A level MEDIA


Overview Throughout the course students will explore a range of media theories relating to different concepts and media platforms. Students will explore things such as the impact various companies have had on our buying habits – the rise and fall of the CD – the fault of Apple? Students will also get the chance to make their own media products based on a brief devised by the exam board.


Exam board OCR H409


Course Outline Paper 1 Media Messages (35%) Ÿ News Ÿ Media language and Representation


Paper 2 Evolving Media (35%) Ÿ Media Industries and Audiences Ÿ Long Form television drama


NEA (Non examined assessment) Media making (30%) Production of a cross media product in relation to a brief set by the exam board.


Complementary subjects English Language, English Literature, Drama, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, History, French, Dance, Performing Arts and Music.


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