2024 UPDATE GCSE COMP 2, TV CRIME DRAMA (SEC A) 'LUTHER' MEDIA LANGUAGE AND AUDIOVISUAL WORKSHOP

This 5 lesson resource begins the unit and is designed to boost students confidence and ability to write about technical features such as camera angles, sound and RESISTS, in their Exam. As a Head of Media, I have noticed two large issues with students writing a Media Language question:

-Conflating the terms/ theories we use in Media studies with Media Language. Some of my students think that the language of Media is what you write down, terms wise etc

-A weakness in being able to discuss technical features, often falling back upon representational theories/ terms to answer a response.

This lesson contains links and timings needed to carry out the tasks, an exemplar 8 mark response and a Mastery sheet on Media Lang (8 and 12 marker).

This lesson includes:

-What does Media Language actually mean
-What does Luther’s costume say about the character?
-Diegetic and non-diegetic sound as well as Diegetic and non-diegetic lighting.
-An in-depth breakdown of the Opening titles with 6 individual slides for analysis/note taking.
-Mise-en-scene (symbolic codes)
-RESISTS.
-Encoded meaning in the opening sequence
-Brief assessment on camera angle sin the set episode (Independent).
-Exploration of an 8 marker question on the warehouse scene followed by a task reading through an 8 Marker exemplar written by me.
-Chiaroscuro lighting.
-Pathetic Fallacy.
-Rule of Thirds.
-High and low-angled shots.
-Breakdown of screen grabs from episode in 4 different locations.
-CLAUDE LEVI- STRAUSS (BINARY OPPOSITIONS).
-Direct and Indirect Intertextuality and Verismilitude.
-Symmetrical framing.
-Positioning and Ideology
-Timed mock with Mastery sheet followed by peer marking and responsive marking task.

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES A FORTNITE-LY HOMEWORK SHEET AND A MASTERY SHEET.

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW and my school is only providing Media Studies at GCSEl, as a three-year Course. Moreover, some of the tasks in lesson and for H/W are dependent upon owning the EDUQAS GCSE Revision Guide from Illumination Publishing.

I DO NOT OWN THE COPYRIGHT TO VIDEOS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE POWER POINT AND ANY MENTION OF ‘FROM THE FACT SHEET’ IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL FROM THE EDUQAS FACT SHEETS)

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