This document provides an overview and requirements for revising 16 lessons from the Media Literacy Program. It summarizes key concepts for each lesson, such as understanding the five core concepts and five key questions in Lesson 1. For Lesson 2 on basic photo appreciation, it recommends analyzing camera angles and shot sizes in movies without audio or subtitles. The summary highlights taking note of elements that make effective logos, slogans, jingles and print ads. It also emphasizes understanding different media types like sitcoms, news sources, and social media. The goal is for students to understand rather than memorize concepts from the Media Literacy Program workbook.

1. MLP E-Revision
From lesson 1 to Lesson 16

2. Introduction
This is the online revision for Media Literacy
Program from Lesson 1 to Lesson 16.
Requirement for revision: Media Literacy
Program workbook

3. Lesson 1: Media, media, everywhere
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Understand the Five core concepts and
the five key questions (Please take note
that the key concepts and the key
questions are inter-link. One core
concept is always linked to one key
question.)

4. Five Core Concepts and Five Key
Questions of MLP

5. •
Memorized the media triangle. (Page 10
of MLP workbook)

6. Lesson 2: Basic Photo appreciation
Camera angles (Page 13 of MLP workbook) and
Camera shot sizes (Page 14 of MLP workbook).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z_IudZI9bk
Fun way of revising this lesson: Watch your favourite dramas/ movies/animes
on television or youtube without volume and subtitles. Take note of different
camera angles and shot used and try to interpret what the story just using
the different camera angles and shot size. Recommended movie for
revision: Wong Ka Wai's In mood for love or The Grandmaster

7. Lesson 3: Advance Photo techniques and photo
captions
•
Take note of this statement “Caption should be
Succinct and informative”. (Page 17 of MLP
workbook)

8. Lesson 4: Slogans and logos
•
Try to understand (don't memorize) the elements that
create a good logos and slogans. (Page 23 of MLP
workbook)

9. Lesson 5: Jingles
• Try to understand (don't memorize) the elements
that create a good jingle. (Page 27 of MLP
workbook)
Example of Jingle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBlD2N_AwgI
PS:(I do hope that when people talk about advertising jingle with you, you won't
start singing Jingle Bell in front of them. If you still do so, please don't tell
them that you have taken MLP from Civica)

10. Lesson 6: Music genres, culture and image
Lesson 7: Sound effects in movies and Television
Commercials
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Lesson 6: Record labels. The responsibility of
record labels. (Page 32 of MLP workbook)
•
Lesson 7: Take note of soundtracks and its
purposes (Page 37 of MLP workbook)

11. Lesson 9: Print advertisements
•
Take note of and try to understand (don't memorize)
the techniques of Persuasion used in Print ads.
(Page 45 of MLP workbook)

12. Lesson 10: Movies and Product Placements
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Take note of the different phases a movie is shot. (Page 49 of MLP
work book)
o Developmental
o Pre-production
o Production
o Post-Production
o Sales and distribution
Product placements. Take note movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and
Lord of the Rings do not have product placement.(Page 51)
Example: Product Placement in Men of Steel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY56r2qj8f8

13. Lesson 11: Movie Ratings
•
Take note of the Singapore Board of Film Censors (BFC) Rating.
(Page 53 of MLP workbook)

14. Lesson 12: TV Sitcoms and Reality news
•
Take note of Sitcoms. Read and understand the
purple box that talks about Sitcom. (Page 57 of MLP
workbook)
Example of Sitcom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLa7jcKR87o

15. Lesson 13:Newspapers and TV news
Lesson 14: Alternative news sources: citizen
media
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Lesson 13:
Take note of the difference between of Byline and Headlines.
(Page 63 workbook).
Differences between TV news and Newspaper news reporting.
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Lesson 14:
Take note of the differences between Citizen Media (Stomp, The
Online Citizen etc...) and a newspaper publisher. (Page 71 of
MLP workbook). Need to flip between Lesson 13 and 14 to see
the differences.

16. Lesson 15: Social Media
• Memorize the different Social Media sites that are
listed in your workbook. (Page 75 of the MLP
workbook)