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.
English Language Persuasive Writing Lesson
Focus is on rivalry, loosely linked to Romeo and Juliet.
The lesson looks at examples of rivalry that exist in the world.
The students will analyse persuasive techiques in a text.
The task asks students to write persuasively to stop hate.
Recap of Act 2.
Group activites focusing on reading and analysing Act 3.1
The differentiated group activities are optional, the class could do the same activity.
Prediction task
Text analysis/highlighting
Embedded clip
Questions
A ‘big’ question exploring violence and conflict