Year 11 — Media Studies

Term 1: News & NEA

Paper 2, Unit B: News Learners will explore the industry of newspaper and apply the theoretical framework to print and online newspapers. An in-depth study of 'The Observer'.

Learners continue planning and preparing the NEA.

Learners prepare for mock 1, revising paper 1 topics.

Learners will engage with one in-depth study covering online, social and participatory media. Learners will also engage with newspapers. Learners will respond to questions covering the whole of the theoretical framework and a range of media contexts.

Two contemporary front covers of The Observer and the front covers of:

The Observer 30 October 1966

The Observer 6 November 1966

The Observer 20 October 1968

One complete contemporary print edition of The Observer

Revision for paper 1

Learners will begin the NEA - creating a front page and double page spread magazine.

Masthead

The title. Usually in known typography to make the readers become familiar with what magazine they are reading.

Coverlines

The articles inside the magazine are stated through cover lines, seen on the cover.

Media language

The means by which the media communicates to us and the forms and conventions by which it does so.

Denotation

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Connotation

An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning: the word ‘discipline’ has unhappy connotations of punishment. The word ‘sunshine’ has connotations of holidays and family holidays.

Representation

The description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Create a supportive community:

Term 2: NEA/News

Learners will create media products through applying knowledge and understanding of media language and media representations from the theoretical framework to express and communicate meaning to an intended audience.

Learners will continue to explore News and apply the theoretical framework to the set text.

Revision for year 11 mock 1 paper 1 and paper 2 music.

Mock paper 1 & music paper

Coverlines

The articles inside the magazine are stated through cover lines, seen on the cover.

Masthead

The title. Usually in known typography to make the readers become familiar with what magazine they are reading.

Convention

A generally accepted custom or an established rule.

Denotation

The literal or surface meaning – e.g. red is the colour of the rose.

Headlines

The text highlighting the main story being given priority by the producers of the print media text. Often designed to be eye-catching.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Create a supportive community:

Term 3: News

Revision for paper 2

Continue News - with a focus on exam technique

NEA - final drafts completed

Mock exam - paper 1 & 2

Puns

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling

Headline

A heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.

Byline

A journalist's name at the beginning of a story.

Broadsheet

Large format newspapers that report news in depth, often with a serious tone and higher level language. News is dominated by national and international events, politics, business, with less emphasis on celebrities and gossip. Examples: The

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Creativity - learners will need to explore social, cultural and historical context

Create a supportive community:

Learners work collaboratively - Teamwork is essential

Term 4: Revision

Revision, learners focus on paper 1 and paper 2 applying the theoretical framework to all media texts.

Exam technique

Connotation

An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning: the word ‘discipline’ has unhappy connotations of punishment. The word ‘sunshine’ has connotations of holidays and family holidays.

Media language

The means by which the media communicates to us and the forms and conventions by which it does so.

Genre

A category of text, with fixed conventions (e.g. horror).

Camera shots

This is the position of the camera in relation to the protagonist, if the camera is zoomed in or not and what is been shown by the camera.

Context

Time, place or mindset in which we consume media products.

Denotation

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. The dictionary definition.

Representation

The description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Create a supportive community:

Term 5: Revision

Revision, learners focus on paper 1 and paper 2 applying the theoretical framework to all media texts.

Exams

Connotation

An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning: the word ‘discipline’ has unhappy connotations of punishment. The word ‘sunshine’ has connotations of holidays and family holidays.

Media language

The means by which the media communicates to us and the forms and conventions by which it does so.

Context

Time, place or mindset in which we consume media products.

Denotation

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. The dictionary definition.

Mise-en-scene

Everything in the shot – lighting, colour, setting/location, objects and props, costume, pose, make-up, body language, proxemics.

Representation

The description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Create a supportive community:

Term 6: Exam Focus

Learners continue to revise, for the national exams. Areas of focus on paper 1 and paper 2 applying the theoretical framework to all media texts.

Exam practice

Mise-en-scene

All elements in a frame such as location, set, prop, body language, facial expression.

Connotation

Meaning created by associations – deeper levels of meaning e.g. red = danger, passion, love.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:

Create a supportive community: