Statement of Intent (MEST 2): Example text for lower ability students to use when setting out the aims and intentions for their practical production. Used for Brief one, task (b)
Film Shocking cinema focus madeinbritain: A worksheet to help with an analysis of Made in Britain - very useful for both Media (representation) and A2 Film St: Shocking Cinema. It is quite open ended and is intended to encourage students to a
The Introduction of the Video Recordings Act (1984): Bullet points on how the video recordings act was introduced; these were mainly made whilst watching a documentary from the box of the banned dvd box set.
BBFC MPAA Comparison Task: This is a short document to help students prepare for the regulation and censorship question for the FS6 Exam.
Year Plan: Thought it would be interesting to upload my rough plan for the teaching year of Film Studies AS and A2. I teach A2 by myself but I share AS. My colleague teaches the coursework up until t
Coen Brothers Signature Checklist: This is a document that lists a range of auteur signatures for the Coen brothers (taken from IMDB trivia) and places them on checklist for a couple of focus films
Steven Spielberg - Autuer?: These are notes that have been made from a Steven Spielberg biography DVD focussing on his autuer status
Auteurs Matching Task: This is 3 lists of: directors, their films and their autuer characteristics.
A possible starter.
Analysing Advertisements: Points to focus on when analysing advertisements but can be used for any other text. This was most probably cribbed from somewhere else.
Genre Case Study Booklet: This has been modified for analysing Shaun of the Dead and can be easily changed for any film.
New Wave Quiz: 10 questions for a range of films for the cinematic new waves topic including: Breathless, 400 Blows, Chunking Express, 2046, Easy Rider and City of God.
Mise-en-scene: Exemplar sheet on how to write about mise-en-scene
La Haine Booklet: This is a booklet that I am using to teach La Haine at A2 which will fall under the Urban Stories section. Some contextual information borrowed from A2 Film Studies book
Media Language booklet: This booklet is useful to use with AS Media students and features all you need to know about media language.
City of God booklet: For use when studying the film in general and for the Urban Stories topic
The Descent Booklet: Used for analysing the descent for the Horror topic in section B for the FM2 paper. I have cut up the clips from the film so they don't have the timings on them which will probably be confusing
Btec first unit 3: this is for btec first unit 3. categorising the media. can be used for starter or plenary.
This is England: This resource is useful for MEST3 and the study of teenagers - it has a work book at the back which students can analyse the representations within the film.
BTEC L2 Media SOW- Soap Opera:
Title
Soap Opera Title Sequences
BTEC Media Units Covered
Group
Year 10
Unit 1: Research for Media Production
Unit 5: Video Production
Sample MEST 3 response: A sample essay for MEST 3 Section B, based on the question;
Critics have accused the mainstream media of tokenism and stereotyping by creating extreme and exaggerated representations. To what extent