Media Studies

Paper 1: Television and promoting Media

Section A – Television

Vigil, Series 1, Episode 1, BBC 1 and The Avengers, Series 4, Episode 2, ‘The Gravediggers’, ITV 

Section B – Promoting Media

You need to know the set posters for The Lego movie

You need to know the set trailer for The Lego Movie – this is ALL the adverts made of Lego that we have watched

You need to know why Lego released a video game linked to the movie and what pleasures it offers the audience ( Blumer and Katz )

Paper 2: Music and News

Section A – Music

MOJO magazine and its conventions

Music magazine conventions generally (make sure you know that different genres of music would have slightly different conventions on their covers)

1 Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag & Avril Lavigne – Sk8ter Boi 

Radio 1- you need to know about the BBC and its remit, facts about scheduling and how and why they target audiences, with particular reference to the Live Lounge ( presented by Clara Amfo since 2015 in her mid-morning show. Refer to any British artist who has appeared 2017 onwards)

Section B – News

The Observer historical covers from 1960s- you need to know at least three things which were on any of the covers

Social/historical context of 1960s

The Observer – you need to know at least one modern cover but have good understanding of the typical conventions on the covers and what news stories it runs

You need to know the typical reader of the modern Observer and the newspaper’s values

You need to know the conventions of The Observer online and how the online version is similar to the printed paper.

Useful website

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/ztnygk7