Lesson Aim...
- Your mission, is to investigate and decide upon two CS texts.
Lesson Outcome...
- By the end of the lesson, SOME students will have picked (and had approved) their two CS texts. Some students will have began preparing for the mini exam question.
Success Criteria...
- You will have used the provided assessment sheet to judge your decision, had a one-to-one, and submitted two texts to the overview document provided by Mr Rose.
What Makes A Good Case Study Text
RANGEYou MUST ensure you have the opportunity to talk about all those things in order to prepare.
You do not know the exact questions.
We must preempt that your CS has range, scope and potential to talk about anything they may ask you to focus on.
Why sci-fi / fantasy / comic book genres?
Looking at current movie trends...
"Why now? Why are comic books so prevalent? Why are these movies doing so well? In some ways, we’ve become a genre that you can do well now given the world of computers and perhaps it’s also just a time in the sun. You went to the movies in the 50’s and 60’s you went to a western. So at this point, you’re going to a superhero movie. It’s taking over that same black hat, white hat myth-making surface."
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are a duo of American screenwriters and
producers. They are known as the screenwriters of
The Chronicles of Narnia film franchise, as well as for their work in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe, having written the three
Captain America films (
The First Avenger,
The Winter Soldier, and
Civil War) and
Thor: The Dark World, and created the
Agent Carter TV series.
Arguably the ‘sci-fi / fantasy / comic book’ genres will provide you with this range.
- They are current and contemporary for a reason.
- They are successful and mainstream for a reason.
- They are massive, marketing machines for a reason.
Their ability to take advantage of synergy, star power, technological convergence and media meshing/stacking, across a range of platforms means they are perfect for this particular Case Study.
You have a full hour for research!
Assess the suitability of potential texts by cross referencing them with the 'exam speak' sheet from last lesson. BUT don't waste time. Be ruthless and efficient. Sooner you decide, the soon your research can begin.
Do they provide range? Are they suitable? Is there scope and depth?
Once decided, confirm them with Mr Rose by typing them into the Google Table and START RECORDING RESEARCH. Use the A3 sheets provided to start to record this research in your CS document.
1 - You know your texts. Away you go!2 - You have some ideas, you need to quickly weigh them up and eradicate some.3 - You have no idea and you need to talk to someone about ideas.
We will use this preliminary research next lesson to answer an exam question.
Suggested Section B Case Study Texts
Films
Star Wars The Force Awakens / The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2
Guardians of The Galaxy / Deadpool
The Hobbit
Batman vs Superman / Captain America: Civil War / X Men Days of Future Past
Spectre / Skyfall
Frozen / Lego Movie
Jurassic World / The Martian
Wolf of Wall Street / Creed
TV Shows
Homeland / Breaking Bad / Dexter / The Walking Dead / Game of Thrones
Jessica Jones / Agent Carter / Agent of Shield / Gotham / Daredevil
Supergirl / The Flash / Arrow / Supernatural
House of Cards / Orange New Black / Better Call Saul / Mr Robot
Empire / American Horror Story / Once Upon a Time / The 100 / Pretty Little Liars
Doctor Who / Sherlock / Elementary / Luther / Black Mirror / The X Files / Suits / 24: Live Another Day
