Brighouse High Sixth Form College Level 3 Media Studies Induction

What can I do to prepare for A Level Media Studies? Exam Board: EDUQAS Look at the following set texts in preparation for the course. There are a number of additional documentaries, articles and youtube clips that will help you understand the ideas. There are also a number of theorists you will study, so have a look at the theorist on this list and do some background research into their ideas- not background into their lives!

Set Text Background Research/concepts To prepare- look at the following during the Summer Holidays:

Tide print ad - Women in 1950’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmka2mydsD0&t=1s

(1950) Women moving back into the home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40638343 Domesticity/ femininity Nuclear family - American history in 1950’s Post WW2 Cold War paranoia Consumerism Suburbanisation - Gender Stereotypes Wateraid - Charity advert conventions Watch: Audio - Gender Stereotypes Water Aid Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watc Visual advert h?v=Uiy3dkTwPcQ Claudia- Oxfam Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyyNCKsMSc4&t=13s& disable_polymer=true Beyonce- American history Beyonce video : Formation Slavery in USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZJPJV__bQ

- Plantations - Antebellum That B.E.A.T New American Noise. New Orleans. Bounce Music: Civil Rights Movement Hands Up Don’t Shoot campaign https://vimeo.com/58423297 Black Lives Matter New Orleans and hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina https://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina

Netflix Documentary: ‘13th’ Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. Vance Joy- - Vance Joy Riptide: Riptide - Music video conventions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k - Post-modernism I Daniel -Independent Films I, Daniel Blake- (watch the film) Blake- Film - Cannes Film Festival Palm D’Or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Iaycp5IU&disable_polymer=true Ken Loach award https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8jbVGKICso - public service broadcasting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvu3rRZrFqY&disable_p BBC- aims and intentions olymer=true Research Ken Loach films Difference between UK and USA television- public service broadcasting BFI- British Film Institute