Welcome to the Graphic Communication course.

Welcome to the Graphic Communications course. For this course, we will help you to develop the necessary skills to specialise in a specific occupational area or technical role within the Media industry. The course gives you the opportunity to develop sector-specific knowledge, technical and practical skills, and to apply these skills in work-related environments.

In our first lesson in September we will explore how you as students respond differently to the same starting point. Complete the activities below and bring with you to your first timetabled lesson to share your views.

Task 1

Create a table in Word listing as many products you can think of associated with the following Media sectors:

Moving image

Audio

Publishing

Websites

Games

Task 2

Consider the various ways in which media products can be distributed for the Media Sectors you have listed in the table in Task 1. Label this column “Media Distribution”

Task 3

Often, film companies will make use of multiple different media sectors to promote a new film, leading to a greater effect than each sector individually (this is known as synergy)

Produce a document showing a film released in the last 12 months that make use of different media sectors. Provide evidence in the form of dates, statistics and images. (Eg. Film soundtracks available for purchase, tie-in posters etc)