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An in-depth revision guide (66 pages) specifically created and tailored towards the 2018 AQA GCSE Media Studies Unit 1 Exam: Serial Television Drama. This revision guide contains a great deal of detail and includes a wide range of revision activities. It can be reproduced and given to students along with the AQA preliminary material in order to maximise their preparation for the exam.

This 66-page revision guide includes includes:
* Exam guidance, hints and tips
* A list of 94 currently-broadcast or recently-concluded television serial dramas, covering a wide range of genres and channels to guide students' independent viewing
* The history of serial television drama - origins, evolution and longevity
* Serial television drama genres - action, adventure, biographical, comedy, crime, fantasy, historical, horror, musical, political, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, supernatural, thriller, western
* Serial television drama genre codes and conventions
* Serial television drama audiences and gratifications, linked to example series
* Serial television drama broadcast scheduling, linked to example series
* Vladamir Propp's Character Theory - linked to serial television dramas
* Representations in serial television dramas - people, places, ideas and societies
* Marketing a game show - advertising techniques (print, audio-visual, new media)
* Serial television drama BBFC age certifications
* 3 in-depth case studies to complete - 'Stranger Things'; 'Peaky Blinders'; 'The 100'
* Analysing DVD packages - 'Defiance'
* Analysing publicity posters/billboards - 'Game of Thrones'
* Analysing trailers/commercials (student choice)
* Analysing official webpages - 'Once Upon a Time'
* Creating an original serial television drama - writing a pitch and planning the show (scheduling, plot, setting, characters, actors, pilot episode)
* Creating a publicity poster/billboard, trailer/commercial, opening credits, webpage
* Utilising new media as a marketing tool - apps, mobile games, streaming, social networking
* Exam questions - common mistakes
* 4 practise exam questions based on previous AQA exams
* Terminology glossay appropriate to television game shows

PLEASE NOTE: The preview of the resource is not auto-generating, which TES states is a site-wide issue. I have therefore also uploaded several screenshots of sample pages in the meantime.

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cathydarcy

6 years ago
4

Many thanks. Expensive but excellent

joannabartler

6 years ago
5

I brought this version last year(gameshows) and was not disappointed. Tasks are well focused. I've found that I can plan lessons around this (recapping terminology) and the tasks can be part of activities that then can progress into students' own research and revision. Lovely revision guide. Thankfully worth the cost (which you can't say for all paid resources found on TES!) Thank you

harmar85

6 years ago
4

This is very comprehensive and great for revision - doesn't look like a lot of teaching of content, this more for revision, but lots of tasks for students to work on. Perfect if you have already taught the topic of TV Dramas. There is a list of TV dramas, but many are inappropriate for GCSE students to watch. It would be good if it only had appropriate titles. Also, there is some work specifically for Stranger Things and some links to YouTube - you may need to gather theses resources if your students don't have access in class.

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