A resource created to encourage students to plan their own opening titles for their game show.

A booklet created to encourage students to plan their TV game show effectively ahead of the examination.

Resources to support the teaching of TV Game shows. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities for: - exploring genre and sub genre - exploration of Young and Rubican's 4Cs - developing own ideas for a tv game show - exploring institutions - exploring representation - exploring audience pleasures - exploring narrative sequences - exploring opening sequences - to watch and examine existing game shows Mock exams and revision materials are also included

5 fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the revision of TV Game show audiences for the May 2017 exam. Purple = lower Blue = middle Yellow = higher Resources cover: - Audience gratifications - Blumler and Katz - Sub genres - 4Cs Young and Rubican

A sample preliminary material to give students ahead of their next mock examination on the theme of TV game shows. The mock exam itself is also included and has been created to replicate the real exam - 4 questions each worth 15 marks with one task being a creative design task.

33 cards of serial dramas for students to use in a variety of ways such as: - sorting by sub genre - sorting by format - sorting by scheduling slot etc. Simply print - cut and use.

These documents outline what makes a student a HAP, MAP or LAP now that curriculum levels have been removed. HAP = High achieving pupil MAP = Middle achieving pupil LAP = low achieving pupil The documents outline the skills required (in both theory and practical) for each student in year 9 through to year 11 to be categorised as a HAP, MAP or LAP in Media studies. The skills are bullet pointed to allow ease of use for all department members. These documents would be ideal for teachers to use when assessing student progress in specific components of their Media studies, particularly in KS3 (year9.) Once used, the student work can then be compared to their target in order to track progress.

Resources to support the teaching of TV Crime drama. Lessons are numbered for ease of use and provide opportunities to: - explore the genre - explore characters types - explore representation of the police force - analyse opening sequences - create opening sequences - explore scheduling strategies - explore technological developments - explore film noir - explore Todorov's theory - explore Propp's theory - explore institutions - explore mise en scene - create pitches for own crime drama ideas - job roles included as per the industry to relate t the world of work - explore codes - explore narratives including multi strand - explore crime drama audiences - geo-demographics, demographics - psychographics - explore camera angles - explore connotation and denotation

Resources to help get started with teaching video games and gamers. Lessons are numbered for ease of use. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore arcade gaming - explore institutions - explore platforms - consoles, tablets etc. and specifications - explore game types - shoot-em-ups, first person shooter, strategy etc. - explore video game audiences - demographic, geo-demographic, psychographic - explore types of gamer - casual, mid-core, hard-core, social niche etc. - explore audience profiles - explore the 4Cs (media theory) - explore the history of games consoles

Comment back for Media studies teachers in an excel file. The comments cover the following areas: - Pupil effort - Pupil homework - Pupil classwork - Pupil targets for improvement

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of a one - two week Media based English project on advertising. Differentiation: yellow = higher blue = middle purple = lower Resources provide opportunities to: - explore target audience for advertising campaigns - explore existing advertising campaigns - explore the use of persuasive language - explore the use of presentational features - analyse the effectiveness of advertising campaigns - explore the narratives of advertising campaigns - design a new soft drink and develop the advertising production plan - peer and self assess - explore representation - justify own design choices These resources could also be useful as part of an enrichment day/activity.

Over 8 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) to support the teaching of TV News. These lessons are ready to go and are differentiated for ease of use. These resources could be useful as an English or enrichment project. Students investigate TV news and then create their own TV news broadcast following the codes and conventions. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - research the variety of TV news programmes and channels & their target audiences - investigate visual techniques - investigate verbal techniques - investigate selection, composition and combination (structuring news broadcasts) - create own news broadcast - script news broadcasts

Over 10 fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support an introduction to Media studies for students beginning a course whether at GCSE, BTEC or A level. The lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use and expose students to a wide range of Media from the outset. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore connotation and denotation - explore camera angles and make inferences - analyse movie posters - analyse magazine covers - explore radio audiences - explore mass and niche audiences - explore demographics, geo-demographics and psychographics - conduct primary and secondary research - gather qualitative and quantitative data - create questionnaires - investigate media language and signs - explore representation - analyse own media consumption - investigate audience profiles for television - investigate newspaper audiences

33 cards of television game shows for students to use in a variety of ways such as: - sorting my sub genre - sorting by format - sorting by scheduling slot etc. Simply print - cut and use.

Fully differentiated resources (by colour) to support the teaching of Music videos for GCSE. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore the history of music videos - analyse music videos - explore the audience of music videos - explore and create audience profiles - present ideas for a new music video - explore the mark scheme for assignment 3 - explore music video genre - explore camera angles

Resources to support the exploration of audio production - week 3 - microphones. Opportunities to: - identify types of microphones - lavalier, direct connected, boundary, parabolic, noise cancelling etc. - explore dynamic microphones and how they work - the proximity effect - investigate polar pattern of microphones - investigate polar response - use microphones to test out the proximity effect and directionality Week's resources culminates with an assessment of understanding..

Resources to support the creating of an audio product. (Week 4) Opportunities to: - explore the importance of audio editing - audacity software - create an audio product- example given is a radio broadcast - the task requires students to bring together everything they've learned in weeks 1-3 including microphones, acoustics, purposes etc. - conduct risk assessments before recoding on location as per industry - evaluate own production work