National 5 Media

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Analysing Media Content

Candidates will carry out detailed analysis of media content:

-       Identify and explain media content in detail

-       Explain the relationship between media content and context

-       Identify and explain the role of media

-       Apply knowledge and understanding of the relevant key aspects of media literacy

Creating Media Content

Create media content by:

-  Planning and developing ideas in response to a negotiated brief

-  Applying production skills appropriate to the media content and context

-  Evaluating the production process

-  Applying detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant key aspects of media literacy

ASSESSMENT

Component 1 — question paper 60 marks:

Learners will answer questions on familiar media content. Marks will be awarded for the learner’s analysis of media content in context, the role of media, and applying knowledge and understanding of the relevant key aspects of media literacy.

The question paper has been extended by 10 marks to 60 marks by adding a new 'Analysis

of a Media Text' section. The duration of the exam will therefore also increase.

Component 2 — assignment 60 marks, split into two sections:

The assignment has been extended from 50 marks to 60 marks to include an evaluative

element in the 'Development' section. It will  contribute to 50% of the course assessment.

What will my Home Learning commitment be?

You will normally be required to undertake at least 1½ hours each week at National 4 and 5. However, this will be flexible depending on if you have reading to do or an  assessment to  prepare for.

IS MEDIA FOR ME?

It is if you want to:

·  learn about how media saturates everything we do in the developed world in the 21st Century and how to analyse and critique the media to see the ways in which the media pervades our lives.

· Improve literacy skills, learn how to write detailed critiques of the media in a way that’s more intuitive than writing essays for other subjects. Learn a great deal of new terminology much of which can be used in other subjects, including English, the Humanities, D&T and Science.

· Make your own films, write your own newspapers, set up your own websites, editing software.