Great starter task or fun activity for students

Multiple genres, with box area to record analysis

Resource for students to build up a collection of essential Media / Film Language (Media Codes) for Mise En Scene, Editing, Sound and Cinematography. Shrink to fit (E.g A4) via Adobe Acrobat when printing

Examples of film genre research with imagery. great resource to model to students as example.

A model example of how to best outline a storyboard. Covers key areas of media language, importance of good imagery plus directional arrows. Written with explaining the analysis of choice of technical reasons throughout. Link to research and influence. Considers Thriller genre here, but any genre could apply / be considered.

Useful to outline key conventions of Action / Adventure films as studying a text example or case studying.

A good example of how to analyse a film poster considering the representation of males. Two answers, scaffolded in response to show difference in use of media language and application of theory - WAGOL (What A Good One Looks Like) Use to model and have students reflect on areas to improve and areas of strength (WWW What Worked Well + EBI Even Better If) approach

Detailed questions, screenshots and extended response opportunities - a revision / recap / overview worksheet to support the learning of conventions of music videos - a good recap / homework task. **Music video does contain adult language - Clean version recommended.

High-res examples on A3 with room for annotation!

Great resource to showcase good technical analysis of Magazines - technical language, use of audience, connotation and consideration of theory. WAGOL - What A Good One Looks Like 2 Pages, A3 scalable to print (Shrink to fit)

I have sourced and part produced these as display items for classrooms, or simply to be used as example. All very high res - print beautifully on A3 / A4. All with white border spacing and black border to image. Various Film / TV / Game texts of different genres A great collection!

Used alongside film / tv / game posters (see other post) this resource gives student a great activity to compare and analyse posters. Will aid discussion in how genre or institution use similar / different conventions. A4 PDF Double Sided - With Stretch and Challenge section to push certain students / differentiate

Useful as a group or individual task to compare and contrast magazines to their linked website. x3 examples of different genres.

Multi-page quiz for TV Crime Drama testing on key areas of the genre. Conventions addressed with annotation box space per question.

A useful resource to help students “check” if they are embedding enough terminology into their work. Use it as a checklist / ticksheet when reviewing their own or peers work. Can help to set quick fire tasks “Write a 10 min response on said topic, using a minium of 20 key terms!” Good revision tool / support tool for assessment / homework.

A two part exercise to support students in understanding what are important factors of App design and then providing a template to design their own

A list of key issues in the media to engage discussion and help promote research into how the media feels about such areas of concern. Useful to use alongside more contemporary research / articles?

A set task to provide students an opportunity to research websites giving reasons for their choices based upon a brief of their choosing. Clear outlines and set audiences to pick from. Good homework task also.

A detailed look at all of the narrative theories and examples of texts which may apply. Link also provided for video overview from my YouTube channel (thanks for subscribing!)

Outlines Genre and has space for the main 9 genres to be written in. Space to outline key words to support genre = Codes, Conventions, Hybrid