OCR A Level Mise-en-Scene Acting

A complete A-Level Media Studies lesson introducing acting as part of mise-en-scène, with terminology, extract analysis and exam-style practice.

This fully editable PowerPoint (.pptx) lesson focuses on acting as part of mise-en-scène, helping students understand how performance choices create meaning, shape character representation and influence audience response.

The lesson introduces key acting terminology including facial expression, gesture, body language, eye contact and movement. Students recap lighting terminology from previous media language lessons before applying acting analysis to an extract from Inglourious Basterds, focusing on power, fear, intimidation, authority, vulnerability and tension.

The lesson includes retrieval practice, key definitions, image-based terminology tasks, scaffolded analysis tables, model answers, sentence starters, an exam-style response task and peer/self-assessment criteria. It works well as part of an opening Media Language / Media Basics / CLAMPS sequence for OCR A-Level Media Studies students.

This lesson covers:

OCR A-Level Media Studies
Media language
Mise-en-scène
CLAMPS
Acting
Facial expression
Gesture
Body language
Eye contact
Movement
Posture
Tone of voice
Delivery
Character representation
Power and authority
Vulnerability and tension
Connotation and meaning
Film extract analysis
Exam-style written response
PEE paragraph structure

What is included:

Fully editable PowerPoint (.pptx) lesson
Do Now knowledge retrieval task on lighting terminology
Teacher feedback/model answer slide
Lesson objectives
Acting terminology image-matching task
Feedback slide identifying acting techniques
Key definitions for acting terminology
Printable acting terminology table
Extract analysis task using Inglourious Basterds
Scaffolded acting analysis tables
Word banks for acting techniques, emotions and connotations
Teacher feedback slides with completed examples
Extended analysis table for facial expression, body language, eye contact and movement
Exam-style question on acting and meaning
Sentence starters for analytical writing
Full model response
Peer/self-assessment criteria
WWW and EBI reflection task
Key word plenary on wider media terms

This resource can be used as:

A full A-Level lesson on mise-en-scène acting
A media language introduction lesson
A Media Basics lesson for Year 12
A CLAMPS lesson focused on acting
A lesson on connotation and character representation
A film extract analysis lesson
A GCSE-to-A-Level transition lesson
A revision lesson on acting terminology
A scaffolded exam-style writing lesson

This resource is provided as a fully editable PowerPoint (.pptx) file.

This resource is independently created and is not endorsed by OCR.