Resources to support the teaching of Audio production originally planned for the BTEC course unit 4. Lessons provide opportunities for students to explore and analyse: - types of audio - music, speech, silence, noise etc. - why audio is used - create mood, ambience, rhythm, reinforce images, introduce era etc. YouTube link examples to help students understand different purposes. - the difference between pleonastic and contrapuntal audio - Acoustics in different locations including theatres, empty & full rooms, open spaces etc. - digital audio file formats - mps. dvd, AIFF etc. - mono and stereo - direct sound and reverberation - interior and exterior recording - record own audio using editing software - a range of microphone types including: lavalier, boundary, direct connected, parabolic, noise cancelling etc. - polar response in microphones

Over 10 fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support an introduction to Media studies for students beginning a course whether at GCSE, BTEC or A level. The lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use and expose students to a wide range of Media from the outset. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore connotation and denotation - explore camera angles and make inferences - analyse movie posters - analyse magazine covers - explore radio audiences - explore mass and niche audiences - explore demographics, geo-demographics and psychographics - conduct primary and secondary research - gather qualitative and quantitative data - create questionnaires - investigate media language and signs - explore representation - analyse own media consumption - investigate audience profiles for television - investigate newspaper audiences

Over 8 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) to support the teaching of TV News. These lessons are ready to go and are differentiated for ease of use. These resources could be useful as an English or enrichment project. Students investigate TV news and then create their own TV news broadcast following the codes and conventions. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - research the variety of TV news programmes and channels & their target audiences - investigate visual techniques - investigate verbal techniques - investigate selection, composition and combination (structuring news broadcasts) - create own news broadcast - script news broadcasts

Over 10 fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of print and TV advertising and the creation of own advertising campaign. Lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. These lessons were planned in order for students to complete AQA assignment 1 coursework but can be used to meet any advertising success criteria. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore media language - explore media audiences of print advertising - identify and analyse presentational and persuasive techniques - analyse the narratives of adverts - print and TV - Explore how products promote themselves across three mediums (TV, print and web) - explore synergy - use a brief to create an advertising campaign for a new fizzy drink - conduct primary and secondary research - gather qualitative and quantitative data - analyse existing fizzy drink adverts including diet coke and pepsi - explore how adverts play on consumer fears and dreams - create an advertising campaign - evaluate own production work - peer and self assess regularly

Resources to support the teaching of TV Crime drama. Lessons are numbered for ease of use and provide opportunities to: - explore the genre - explore characters types - explore representation of the police force - analyse opening sequences - create opening sequences - explore scheduling strategies - explore technological developments - explore film noir - explore Todorov's theory - explore Propp's theory - explore institutions - explore mise en scene - create pitches for own crime drama ideas - job roles included as per the industry to relate t the world of work - explore codes - explore narratives including multi strand - explore crime drama audiences - geo-demographics, demographics - psychographics - explore camera angles - explore connotation and denotation

A power point presentation covering major theorists in Media studies with opportunities for students to watch videos, conduct research and analyse media images as part of their revision. Theorists and theories covered: - audience positioning - Representation and readings - Stuart Hall - Roland Barthes - Action code & enigma code with video clip examples - Claude Levi Strauss - Binary opposition - with video example - Vladimir Propp - character theory with vide example - Todorov - Narrative theory - Syd Field - 3 act plot structure

Resources to support the exploration of Todorov's narrative theory. Identify the theory within: - The Titanic - Film/TV trailers - Dr Who

Resources to support the teaching of the radio industry. Resources include opportunities to: - explore radio ownership - explore the differences between commercial, community and BBC public radio - produce a report on the structure and organisation of the industry - explore the difference between analogue and digital - explore digital technologies: DAB, DRM. freesat, wifi - explore digital play out systems, CD, DAT - explore station formats - explore job roles and plan for career progression within the industry - case studies included - explore job descriptions - plan to launch a new station - investigate the role of the regulatory body: Ofcom - investigate radio and the law - investigate the broadcasting code and examples of breeches - including Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross case study - Explore the role of Ofcom in investigating ownership, and competition

Resources to support the exploration of audio. (week1) Resources provide opportunities to: - explore audio types - silence, noise, speech, music etc. - explore why audio is used - to create mood, to introduce an era, to reinforce an image etc. - explore contrapuntal and pleonastic audio Links to YouTube audio examples for each of the audio purposes are included. The week's work of resources culminates in an assessment of understanding task.

Over 15 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) that support the teaching of magazine covers. These lessons were planned in line with the AQA Media studies assignment 1 coursework but could also easily be used as a project with KS3. All lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore representation of mag covers - explore colour theory - explore Blumler and Katz theory - explore magazine conventions and cover features (wide range of titles) - explore audiences if magazines using the NRS website - explore demographic, geodemographic & psychographic - explore the language of magazines - analyse the effectiveness of covers in appealing to audience - create own magazine cover for a specific audience - evaluate own production work

Resources to support the teaching of cross media promotion through studying music posters and music videos. Lessons are differentiated by colour: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources provide opportunities to: - explore and analyse music posters - explore and analyse music videos - explore representation - explore and analyse the creation of synergy - explore music genre conventions - explore intertextuality - recap institutions - explore Dyer's star theory

Over 16 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of cross media promotion for GCSE Media studies. These lessons are ready to and are numbered for ease of use. The lessons explore cross media promotion of BBC drama and were planned for students completing the AQA Media studies assignment 2 coursework. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore institution (BBC) - explore conventions of trailers - explore conventions of websites - explore genre conventions - explore and analyse mise-en-scene - explore and analyse Todorov's narrative theory - evaluate own production work - explore representation of genre, people and institutions Resources use the following BBC dramas as a stimulus: - Our Girl - Dr Who - The Night Manager - create a trailer and a website for a new BBC drama series

Over 9 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) to support the analysis and creation of science fiction programmes and films. Lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore Todorov's theory - explore Propp's theory - explore Bordwell's theory - explore the science fiction genre and sub genres - Analyse science fiction films and programmes - Create ideas for a new science fiction film - explore the 'what if' theory - explore science fiction audiences and pleasures - compare science fiction films - analyse media language - explore uses and gratifications - explore representation Resources use the following science fiction as a stimulus: - The Matrix - The Hunger Games - Jurassic World - The Maze Runner - Star Trek Assessment materials also included

Resources to get you started looking at talk radio. Lessons are numbered for ease of use. Resources provide opportunities to: - investigate target audience - investigate station formats (included in bundle) - explore brand identity through listening to the station and studying websites - Analyse LBC and 5 Live - investigate the regulatory body

Resources to support the exploration and then creation of radio drama. Resources provide opportunities to: - work to a brief as per industry standard - explore existing radio dramas - listen to radio drama with focus on The Archers - explore the history of radio dramas - explore symbolic codes - explore cultural codes - explore technical codes - explore conventions of radio drama - explore style and structure of radio drama - explore representation in radio drama

Resources to help get started with teaching video games and gamers. Lessons are numbered for ease of use. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore arcade gaming - explore institutions - explore platforms - consoles, tablets etc. and specifications - explore game types - shoot-em-ups, first person shooter, strategy etc. - explore video game audiences - demographic, geo-demographic, psychographic - explore types of gamer - casual, mid-core, hard-core, social niche etc. - explore audience profiles - explore the 4Cs (media theory) - explore the history of games consoles

Resources to support the teaching of Media audiences and products. Resources provide opportunities to: - investigate the audiences of a variety of media - magazine, newspaper, news etc - explore mass and niche - explore demographics, geo-demographics and psychographics - explore advertising and impact on audience - use the NRS website to explore print media audiences - conduct primary and secondary research - gather quantitative and qualitative data - explore the 4Cs (Media theory) - explore codes and conventions - explore and create audience profiles A work book is also included for students to complete while studying.

Comment back for Media studies teachers in an excel file. The comments cover the following areas: - Pupil effort - Pupil homework - Pupil classwork - Pupil targets for improvement

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of a one - two week Media based English project on advertising. Differentiation: yellow = higher blue = middle purple = lower Resources provide opportunities to: - explore target audience for advertising campaigns - explore existing advertising campaigns - explore the use of persuasive language - explore the use of presentational features - analyse the effectiveness of advertising campaigns - explore the narratives of advertising campaigns - design a new soft drink and develop the advertising production plan - peer and self assess - explore representation - justify own design choices These resources could also be useful as part of an enrichment day/activity.