AQA GCSE Media Studies: Galaxy Advert Lesson - Propp, Representation & Intertextuality
A detailed and engaging lesson PowerPoint exploring the Galaxy Advert featuring CGI Audrey Hepburn for AQA GCSE Media Studies.
This lesson introduces students to key media concepts including narrative theory, intertextuality, representation, audience response and feminism while developing analytical writing skills.
Students explore how CGI and celebrity iconography are used to construct meaning within advertising, alongside discussion of ethical debates surrounding the recreation of deceased celebrities.
This resource includes:
Retrieval-style DO NOW activities
Learning challenges and stretch questions
Explicit teaching of Vladimir Propp’s Character Theory
Analysis of narrative structure and character archetypes
Exploration of intertextuality and references to Roman Holiday (1953)
Vocabulary instruction including:
diegesis
non-diegetic sound
CGI
intertextuality
Contextual information on Audrey Hepburn and 1950s femininity
Discussion tasks and Think-Pair-Share activities
Scaffolded analytical writing task
Exploration of representation, patriarchy and the Male Gaze
Exam-style analytical questioning
Exit ticket/plenary activity
Ideal for:
AQA GCSE Media Studies
Advertising CSPs
Representation and audience lessons
Narrative theory
Cover lessons and revision
Fully editable PowerPoint.

