AS Media Tuesday 1-4 Friday 5&6
Week 1 – 4th Jan Assessment Screening
Peer MARKING Let the Right One In
Levels
Week 2 – 11th Jan Editing Assessment: MEST 1a
recap on den/con and ML.
Begin case study 1:
Reality Television:
Three texts: X Factor, Wife
Swap, Ross Kemp
Week 3 – 18th Jan Editing MEST 1 – media language
Apply to reality clips:
MEST 1 – narrative
Apply to reality clips: why
narrative is important – villainsstudy research.
and heroes in reality TV Peer
assess paragraphs
Week 4 – 25th Jan Editing MEST 1 – mediation and reps 1 Role of the director and
MEST 1 – reps 2
Apply to reality clips:
MEST 1 MEST 2
Absentees prevented 2 groups to shoot
consistent work setting and additional footage.
delayed teaching
Complete production
diary on weebly +
plan for next stage.
Research task on examples: 2 groups to shoot
research to explore cross additional footage.
media profile of specific
programme. Wednesday 3.30-5
edit available
Develop research pages for
Reality TV – research narrative
theory – read text and use to
develop paragraph
Analyse 3 clips using detailed Wednesday 3.30-5
ML and analysis – semiotic edit available
approach
Begin own cross media case
Wednesday 3.30-5
producer, the effect of editing in edit available
mediating to audience – deeper Paper - Sound edit
analysis of mediation theory
focussed on specific text.
Continue cross media case
 BT study research.
Week 5 – 1st Feb Sound (book Peer assessment of analysis Preparation of presentations Wednesday 3.30-5
keyboard and MEST 1 – audience showing evidence of cross edit available
headphones?) Developments in audience media research and exploring Additional sound
theory through teacher case use of narrative, mediation recording
study theory, representations, media
Explanation of Marking criteria language and audience theory.
for MEST 1
Week 6 – 8th Feb Sound INSET Wednesday 3.30-5
edit available

MEST 2 website
planning – paper plan
created using
word/publisher or
similar for each page
Week 7 – 15th Feb Sound play out / 2 days available in
HT additional edit holidays for
time additional work.
Week 8 – 22nd Feb Website MEST 1 PRESENTATIONS Media Analysis blog Write section one of
development Keep blog with comments evaluation –
Library Examine sample evaluations using appropriate media Preparations for
and establish what is required language, discussing key production
by exploring marking criteria concept areas: Representation,
and AOs Institution, Audiences, Forms
Write plan for own evaluations (codes and conventions)
Different text to be chosen
each week.
Week 9 – 1st Mar Website Read and compare evaluations Ongoing Write section two of
 development (section 1) and peer assess evaluation –
Library using marking criteria. Evaluation of
Re-write section 1 productions success
Week 10 – 8th Mar Website MEST 1 Ongoing Complete 1st draft
development evaluation – post on
Library weebly

Week 11 – 15th Website MEST 1 Ongoing

Mar development
Library
Week 12 – 22nd Website Assessment MEST 1 Ongoing 2ND DRAFT
Mar development EVALUATION
Library
Week 13 – 29th File assembly and BANK HOLIDAY
Mar wrap up
paperwork