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Entry Requirements

  • 5+ GCSEs at 9-4
  • Grade 4 in English language
  • Grade 4 in a media related subject (such as art or IT)

Contact

Adam Leadbeater
Coordinator of Learning – Media and Film

adam.leadbeater@sgla.latrust.org.uk

Course Outline

In BTEC Creative Media Production students learn how to research and analyse Media texts before applying them to their own ideas. Students are given the opportunity to explore the planning processes within the industry and create a practical production with post production techniques such as editing. This is a well rounded course for those who wish to break into the Media industry with experience of all the production processes they need.

Course Assessment

  • Unit 1: Media Representations
    2 hours
    Textual analysis of several visual/audio and print texts
  • Unit 8: Responding to a Commission
    6 hours
    Responding to a previously seen brief by creating a proposal
  • Unit 4: Pre-Production Portfolio
    Creating a blog containing research and pre-production materials
  • Unit 10: Film Production
    A textual analysis with accompanying practical film project