Media Studies

MEDIA STUDIES (3 periods)
The course will include the following:

Newspaper study: with special emphasis on news reports, editorials and letters to the editor:
Advertising: study of electronic and print advertising, i.e. T.V. radio, newspapers, magazines, etc.
Films: study the following in relation to film/video:
  • Plot/Story
  • Genre
  • Themes
  • Characterisation
  • Setting
  • Acting performance
  • Camera work and lighting
  • Special Effects
  • Editing

    • Projects in this module wil be similar to the following:

    Representation and images of school in one or more films, e.g. Dangerous Minds, Dead Poet's Society.

    Images of Ireland as projected in certain films, e.g. The Commitments.

    Select film director and research his/her life and work.

    Women in cinema and the way Hollywood has portrayed women in specific films.

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