Media & Film Studies

Curriculum Intent

Media and Film Studies are two exciting option subjects offered at KS4 and 5. They are analytical, reflective and creative subjects that encourage critical and discriminatory thinking – both skills highly valued by universities and employers.  Both Media and Film Studies are intellectually and conceptually demanding subjects that can make significant demands of students, but at the same time they are highly accessible and great fun to study.  

Media and Film Studies encourage students to become more confident and critical in their digital consumption; teaching them how to deconstruct and decode media and film texts and appreciate how they affect viewers and audiences.  

Media and Film Studies fit particularly well alongside subjects like English, Drama, Art, Business, Psychology, Sociology and Humanities, but also offer breadth and contrast next to subjects like Maths, P.E., ICT the Sciences.  If you have an interest in technology, news, popular culture, film and literature then Media and Film Studies is for you.