Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of a one - two week Media based English project on advertising. Differentiation: yellow = higher blue = middle purple = lower Resources provide opportunities to: - explore target audience for advertising campaigns - explore existing advertising campaigns - explore the use of persuasive language - explore the use of presentational features - analyse the effectiveness of advertising campaigns - explore the narratives of advertising campaigns - design a new soft drink and develop the advertising production plan - peer and self assess - explore representation - justify own design choices These resources could also be useful as part of an enrichment day/activity.

Over 10 fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of print and TV advertising and the creation of own advertising campaign. Lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. These lessons were planned in order for students to complete AQA assignment 1 coursework but can be used to meet any advertising success criteria. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore media language - explore media audiences of print advertising - identify and analyse presentational and persuasive techniques - analyse the narratives of adverts - print and TV - Explore how products promote themselves across three mediums (TV, print and web) - explore synergy - use a brief to create an advertising campaign for a new fizzy drink - conduct primary and secondary research - gather qualitative and quantitative data - analyse existing fizzy drink adverts including diet coke and pepsi - explore how adverts play on consumer fears and dreams - create an advertising campaign - evaluate own production work - peer and self assess regularly

A power point presentation covering major theorists in Media studies with opportunities for students to watch videos, conduct research and analyse media images as part of their revision. Theorists and theories covered: - audience positioning - Representation and readings - Stuart Hall - Roland Barthes - Action code & enigma code with video clip examples - Claude Levi Strauss - Binary opposition - with video example - Vladimir Propp - character theory with vide example - Todorov - Narrative theory - Syd Field - 3 act plot structure

Comment back for Media studies teachers in an excel file. The comments cover the following areas: - Pupil effort - Pupil homework - Pupil classwork - Pupil targets for improvement

Fully differentiated resources (by colour) to support the teaching of Music videos for GCSE. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore the history of music videos - analyse music videos - explore the audience of music videos - explore and create audience profiles - present ideas for a new music video - explore the mark scheme for assignment 3 - explore music video genre - explore camera angles

Resources to support the teaching of the radio industry. Resources include opportunities to: - explore radio ownership - explore the differences between commercial, community and BBC public radio - produce a report on the structure and organisation of the industry - explore the difference between analogue and digital - explore digital technologies: DAB, DRM. freesat, wifi - explore digital play out systems, CD, DAT - explore station formats - explore job roles and plan for career progression within the industry - case studies included - explore job descriptions - plan to launch a new station - investigate the role of the regulatory body: Ofcom - investigate radio and the law - investigate the broadcasting code and examples of breeches - including Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross case study - Explore the role of Ofcom in investigating ownership, and competition

Resources to support the exploration and then creation of radio drama. Resources provide opportunities to: - work to a brief as per industry standard - explore existing radio dramas - listen to radio drama with focus on The Archers - explore the history of radio dramas - explore symbolic codes - explore cultural codes - explore technical codes - explore conventions of radio drama - explore style and structure of radio drama - explore representation in radio drama

Resources to support the teaching of video game design. An example maze game is provided that was made using power point. Resources include: - investigating audiences - researching ahead of creating a game - investigating and designing game characters - become the concept artist - pitching ideas to a client - create asset lists - explore avatars - apply Propp's character theory - storyboard the game

Resources to support the teaching of Audio production originally planned for the BTEC course unit 4. Lessons provide opportunities for students to explore and analyse: - types of audio - music, speech, silence, noise etc. - why audio is used - create mood, ambience, rhythm, reinforce images, introduce era etc. YouTube link examples to help students understand different purposes. - the difference between pleonastic and contrapuntal audio - Acoustics in different locations including theatres, empty & full rooms, open spaces etc. - digital audio file formats - mps. dvd, AIFF etc. - mono and stereo - direct sound and reverberation - interior and exterior recording - record own audio using editing software - a range of microphone types including: lavalier, boundary, direct connected, parabolic, noise cancelling etc. - polar response in microphones

Resources to support the exploration of audio production. (Week 2) Resources provide opportunities to explore: - audio file formats - AIFF, mp3 etc. - audio platforms - media player, iTunes etc - mono and stereo - acoustics in different locations such as full and empty rooms, theatres and open spaces - recording audio in different environments - direct sound and reverberation - interior and exterior recording

Resources to support the exploration of research techniques. Over 70 power point slides and activities to support students through the process of conducting research. Resources will support students in doing the following: - explore the effectiveness of and create questionnaires - understand the difference between primary and secondary research - use the NRS website (secondary research) to investigate print media audiences - gather qualitative and quantitative data - explore mass and niche audiences - conduct audience research, market research and production research - research attitudes and preferences in TV - Use the BARB website (Secondary research) to investigate viewing figures - Gather research to gain data ahead of creating a new media product - present the results of research Differentiation by points. Tasks have a varying number of points attached. The higher the number of points: the more complex the task.

Resources created for teaching unit 21 BTEC First diploma 'Creative Media production project.' These resources are useful for helping support students through any Media production project and cover the 3 stages of production. (pre-production, production and post-production) Resources include: - completing pre-production - completing production - completing post production - generating of ideas for a production project on any topic - analysing existing proposals - examples taken from new TV show proposals - creating proposals inline with industry standard - pass, merit, distinction success criteria - giving a pitch - exploration of legislation that affects work in Media including libel, defamation and slander - exploration of equality laws, privacy laws, copyright and the data protection act A work book is also included for students to complete as they study

Resources to support the creating of an audio product. (Week 4) Opportunities to: - explore the importance of audio editing - audacity software - create an audio product- example given is a radio broadcast - the task requires students to bring together everything they've learned in weeks 1-3 including microphones, acoustics, purposes etc. - conduct risk assessments before recoding on location as per industry - evaluate own production work

These documents outline what makes a student a HAP, MAP or LAP now that curriculum levels have been removed. HAP = High achieving pupil MAP = Middle achieving pupil LAP = low achieving pupil The documents outline the skills required (in both theory and practical) for each student in year 9 through to year 11 to be categorised as a HAP, MAP or LAP in Media studies. The skills are bullet pointed to allow ease of use for all department members. These documents would be ideal for teachers to use when assessing student progress in specific components of their Media studies, particularly in KS3 (year9.) Once used, the student work can then be compared to their target in order to track progress.

Over 15 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) that support the teaching of magazine covers. These lessons were planned in line with the AQA Media studies assignment 1 coursework but could also easily be used as a project with KS3. All lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore representation of mag covers - explore colour theory - explore Blumler and Katz theory - explore magazine conventions and cover features (wide range of titles) - explore audiences if magazines using the NRS website - explore demographic, geodemographic & psychographic - explore the language of magazines - analyse the effectiveness of covers in appealing to audience - create own magazine cover for a specific audience - evaluate own production work

Over 9 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) to support the analysis and creation of science fiction programmes and films. Lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore Todorov's theory - explore Propp's theory - explore Bordwell's theory - explore the science fiction genre and sub genres - Analyse science fiction films and programmes - Create ideas for a new science fiction film - explore the 'what if' theory - explore science fiction audiences and pleasures - compare science fiction films - analyse media language - explore uses and gratifications - explore representation Resources use the following science fiction as a stimulus: - The Matrix - The Hunger Games - Jurassic World - The Maze Runner - Star Trek Assessment materials also included

Resources to support the analysis of and creating of magazine covers. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore connotations and denotations - explore representation - explore reader profiles - explore audiences - create a magazine cover - evaluate own production work - explore core buyers for a variety of titles - explore colour connotation - explore mise-en-scene

Over 8 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) to support the teaching of TV News. These lessons are ready to go and are differentiated for ease of use. These resources could be useful as an English or enrichment project. Students investigate TV news and then create their own TV news broadcast following the codes and conventions. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - research the variety of TV news programmes and channels & their target audiences - investigate visual techniques - investigate verbal techniques - investigate selection, composition and combination (structuring news broadcasts) - create own news broadcast - script news broadcasts

Over 10 fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support an introduction to Media studies for students beginning a course whether at GCSE, BTEC or A level. The lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use and expose students to a wide range of Media from the outset. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore connotation and denotation - explore camera angles and make inferences - analyse movie posters - analyse magazine covers - explore radio audiences - explore mass and niche audiences - explore demographics, geo-demographics and psychographics - conduct primary and secondary research - gather qualitative and quantitative data - create questionnaires - investigate media language and signs - explore representation - analyse own media consumption - investigate audience profiles for television - investigate newspaper audiences