
A complete OCR A-Level Media Studies lesson exploring media language, mise-en-scène, iconography, class and inequality 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 by asking students to analyse how the opening contrast between the janitors and the wealthy auction guests creates audience expectations about the themes of the series. Students consider how grey uniforms, cleaning equipment, tuxedos, evening gowns, jewellery, lighting and setting construct a binary opposition between poverty and wealth, immediately establishing hierarchy and status.
Students then recap the key areas of media language, including mise-en-scène, camerawork, editing, sound, narrative structure, genre conventions and intertextuality, before applying these concepts directly to Lupin.
The main focus is on how mise-en-scène constructs representations of wealth, class and inequality. Students analyse key extracts including the Louvre setting, the French housing estate, janitors vs guests, the auction room and the flashback with Assane’s father. The lesson uses an I Do / We Do / You Do structure to support students in building detailed analytical examples.
The lesson also introduces Claude Lévi-Strauss’ binary oppositions, helping students understand how contrasts such as rich vs poor and elite vs working class create meaning, tension and social commentary.
Students then complete an exam-style written response on how Lupin uses mise-en-scène to construct representations of wealth, class and inequality in Episode 1. The lesson includes sentence starters, a word bank, model response and a mini plenary on French iconography, including the Louvre, Mona Lisa, Eiffel Tower and necklace auction.
This lesson covers:
OCR A-Level Media Studies
Paper 2: Evolving Media
Section B: Long Form Television Drama
Lupin: Chapter One
Media language
Mise-en-scène
Setting
Costume
Colour palette
Lighting
French iconography
Louvre Museum
Mona Lisa
Eiffel Tower
Diamond necklace auction
Wealth and luxury
Class inequality
Social hierarchy
Binary oppositions
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Rich vs poor
Elite vs working class
Race and class
Netflix global audience appeal
Exam-style analysis
What is included:
Fully editable PowerPoint (.pptx) lesson
Do Now analysis task on rich vs poor contrasts
Teacher feedback/model answer slide
Media language recap
Lesson objectives
Lévi-Strauss binary oppositions explanation
I Do / We Do / You Do mise-en-scène analysis task
Extract timings for focused analysis
Printable analysis table
Teacher feedback/model examples
Exam-style written response task
Word bank and sentence starters
Model response
French iconography key term slide
Mini plenary adding an extra PEE paragraph
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