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GCE A Level in Media Studies

at Tring School, Tring · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

Eduqas - In Media Studies, students learn a broad range of creative and practical skills necessary for university, apprenticeships or industry. This exciting course covers all media platforms offering an area of interest for all students. Across two years, students will examine media language, representations, audiences and industries from the following areas: Advertising, TV, news, computer games, websites, social media, magazines, music videos, radio and Film (industry only). The coursework element requires students to create their own media products. Using industry software, learners are given autonomy over a range of briefs and respond by producing two media products, contributing to 30% of their overall grade. Our aim is to foster and support independent and self-reliant learners. The creative media sector is one of the fastest growing and most employable industries in the UK. Through dynamic and exciting teaching, we provide the skills for our students to excel in a media-related degree and have the confidence to succeed in the industry. Students learn: to analyse media products using academic terminology and theory to use cameras, lights and sound to create products in single camera and multi-camera live set-ups technical skills in photography/cinematography, photo manipulation and digital image effects to edit digital moving image products using the industry standard Adobe Premiere Pro editing suite

What you need to get on

Grade 5 in Media GCSE if taken. If media not taken at GCSE, students need a Grade 5 in English Literature and Language

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

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