1. Practice questions: Investigating the media
Monday 10th October 2011
Practice questions: Investigating the media
LO: Understand the different types of questions you will be answering for your exam.
LO2: Be able to answer practice questions for your exam.

2. Starter activity:
Read back through the pitch you created and make sure it is coherent and fulfils the brief you were sent.
LO: Understand the different types of questions you will be answering for your exam.
LO2: Be able to answer practice questions for your exam.

3. Practice exam
You have now completed question 2 on a practice exam, using the pre-released material to answer a brief. Today we are going to answer questions 3 and 4 as well, to give me an idea of what level you are currently working at.
Do not worry too much, just give it a go. This will help me understand what areas we need to work on as a class.
LO: Understand the different types of questions you will be answering for your exam.
LO2: Be able to answer practice questions for your exam.

4. Question 3
You have now responded to the brief sent to you by crime central TV. Tell us why your pitch will be successful. You need to explain why it will be popular with the target audience and how it meets the demands of our brief.
LO: Understand the different types of questions you will be answering for your exam.
LO2: Be able to answer practice questions for your exam.

5. Question 4
We need to know what marketing materials for your programme will be like. Create a design for a promotional webpage, giving information about the new programme to its intended target audience. The webpage should be easy to navigate and have a fun factor for the younger half of the target audience.
LO: Understand the different types of questions you will be answering for your exam.
LO2: Be able to answer practice questions for your exam.

6. Media language: Forms and conventions
Monday10th October 2011
Media language: Forms and conventions
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

7. Peer marking
Swap work with the person next to you and read through questions 2, 3 and 4. Give them feedback on their work giving them a comment for the following:
What went well: Tell them one successful element to their pitch
Even better if: Give them a piece of constructive criticism on how they could improve their pitch.
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

8. Mark scheme
Now using the mark scheme, read through and give your partners pitch a grade. Write a comment, using language from the marking criteria, to suggest why they are working at that grade and what they need to do to achieve the next grade up.
For example, If you think they are working at a level 5 you may comment ‘Good knowledge, demonstrating engagement with the course material. To move to a level 6, this knowledge needs to be excellent’.
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

9. For each section you are looking at:
Question
A01
A02
AO3 2 . 3 4
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

10. Media language: forms and conventions
So far we have looked at how character, setting and narrative can effect a television crime drama. The three examples we have used so far are: Sherlock, appropriate adult and midsomer murders.
Today, we will be looking at mise-en-scene, to help us start thinking about common features we would see throughout television crime dramas.
5 minutes.
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

11. Mise-en-scene What is mise-en-scene?
Mise-en-scene is a French term meaning ‘Placing on the stage’. Therefore, we talk about mise-en-scene in crime drama, we are thinking about the placing of a particular scene. On your tables, think about the different types of things you would expect to analyse within mise-en-scene and make a spider diagram.
Camera angle
Mise-en-scene
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

12. Why do we analyse the Mise-en-scene?
It is important to analyse mise-en-scene to recognise the generic characteristics in a television crime drama. When we analyse a particular scene, it is important to look at the following:
The way characters are dressed
Body Language
Positioning
Setting
Props
These elements then have impact on the style of: Camera work, editing, lighting, colour and dialogue.
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

13. Mise-en-scene
Stick in the two examples of mise-en-scene into your books. The first scene we will analyse together as a class, the next one you will be expected to do on your own.
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

14. Mise-en-scene 1 LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

15. Mise-en-scene 2 LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

16. Mise-en-scene writing task
Think about the below question and answer it using the analysis you created for the two examples of Mise-en-scene. Think about: The way the characters are dressed, body language, positioning, setting and props.
From analysing the mise-en-scene of television crime dramas, what can we tell about the programme?
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

17. What is mise-en-scene? Discuss on tables and be ready for class feedback.
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.

18. Did you understand Mise-en-scene?
Put heads down on tables and put one arm in the air.
If you understood put your thumbs up
If you kind of understood put your thumbs in the middle
And if you did not understand at all, put thumbs down

19. Homework:
Watch one episode of a television crime series of your choice. Make note of the following: Narrative, Character and setting. Be prepared to give feedback!
Due next Monday
LO: Understand what is meant by mise-en-scene
LO2: Be able to apply this knowledge to answer exam style questions.