COMPONENT 2: TV IN THE GLOBAL AGE, 'LIFE ON MARS' (MEDIA LANGUAGE, NARRATIVE AND GENRE)

‘Life On Mars’ Lesson 1-4= This Quad lesson is part of a tailored unit to help students understand the differences between writing for Component 1 and 2. I have designed the ‘Life on Mars’ and ‘The Bridge’ lessons separately so as to focus on all of RAIL (Representation, Audience, Industry and Language (Media) respectively. 'The Bridge lessons will follow exactly the same format as the ‘Life On Mars’ series of lessons and will include 4 Power Points, one on each of the RAIL terms. 'The BRidge lessons will also be uploaded onto the TES as and when they are planned. It is my intention to teach my students the RAIL term for ‘Life On Mars’ and then 'The Bridge to aid their compare and contrasting. This Quad lesson features:

-Examiner expectations
-Context behind ‘Life On Mars’ e.g. the shows concept, David Bowie and all of teh spin-off series/ remakes.
-Archetypal shows of British Tv Crime e.g. ‘Dixon of Dock Green’ and ‘Z Cars’
-An analysis of the 1970’s Tv Crime Drama sub-genre.
-Various TV Drama sub-genres

• Mini assessment on Media Language key terms
• Stock characters and tropes
• Intertextuality
• A case study looking and the similarities between ‘The Sweeeny’ and ‘Life On Mars’
• Steve Neale Genre theory
• Analysis of print text against codes and conventions
• To what extent does ‘LOM’ adhere to established conventions of the sub-genre? (Brainstorm Task)
• Narrative theory recap and task on 4 narrative theorists
• Levi-Strauss Structualism
• Exam question from SAMs group task and peer feedback (Factors in to H/W.

**THIS LESSON INCLUDES 2 H/W TASKS, ALL LINKS, PRINTABLE RESOURCE AND PRINTABLE RESOURCE SHEETS WITHIN THE POWER POINT

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW and my school is only providing Media Studies at A-Level, as a Two- Year Course. Moreover, each lesson has a task whereby students RAG (Red, Amber, Green) what they have learnt in the lesson against an Examiner checklist (Differentiation, peer assessment).

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