Hi everyone,
In todays post I'm going to give you an overview of AS/ A Level Creative Subjects, and how you will be assessed for each AS/ A Level.
Drama & Theatre Studies
Devising
Creating an original performance from a text stimulus
Text in Performance
Taking on a performance or design role in a practical tutor-directed piece, and solo/ paired performance
Theatre Makers in Practice
Exploring theatre making through the analysis of live performance, and two set texts
Assessed
40% Coursework
20% Practical Performance Exam
20% Written Exam
Art, Craft & Design
- Artist research & contextual understanding
- Visual language & creativity
- Skills & techniques across a wide range of media
- Selecting personal/ meaningful subjects/ themes
- Portfolio presentation
Assessed
100% Coursework
Photography
- Photography research & contextual understanding
- Visual language & creativity
- Camera control
- Digital editing
- Traditional film & darkroom techniques
- Selecting personal & meaningful subjects/ themes
- Online portfolio presentation
Assessed
100% Coursework
Media Studies
- Newspapers, radio, video games, music videos, advertising & film marketing
- Detailed study exploring three specialist texts of three industries: television, magazines & online media
- Media has a few key areas to study that will be applied to each media text
- Media language & how to analyse & deconstruct media products
- Representations, exploring the historical context of media products & how media producers construct images and texts to convey messages to audiences
- Industry - how media businesses from Disney as a powerful Hollywood studio to a YouTube vlogger, make content & more importantly make money
- Audiences - how media products attract, appeal & target specific audiences & how media audiences are not all the same
Assessed
70% Exam
30% Coursework including a practical production piece & evaluation
English Language
- Stylistic analysis of non fiction texts
- Child language development
- Language diversity & change
- Regional varieties
- Language & social groups
- Language & gender
- Language & ethnicity
- Occupational language
- Language change
Assessed
80% Exam
20% Coursework
English Literature
Gothic Literature - Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Gray & short extracts
Drama & Poetry pre 1900 - The Duchess of Malfi & selected poetry by Christina Rossetti
Literature post 1900 - A Streetcar Named Desire, Atonement & selected poetry by Carol Ann Duffy
Shakespeare - The Tempest
Assessed
80% Exam
20% Coursework
* The course content may vary slightly depending on where you are choosing to study your AS/ A Levels
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