GCSE Media Studies: Investigation 1 GENRE

WEEK FOCUS TASKS RESOURCES STUDENTS SHOULD

KNOW...

1 Introduce task Work through wiki page Explain task Buscombeʼs theory
on Genre.
Introduce concept of Genre Iconography
Genre Students find and
annotate / analyse a film Genre Identifiers
Genre Identifiers - poster
Iconography / Aesthetic Levels of classification:
modes, matrix genre,
genre, subgenre.

2 Genre Identifiers - Work through wiki page Representation Representation

Representations on Representation
(especially gender) Semiotic analysis (sign /
Identify representations signifier / signified;
in different genres - possibly Peircean
horror; teen comedy; semiotics also)
chick flick (students find
and present examples) Mulvey / Male Gaze

3 Genre Identifiers - Students break down Narrative Narrative theories -

Narrative story according to some or all of Todorov
various theories Barthes, Ellis, Levi-
(Possibly Ideology also) Strauss, Freytag, Propp
Write treatment for own
horror story. Plot on
Freytag diagram.
GCSE Media Studies: Investigation 1 GENRE

WEEK FOCUS TASKS RESOURCES STUDENTS SHOULD

KNOW...

4 The Horror Genre Watch vampire short Genre / auteur theory Application of all above
from ʻJe tʼaime Parisʼ. to horror genre.
Limitations of genre as Reminder of task
critical tool - auteur Students answer Auteur theory
theory questions based on
assessment sentence
Remind students of stems.
actual task; establish
deadline; offer
alternative (choose-your-
own) task to those who
want it.

5 Watch ʻTwilightʼ Students share ideas

(edmodo)