Film and media studies is taught through both applied and academic routes. This category covers the BTEC and Cambridge Technicals qualifications in media and creative digital media, alongside the applied film and media resources that support these courses in schools and colleges.
The titles here cover the ground these courses share: media forms and platforms, audiences and representation, production skills across moving image, audio, and print, and the planning and evaluation that frame the practical work. Student books carry the knowledge for the taught units, with resources for the units assessed through portfolio and production work, which makes up much of these qualifications. Teacher resources support delivery and assessment.
The range spans the Level 2 qualifications through to the Level 3 technicals that run alongside or in place of A Level Media Studies and Film Studies. These courses lead towards media production, journalism, film, and creative apprenticeships and degrees, so the resources keep that production-led focus alongside the critical content.
Illuminate Publishing, Hodder, and other publishers cover this area. Media is a practical, production-led subject, so the resources combine the critical and theoretical content with guidance on the production skills and the briefs students respond to.
Which book applies depends on the qualification and the units you teach, so it helps to have those to hand. If you are unsure which resource matches your course, the team can check it for you. We supply schools, sixth forms, and colleges only, with a school discount and free UK delivery on orders. Send your title list for a quote, or browse the current titles below.