The Amazing Spiderman assessment clips

Hunger Games - controlled assessment clips

Training scene

Representation of age - theories

Theories of representation from Sarah Ghost

Yr10 - Hunger Games

Task 1:
Analyse the trailer to consider how teenagers are represented - consider the following individuals and groups:

• Katniss
• Gale
• Peeta
• Primrose
• Groups of teenagers
• Adults (consider binary opposition)

Task 2:

Write a short essay that discusses how each of these individuals and groups are represented through age:

• Provide specific examples from the trailer
• Compare teenage stereotypes to the relevant characters
• Suggest any anti-stereotypes
• Compare teenagers with the representation of the 'adults' in the trailer

Hunger Games and The Amazing Spiderman Research

Research The Hunger Games and The Amazing Spiderman.

1. An explanation of the film's plot
2. The film's genre (who do you think would want to watch it? Teens, Adults, Males, Females, etc.)
3. The film's rating (e.g, is it 15, 18, PG?)
4. The film's budget (i.e. how much it cost to make)
5. Who directed the film (is this film typical of their work?)
6. Who starred in the film (are they major stars or relative unknowns? What films have the previously been in?)
7. Which Studio(s) produced the film (and more importantly WHO owns them?)
8. The technology involved (was it filmed on ‘film’ or digital, is it 3D? Does it use CGI?, etc.)
9. Which studio(s) distributed the film (and once again who owns them?)
10. The film's release date in the UK and the US
11. FIVE different examples of how the film was marketed (e.g. posters, trailers, premiers, etc.)

Then complete the following for BOTH films:

• Make a list of character names.
• Write a character profile for each of the main characters (include an image of each one too) - age, family, background, interests, etc.
• Consider the ways that teenagers are represented in BOTH films (this will really help with your coursework essay).

Yr10 Media - representation

Task 1:

Find an image of the following

1. Tom Cruise in The Edge of Tomorrow
2. Jennifer Lawrence in the Hunger Games
3. Pharrell Williams in his Westwood hat
4. Miley Cyrus in V Magazine Sep 2014

Write about the representation of each of the celebrities, including:

• Facial expression
• Styling (hair, makeup, clothes, costume, props)
• Mise en scene (background, lighting, colours, etc.). What does the location and setting tell us about them?

Task 2:

We need to consider how teenagers are represented in the media. 

1. Find a variety of images representing the typical teenager and create a mood board of them
2. Find three news articles which involve teenagers
3. Write a short discussion piece about what you think the key stereotypes that teenagers have to cope with, and whether you think this is fair.
4. Also include a discussion of how easy it is to find positive or negative images, and what you think the reasons are for this.

Challenge task

Try to find examples of where teenagers are presented in a positive light in the media. Add this to the bottom of your work to balance your argument about teenage stereotyping.