Revision Resources

Creative Media Revision Support

Key Stage 4:

Using Teams to support your revision

General Revision	Where can I find it?
Exam paper break down	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Revision Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Exam paper breakdown’ document
Revision Guide	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Revision Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Revision Guide’ document
GCSE vocabulary	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Revision Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘GCSE vocabulary document

Exam paper 1: TV and Film

Checklist of what to revise for Paper 1	Specific areas	What can I use to help me?	Where can I find it?
Media Language	Media Language ‘Reading’ Language Context Icons/symbols Colour Polysemics Anchorage Semiotics Conventions Narrative	Teams Media Language Booklet Your exercise book OCR Revision Guide	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Induction Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Media Language’ booklet
Media Representation	Areas of Representation Gender Social groups Places Age Disability Mediation Choices made Impartiality and bias Stereotypes Inequality in representation Male Gaze Theory	Teams Media Representation Booklet Your exercise book OCR Revision Guide	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Induction Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Media Representation’ booklet
Media Audiences	Audience categories: Demographics Psychographics Ethnographics Socio-economic Uses and Gratification Theory Reception Theory Young and Rubicam’s 4C theory Audience interpretation Active Audience Passive Audience Audience size	Teams Media Audience Booklet Your exercise book OCR Revision Guide	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Induction Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Media Audiences’ booklet
Cuffs	Context Language Audience Representation Industries	Teams Cuffs booklet Cuffs episode on Vimeo (Cuffs, Season 1, Episode 1) OCR Revision Guide Cuffs Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Cuffs’ document
The Avengers	Context Language Audience Representation Industries	Teams Avengers booklet OCR Revision Guide Avengers Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Avengers’ document
The Lego Movie	Context Industries	Teams Lego Movie OCR Revision Guide Lego Movie Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Lego Movie’ document
The Lego Movie trailer and ad break	Context Language Audience Industries	Teams Lego Movie promotion OCR Revision Guide Lego Movie Promotion Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Lego Movie Promotion’ document
The Lego Movie posters	Context Language Audience Industries	Teams Lego Movie promotion OCR Revision Guide Lego Movie Promotion Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Lego Movie Promotion’ document
The Lego Movie video game	Context Language Audience Industries	Teams Lego Movie Game OCR Revision Guide Lego Movie Game Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams: Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Lego Movie Game’ document

Exam paper 2: Music

Checklist of what to revise for Paper 2	Specific areas	What can I use to help me?	Where can I find it?
Media Language	Media Language ‘Reading’ Language Context Icons/symbols Colour Polysemics Anchorage Semiotics Conventions Narrative	Teams Media Language Booklet Your exercise book OCR Revision Guide	Teams Media Language Booklet Your exercise book OCR Revision Guide
Media Representation	Areas of Representation Gender Social groups Places Age Disability Mediation Choices made Impartiality and bias Stereotypes Inequality in representation Male Gaze Theory	Teams Media Language Booklet Your exercise book OCR Revision Guide	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Induction Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Media Representation’ booklet
Media Audiences	Audience categories: Demographics Psychographics Ethnographics Socio-economic Uses and Gratification Theory Reception Theory	Teams Media Language Booklet Your exercise book OCR Revision Guide	Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> Induction Under the ‘File’ tab, click on the ‘Media Audiences’ booklet
MOJO Magazine	Context Language Audience Representation Industries	Teams MOJO booklet OCR Revision Guide MOJO Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
Radio 1 Live Lounge	Context Audiences Industries	Teams Live Lounge booklet OCR Revision Guide Live Lounge Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
Music videos	Language Representation Audience	Teams Avril Lavigne booklet Teams Wheetus booklet OCR Revision Guide Music videos Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
Newspaper online	The Observer/Guardian website and social media	Teams Newspaper online booklet OCR Revision Guide Newspaper online Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
Newspapers	Two contemporary front covers of The Observer and the front covers of: The Observer 30 October 1966 The Observer 6 November 1966 The Observer 20 October 1968 One complete contemporary print edition of The Observer Context Language Representation Industries	Teams Newspaper booklet OCR Revision Guide Newspaper Knowledge Organiser	Your ‘Assignments’ on Teams Go to Teams -> Mrs Brennan GCSE Media -> Channels -> KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS

The OCR revision guide is also a useful revision resource: My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE (9–1) Media Studies

Key Stage 5:

Only one of the 4 externally assessed units of this course would benefit from regular recap and recall by students: Unit 1 Media Representations.

The exam for this unit takes place in January of Year 1 of the course. Students who do not pass this unit can have an opportunity to retake it in June.

This unit is in the format of an online 20-hour exam paper, made up of 12 questions that require a combination of short and extended responses. This paper assesses a student’s knowledge and understanding of the following areas:

SECTION A Media Messages
- A1 Media representations in context
- A2 Introduction to theories of media representation
SECTION B Understanding Media Messages
- B1 Constructing messages
- B2 Audience deciding
- B3 Semitics: media language
- B4 Expectations and subversion of genre

SECTION C Stylistic Codes
- C1 Camerawork and photography
- C2 Lighting
- C3 Editing
- C4 Sound
- C5 Design

Students will learn the content during lesson time in the Autumn Term and will make notes from these lessons. Students will complete practise exam questions throughout this period to embed and apply their knowledge, as well as develop their exam technique.

They will also be provided with revision materials and a copy of lesson PPTs via the course Teams section.

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