‘My lesson
wasn’t that
bad.’
Y10 Media Studies
Term 2: The Chiller...

The Tasks
• Choose a topic of research which you will
enjoy!
• Construct a 2-3 minutes made for the
internet horror film or thriller aimed at a
teenage audience.
• Construct the front page, back page and at
least 4 pages of a thriller/horror inspired
graphic novel aimed at teenagers.

1st task
• Using www.sismedia.wetpaint.com research
your chosen topic, so that you have an
informed sense of what you are trying to
achieve.
• Analyse existing texts. We will help you in
class as we will be analysing at least one
example from each of the three tasks
together.
• Decide who you want to work with for this
task. I would suggest that you change
groups from the i-pod advertisement.

2nd Task: Pre-
Production
• Brainstorm your ideas together and then
construct either mock-ups for your
Graphic Novel or a storyboard for your
film.
• When your teacher has seen these and is
happy with your plans, you can then begin
the production process.Your deadline for
planning the project is the end of CNY.

3rd Task: Production
• After CNY and using the feedback gained
from your teacher you will now begin the
process of making your production. The
final deadline for this assignment is the end
of March giving you 7 weeks (14 hours of
class time) of production time to complete
the task. Friday the 13th March 3pm is the
deadline for the production and Friday the
20th of March for the evaluation.

AO’s
• AO3:Your finished product must be
technically competent with excellent
editing skills.You must show your
understanding of the codes and
conventions of your chosen genre and be
‘creative, interesting and stimulating’ to a
teenage audience. (25 marks)
• AO4:Your evaluation should be well
written and structured. Possible areas of
revision (improvement) will have been
indicated and narrative, representation etc
considered as part of your analysis.
(400-600 words- 750 word tolerance)