- This is a two-year course
- It is full-time
- There are three units of work in each year
- 50% of the work is practical
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Year One AS level
- Unit G321 (coursework portfolio)
Practical
Candidates produce two paired media artefacts from a series of briefs in either : -print
-video
-audio
Section A : Textual Analysis and Representation
- Analyse a sequence from a television or radio drama
Section B :Institutions and Audience
- Case study about a media industry
- Understand contemporary processes of production, distribution, marketing, and theories about audience reception and consumption
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Year Two A2 level
- Unit G324 (coursework portfolio)
Practical
A promotional package for a ‘new’ media product using two or more of the following media :
A presentation using two or more of the following:
- Slideshow
- Blog or Website
- Podcast
- DVD woth 'extras'
Unit G325 (2 hour exam)
Critical Perspectives in Media
A)Theoretical evaluation of production
B)Contemporary media issues
Media regulation
Global media
Media and collective identity
Post-modern media
Media and democracy
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Progression:
Most universities offer degrees in Media Studies. Students might like to embark on a course that offers a general media degree, or one that is more specialised and focuses on a particular area of media work – e.g. journalism, television, scriptwriting, photography, media technologies. Some universities offer a degree with a broad-based year 1 foundation course before offering media specialisms Years 2 and 3. Students who do not wish to go to university might consider a one-year professional course such as the NCTJ pre-entry Certificate for journalists, or the City and Guilds certificate in Television and Video Competences.
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The course is staffed by a team of lecturers and technicians who are experts in a variety of media fields.
The media centre resources include: 3-camera television studio, a audio/video edit suite with Final Cut Studio Pro digital editing software, a sound-recording and radio production studio with Cool Edit Pro and Sonar digital sound editing facilities, two radio studios with a computer based playout system, sound and film acquisition equipment for loan to students, Mac and PC print facilities.
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