Trushi's:MediaExam

1) Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2) Semiotics blog tasks 3)  Language: Reading an image - media codes 4) Media consumption audit 5) Reception theory - advert analyses 6)  Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7) Narrative: Factsheet questions

Read  Media Factsheet 03 - Genre: Categorising texts  and answer the following questions: 1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? Genre are categories or types of media text and are recognised  through the repeated use of generic codes and conventions.  The  iconographies  work together to indicate a genre. 2 ) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? Watching a film or tv show or even reading a newspaper. Soap opera is also seen to have a particular genre like dealing with a  serious  situation. 3) What is the difference between character representation in action movies and disaster movies? In an action movie,  the hero tends to be positioned  outside a supportive group and he works alone to fight the villains  or save the world. Whereas in a disaster movie, the hero is  often places the heroic role within a group of people. They all play a part in solvin...

1 ) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  Frozen 2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a  clip  on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). Embed the clip in your blog and write an analysis of the narrative markers that help establish setting, character and plot. Starts of with disequilibrium with the man in distraught and running away in urgency. The man is the ('princess') that needs saving. Enigma codes are that we don't know who the man is running from which creates a scene of unease with he audience due to the mystery. Action codes is the man looking up and being taken away. The setting seems to be in a laboratory with passes to get in to certain rom and the man could be a scientist or doctor as e is in a white lab coat. The lights flashing constantly and being the only source of light in the darkness creates that thrillin...

WWW: I know you joined us a little late but you only have one blogpost published currently on the exam side. In terms of what is posted, I like your answers in those first 10 questions – nice to remember our GCSE Media class and your coursework in particular! It’s also great that the last film you watched was Memento which is an absolute classic and so interesting in terms of narrative. If you can get your blog fully caught up then I have every confidence you’ll go on to good things in Media. EBI: It’s clear where we need to improve: most of the work is missing or unfinished and it’s important to make sure you are organised and fully completing work and publishing it. I appreciate some of it may be in drafts but if you don’t publish work then I can’t see it. Make sure you post Semiotics, Reading an Image and your Media Consumption Audit as soon as you can. LR: Complete any missing or unfinished work. Reflect on your work in A Level Media so far. What is your strongest piece of wo...

 1) Analyse this RBK 50 Cent advert using the media codes you learned in the lesson:  Technical, Written or verbal, Symbolic or non-verbal, Narrative. Write a paragraph for each one exploring the way meanings are created using those media codes. The  technical codes  used in the RBK 50 Cent advert is camerawork   where the audience are given a split screen between 50 Cents close up of his grim expression and a picture of his fingerprints to reinforce the idea of his past criminal activities. The advert is generally dramatic through its choice of a dark background and the  lighting that directly hits 50 Cents face to highlight his importance in representing Rebook. The  editing  used for the split screen may be purposely situated to create a dynamic difference between his past and present  and how he may want to compare how much he has changed. The writing is also placed on the right side of the advert trying to not block 50 Cents face an...

1) What are the preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings for the RBK 50 Cent advert? The  preferred reading  would be about 50 cent's redemption and remorse. An audience would also feel sympathetic towards him due to his past and encounter with gun violence. A  negotiated reading  could involve personal bias with 50 cent and may not agree with his past actions or controversial statements. An  oppositional reading  would be that part of the audience don't listen to rap music and aren't familiar with the music industry. The audience could also see this as a promotion of gun violence and support towards gang culture 2)  What are the preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings for the advert of your own choice that you analysed for last week's work? Preferred reading : This adve rt is a symbol of female empowerment and feminism as a whole. Supports women that choose to work and support their families Negotiated reading: Oppositional re...

Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?           No What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?           No What sections do you never read, and why?           No   What kinds of stories do you usually read and why?           No   Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?          No   Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?           No   Magazines What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not?          No   as i don't think i'd enjoy reading magazines. What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?            No   Television Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television...

Part  1)  English  by Tarun Thind analysis 1) What meanings are the audience encouraged to take about the two main characters from the opening of the film? From the short film the audience are introduced to the two main characters who are mindlessly hanging around in the park. Their attire is casual and baggy which can communicate them being part of a gang. Their movement could also insinuate a childish mindset where the first boy is intrigued by the object  2) How does the end of the film emphasise de Saussure’s belief that signs are polysemic – open to interpretation or more than one meaning? By the end, we are focusing on the two boys who are revealed to be deaf by the use of sign language to communicate. Not only this but the boys also show their knowledge on political figures which indicates how instead of being in a gang and engaging in physical violence they are educated Part 2) Media Magazine theory drop: Semiotics  1) What did Ferdinand de Saussure sugg...