The Media Studies modules include subjects like ‘TV and Film Studies’, ‘Media Politics’, ‘Cultural Studies’ and ‘Media Writing’.  In the latter modules we cover the mechanics of writing scripts, both animation and live-action, linear and non-linear.  The classes are small so we get to discuss each other’s work as we experiment with narrative arcs, plot and character development and engage in brainstorming exercises to generate ideas for our work.  These modules illustrate the art of visual storytelling and importantly give an insight into the process of script submission for industry funding.
In other theory subjects we study the political and cultural influences that have helped define the modern media and learn to analyse media texts such as films, television programmes, computer games, animation and social media environments.  For example some of the themes covered include: film noir, science fiction, crime fiction, surveillance culture, the media and terrorism, issues of propaganda, the nature of news, Hollywood and the global market and the social and political significance of new modes of communication such as Facebook, Myspace, twitter etc. 
The theory and production subjects have been designed to interconnect so for example sometimes a subject covered in theory class forms the theme of a script which goes on to the production phase in video or multimedia lab sessions.  Or an issue raised in class becomes the topic of a radio discussion or a photographic project.