St Cyres Film and Media Studies

Official account for the department of Media Studies at @StCyresSchool. 🎬🎤📱

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Thinking about your options for sixth form? Check out our course breakdown video for Media A Level here! #stcyres6th #stcyreschat #optionsevening #sixthform @StCyresEnglish
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[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Very excited to be compiling these for the upcoming @stcyres6th options process…and adding some new and exciting information! #filmstudies #filmandmedia #mediastudies #mediaonthemap #filmaesthetics #stcyreschat #options #filmisart

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Some of the specialist resources we use with our students! Have a look at the text prompt questions to see the analysis and critical thinking involved with studying Film and Media #notjustwatchingfilms #stcyreschat #optionsevening

[Bethan Grace Thomas @mrsbgteach]

If you want a scaffolded resource with modelling that guides students through a text, then check out the rest of my #masterypacks in my shared resources (pinned tweet) #mediamastery #mediastudies #teammedia #mediaonthemap #stcyreschat #mediaeduchat #notjustwatchingfilms

[Bethan Grace Thomas @mrsbgteach]

Working on another mastery pack today…hopefully will be up tomorrow at some point! #resources #teammedia #mediastudies #mastery @StCyresMedia #stcyreschat

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Our blog has been updated with a great snapshot from Ffion in Y9! #journalism #mediastudies #filmstudies #stcyreschat
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[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

The first week back means students who have demonstrated an excellent work ethic, improvement and engagement have received their certificates and first dip in the Media Mystery Box! #mediastudies #excellence #stcyreschat #mediamatters #bestsubject #shhhh

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

This is what excellence looks like! Fantastically detailed, thoughtful and perceptive work from Eleanor, who never fails to give 100%. Beautiful! #mediamatters #mediastudies #excellence #stcyreschat

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Our Media Mystery Box is ready for students who have demonstrated excellent commitment to their studies and improvement in Media. So many to nominate this time! #excellence #everyonecansucceed #stcyreschat

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Y9 started their lesson by recapping their knowledge from last term through applying it to a new text in the form of a retrieval pyramid #mediafoundations #skillsforlife #curriculumforwales #mediastudies #stcyreschat

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

In our first week back, Y13 have been exploring Van Zoonen’s feminist writings in the context of magazines using our mastery packs #mediastudies #scaffolding #everyonecansucceed #stcyreschat

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Our first production challenge is now CLOSED. Winners to be announced next week, along with the new prompt! #mediastudies #makingmedia #filmmaking

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

It’s #mediamonday! To explore the connotations and associations we have with certain typefaces, Y9 personified them this week! How would you personify these beauties? #typography #visualcodes #medialanguage

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

It's #theorythursday, and we have been exploring the complex ideas behind Judith Butler's Gender Trouble and theory of Gender Performativity #gendertheory

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

#terminologytuesday #stcyreschat #mediastudies

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Y9 have been learning about encoding, decoding, and the importance of colour theory and palette choice this week #mediafoundations #mediaknowledge #mediastudies #gcsemedia

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Today we launch our first Media Production Competition brief! It's completely open,so you can design anything from a horror film to a perfume advert to a newspaper front page,and anything in between! Sign up using the details shared with you by your learning coaches! #stcyreschat

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

It’s Media Monday and that means lots of new texts to explore! Year 9 will be conducting a semiotic analysis of Super Mario Odyssey this week, and considering how media language choices attract an audience #mediastudies #mediaanalysis #stcyreschat

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Our department blog has had an upgrade ready for all our new students’ blogs! Producing media from day one helps to embed key concepts and encourages real care in writing and formulating ideas #wix #blogs #mediastudents #prosumers

[St Cyres Film and Media Studies @StCyresMedia]

Media Monday Challenge! View the following text and identify the following:
- primary audience
- secondary audience
- media language that shows this

https://t.co/M759l4PCDr

[St Cyres 6th Form @stcyres6th]

Should be an interesting and informative discussion from @CamNeuro and @NinjaTheory on 27th March. @StCyresMedia #stcyreschat #videogames #mentalhealth