teacher support packs

film reel

The mediastage Teacher Support Packs provides invaluable support for teaching and using mediastage. Written with leading educational publishers Heinemann it includes:

  • step-by-step Basic Skills activities and guidance to help students prepare for GCSE Media Studies and to familiarise them with mediastage. These include Set; Characterisation; Mise-en scene; Camerawork; Storyboarding; Lighting; Editing; Scriptwriting
  • step-by-step topic activities including; Film; Television; Newspapers; Magazines; Comics, cartoon and animation; Pop music; Radio; Advertising; and Practical Production
  • clear and direct links with GCSE Media Studies for AQA and GCSE Media Studies for WJEC
  • evaluation, planning and storyboarding sheets
  • specification coverage charts and teaching guidance

Student Books

Heinemann have also published two GCSE student course books complementing mediastage that are linked to the AQA and WJEC exam boards.

Students can follow a series of units that take them through the basics of film, theatre and TV production, the skills of printed journalism, including newspapers, magazines and comics, as well as the genres of pop music, radio, advertising and practical media production.