Year 9 Media Studies

Welcome to GCSE Media! During Year 9 you will get to learn lots of new vocabulary to help you discuss media texts like an expert. Media texts are anything from television programmes, films and You Tube videos to newspapers, computer games and music albums. These media texts are any product that is creatively produced to entertain specific audience groups. We want to know what has inspired you to pick this course by finding out more about your own media interests. You are going to describe your favourites  using images and examples from the media products you buy into at home.  Task: Choose five areas of the Media that you like . Within each area pick your five favourites.  Add a description/explanation/justification. Add images to illustrate. Print work out and stick in your exercise books. Creativity tips These moodboard and scrapbook examples below showcase creativity with their artistic mix of fonts, graphics and images. Using mixed media, colour, te...

Choose five areas of the Media that you like ( see my attempt for help ) . Within each area pick your five favourites.  Add a description/explanation/justification. Add images to illustrate. Print work out and stick in your exercise books.

TV Dramas Halt and Catch Fire (Amazon) - the early 80s, the advent of personal computers and hard core punk on the soundtrack. What more could you want? Stranger Things (Netflix) - a sci-fi series that borrows heavily from films of the 80s. Brilliant acting, a great script and an ominous synth soundtrack. Daredevil (Netflix) -  a intelligent, adult and bone-crushingly violent reboot of the Marvel comic book character. Makes recent cinematic Marvel efforts look pathetic. Mr Robot (Amazon) - computers again - this time hackers plotting the downfall of 'The Man'. A brilliantly unreliable main character who is a delusional drug addict. Compelling and at times awkward watching. Preacher (Amazon) - a version of a little known comic book character. Lots of crazy characters, bizarre situations and bleak settings. Great soundtrack too. Favourite albums 2016 Frank Ocean - Blonde - 17 songs of postmodern r 'n' b. One of the best songwriters in t...