
A complete OCR A-Level Media Studies lesson exploring representation of race, class, power and stereotypes in Lupin Season 1 Episode 1.
This fully editable PowerPoint (.pptx) lesson focuses on Lupin: Chapter One for OCR A-Level Media Studies Paper 2: Evolving Media, Section B – Long Form Television Drama.
The lesson begins with a detailed retrieval Do Now on previous Lupin learning, including non-linear narrative, flashbacks, binary oppositions, the Louvre setting, editing, intertextuality and crime/thriller conventions. Students are reminded that Lupin shifts between the present-day Louvre heist and flashbacks to Assane’s childhood in 1995, using this structure to create suspense and reveal motivation gradually.
Students then explore how Lupin represents class, race, ethnicity, power and social hierarchy through stereotypes and anti-stereotypes. The lesson focuses on how Assane and his Senegalese father are represented in contrast with the wealthy Pellegrini family and elite white citizens, helping students analyse how the series critiques inequality in modern France while still appealing to a global Netflix audience.
The lesson includes analysis of key scenes such as the Louvre entry, balcony scene, 1995 flashback, heist planning, father’s imprisonment, Assane’s escape and the Arsène Lupin book reveal. Students evaluate whether each moment reinforces or challenges stereotypes, considering costume, setting, body language, mise-en-scène, editing, class, ethnicity and audience positioning.
The lesson builds towards an exam-style response asking students to evaluate the extent to which Lupin challenges or reinforces stereotypes through its representation of race, class and power. It includes a support sheet, sentence starters, a model response and success criteria for self or peer assessment.
This lesson covers:
OCR A-Level Media Studies
Paper 2: Evolving Media
Section B: Long Form Television Drama
Lupin: Chapter One
Representation
Race and ethnicity
Class
Power
Social hierarchy
Stereotypes and anti-stereotypes
Binary oppositions
Rich vs poor
Citizen vs immigrant
Moral vs corrupt
Assane Diop
Senegalese identity
The Pellegrini family
Modern France
French inequality
Netflix global audiences
Crime drama conventions
Thriller conventions
Mise-en-scène
Editing
Flashbacks
Audience positioning
What is included:
Fully editable PowerPoint (.pptx) lesson
Do Now retrieval task on Lupin genre and narrative
Teacher feedback/model answer slide
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