KS4 Media– Curriculum Map
Year 1 (year 10)
Year 2 (year 11)
4390 LA – WJEC GCSE Media Studies – knowledge & skills building
Skills Building – Students attempt a number of mock tasks increasing in complexity, using a
range of research and planning techniques, design skills, and creative tools)
Learners will study a minimum of five different media, including at least one print-based and
one audiovisual-based form. Examples of different media will thus include film, television,
animated film, radio, magazines, music videos, websites and computer games. Tasks will be
related to a range of genres/topics, including advertising, news, drama, comedy, horror,
science fiction, fashion, lifestyle, special interest, and documentary.
4390 Coursework Unit – 4392 Creating for the media; producing
This coursework task will assess the application of creative media skills
through their practical use.
Learners will develop their understanding of the purpose and properties
of their chosen media products, be able to plan their creation, create a
new product using a range of skills and tools and review it in context.
The unit will encourage independence, creativity and awareness of the
media industry.
4390 Coursework Unit – 4392 Creating for the media; knowledge & skills building
Skills Building – Students continue to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding as
outlined above.
By the end of this term, learners will have studied a minimum of five different media, including
at least one print-based and one audiovisual-based form.
4390 Coursework Unit – 4392 Creating for the media; producing
This coursework task will assess the application of creative media skills
through their practical use.
Learners will develop their understanding of the purpose and properties
of their chosen media products, be able to plan their creation, create a
new product using a range of skills and tools and review it in context.
The unit will encourage independence, creativity and awareness of the
media industry.
Spring 1
4390 Coursework Unit – 4392 Creating for the media; investigating 1
Students will begin a textual investigation based on genre in print-based media, focusing on
one main text but referring to other texts. They have a choice of three titles:
1. Investigate how genre conventions are used in [chosen text]
2. Investigate how far genre conventions are challenged in [chosen text]
3. Investigate how far [chosen text] conforms to genre conventions.
4390 Exam unit – 4391 Thinking about the Media: Investigating and
Planning
Skills Building – Students attempt a number of mock exam tasks, using a
range of research and planning techniques, design skills, and exam
techniques based on the requirements of the examined topic (see table)
Spring 2
4390 Coursework Unit – 4392 Creating for the media; investigating 1
Students will complete their textual investigation based on genre in print-based media,
focusing on one main text but referring to other texts. They have a choice of three titles:
1. Investigate how genre conventions are used in [chosen text]
2. Investigate how far genre conventions are challenged in [chosen text]
3. Investigate how far [chosen text] conforms to genre conventions.
4390 Exam unit – 4391 Thinking about the Media: Investigating and
Planning
Skills Building & revision – Students attempt a number of mock exam
tasks, using a range of research and planning techniques, design skills,
and exam techniques based on the requirements of the examined topic
(see table)
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
KS4 Media– Curriculum Map
4390 Coursework Unit – 4392 Creating for the media; investigating 2
Students will begin a textual investigation based on narrative or representation in non-print
media, focusing on one main text but referring to other texts. They have a choice of titles:
Narrative
Representation
d
Summer 1
in [chosen text]
4390 Exam unit – 4391 Thinking about the Media: Investigating and
Planning
Skills Building & revision – Students attempt a number of mock exam
tasks, using a range of research and planning techniques, design skills,
and exam techniques based on the requirements of the examined topic
(see table)
place, events or issues are represented in
[chosen text]
[chosen text]
construction or structure is in [chosen text]
the following is challenged in [chosen text]:
gender, ethnicity, age, nation, place, events or
issues
or structure in [chosen text] challenges
conventional narratives.
the following reinforces conventional points of
view in [chosen text]
4390 Coursework Unit – 4392 Creating for the media; investigating 2
Students will begin a textual investigation based on narrative or representation in non-print
media, focusing on one main text but referring to other texts. They have a choice of titles:
Summer 2
Narrative
Representation
in [chosen text]
Explore the structure of the narrative in
[chosen text]
place, events or issues are represented in
[chosen text]
construction or structure is in [chosen text]
or structure in [chosen text] challenges
conventional narratives.
Examination
Series
June 2015
June 2016
June 2017
June 2018
Topic
Advertising &
marketing
Advertising &
marketing
News
News
Examination
Section A
Print advertising
the following is challenged in [chosen text]:
gender, ethnicity, age, nation, place, events or
issues
the following reinforces conventional points of
view in [chosen text]
Film Trailers
Examination
Section B
Television
advertising
Film Posters
Newspapers
TV News
Radio News
News websites
4390 Awaiting results!