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Year Nine Curriculum Overview: Media Studies
Y e a r
N i n e
Autumn 2
Autumn 1
Spring 1
Summer 1
Summer 2
Spring 2
TV,
Newspapers and
online, social and
participatory media and
video games CSP
1. Key Concepts
2. Media production
skills
1. Responding to a brief
2. Researching chosen
area
Practical Production
Skills
1. Media Language
2. Representation
3. Media audiences
4. Media industries
Vocational Focus
Introduction to
Media: What are
the four Key
Concepts?
Through a range
of media products,
study of:
- Media language
- Media
representation
- Media industries
- Media audiences
Non-exam
assessment:
creating a media
product (mock)
Students will choose
their brief from a list
of 5
They will produce:
A statement of intent
A media product for
an intended
audience
THIS WILL BE A
MOCK – NOT A
LIVE BRIEF – BUT
WILL ENABLE
STUDENTS TO
GET VALUABLE
EXPERIENCE
Paper 1 Section A: Media
Language and Media
Representation
Study will cover:
Magazines
Advertising and marketing
Newspapers
Online, social and
participatory media and
video games
Paper 1 Section B: Media
Industries and Media
Audiences
Study will cover:
Radio
Music video
Newspapers
Online, social and
participatory media and
video games
BBC SCHOOL
REPORT – whole
class to be involved
in creating a news
broadcast
Paper 2 Section A:
Teach television
Close Study Products
in preparation for
screening and
questions in the
exam.
ALL areas of
theoretical framework
to be taught as any
could be tested in the
exam
Paper 2 Section B:
Teach newspapers
and online, social and
participatory media
and video games
ALL areas of
theoretical framework
to be taught as any
could be tested in the
exam
Summer Practical
Project: Integrated
Marketing Campaign,
including Social
Media
Media-based Work
Experience or
vocational media unit