Subject Leader
Mr C Cottingham – ccottingham@oriel.w-sussex.sch.uk
Teaching staff
Mrs C Denman – cdenman@oriel.w-sussex.sch.uk
Mr B Golding – bgolding@oriel.w-sussex.sch.uk
“The creative sector is now one of our fastest growing industries and continues to outperform the wider UK economy.” – Karen Bradley, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 2017
“The cultural sector continues to grow faster than the UK economy” – Arts Professional, 2017
“Creative industries are driving economic growth across the UK, on track to create one million new creative industries jobs between 2013 and 2030” – Nesta, 2018
Subject Overview
We live at a time when our media is playing an ever-greater role in our lives, expanding our knowledge, dominating our work and our leisure and increasingly influencing our thinking and ideas – for good and for ill.
We offer courses that will help students to understand how the media and film industries work, developing analytical abilities and teaching new design skills. Students learn how to use professional technologies, such as the Adobe Creative Suite, to plan and produce detailed media texts, as well as gaining insight into the workings of our growing creative industries.
GCSE Film Studies
Exam Board: WJEC/Eduqas (https://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/film-studies/eduqas-film-studies-gcse-from-2017/)
Course Overview: Year One
| Term | Focus | Texts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Induction: Studying The Film Industry Analysing the Micro Elements, Narrative and Genre | Extracts and Short Films |
| 2 | Contemporary British Film: History and Context | Skyfall |
| 3 | Contemporary British Film: Style and Aesthetics Timeline of Film Development | Skyfall Extracts |
| 4 | Global English Language Film: Narrative and Genre | Song Of The Sea |
| 5 | Practical Production: Research, Planning and Filming | Extracts |
| 6 | Practical Production: Editing, Post-Production and Evaluation | Extracts |
Course Overview: Year Two
| Term | Focus | Texts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Key Developments In US Film: Mainstream Film Comparison | Invasion of the Body Snatchers E.T. |
| 2 | Key Developments In US Film: Mainstream Film Comparison Key Developments In US Film: Independent Film | Invasion of the Body Snatchers E.T. Juno |
| 3 | Key Developments In US Film: Independent Film Global Film: Non-English Language Film | Juno Let The Right One In |
| 4 | Global Film: Non-English Language Film | Let The Right One In |
| 5 | Revision/Exam Preparation |
A-Level Media Studies
Exam Board: AQA (https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/media-studies/as-and-a-level/media-studies-7572)
Course Overview: Year One
| Term | Mr Cottingham | Mr Golding | Mrs Denman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Media Theorists and Theories (Audience) | Media Theorists and Theories (Language/Representation) | Media Theorists and Theories (Industry) |
| 2 | Newspaper Industry | Advertising and Marketing | Media Theorists and Theories (Industry)/ Film Marketing |
| 3 | Newspaper Industry | Advertising and Marketing | Film Marketing |
| 4 | Radio | Music Video | Film Marketing |
| 5 | Radio | Music Video | Exam Skills and Unseen Analysis |
| 6 | NEA Production | NEA Production | Mock Preparation |
Course Overview: Year Two
| Term | Mr Cottingham | Mr Golding | Mrs Denman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radio/Video Games Industry/NEA Production | NEA Production | Television Industry |
| 2 | Video Games Industry/NEA Production | NEA Production | Television Industry |
| 3 | Magazine Industry | Revision/Exam Preperation | Online and Participatory Media |
| 4 | Magazine Industry | Revision/Exam Preperation | Online and Participatory Media |
| 5 | Revision/Exams | Revision/Exam Preperation | Revision/Exams |