1. The document provides instructions for students setting up accounts and blogs for their GCSE Media Studies coursework. 2. It outlines the breakdown of assessments, including an individual portfolio, media studies portfolio, and exam. 3. Students are instructed to set up a blog on Blogger using their name and school code, and to set up accounts on Scribd, Slideshare, and Google Drive. Work on analyzing representations of teenagers in films begins.

1. Seating plan
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Podium
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Craig Ross E Jack
Sophie Georgia Josh S Ryan
Rhianno
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Rebecca Caitlin Logan
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Adam Josh M Sebastian
Tom Logan A Yasmin Danielle
Damien Macauley Charlie Billy

2. GCSE Media Studies
The hard work starts now!

3. GCSE breakdown
• Individual portfolio = 30%
• Media studies portfolio = 30%
• Exam = 40% - AA films / TV comedy
• Year 10 – individual portfolio
– Essay – 60 marks
– Production – 40 marks
– Planning and evaluative commentary – 20 marks

4. Setting up your blog
• You need to complete the following:
– Set up a Gmail account (if you don’t already have one)
– Set up a blog using Blogger
– Title your blog – your name GCSE Media
– Blog address – firstnamesurnameCBA15
– Email Miss G with your blog address
• You also need to set up accounts for:
– Scribd
– Slideshare
– Google Drive

5. Work begins today!
Compare how teenagers are represented in two
Action Adventure films: The Amazing Spider-Man
and Hunger Games.
In order to answer this question we need to study:
- Theory of representation
- Film genre convention
- Audience theory
- Close analysis of key scenes

6. Language
• What type of
media is this?
• How do you
know?

7. Language
• What type of
media is this?
• How do you
know?

8. L I A R
• Language = codes and conventions NOT JUST WORDS
– Layout, colour, images, text
– Camera shots, movements
– Sound, music and dialogue
– Graphics
– Narrative
• Institution
– Who makes the media text (Sky, Facebook, Sony, Bauer)
• Audience
– People who listen, watch, read or use media
– Grouped together in different ways (age, gender, wealth,
etc.)
• Representation

9. Representation
• The way real life is presented on TV, radio, in
papers and magazines
• Groups of people are represented in a certain
way so that people begin to believe ALL
people in that group are like that –
stereotyping
• Places, gender, social class can also be
represented

10. Language and audience
• Look at the media texts and discuss:
– What type of media is it?
– What kind of media language does it use?
– Who is the audience?
– How do you know it would appeal to that group of
people?

15. Using LIAR
• Use the four headings of LIAR to analyse a:
– Magazine cover
– CD cover
– Film poster
– DVD cover
• Use Word. Save your document as a PDF.
Upload it to Scribd. Embed into your blog.