Key media concepts

A planning resource which focuses on areas to think about when producing a media product.

Give your media analysis a good airing with this helpful mnemonic!

A great introduction to the tricky issue of stereotypes and representation. Students decide whether they agree or disagree with a number of statements before thinking about the representation of different groups of people.

Sorting activity - put the events in the right order. Teacher copy and interactive sequencing activity included.

For students focusing on moving image media. A handy revision tool (or way to assess prior knowledge).

A Smart Notebook resource to help students revise essential media terms. Useful as a starter or a plenary. (Students take it in turns to pick two numbered cards and reveal the media term behind them. If they find a matching pair, they can offer an explanation or give an example of the term.) With answers.

Four lessons introducing the media language used for text analysis, focusing on the moving image.

Interesting activity to focus students on film genre.

Originally a NEAB exam question, this essay plan focuses on the horror genre. Would work well with the Essay questions on genre resource.