Media

Our Head of Film and Media holds a degree in English and American Literature & Film from Brunel University and completed her PGCE at Goldsmith’s College, University of London in 2009. Before entering teaching, she worked as an Arts Administrator for a music charity, coordinating concerts at prestigious venues including BBC Maida Vale, Tate Liverpool, and Wigmore Hall, while running projects enabling young people to create music for professional musicians.

Since 2009, she has taught in secondary schools across London, Buckinghamshire, Nottingham, Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire. An avid film enthusiast, she brings genuine passion to her teaching and celebrates the diverse texts that engage students in meaningful learning. She has served as an examiner for both AQA in English Language and Eduqas in Film Studies since 2018.

Outside the classroom, she plays the trumpet in the Hitchin Light Orchestra; enjoys spending time outdoors; and exploring art and culture in cities around the world.

This focuses on an in-depth study of a television product, allowing students to showcase their understanding of the theoretical framework. The promoting media element of the paper deals with the marketing and advertising, allowing students to explore the business side of media.

In this component, learners will engage with an in-depth study of a magazine along with music videos and radio broadcasts/advertising. The news element of this paper covers online, social and participatory media. In both sections of these papers, students will apply their knowledge of the theoretical framework to analyse the relevant products.

Learners will create media products through applying knowledge and understanding of media language and media representations from the theoretical framework to express and communicate meaning to an intended audience.

Attendance of film events as well as the customary screenings of the set pieces being shown at the college.