This document provides an overview of the Media Studies program at KBA. It discusses that Media Studies involves analyzing images, sounds, and text from media through studying individual media texts like film and television. Students must understand institutions, processes, purposes, audiences, and codes/conventions for these media. Coursework includes a preliminary task, a main task of creating the opening 2 minutes of a teen horror film, and evaluation. Students must set up their own blog to share their work for the foundation portfolio, which is assessed on research/planning, production, and evaluation.

1. Media Studies
Getting Started
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2. What is Media Studies
• Media Studies involves the close analysis
of the images, sounds and text that we
experience via the media.
• It is the study and creation of individual
media texts.
• Our focus in Year 12 is on FILM and
TELEVISION
• You need to develop an understanding of
the following things in relation to these:
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3. • INSTITUTION = Who made them?
• PROCESS = How were they made?
• PURPOSE = Why were they made?
• AUDIENCE = Who were they made for?
• CODES and CONVENTIONS = What
rules were followed when making
them?
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4. What do we do?
50% Examination
1. Key Media Concepts (TV Drama) PH
2. Institutions and Audiences (Film) LE
50% Coursework – Foundation Portfolio
1. Preliminary Task (PH / IC)
2. Main Task – Opening 2 minutes of a
teen horror film including titles (PH / IC)
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5. Foundation Portfolio
Marked out of 100
• Research and Planning = 20 marks
• Production = 60 marks
• Evaluation = 20 marks

6. What you have to do..
• A preliminary task (not marked but has to
be completed)
• A main task
The opening 2 minutes of a teen horror
film including titles
No copyright protected music or sounds can be used

7. The Stages we follow..
• Complete the preliminary task
• Research into codes and conventions of
horror films
• Plan your opening
• Film your opening
• Edit your opening
• Evaluate your opening

8. Foundation Portfolio
• Evidence needs to be accessed
electronically by the examiner
• Work must be completed on time and
show a record of all the stages from pre-
production to post-production
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9. Media Studies @ KBA

10. My Blog
http://kbamediastudies.blogspot.com
• This is where you will find information,
explanation and instruction relating to your
work for the Foundation Portfolio
• You, however, need to set up your own
blog too!
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11. This is how you do it…
You all have an e-mail account that has been
set up for you:
j.becks@ketteringbuccleuch-academy.org
You will need this to create a blog by following
the process I am about to explain.
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12. Setting Up Your Blog
WATCH AND
TAKE
NOTES!
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