EDUQAS 2024 ONWARDS A2 COMP 1, MUSIC VIDEOS: REPRESENTATION AND CONTEXTS IN 'UNDERDOG'

This 5 lesson power point continues on from the previous Media Language lesson (which can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12861845) and concludes the 10 lesson unit. This lesson focuses on Representation and Contexts in ‘Underdog’ and covers:

-Intersectionality
-A retained learning task based on the last lesson to do with editing/ shots and angles.
-The history pf R&B
-Alicia Keys as a philanthropist/ socially aware artist.
-Cultures/sub-cultures
-Exploration of allegory in ‘This Is America’ by Childish Gambino
-Key terms and theory application (retained learning/ application) on hooks, Hall and Van Zoonen.
-2020 and zeitgeist
-Contemporary R&B
-Social groups
-Paul Gilroy: To what extent is ‘Underdog’ a post-colonialist text. Discuss.
-An in-depth carousel task based on the Official 2023 Music video question:

Question 20 is based on both of the following:

The print resource: All Day and a Night film poster (2020)
the set music video you have studied: Formation or Underdog.

Compare how representations in the film poster and music video convey values and beliefs.

In your answer, you must:

Consider the similarities and differences in how representations convey values and beliefs.
Consider how stereotypes are challenged or reinforced
Make judgements and draw conclusions about how far representations reflect social and cultural contexts.

Students also get to see a visual breakdown of the question and how I would have tackled it. Students then sit the response.

**IMPORTANT: This resource includes a Framework H/W pack, printable power point/Word worksheets and notes in the notes section to support and guide teachers/ learning.

Whilst I have embedded a variety of videos, due to blocks on school accounts/ restrictions, if they do not **work, please see the links in the notes section of each slide.

The power point also includes theoretical framework slides at the end of the power point to aid differentiation/ scaffolding etc.

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW and my school operates a two year A-Level; AS (YEAR 12) AND A2 (YEAR 13). Moreover, some of the tasks in lesson and for H/W are dependent upon owning the EDUQAS AS/ A2 Revision Guides/ Mark Dixon’s ‘Media Theory for A Level: The Essential Revision Guide’

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