Revision Guides - April 2017

Shiny updated revision guides, just for you. Download them to view offline on your phones/tables/computers and print out a copy too so you can highlight/annotate to aid your revision.  

Don't say I don't treat you to nice thinks. Enjoy! 😆

GCSE: Action Adventure

GCSE: TV Comedy

iMedia: Pre-Production

AS: TV Drama

A2: Section A (1b)

A2: Section B Media & Collective Identity (British Youth)

BTEC: Unit 8 - Industry in Context

Free Mac apps

Apple are making software, that we regularly use in media studies, available for FREE! Both iMove and Garageband, along with some other apps, are now available to download on and Mac operating systems and mobile devices. Get downloading.

Economic realities behind the film industry

Download and listen to the podcasts by Mark Kermode. Good for your general knowledge of the funding of the film industry and may also be helpful for AS students - section B of the exam.

Mark Kermode Podcasts

Beyond the Blade

Beyond the Blade is a project, set up by The Guardian, attempting to uncover the way that knife crime is reported in the British press and how young people and children are being represented. It aims to learn more about the victims themselves rather than the assailants. Surprisingly, there are no public records of the number of children and teenagers killed due to knife crime in Britain. Why is this? 

• Are there more crimes being committed than we are aware of?
• Is it just youth committing these crimes against other youth?
• Who decides which deaths and crimes are "worthy" of being reported? 
• Does it need to be reported more to create an awareness or less so that it doesn't appear glamourised? 
• Does the ethnicity, gender, location and social background of the child effect the representation?
• What impact, if any, do these representations have on society?

Read this article which tries to explain some of the questions posed above and highlights some of this year's tragic loss of life. Within 3 months there have already been 9 deaths. Two of these are from London - Brent to be precise.

BFI Flare - FREE event

"This year’s BFI Flare feels absolutely, positively vital. 2017 marks a significant milestone in our shared history: the 50th anniversary of the partial de-criminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales."

See the website for further details and programme guide. There is also a FREE event for young people aged 16-25 on Saturday 18th March, 11am - 12.30pm at the BFI.

You can also stream some films (legally!) on the BFI Player: features, shorts and exclusives

Calling all budding journalists and writers

Want to get your work published for everyone to see? Enter the 2017 MediaMag writing competition. This year's title is: 'This Changed My Life'.

For further information: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/competitions/the-2017-mediamag-writing-competition

Deadline: Friday 31st March

#BeBoldForChange

The media department will be celebrating International Women's Day 2017 in lessons today. This years theme is #BeBoldForChange.

We will be discussing 6 influential women within the media industry and also why there is still a need to have a day to celebrate women and have their voices heard.