This is what I would like you do to today.

1.  Collect 2 or 3 definitions of key terms that you are using in your research ‘Representation’, ‘Genre’ etc. Try to find definitions by academics rather than by weirdos on the internet.

2. Identify one piece of primary research that you are going to undertake. Try to be specific about:

What/Who/Where/When/Why/How

3. Find some useful sources on http://www.amazon.co.uk/ (look inside) or http://books.google.co.uk/ or http://scholar.google.co.uk/

You don’t need to read them all but you need to start identifying what’s out there. Feel free to buy  any books but you can also request books from the Media dept…..Leave the link as a comment.

 

MS3 – Student Handbook 2013-14 (2)

Here’s the relevant bit of the Exam Board spec

MS3 Guidance from WJEC on Media Studies Coursework

Specification, look at pages 31-33 to see the Mark Scheme

Examples of other students’ work

 

Here are some notes that I put together on Representation. Try to consider some of these theoretical approaches rather than just relying on standard dictionary definitions of Representation.

Here are some things on Genre Theory to help that side of things along:

Here are my notes SOME GENRE THEORY. You must select and learn a couple of  quotes from this. You should also take a look at these more general notes on Film Genresand why they matter. Here are some notesthat Ms Hawkins put together

If you can manage it, here’s a good short essay on genre theory.

Here’s an interesting  checklist of things to consider when considering the genre of a text.

Finally, here are two more short presentations:

Genre Theory 1

Genre Theory 2