S3 Media
Aims: To provide choice in pupil learning and to develop skills for Learning, Life and Work.
Objectives:
To develop pupils’ skills in the analysis and creation of media texts. For example, pupils will be able to create a product through: researching similar products; identifying target audience; creating rough draft; taking on feedback; making final product and by reviewing their own work.
Key Concepts:
- Categories (Purpose & Genre)
- Audience
- Institution (Budget, Law etc)
- Representation (of people and place)
- Narrative (Theorists include Prop and Todorov)
- Language (specialist jargon of the media world such as: ‘font’ ‘copy’ and ‘image’; props, camera shots, costume, technical and cultural codes.
