A whole SOW for the Crime Drama unit of study, which is part of the EDUQAS GCSE Media Studies specification. The SOW includes 10 lessons that focuses on the 4 different areas of the theoretical framework; media language, representation, audience and industry. It also includes a mid-term assessment.

Full Unit covering Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’. Includes: Representation of Class Social Divide Media Language Product Context Representation of Gender Representation of Age Comparison to Unseen Products Andrew Goodwin’s Music Video Theory

Perfect for classroom display or student revision! Bring Media Studies to life with this vibrant and accessible set of Media Theory Posters designed specifically for the Eduqas GCSE Media Studies course. These eye-catching posters simplify key media theorists and theories into student-friendly summaries, memorable quotes, and bold visuals – ideal for helping learners understand and recall core concepts. What’s Included: 17 full-colour posters (A4 or A3 printable) Each poster features: • Name of the theory and theorist • Simple one-sentence explanation • Direct quote from the theorist • Bold image for dual coding Covers theories on representation, narrative, identity, media language, gender, race, and audience Theorists Included: Stuart Hall, Roland Barthes, David Gauntlett, Levi-Strauss, Propp, Dyer, Andrew Goodwin, Alvarado, , Dyer, Goodwin, Propp, Todorov, Blumler & Katz, Katz and Lasarsfield, Stanley Cohan, Steve Neale, Levi-Strauss, Mulvey, Van-Zoonan, and more! Designed by a Media Studies teacher with over 25 years teaching experience, for use with mixed-ability groups – perfect for displays, revision walls, theory lessons, or student folders. Printable PDF – ready to download and print at home or school. Aligned with the Eduqas GCSE Media Studies glossary and exam content, but also suitable for other specifications (AQA, OCR) or KS5 introduction. Written by a Media specialist HOD, with over 26 years teaching experience, T&L team member and Instructional Coaching lead. Love this resource? Please leave a review! Massive thank you!

These excellent resources work perfectly in any media studies classroom! I have used these posters as wall displays, learning mats and hand outs when students are completing classwork/ coursework. My current head teacher commented on these resources stating they were “the best resources” he has seen in the classroom. My students find them incredibly helpful during lessons especially during assessment/ coursework and revision work. **The documents include: ** An introduction to Audience (Mass, Niche, Primary + Secondary target audience, demographic and psychometrics). A guide to audience theories (VALS and Young and Rubicam). Audience theories (Audience positioning, Stuart Halls Encoding and Decoding theory). A guide to Uses and Gratification Theory A guide to Representation A guide to Todorov’s Narrative Theory (Including clear example, Monsters Inc) A guide to Propp’s Character Theory Magazine Terminology I remember being taught media studies at GCSE and A Level and wished I had resources like this to support me when completing assessment work. I hope your students enjoy them to. Leave a review and any suggestions for new learning mats and I’ll continue to plan and develop these resources.

This fully editable worksheet is designed to match the specification and is perfect for homework, cover lessons, or independent study. Each task is carefully structured to help students consolidate key content, deepen understanding, and support effective revision. Ideal for home learning, retrieval practice, flipped learning, or in-class support. Ai was used to help create these accessible and engaging, this no-prep resource helps boost progress while saving teacher time.

Full lessons and tasks on: Film – Blinded by the Light: (Gurinder Chadha, UK, 2019) This is a Targeted Close Study product for which you will need to focus on the following areas of the Theoretical Framework: • Media Industries Students are not required to watch the film for the assessment Film: Blinded by the Light is an example of low-medium budget film making. Students do not need to watch the film but will need to be familiar with the production context and distribution materials including: o website(BenditNetworks) o website(Warners) o posters o trailer osocialmediapresence(twitter,Instagram,facebooketc). The film should only be studied in relation to Media Industries.

A detailed and student-friendly Eduqas A Level Media Studies Newspapers teaching resource focused on the new set product: The Times, 23 July 2025 front page, which will be assessed from 2028 onwards. This resource includes two complete booklets: A student booklet for classroom use, independent study, homework and revision A teacher booklet with teacher notes and suggested answers included below each task This complete teaching and revision resource is designed to help students understand, analyse and revise The Times as part of the A Level Media Studies Newspapers section. It breaks down the key areas of the Eduqas theoretical framework in a clear, accessible and engaging way, making it ideal for classroom teaching, intervention, cover work, independent learning and exam preparation. The booklet covers all the essential areas students need to know, including media language, representation, media industries, audiences, ideology, political bias, ownership, regulation, print newspaper conventions and online newspaper contexts. It also supports students in applying key terminology accurately and developing confident exam-style analytical responses. Included in the resource: Clear introduction to the Eduqas Newspapers unit Background and context for The Times Focus on the new 23 July 2025 front page set product Student-friendly notes on media language and layout conventions Representation analysis of people, issues, events and social groups Industry notes covering ownership, regulation and production Audience and readership analysis Clear explanations of ideology, political bias and social context Exam-style questions and paragraph practice Retrieval practice, comprehension tasks and knowledge checks Pair, group and independent learning activities Planning grids, sentence starters and revision checklists Glossary of key newspaper terminology Suggested answers throughout This resource is ideal for teachers preparing students for the updated Eduqas A Level Media Studies newspaper set product. It gives students the knowledge, confidence and exam practice needed to analyse The Times effectively, while saving teachers valuable planning time.

This is one lesson from the R097 lesson pack This lesson pack includes 13 lessons that cover all aspects of the specification and the assessment requirements. It includes the following: • Lesson PPT’s with discussion based activities and learning in context examples included. • Workbooks for students to complete theory-based tasks. • Teachers’ toolkit with some guidance on assessment and exemplars. • NEA scrapbook for students to record their notes. • Practice assignment in a format similar to the NEA. • Scheme of work that includes a lesson-by-lesson break down.

TRIGGER POINT - FULL UNIT POWERPOINT & PUPIL BOOKLET Struggling to find the time and energy to create a new scheme for the Trigger Point set text change? This fully planned, ready-to-teach resource has done **all **the hard work for you! Written by a consistently outstanding teacher with 25+ years of experience, this 10-lesson scheme for Trigger Point Series 2, Episode 1 is fully aligned to Eduqas Component 2: Investigating the Media – Contemporary British Crime Drama. Includes: 326-slide PowerPoint with complete lesson content, fully animated and with detailed notes in the slide notes 35-page pupil booklet accompanying the PowerPoint 10 detailed lessons covering: Introduction to Crime Drama Episode Study Social, Cultural & Political Contexts Media Language Character Analysis – Propp & Barthes Representation – Stuart Hall Narrative – Todorov & Barthes Industry, Ownership & Regulation Audience – Hall, Blumler & Katz Marketing & Promotion** Exam-style tasks and scaffolded support for mixed-ability groups Pedagogy & Teaching Approach: Built around direct instruction and the best-practice strategies from Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion, lessons include: Silent and Solo / Do Now tasks I say, you say & choral response Clear lesson aims and structured starters Mini-whiteboards I do / We do / You do PEAL paragraph structure Introductions, hinge questions, and cold call questioning Duel coding Turn & Talk activities and Think, Pair, Share. Visualiser for modelled exemplars Mini-Plenaries and Exit Tickets And many more techniques to ensure active engagement, scaffolding, and exam-ready analysis. Save hours of planning, reduce stress, and deliver engaging, high-quality lessons that build students’ analytical confidence and exam skills.

A scheme of work for the OCR A Level Media Studies film unit, as part of the Evolving Media, Media Industries and Audience assessment. This scheme of work focuses on Disney’s 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Marvel’s 2021 Shang-CHi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Included are lessons exploring - Early cinema and its technology A history of Disney and Marvel Business structures and ownership Production of each film Distribution of each film Regulation Exhibition

Lessons guiding students through analysis of existing teen dramas (need access to clips on youtube/Netflix) to then storyboarding their own. Looks at narrative structure, character types etc with examples given for both. Doesn’t cover statement of aims. Probably span over 3 or 4 lessons. Storyboard tempate from OLD spec used - can be access through exam board website.

The following resource includes: Lesson PPT with activities that are integrated into the student workbook. Information slides to support teachers, including non-specialists. Student workbook that includes four sections: Task 1: Knowledge and Understanding (linked to activities in the PPT) Task 2: Guided practice - The main task to exemplify/contextualise the core content with your support. Task 3: Independent practice - A homework style activity for students to complete without the need for teacher support. It consolidates/extends their learning of that topic. Task 4: Exam-style question - A exam style question linked to the OCR style including the use of appropriate command words, including a mark scheme, indicative content and model answers. A teacher version of the workbook is included with answers.

A fully resourced 7-lesson unit for SMP 7: Doctor Who – Episode Study, designed to build students’ confidence with television narrative analysis, Sci-Fi genre conventions and exam-style media responses through the study of the Doctor Who episode Kerblam!. This unit is highly ESL-friendly, featuring: A consistent lesson and presentation structure throughout Clear iconography and visual scaffolding to support accessibility Embedded literacy and vocabulary support within every lesson Repetition of analytical terminology and exam command language Scaffolded writing structures, model responses and guided practice tasks The unit combines episode comprehension with analytical skill-building, allowing students to gradually move from narrative understanding to more confident independent media analysis. Every lesson is aligned directly to exam practice outcomes, helping students develop skills for: Q1.1 and Q1.2 retrieval and understanding Q1.3 analysis responses Q1.4 narrative analysis responses Q2 thematic exploration and explanation The unit explores: Key characters, settings and narrative events in Kerblam! Sci-Fi genre conventions and audience appeal Narrative techniques and linear storytelling Non-verbal codes and conventions Themes, ideology and societal issues Connections between SMP 6 and SMP 7 media concepts Students develop analytical and evaluative skills through: Guided viewing and comprehension activities Recall and retrieval practice using mini whiteboards Plot sequencing and matching tasks Narrative technique analysis Non-verbal code analysis Structured Q1.3, Q1.4 and Q2 exam writing practice Self and peer assessment against success criteria A key focus of the unit is helping students apply media terminology with confidence through repeated, scaffolded practice. Lessons gradually transition students from identifying narrative and genre conventions to independently constructing analytical exam responses using models and live feedback. Support materials include: Retrieval quizzes and matching activities Plot ordering tasks Gap-fill convention activities Model exam responses Structured analytical writing scaffolds Success criteria guidance Vocabulary and syntactic structure drills Self and peer assessment opportunities The adaptable structure means episodes or television extracts can easily be switched out for alternative Sci-Fi texts while maintaining the same progression of analytical skills, genre understanding and curriculum alignment. Lessons are fully mapped against the curriculum framework, with the accompanying curriculum map also available separately for purchase.

This series of powerpoints will introduce students to a range of key concepts and terms before they begin their study of CPS’s. They include: Mise-en-scene Camera shots and angles Sound and editing Denotation and connotation Modes of communication (linear model, codes, conventions etc.) Two knowledge quizzes It is based on the AQA syllabus.

Full 4-6 week unit including PowerPoint presentation for each lesson and a media studies booklet for the class to work through alongside the PowerPoint. Unit covers basic film techniques including sound, use of camera, colour and lighting. Unit has a talk/presentation outcome but there are opportunities for writing critical paragraphs throughout.

An outstanding scheme of work which is a perfect way to introduce media studies. The scheme of work focuses on the key media concepts: Audience, representation and Media language embedding important media theories. The scheme of work introduces these concepts in a engaging way with a focus film study embedded into the scheme of work. The film study explores the film: Divergent, perfect for representation and audience. The scheme of work assesses using the BTEC Tech Award in Creative media production 2022 curriculum however, the mark sheet is easily adapted and only focuses on audience, which I’m aware most exam boards focus on. Each lesson is planned for 60-minute lessons However, can easily be adapted or extended further. The lessons support students with all of the tasks needed to complete the component. There are a variety of teacher led activities, active learning tasks with all differentiated to stretch and challenge the higher ability students and support the lower candidates. I use the lessons as half teacher led and second half Workshops and active learning. When introducing key concepts there is useful worksheets and learning mats which has been designed by myself whereby my head teacher expressed that “he had never seen such fantastic resources”. The lessons in the scheme of work include: Introduction to media studies Audience Audience structure when writing Target audience Camera angles Practical workshops Representation Genre Analysing key scenes Propp’s character theory Todorov’s narrative theory Assessment Photoshop And more… The PowerPoints are aesthetically pleasing and students have commented on this throughout my teaching of the component. I have a 100% pass rate I really hope you enjoy teaching these lessons. Please leave any feedback 

Eduqas GCSE Media Studies, Component 2, Taylor Swift ‘The Man’ A 30 page pupil booklet, to accompany a 367 slide PowerPoint. PDF and adaptable Word document of the pupil booklet included, to maintain formatting. Information content largely based on the Eduqas factsheet, with additional research articles and video embedded. PowerPoint transitions used to enhance whiteboard teaching. Whole class plenary and analytical activities included in the pupil booklet, to work alongside the PowerPoint sections. Covers: Key facts Contexts Industry Audience Media Language Representation Website and Social Media Hopefully it will safe someone LOADS of time!

Fortnite - Set Text A complete, fully resourced unit on Fortnite for Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Component 1, Section B. What’s included: Five PowerPoint lessons, each paired with a 27-page pupil booklet (used across all five lessons). Pupil booklet included as a PDF and editable word document. Lesson 1 Industry: Epic Games’ business model, ownership, and production context. Covers free-to-play economics, in-game purchasing, and the media industries framework. Lesson 2 Audiences: Target audiences, audience engagement, and how Fortnite constructs and maintains a global audience through cross-platform play, events, and updates. Lesson 3 Regulation: PEGI ratings, age appropriateness, loot box controversy, and the role of regulatory bodies including ASA and PEGI. Lesson 4 Ethics: Impact on children, social and cultural impacts, moral outrage. **Lesson 5 ** Theory: Application of key media theories including Hall’s Representation, Cultivation Theory, and the Uses and Gratifications framework to Fortnite as a digital media product. Teaching approach: Fully animated PowerPoints, with individual slide teaching notes. Each lesson uses direct instruction methodology informed by Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion, strategies including: Cold Call questioning built into slides to maximise participation and hold students accountable No Opt Out structures so every student engages with the material Check for Understanding checkpoints throughout each lesson I Do / We Do / You Do scaffolding for complex exam skills Stretch It prompts for higher-attaining students Chunked, sequenced content to reduce cognitive overload Exam-style questions with model answers and mark scheme guidance The pupil booklet accompanies all five lessons with structured note-taking frames, key terminology, exam practice questions, and theory application tasks - ready to print or use digitally. Created by an experienced Head of Media Studies with over 25 years in the classroom. This is not a basic lesson plan - it’s a teacher-proof, exam-ready teaching sequence built around evidence-based direct instruction principles. Who is this for? GCSE Media Studies teachers delivering the Eduqas specification, particularly Component 1 (Section B). Suitable for Years 10 and 11. No extra preparation needed - open and teach.

Get your students exam-ready with this 75-page GCSE Media Studies practice booklet designed for the Eduqas 2027 specification. This comprehensive, student-friendly resource includes full exam-style questions for Component 1, Section A and Section B, focusing on the types of questions learners will face in the final paper. Perfect for use in class, for homework, revision sessions or independent study. Includes Practice for: Section A Question 1 – Media Language Question 2a – Contexts Question 2b – Media Language Comparison Section B Question 3 – Media Industries Question 4 – Media Audiences Covers All 2027 Eduqas Set Products: Section A and B Set Products: Quality Street advert NHS 111 advert Vogue magazine GQ magazine The Guardian The Sun (front page, website and social media) The Man With the Golden Gun No Time to Die (film poster, website and social media) Fortnite Desert Island Discs (radio programme and website) No Time to Die (James Bond franchise, MGM, Universal) Format: PDF Length: 75 pages Photocopy or upload to your school platform Save yourself a load of time and effort! Written by a Media specialist HOD, with over 26 years teaching experience, T&L team member and Instructional Coaching lead. If this resource worked for your class, please leave a review. It takes one minute and makes a huge difference! Thank you SO much for supporting The Media Hub.

Self making sheets to check criteria covered for Unit 5 - Investigating audio production and technology UAL SPEC. This resource can be used in lessons, ONLINE, REMOTE, VIRTUAL, HOME, LEARNING or as HOMEWORK. It can be digitally sent to students as a PDF or printed and used within a lesson. All resources have been tried and tested in both a college and school setting and been met with enthusiasm by students. They are designed to fully explain the tasks, with terminology, keywords, sections and a clear explanation for students to complete independently. It can be delivered in a classroom with a teacher or as a tool for independent learning remotely. CREATIVE THINKING RESOURCES specialises in Media Studies, Film Studies, Graphic Design, Theatrical and SFX Special Effects Makeup, Design Technology, Architecture and Three Dimensional Design 3D. A wealth of free and purchasable resources including Full unit schemes of work, Teacher Powerpoints, student handouts, Home Learning booklets to revision materials, covering Key Stage 5, 4, 3 and 2. Please rate this resource and leave any feedback for improvements, or suggested add ons, that both you and your class would like to see. For extra help and inspiration visit CREATIVE THINKING RESOURCES Pinterest. For a range of boards from Sketchbook Inspiration, Architecture and Typography to Media Theorists, Packaging, Mask Making and Magazine Design.

Powerpoint overview of the OCR course