Please note- I have used the exam board factsheet as a basis to create a unit of work on PPT.
The PPT covers:
Contexts- product context, the games, video game historical context, appeal of video games and Assassin’s Creed
Economic context- production distribution, circulation,
Industries-regulation, PEGI, digital convergence
Audiences- social and cultural contexts, audience experience
Theorists- Stuart Hall, Power and media industries (including Curran and Seaton), Regulation (including Livingstone and Lunt, Cultural Industries (including Hesmondhalgh), Blumler and Katz, Bandura, Henry Jenkins, Stanley Cohen
Exam question examples
I have used the factsheet as a basis for a unit of work that covers:
Context
Media Language
Representation
Film marketing
Trailer
Conventions of vampire films
Hammer Horror
Actress/gender
Theorists: Barthes, Neale, Strauss, Hall, Gauntlett, Van Zoonen
Success criteria
Assessment question
PLEASE NOTE:
I have used the factsheet as a basis for a PPT.
Vogue
July 2021
Malala Yousafzai Front Cover
GCSE Component 1: Exploring the Media
Focus areas:
Media Language
Representation
Media Context
I have used the information provided in the fact sheets to create a unit.
PLEASE NOTE:
I have used the factsheet as a basis for a PPT.
Exploring NTTD, for examination 2024 onwards:
Media Language
Representation
Media Industry
Media contexts
BBFC
Website
Youtube channel
PLEASE NOTE:
I have used the factsheet as a basis for a PPT.
The Daily Mirror, 2024 onwards, Partygate
Exploring:
Media Language
Representation & Contexts
Media Industries
Audiences
Media Contexts
+website pages
PLEASE NOTE:
I have used the factsheet as a basis for a PPT.
The Guardian, partygate, for exam 2024 onwards
Unit exploring:
Media Language
Representations
Media contexts
A PPT presentation looking at The Sun newspaper.
Content covered:
Background context
Media Language
Representations
Historical Context
Cultural Contexts
Political contexts
Immigration
Brexit
Media Industries
Audiences (active/passive)
Stuart Hall Reception Theory
Gerbner- Cultivation Theory
Music Video revision unit for Component 1 exam 2022.
5 videos.
1 of the videos has been chosen by me, so no mark scheme is available.
4 of the videos have been used in A/AS Media previously so mark schemes are available to inform teaching.
Ed Sheeran - Take Me Back To London (Sir Spyro Remix) [feat. Stormzy, Jaykae & Aitch] –No mark scheme BUT suggested contented available.
Drake - God’s Plan and Beyoncé - Formation (Official Video) Mark scheme AS October 2020
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (Official Music Video) Mark scheme available AS May 2018
Vance Joy - ‘Riptide’ Official Video Mark scheme available A Level October 2021
Tinie Tempah ft. Jake Bugg - Find Me- Mark scheme available A Level Autumn 2020
A unit looking at The Times, particularly:
Product Context
Media Industry
Political context
Cultural context
Audiences
Front page layout, newspaper codes and conventions
Theorists
51 slides
A unit on the Daily Mirror for Component 1, Eduqas A Level Media Studies.
Content covered:
Media Language
Representation
Media Industries
Audiences
Media Contexts
Website
Politics
Theorists: Levi-Strauss, Van Zoonen, Curran & Seaton, Livingstone & Lunt, Hesmondhalgh, Gerbner, Hall and Shirky.