Level 3 Media Studies
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr D. Hanson.
If you're a creative student who enjoys watching and analysing films as well as engaging with other media then Media Studies will appeal to you. If you like writing, design, photography, animation or making films and like to debate what you see in the media, you will also enjoy this subject.
Media Studies is a blend of theory and practical production. During this course you will design and create your own media product (a short film). You will also study a feature film from a variety of different perspectives and examine a film genre and its close relationship with society. Scholarship Media Studies is offered to 13MED students through an additional programme of learning.
This course will develop both your critical thinking skills and media production skills.
Recommended Prior Learning
Recommended Prior Learning: Media Studies, English Social Sciences.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
A clearfile or workbook/scrapbook (required).
A USB thumb drive and/or SD card (suggested).
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Course can be endorsed with Merit or Excellence
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Media Studies 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a relationship between a media genre and society
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Media Studies 3.5 - Produce a design for a media product that meets the requirements of a brief
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Media Studies 3.6 - Produce a media product to meet the requirements of a brief
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Media Studies 3.7 - Demonstrate understanding of a significant development in the media
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Media Studies 3.8 - Write a media text to meet the requirements of a brief
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20
* These standards contribute to the 14 credits required for UE approval.