I am an English, Media and Film Studies Teacher. All my resources aim to be inclusive and exciting for students and for teachers. With my love of educational research, I have tried to apply pedagogical practices to the resources created. Please leave me review and comment - would love to make improvements!
I am an English, Media and Film Studies Teacher. All my resources aim to be inclusive and exciting for students and for teachers. With my love of educational research, I have tried to apply pedagogical practices to the resources created. Please leave me review and comment - would love to make improvements!
These 20 questions are designed to test students knowledge of MOJO magazine. Each theoretical framework has been considered: industry, audience, representation and media language.
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Get all your key terms in one place. This double sided infographic has all the key terms students need for the MOJO Magazine unit.
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This is a three page planning sheet to support students in thinking about the elements that have contributed to the making of their own production.
Each micro-element has been focused on, along with considerations of audience, representation and narrative theory.
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As a part of the promotional media unit for OCR GCSE Media Studies, here are the first FIVE lessons. These lessons cover foundational content for studying The Lego Movie, in particular ‘Film Industry’. Further to this, students have the opportunity to start their analysis of the UK trailer and film poster.
Here is a complete SOW focused on Uptown Funk, Bruno Mars ft Mark Ronson and If I Were a Boy, Beyonce. Embedded into this SOW, are worksheet and exam style questions.
Here is a small booklet, jam packed with information that students can read, annotate and highlight. All information in relevant to OCR specification for GCSE Media Studies.
There are two units:
Research and Planning
Statement of Intent
The research and planning unit is split into teaching slides and student slides. Each presentation aims to focus on each feature of the brief and specification. Whilst designed with the 2023 specification, slides can be tweaked for future briefs.
The statement of intent lessons use the specification and facilitate students drafting their work.
This is jam-packed SOW that covers THREE areas: research & planning, production of short film/ digital stills, and evaluative analysis.
Within the research & planning unit, topics covered are: analysis of all eight specified short films, narrative structure (McKnee), mise-en-scene and genre.
As for the production unit, topics covered are: scriptwriting, dialogue, location recce, risk assessment, character development, costume, make-up, casting, lightin, editing, composition, shooting scripts, storyboarding and screen testing.
Lastly, within the evaluatuve analysis unit, lessons are focused on: planning (with planning sheets), developing a writing style, scaffolding for writing introduction, main body paragraphs and the conclusion.
I have used current resources from Studiobinder, Masterclass and many more online articles and videos to keep the unit current. Enjoy!
This 40 page revision booklet focuses on:
Radio One Live Lounge
MOJO magazine
Uptown Funk, Bruno Mars ft Mark Ronson
If I Were a Boy, Beyonce
The Observer
There are a range of activities from revision worksheets, exam practice pages, information collation and SO MUCH MORE!
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