A2 MEST 4 Reboot 2

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AQA Media Studies A2

Spring Term 2011


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Starter

A quick quiz/test.

In pairs/threes: Write short definitions of thefollowing key Media Studies terms and explain

how they can be applied giving an example.

Representation

Institution

Web 2.0

Audience

Hegemony


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Example

Genre: a means of classification used especiallywith film and television products but applicable toother media forms as well. From the French wordmeaning type or sort it has in the film industry

come to mean an easily classifiable and thereforemarketable film with a clearly defined story whichdemonstrates well understood conventions. Forexample: A Romantic Comedy like When Harrymet Sally, boy meets girl the hate each other, thenlike each other then hate each other then fall inlove. Other examples include: Horror, Thriller,Action Adventure etc.


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You have 20 minutes

Be as detailed as you can and give

clear examples


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LO

Finalise all CI essay titles

Reminder of CI check list

Bullet point plans for CIs with paragraph

headings and main topic areas

Setting of deadlines for CI drafts and final.

Planning forLPs:


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CI titles Paired title refinement:

Titles must include:

The words exploration or investigation

And/or the questions how and why

Mention specific texts or areas of study

Show opportunities to discuss the 3 Cs: concepts,

contexts and critical debates

YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES working in pairs/threesto refine both titles working from what you

currently have.


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Concepts - individual task Pick on text from your research which you feel

confident with and bullet point a key concept

analysis of one specific moment/feature of it. Example: the trailer to a movie, a key scene, the

front page of a specific magazine, the home pageof a website, a commercial.

Ensure that you deal with all the key concepts andmake links between them and the text.

15minutes


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Critical debates - paired task Look through the list of debates and

theories and decide in pairs by reading

through each others work, which mightapply.


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Debates and Theory

Representation andstereotyping

Media effects

Reality TV

News Values

Moral Panics

Post 9/11

Ownership and control

Regulation and censorship

Digital revolution

Globalisation

Semiotics

Structuralism and poststructuralism

Postmodernism and its

critiques

Gender and ethnicity

Marxism and hegemony

Liberal pluralism

Colonialism and post-colonialism

Audience Theory

Genre Theory


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Critical debates - paired to

individual Decide on two from each

column which you are

going to explore. Go online for 10 minutes

and search for these

theories and debates -

remember to make your

searches smart andefficient.

Make brief notes on what

you find and ensure that

you add links to theresearch on your blogs.

Write bullet point in the

same way as before in a

new paragraph - ensure

that your quotations are

short and well referenced.


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CI - planning

YOU NOW HAVE 30 minutes to write a mini CIwith creates an overall structure for your essay.COMPLETE FOR HOMEWORK due Monday

Form:

paragraphs led by questions you have developed

identify specific texts you will be focused on

put in brackets further research which you will be doing

make it clear which areas of debate or theory you might

be engaging with Write your anticipated conclusion, its what you think

you will conclude now - but remember this may changeafter you have completed additional research andexplored your topic further.


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Homework

Refine plans

By next Monday: email me new detailed essayplan for your CI.

This MUST HAVE:

all references to research

all primary and secondary texts clearly referenced

paragraphs with bulleted points you will bemaking in each and evidence you will be using toback up the point made

Conclusion as you currently see it.


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LP

Planning for your production.

Explain in a paragraph what you production

is and how it links to your CI.


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Resources What will you need to complete your

production?

What technical resources?

What human resources?

What training or skills will need to be

acquired? What length of time will this take?


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Plan Make a plan of when, where, how and with

who you are going to make yourLP.

Your scheduled slots are from Februarythrough to the end of March for this but you

will need to book equipment, editing slotsetc and complete the majority of the taskOUT of lesson time.


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Review plans

And ensure these are posted to blogs

ASAP.

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