Media Studies - Mahi Pāpāho
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs J. Brown.
This course is for students interested in journalism, film and media production. You will study the codes and conventions of a film genre and explore the key elements of media production including the process of planning, writing and creating a media product. You will have the opportunity to research, write and create either a short narrative based film or a feature article spread on an issue of personal and or local interest. You will conduct an analysis of a media text, applying two different readings to explore how a text can be viewed through different lenses.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
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Media Studies 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of an aspect of a media industry
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Media Studies 3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of the meaning of a media text through different readings
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Media Studies 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a relationship between a media genre and society
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Media Studies 3.5 - Produce a design for a media product that meets the requirements of a brief
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Media Studies 3.6 - Produce a media product to meet the requirements of a brief
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Media Studies 3.7 - Demonstrate understanding of a significant development in the media
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Media Studies 3.8 - Write a media text to meet the requirements of a brief
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 27
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.