1. MEDIA STUDIES TV FILM MAGAZINES COMICS ESSAYS TESTS SKILLS OF ANALYSIS PRACTICAL SKILLS MAKING A FILM TRAILER CREATING A MAGAZINE OR COMIC

3. AQA GCSE Media Studies COURSEWORK EXAM 4 Pieces. For one you plan & create a media production. The other 3 can be written or practical or a mixture of both One ‘timed test’ (3 hrs). This will be on And you will get some info beforehand 50% 50% 120marks 100 marks

4. L.I.A.R.

5. The ‘Pitch’: All movies start with ‘an idea’.

8. NONE OF THESE FILMS ARE ORIGINAL CONCEPTS!

9. In fact: Around 50% of major movies are based on books, comics, TV shows or are sequels/ prequels/ remakes!

11. Existing story Sequels Built-in fan base Book sales in millions Huge marketing potential = Low Risk

12. Film virtually in profit even before release due to marketing spin offs.

13. HOWEVER: For your film ‘pitch’, we want originality!

14. Task: Write and then deliver a 60 second pitch for a movie in your chosen genre.

17. BUDGETS: $73.2m $20m for Bruce Willis $10m for the director $7m for Samuel L Jackson $2.3m for Robin Wright Penn $1.5m ‘perks’ for Willis $20m Rest of cast and crew $10m S.F/X

19. You want Chris Tucker? $26m