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Year 10 Media Studies Home Learning Booklet

Year 10 Media Studies

Home Learning Booklet (Spring Term 2)

Name:______________________

Media Class: _________


Task 1

Pick one full day on a normal week. Record all your consumption of the

media for this day:

Media Text Hours spent

(round up to

nearest 15

mins)

Watching television programmes either on T.V., streaming (Netflix, iPlayer

etc.) or recorded using a TiVo (Virgin, Sky+ etc.)

Listening to music on your mobile phone or iPod

Watching videos and listening to music on Youtube

Watching DVDs (films, documentaries or other T.V. programmes)

Using a Smart Phone to access the internet

Reading newspapers or magazines

Playing computer games on a console (X-Box, PS3 etc.)

Social networking using any device (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr)

Watching a film at the cinema


Task 2

How I access the media:

I have access to: at home at a

family or

friend’s

house

at school

A PC

A laptop

A macbook or Mac

An iPod or other mp3 listening device

A tablet device (like iPad)

A SmartPhone

A mobile phone without access to the

internet

A television in a shared living area

A television in my bedroom

Digital TV recording device (TiVo, Sky+

etc.)

Daily newspapers

Magazines

A device for listening to the radio

A DVD player

DVDs


What do you think multi-platform means?

Why do marketing companies need to think about the age / gender/

hobbies/jobs of their target audience so that they can sell them more? ( e.g.

putting an advert on during the break of X Factor will target families)

Task 3 COLOUR CONNOTATIONS

Think of a LOGO that uses the colour as its primary colour.

Colour Logo Business

example: blue

Computing

Green

Red

Yellow


Orange

Black

Brown

Task 4

Look at this advert. Annotate it using media language (Camerawork/

Sound/ Editing/ Mise-en-scene): font

colour pallette

layout

rule of thirds

use of image

connotations of the above

who it is aimed at and how you know


Task 5 Write the definition of these key media terms. Write in a full sentence and give

an example of you can.

Industry

representation

stereotype

bird’s eye view

producer

genre

audience

edit


List all the ways you could revise what you have learned in Media Studies so far:

Task 6

Research Quiz:

Question Answer

1. List 3 magazines and their

target audience.

2. What does BBC stand for?

3. What does PSB stand for?

4. What Radio stations do the

BBC own?

5. What does connotation mean?

Give an example.

6. Will Farrell is the voice of Lord

Business in ‘The Lego Movie’.

Name 3 other films he has been

in.

7. What film ratings can films be

awarded (e.g. U) and why are

they given these?

8. What are the songs by Little

Mix and The Vamps that you

are studying called?

9. What are the good points about

reading a newspaper online?

10. Can you name three UK

newspapers?


Task 7 Storyboard (Use the blank storyboard) you would film a scene in a crime drama. Consider: Lighting, setting, sound, props and camera angles. Ex:


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Task 8

Create a character guide for ‘The Lego Movie’’, creating fact files on at least 3 main characters.

Fact File 2:

Fact File 1:

Fact File 3:


Assessment 1: Representation Images

o How are the women characters represented in these pictures? Annotate the pictures showing what mise-en-scene has been used to represent them a particular way.

o How is ethnicity represented in these pictures? Annotate the pictures showing what mise-en-scene

has been used to represent them a particular way How do they reflect the time at which the Crime Drama is set? (1960s or Present day)

o How are men represented in these pictures? Annotate the pictures showing what mise-en-scene

has been used to represent them a particular way.

o How is ethnicity represented in these pictures? Annotate the pictures showing what mise-en-scene has been used to represent them a particular way.

o Which characters are represented more positively? How do you know from the pictures? How do

they reflect the time at which the Crime Drama is set? (1960s or Present day)

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o Which characters are represented more positively? How do you know from the pictures? How do

they reflect the time at which the Crime Drama is set? (1960s or Present day)


Assessment 2: Watch The Avengers ‘The Town of No Return’ (Google classroom) Then, complete the assessment.

1. Analyse how sound is used in the extract to create meaning. Refer to at least two examples from the extract in your answer. (5)

2. Analyse how far the extract depicts the Avengers point of view rather than the criminals’ point of view. In your answer you must:

analyse aspects of the extract using examples to support your analysis

judge how far these aspects depict the Avengers point of view. (10)


3. In this question you will be rewarded for drawing together elements from your full course of study, including different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts. How far does the extract try to create a sense that it is portraying 'real life' in relation to the 1960s? In your answer you must:

analyse aspects of the extract giving detailed examples

judge how far these aspects create a sense of watching 'real life' in relation to the 1960s (15)


4. Describe what is meant by 'Public Service Broadcasting' (PSB). Use the BBC as an example in your answer. (5)


5. The Avengers. Explain how social contexts influence television programmes. Refer to The Avengers from 1965 to support your answer.

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