Creative Media Production

5 GCSE grades 9 to 5 including a 5 in English Language

The course consists of 13 units of which 7 are mandatory and 4 are external. Mandatory content (66%). External assessment (41%).

Compulsory Modules:

Media Representations

Working in the Creative Media Industry

 Digital Media Skills

Pre-Production Portfolio

Specialist Subject Investigation

Media Campaigns

Responding to a Commission

Optional Modules:

There is a broad choice of optional modules to choose, for example; storyboarding for Digital Media, Film production (fiction), Digital magazine production, Advert production, Website production. Modules are chosen based on teacher expertise, facilities and the interest of the students.

From these you will gain knowledge of the creative media sector, its professional practises and gain an understanding that media is diverse and impacts on local, national and global organisations. You will gain knowledge of job roles and employment opportunities in the media sector and become multi-skilled through training and professional development. You will also learn how to make magazines look professional; learn about how meaning is made in film and TV.

There are seven Mandatory units and four externally moderated modules which cover a wide spectrum of the media whilst at the same time allowing for the pursuit of personal interests.

Samuel Ryder has a brand new media suite with industry standard equipment, including a film studio.

Media BTEC is a very well established subject at SRA. Our results have been consistently high and we achieve highly compared to the national average which reflects the excellence of the teachers involved. Several of our student’s work has been retained by the exam board as exemplars for training examiners.

This course is demanding in terms of:

• research
• planning and organisation
• intellectual and practical skills
• independent thinking
• Homework: encompasses a range of tasks including practical work such as filming and taking photographs. Research and planning may include visiting venues and reconnoitring. Essay writing and note making is also expected

The media is one of the fastest growing areas of the economy and media studies combines well with a number of other courses at universities.  As well as subject specific skills, students may also develop leadership skills, organisational skills, cooperative working practices, vision and innovation, taking concept to product and ICT skills.

An application form can be obtained from the Head of Sixth From h.potter@samuelryderacademy.co.uk . Once your application has been processed you will be invited to discuss your subject choices with the Head of Sixth Form.