Following our early success in Key Stage 5, the Media Department has branched out in to Key Stage 4 offering students the opportunity to study both practical and theoretical elements of the media at large.

The department is staffed by experts from English, BITE and Performing Arts to offer a wide variety of skills and range of experience.

Our facilities include fully equipped computer suites, video recording equipment and editing software, digital camera equipment, games consoles, a video library and new for 2007, a wet lab and darkroom for print photography.

We strive to give students a hands on experience of life in the media industry

Course Outline/Overview

Key Stage 4

This is currently offered in Year 10 only for Key stage 4 and covers the following topics:

• Media Industries and Media Audiences
• Research for Media Products
• Reviewing Computer Games
• Advertising Production
• Photography Techniques
• Video Production
• Interactive Media Production

Key Stage 5

Media Studies at Trinity Academy started as an A-level course and we continue to offer it. During the course we cover the following topics:

• Key Concepts - theory and in practice
• Practical Production
• Case Studies - Advertising and Aarketing, Film and Broadcast Fiction
• Textual Topics in Contemporary Media
• Texts and Contexts
• Comparitive Critical Analysis

There is also a section of individual study to be completed during Year 13.