is group work
RESEARCH & PLANNING;•investigate the documentary genre.•Plan an extract from an original documentary on a subject of your own choiceProduction 1 In an essay explain•What are the conventions; is wife swap a documentary? What is?? Is ‘TOWIE really a documentary•How do audiences respond•Does the BBC make better documentaries than Channel 4????Production 2; in video format•to design and make an original documentary for TV•Ensure that it meets conventions and is under 4 minutes longEvaluation•A 700 word individual written evaluation in essay format
When is it too shocking??
Is shock value cultural?Are you too young for your opinion to matter?Is radio dead?Is it ok to put anything on TV?
• Religion• Gender• War• Poverty• Rising costs• Knife crime• The age to vote• Human rights• Noise pollution• Girls playing
rugby
• Boy midwives• Singl parents• Bad language in
music• Lady GaGa; music
or art??
What do you have an opinion to share with an audience?
Project 3MUSIC VIDEO
What makes a modern UK star?
Who is in?Who is out?
How to market a start image
What do I need to look at to earn the marks for this unit?? It is a group project!Research:•Compare three music videos•Identify how the performer is marketed as a star•Research gender representation•Research music channels•Storyboard how a music video is madePlanning:•Create an idea for a new music star for teenage audiences•Create their identity•Plan a new campaign of cd-promo pack, video and TV interview.Production:•Work effectively as a group to make one of the three products•Edits it to a high standard; Evaluation: these are individual pieces of work•A 1000 work essay on music promotion and videos•A 700 word evaluation
60%Coursework
Analyse how advertising uses stereotype & representation to control
an audience.Create an original campaign
*Analyse TV documentaries to explore narrative and film techniques: then
construct a new one*
Write about representation of men in music videos. Then make a music video
to challenge the stereotypes*
Experiment with techniquesLearn how to blog, use a video camera,
write a prezi, record sound, write scripts, costume, edit…
*
40%Exam
Watch an extract of an Action & Adventure Movie and write about
it.Recreate extracts of famous A&A
movies.
Learn how to write essays in timed conditions.
Study episodes of •Qi,
•Miranda, •The Inbetweeners
•8 out of 10 CatsWrite about television comedies
and why they are popular
BTEC MEDIAIs studied for 10 lessons a fortnight
It is worth up to 3 GCSEs so you need to be hard-working and organised
It is ALL coursework
Distinction* = 2-3 x A* grade
Distinction = 2-3 X A grade
Merit = 2-3 x B grade
Pass = 2-3 x C grade
There are 4 compulsory units:Exploring Communication
techniques: showing understanding of•Radio•Television•Print•Web / online•Film•Advertising•Broadcasting
Researching methods using:•Blogs•podcasts•Interviews•Focus groups•Filming•Reading•Listening•Social networking sites
Understanding different audiences and products:•Who likes what and why?•How can we tell?•Does it ever change?•What about when you are old?•What about the future?•What does how someone uses media products tell us about them•Why does everyone think the BBC is so good?
What about jobs in the Creative Media Sector:•Who does what?•How much does it pay?•How can I get work in that industry?•How fast does it change?•What is the impact of the internet and the web?•What is media 2.0?•Getting a work placement!•What is web 2.0?
Then there are optional units: •we offer 5 and your best 4 are submitted as coursework, •each unit lasts about a term.
Unit 5 Video Production: Music Video Students will research the music video industry and visit a local studio.
They will then undertake to create an original music video undertaking: •pre-production including props, •lighting, •costume, •auditions, •production including •camerawork, •direction, •sound experiments and •post-production: •construction of the final video.
Evaluation will involve working with a focus group and videoing discussion.
Working at a local music studio
Finding out about the music business
• Choose a local band or musician
• Research their style and brand identity
• Agree a brief with them
• Produce a music video
• Pitch it to them
• Publicise and exhibit it using social networking and online music and video sites
Unit 8 interactive Media Production: Creating interactive media products.
This unit will explore interactive media productions; including•television idents, •blogging, •website design, •pop-ups.
Having critically research and compared examples of interactive media products you will
plan and produce an interactive website including an •ident, •original photographs and images, •animated gifs and •a number of linked pages.
Unit 10 Animation techniques We will •research and experiment with the practical processes of animation techniques including
•stop-motion, •Flash animation, •Rotascoping •photo-animation.
As part of the course you will work with a professional animator.
You will work on •design, •character, •setting and narrative
and will then focus on a specific technique for the production of an •original, •complete animated short-story, •with soundtrack
Working with Clay-mation techniques
rotascoping UsingAnimatics and storyboards
Working with Flask and other computer animation software
Unit 19 Writing for the Creative Media This unit explores the power of the author and will involve students in becoming journalists and creative scriptwriters
For this unit you will explore different types of writing for the media including
•Writing reviews of books and plays, •Writing guides and reviews for films, •Being a citizen journalist and uploading articles to internet sites•Writing original short stories in response to a theme•scriptwriting for film, television and radio.
Unit 21 Creative Media Production Project The final unit will provide you with the opportunity to use a variety of production skills to create a media product of your own choice. Responding to a brief you will generate an initial proposal and develop it from pre-production through to completion.
It is a chance to combine:•creative writing, •animation, •performance, •directing, •web-based skills, •printing, •Graphics•Photography•marketing•music… •the choice is your .
Advertising and photography techniques
Photographic techniques
Photographic & advertising techniques
Using local artists for inspiration
Mass producing printed t-shirts
Working in the local community for ideas and inspiration
“ exploring digital and traditional technologies…sharing what I do with the world”