Resources for OCR Nationals Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to OCR Nationals Media Studies Level 2.

OCR Nationals Level 2 on MediaEdu

OCR Nationals Level 2 Overview

OCR Nationals Bridging Activity for Level 2.ppt

OCR Nationals Induction Level 2

OCR Nationals Level 2 Induction Work

OCR Nationals Level 2 Unit 1

OCR Nationals Level 2 Unit 2

OCR...

Resources for BTEC Firsts Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to BTEC Firsts Media Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the Edexcel / BTEC site.

Further Reading & Support

The primary source for authoritative information & support is the Edexcel / BTEC website.

BTEC Firsts Media Studies

Resources for OCR Nationals Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to OCR Nationals Media Studies Level 3.

OCR Nationals Level 3 on MediaEdu

OCR Nationals Level 3 Overview

OCR Nationals Bridging Activity for Level 3.ppt

OCR Nationals Induction Level 3

OCR Nationals Level 3 Unit 1

OCR Nationals Level 3 Unit 2

OCR Nationals Level 3 Unit 3

OCR...

Resources for BTEC Nationals Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to BTEC Nationals Media Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the Edexcel / BTEC site.

Further Reading & Support

The primary source for authoritative information & support is the Edexcel / BTEC website.

BTEC Nationals Media Studies

Resources for WJEC A Level Film Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to WJEC A Level Film Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the WJEC site.

Cinematic New Waves

Studying Tsotsi

Further Reading & Support

The primary source for authoritative information & support is the WJEC Film Studies website.

WJEC Film Studies GCE...

Resources for WJEC GCSE Film Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to WJEC GCSE Film Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the WJEC site.

Further Reading & Support

The primary source for authoritative information & support is the WJEC Film Studies website.

WJEC GCSE Film Studies

Resources for WJEC A Level Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to WJEC A Level Media Studies.

It also contains external links to support materials on the WJEC site.

AS Schemes

WJEC AS MS1 Scheme

WJEC AS MS2 Scheme

A2 Schemes

WJEC A2 M2 MS3 Scheme

WJEC A2 MS4 Scheme

British Pop Music A2 Scheme

Associated Resources

Advertising

• How To Analyse...

Resources for AQA A Level Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to AQA A Level Media Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the AQA site.

AS Schemes

• AQA AS MEST1 Scheme

• AQA AS MEST2 Scheme

A2 Schemes

• AQA A2 MEST3 Scheme

• AQA A2 MEST4 Scheme

Guides

• AQA AS Media Studies | How To Get The Top Grades

• AQA A2 Media Studies...

Resources for OCR A Level Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to OCR A Level Media Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the OCR site.

AS Scheme

Latest Scheme

2011-2014 OCR AS Media Studies Scheme of Work

Other Schemes

AS G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media

AS G322: Key Media Concepts (TV Drama)

AS G323: Key Media...

Resources for WJEC GCSE Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to WJEC GCSE Media Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the WJEC site.

• 2012 WJEC GCSE Media Studies Music: Industry Websites & Magazines Overview

Further Reading & Support

The primary source for authoritative information & support is the WJEC Media...

Resources for AQA GCSE Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to AQA GCSE Media Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the AQA site.

• 2012 AQA GCSE Media Studies Television Crime Drama Overview

Further Reading & Support

The primary source for authoritative information & support is the AQA Media website.

AQA GCSE Media...

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to OCR GCSE Media Studies.

This page also contains external links to support materials on the OCR site.

• Understanding OCR GCSE Media Studies

Schemes

• 2012 OCR GCSE Media Studies 1-Year Scheme of Work
• 2012 OCR GCSE Media Studies 2-Year Scheme of Work

Unit B321 - The Individual Media Studies Portfolio (Controlled Assessment)

• An Introduction...

The catch word for the digital world of new media is convergence. Convergence is the coming together of everything digital.

Definition

Any digital media can be transmitted by any suitable digital medium, such as a wifi broadband connection or mobile phone, so that all communications, text, audio, graphics, video, and broadcasting can be accessed instantly.

The iPhone, Blackberry or computer becomes a two-way communications module with access...

Finally in Year One you should start the class thinking about the topic for the B question in the exam. The current topic is TV comedy.

Individuals need to make their own study of this topic depending on their own consumption of the many varieties of TV comedy, so that they have a thorough knowledge of at least two different texts and preferably three. Gervais in Extras might be a way of looking at postmodern comedy

ACTIVITIES

INSTITUTIONS...

UNITS B321, B322 or B323, and B324

There are three units designed as a two year GCSE with the emphasis on practical work.

Unit B321: The Individual Media Studies Portfolio

This is a Controlled Assessment unit, internally assessed and externally moderated.

It is essential that Centres set assignments that make use of TWO media within this Unit ~ ie if two texts are compared in the same media format in the theory element, then the supporting...

Skillset.org & Direct.gov

If you are preparing to deliver the Creative & Media Diploma, the following websites and contacts should prove useful.

http://www.skillset.org/qualifications/diploma/

http://yp.direct.gov.uk/diplomas/subjects/Creative_Media/

Exam Boards

I would be inclined to contact the exam boards and see if they can help. For instance, AQA have the following site set up to support centres who are delivering their diplomas:

Andy Warhol predicted in 1968 that everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. Contemporary observers such as David Weinberger suggest that Internet technologies will make everyone famous to 15 people.  But Reality TV shows confirm to viewers that anyone can become famous to an audience of millions – well almost anyone… 

Genre

Reality television is a hybrid genre. It is like a documentary as it is a factual form concerned with investigating...

Half-Day Revision Course for AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment on Action Adventure Films - 2011

Our first session will be a half-day revision course on Action Adventure Films for this summer’s AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment. See ‘Programme Details’ below for more info.

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• We would suggest a Saturday if you would like the course delivered in term time.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in...

What is The Popular Press?

Contents

• definitions of media language associated with newspapers
• codes and conventions
• areas of study
• classroom activities
• front page examples
• front page quiz
• news values
• regulation
• institutions
• representations
• audiences
• politics and the popular press

The Popular Press refers to mass circulation national newspapers, targeted at the popular end of the market. This includes The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Daily...

The genre of Sport on Television can be used as a key component of many GCSE courses. Students studying the WJEC GCSE MEDIA STUDIES for examination in 2010 are required to study sport on television. The WJEC exam papers – two hours writing and 30 minutes reading or viewing - for 2010 are in two parts: Section A has FOUR compulsory questions focusing on SPORT ON TV - for a full scheme of work see WJEC Sport on TV.

An Introduction

A Level Storyboarding

Pre-production Item | Storyboard

Example Brief: Create a storyboard (and video trailer) for a TV Crime Drama

The pre-production brief is to create a storyboard. Students should create a storyboard that shows as much detail as possible including camera instructions with details of camera movement, shot duration, content, details of audio tracks and details of transitions between frames.

This guide opens with a...

Use the three image links above to access GEEVIDEO.com’s excellent archive of Pop Music on TV Clips. When you click on one of the movie clips, you will see a ‘Download Spamblocker’ advert - ignore this and click on the ‘skip’ option on top right hand corner of the screen. The video should then be ready to watch.

Anyone teaching pop music needs to ge their libary to order the fabulous comprehensive history of pop by Alan Parker called All You...

The new Government report Digital Britain would make a good starting point for a case study on the impact of digital media. The report provides recommendations to promote and protect talent and innovation in British creative industries, to modernise TV and radio frameworks and support local news, and introduces policies to maximise the social and economic benefits from digital technologies. The Report is one of the central policy commitments in...

An Overview - Unit G322 Key Media Concepts

As this is a new course it is important to have an overview so that you know what you have let yourself in for.

OCR suggest that theory and coursework support each other and develop along side each other. The suggested learning time is that students receive 180 ‘guided learning hours’ per year. You could divide this half and half between class work and homework.

I think you have more control over...

An Overview - Unit G322 Key Media Concepts

As this is a new course it is important to have an overview so that you know what you have let yourself in for.

OCR suggest that theory and coursework support each other and develop along side each other. The suggested learning time is that students receive 180 ‘guided learning hours’ per year. You could divide this half and half between class work and homework.

I think you have more control over...

Why Regulate The Media?

The media now affects nearly every aspect of our lives.  It influences the products we consume, via advertising; our understanding of the world via news and documentary; our leisure via film and broadcast fiction and games; our methods of communication via the internet.  It is widely acknowledged that this dominance gives the media huge influence.

For example:

• The Media Effects theory has achieved widespread...

‘The focus of this examination is institutional/ scheduling issues and audience pleasures. These pages on sit-com provide a background only to the topic. The specific issues of institution/scheduling and audience pleasures in relation to sit-com will need to be taught separately.’

Brief Definition

The British TV sitcom is a television series that derives humour from the same characters in a fixed location exploring a variety of comic...

An Overview

As with all the new specifications in Media A Levels there are 4 units.

AS has 2 units and A2 has 2 units.

MS1 or Unit 1 - The Exam

The WJEC Unit 1 is called MS1 and is 25 % of the complete 4 unit A level.

The AS UNIT 1 exam paper is 50% of the total AS mark. This is an externally assessed 2½ hour written paper on the topic of Media Representations and Responses.

MS1 is marked for 2 assessment objectives AO1 and AO2.

AO1...

Unit 1 Media Representations and Responses

• 50% of AS, 25% of A Level
• 2 hour 30 minutes Written Exam Paper
• External Assessment

Three compulsory questions, including one question on unseen audio-visual or print-based material (interactive media will be presented as print-based) (40, 30 & 30).

Paper raw mark total: 100
Paper UMS total: 100

Unit 2 Media Production Processes

• 50% of AS, 25% of A Level
• Internal Assessment

Three components:...

The King Richard School in Portsmouth have been piloting Media Studies with KS3 students. We’ve developed a new programme of study for Media which includes the following topics:

Media Studies in Year 7

• What_is_Media.ppt
• Newspapers
• Pop Bands & The Music Industry

Media Studies in Year 8

• Radio & Podcasting
• Soap Operas
• Magazines
• Comics & Cartooning

Media Studies in Year 9

• Modern Technology
• Film Studies & Moving Image Analysis
• Pop Bands &...

We Study Media by Rob McMinn

The Student Room & Media Studies

Setting up a Radio Station on Mediaed.org.uk

Modern Mechanix: examples of vintage advertising

Technorati on Ideology

Ideology for Kids: Decoding the Kremlin’s Website

The End of Cyberspace

Kinoeye on Media Studies

Bluegrass Film Society

Kids Gobble Up Interactive Junk Food Marketing

Continental Philosophy: Key Notes on Theorists

Dr. Mabuse’s Kaledio-scope: Four Models of...

Foundation Portfolio in Media

This is a coursework unit where candidates produce two paired media artefacts from a series of briefs.

This process involves progression from a pre-production, preliminary exercise to a more fully realised piece.

The briefs offered are: print, video, audio and website.

This unit is internally assessed and externally moderated.

click on this hyperlink to find out more

Media Concepts (TV Drama)

This paper...

Television and film crime/cop drama is very popular with a wide audience. Crime dramas seek to anchor the representations of all types of police officers, criminals and victims as ‘believable’ characters, with ‘realistic’ plot lines, set in urban locations.The genre has been taken up in the US under the heading of American Quality Televsion (AQT) - see under heading AQT.

Codes and conventions

Crime dramas:

• are constructed realities
...

2008 Onwards

Unit 1 Investigating Media

• 50% of AS, 25% of A Level
• 2 hour written examination
• 80 marks

Two Sections: A & B

Section A

Four compulsory short answer questions

Section B

A choice of one from two essays

Available January and June

Click on this hyperlink to find out more about Unit 1

Unit 2 Creating Media

• 50% of AS, 25% of A Level
• Practical unit, internally assessed and externally moderated
• 80 marks
• Externally set...

G324 Advanced Portfolio in Media

G325 Critical Perspectives in Media

Critical Perspectives = Contemporary Media Regulation ~ Media and Collective Identity (30 Week Scheme of Work)

Overview

• OCR A Level Media Studies Overview

Scheme

• OCR A2 Media Studies SOW 2012-2014.doc

Concepts

• Regulation within the Media Industry
• Researching Film Magazines and Film Posters
• Skills Development - Planning and Production
• Evaluating and Linking Coursework to...

H140

• G321 Foundation Portfolio in Media (50%) and G322 Key Media Concepts (50%)
• G322 Section A: TV Drama (52%) and Section B: Film Industry (50%) - 32 Week Scheme of Work

Overview

• OCR A Level Media Studies Overview

Scheme

• OCR AS Media Studies SOW 2011-2014.doc

Concepts

• Media Language, Forms and Conventions (Media Language, Representation, Genre, Narrative)
• Film Industry Institution
• TV Drama and Representation
• Research, Planning and...

Associated Resources

MEST2 Coursework Overview 2011-12.ppt

All teacher-assessed marks to be returned to AQA by 10 January 2012 or 15 May 2012

Link: AQA MEST2 Briefs

Brief Two | Regional Newspapers

A regional newspaper is about to run a month long campaign promoting local sports. The newspaper has an online presence and is keen to use its website as a focus for information, as well as featuring a range of sports related features in its print...

Half or Full Day Creative Media Production Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Although we have workshops and revision sessions listed below, we would also be thrilled to offer you a more bespoke package. This can be based on year groups, classes or one-to-one student led or can be based on either exam / internal assessment, theory or practical work.

We are also keen to work with teachers and departments and can offer CPD for your subject...

Synopsis

The Winchester, a typical London pub. Shaun (Simon Pegg), his girlfriend Liz (kate Ashfield), her two friends David (Dylan Moran) and Diane (Lucy David) are in the pub. Shaun’s best friend, the foul mouthed (and minded) overweight layabout, Ed (Nick Frost) plays the slot machines. Shaun is getting a hard time from this girlfriend; she wants to spend more time with him, be more exciting and do more than sit in The Winchester with Ed....

Denotation and Connotation

These are two important words concerned with the way an audience understands the meaning of a media text. These can also be called the signs and signified meaning, or the micro and macro features.

Denotation / sign / micro feature is the basic, literal meaning of what is in the picture or scene.

Connotation / signified meaning / macro feature means different interpretations suggested by the text, often associated...

Institutional Factors | Production and Historical Context

The Tudors is a critically and commercially successful Period Drama, (a sub genre of TV Drama), produced by an Independent Production Company, commissioned by the BBC and screened on BBC2 in October 2007 but originally shown on the American cable channel, Showtime. It ran for four seasons until 2010. Screenwriter Michael Hurst created the series, he had previously written Elizabeth,...

BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show fits cosily into the category or genre of satire but with only some of its Swiftian connotations. This is not satire to hurt, or pillory or induce change. It is satire to gently entertain raising some pertinent political and moral questions in the course of entertaining and topically informed audience. It is more like witty after dinner conversation catching up on the more bizarre areas of the week’s news, with...

• Genre: Radio Comedy Satire of the Week’s News / Themes
• Running Time: 30 minutes from an hour live recorded show
• Home Station: BBC Radio 4
• Broadcast: 1998
• Series: 34
• Audience: It is one of Radio 4s most popular shows, with over 1.5 million listeners.

Starring

Hugh Dennis
Steve Punt
Jon Holmes (letters and emails)
Micth Benn (music, like this song King of Twitter)
Marcus Brigstocke (angry monologues)
Laura Shavin (female voices)

Other...

• Genre: Radio Comedy Surreal Sitcom
• Running Time: 30 minutes

• Home Station: Originally BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4, later BBC 7

• Broadcast: 16 October to the 20 November 2001

• Series: One with six episodes

• Audience: Mainly student age, but 15-30 in the main

Starring

Noel Fielding* Julian Barratt*
Lee Mack
Richard Ayoade
Rich Fulcher* (*Writers)

Other Information

Award: Douglas Adams Award for Innovative Comedy Writing.

The series is...

• Genre: Radio Comedy Panel Game
• Running Time: 30 minutes

• Home Station: BBC Radio 4, with repeats on BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC World Service and you can listen to an episode from 1982 on the BBC iPlayer

• First Broadcast: 11 April 1972, only exception to series was 1998 and 2008 (Humph’s illness/ death)

• Series Length: Normally 6 per series, with 1-2 series a year. Series are recorded with two programmes running back to back

• Audience: Over 2...

Introduction

Although TV Comedy is a favourite, many of our top shows started on the radio: Little Britain, Harry Hill’s Fruit Corner and Goodness Gracious Me. It also brings in a range of genres like sketch shows, quiz shows, sit-coms and one-liners with writer-performers like Milton Jones or Miranda Hart. It can be surreal like The Mighty Boosh or traditional like I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.

Students will need to research this and...

Overview

• GCSE Media Studies Overview

Scheme

• OCR GCSE Media Studies 2012 2-Year SOW.doc

Concepts

• Media Language, Forms and Conventions (Film Language, Genre, Narrative)
• Representation
• Audiences (Targeting, Appeals / Pleasures, Positioning)
• Institution
• Analysis, Production, Evaluation
• Research and Planning, Production, Evaluation

Skills

• Textual Analysis, Communication Skills, Note Taking, Group Work, Identifying & Understanding Action...

Associated Resources

• Semiotics Glossary.doc

Anchorage

The fixing of a set of meanings, often found in a photograph or advert, usually through captions or other written text

Arbitrary Sign

Where the signifier has no connection to the signified e.g. Snow and Christmas

Codes

A system of signs, languages or symbols that allow audiences to decode meaning e.g. Technical and Symbolic codes or Narrative codes

Content Analysis

A way of decoding...

Associated Resources

• Moving Image Terminology and Semiotics.doc

Semiotics/Semiology

The study of signs that help us to deconstruct Media Texts

Signifier/Denotation

The physical form of the sign, without deeper meaning

Signified/Connotation

Meaning associated with the relationship between signifier and signified. Connotation is open to interpretation

Mythical Connotation

Meaning which is subjective interpretation, yet untrue

Anchored...

Associated Resources

• Representation Theory Simplified Handout.doc

The media literally re-presents the world to us. Dominant and oppositional arguments conflict e.g. on one hand the media is showing us how things actually are, on the other hand they are telling us how things should be (dictating representations, not just reflecting society).

The main representations we study in the media are:

• Masculinity
• Femininity
• Social Class
• Sexuality
...

Skillset.org & Direct.gov

If you are preparing to deliver the Creative & Media Diploma, the following websites and contacts should prove useful.

http://www.skillset.org/qualifications/diploma/

http://yp.direct.gov.uk/diplomas/subjects/Creative_Media/

Exam Boards

I would be inclined to contact the exam boards and see if they can help. For instance, AQA have the following site set up to support centres who...

Half-Day Revision Course for AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment on Action Adventure Films - 2011

Our first session will be a half-day revision course on Action Adventure Films for this summer’s AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment. See ‘Programme Details’ below for more info.

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• We would suggest a Saturday if you would like the course delivered in term time.

...

Half or Full Day Creative Media Production Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Although we have workshops and revision sessions listed below, we would also be thrilled to offer you a more bespoke package. This can be based on year groups, classes or one-to-one student led or can be based on either exam / internal assessment, theory or practical work.

We are also keen to work with teachers and...