Year 13: Your deadlines are as follows:
Please note that no work will be accepted after the final deadline of 30th APRIL and non-submission of all three parts of the coursework by the final deadline will result in you being withdrawn from the examination.
Year 12: The final deadline for your Film Production coursework is 21st MARCH. Please note that absolutely no work will be accepted after this deadline and non-submission by this deadline will result in you being withdrawn from the examination.
I am often asked about examination results for Media students at DBS so I thought I would share them on this blog. I am very proud to say that our students always achieve high grades and I am optimistic that this year's cohort of A Level students will be equally as successful as their past counterparts.
Results 2011
AS (11 students) 2 As, 5 Bs, 1 C and 3 Ds.
A2 (8 students) 3 As, 4 Bs and 1 C.
Results 2010
AS (14 students) 3 As, 3 Bs, 5 Cs and 3 Ds.
A2 (8 students) 5 As, 2 Bs and 1 C.
Each year our Year 13 students produce some amazing audio-visual and print-based production coursework. Here is a selection from the 2011 - 2012 A2 students:
Students are learning about three media industries - Film, Music and Advertising - through the exploration of case study media texts. For the Film Industry, the case study texts are Avatar, Hurt Locker and Moon. For the Advertising Industry, the case study texts are the Dolce and Gabbana Napolean campaign, Diesel's 'Be Stupid' campaign and the Think! drink driving campaign 'Moment of Truth'. For the Music Industry the case study texts are the artists Lady Gaga, Cheryl Cole and Emeli Sande.
When exploring each case study text, students work in small study groups to research topic areas listed in the syllabus and when ready, they present their findings to the class. The resources students make on the topics areas are then collected together in the form of a revision case study pack for each media text. Thus students effectively teach themselves and each other.
The checklist of topics areas is as follows:
