• You do NOT need to have studied it at GCSE • Entry requirements: grade 6 in English • Important: an interest in the media and society, a willingness to discuss and debate ideas, creativity • Works especially well with Visual and Performing Arts subjects, Sociology, English SO WHAT WILL YOU ACTUALLY DO ? Study: Magazines, newspapers, adverts, film posters, film, radio, TV, video games, music videos and online media Make: magazine/music video + website Learn: how all of these things affect you without you even realising it, how media industries work, skills of Photography/video/ Photoshop/Editing Assessment: 70% exam (2 papers at the end of the course), 30% practical coursework WHAT COULD IT LEAD TO? Media industries:
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