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His Dark Materials: LIAR blog tasks

  1) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre ? It fits the fantasy Genre because it has supernatural being soring through the sky and talking creatures 2) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  -Will fits into the helper category as he helps lyra throughout her journey -Lyra is the hero who drives the story -Ms. Coulter is the villain trying to seize Lyra -Pan is the donner providing Lyra with advise                                           3) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) 4) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials...

Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response

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  1) Type up your WWW/EBI feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  www: good memory of  b + k theory EBI: list specific terminology  2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 0 Q2: 3 Q3: 0 Q4:3 Q5: 2 3) Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write three connotations of the design and layout of Tatler.  the natural setting connotes that the magazine is both fresh and modern but from a classy, traditional base. This is likely how the Tatler audience would like to see themselves an upmarket, sophisticated woman 4) Now look at question 3 - Heat magazine. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme to write three ways celebrities are represented in Heat magazine. desirable, normal, important 5) Look at question 5 - Arctic Monkeys and audience identity. This is a real AQA p...

Doctor Who - LIAR: Blog Tasks

  1) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium: At first it was a normal school day>they go to her house and it is a creepy and odd junkyard then the doctor locks them in the TARDIS>The doctor takes them time traveling Propp's character theory: doctor = hero     teachers = helper/sidekick  heroine = Susuan     Barthes's enigma and action codes: Action code when the TARDIS was starting up the doctor can be considered a enigma code because he is extremely mysterious  Levi-Strauss's binary opposition: the doctor is a binary opposite of Susuan e.g. old vs young 2) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? Them entering the TARDIS this is because it shows that they are not from the same place as the others 3) What genre is  An Unearthly Child  and how can you tell? Make specific reference to aspects of the episode. An Unearthly Child is a s...

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks

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  Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. The Artic Monkeys is a indie band predominantly white British males watch/listen to them. age between 15-35 Psychographics: Explorer 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? Indie rock aesthetic  3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? The high contrast intense shots The shot showing one version of the guy playing while another watches TV The shot within a sterile, liminal space 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005?   By creating demo CDs 5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video? Fans are positioned to feel a sense of nostalgia   Industries 1) Ho...

Introduction to Music Video and BLACKPINK HYLT: Blog tasks

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  Introduction Q's: 1) What are the key conventions of music video? Narrative, sound and images 2) What is intertextuality? linking a piece of text to another 3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? 1980s 4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? 5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? they are now mainly watched on phones through headphones BLACKPINK:   How You Like That Q's: Audience 1) What are BLACKPINK fans known as - and what would the demographics / psychographics be for the BLACKPINK audience? - BLINKS demographics is young females around 20 years old. The psychographics of the BLINKS are people who enjoy listening to music an K-pop  2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That? escapism of reality and daily routines 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that wou...

Media Assessment 2: Learner Response

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 1) Add your score, grade, next step and positive (the question that you are the most proud of) to your assessment tracker, which is in your folder front sheet. 17/34 Grade: 4 2) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). Q6- consider the drastically different goals that these film types often have. Are they trying to compete. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully (you'll need your Greenford Google login to access this). Write down the mark you achieved for each question: Q1: 1 Marks Q2: 2 Marks Q3: 8 Marks Q4: 2 Marks Q5: 2 Marks Q6: 20 Marks Where you didn't achieve full marks, write  WHY  you think you missed out on the extra marks. Use the indicative content suggestions in the mark scheme to help with this. If you  got any  media terminology  wrong in the assessment you can make a note of it here. I could have gone into more detail but I didn't...

Magazine & Music Videos - Blog Index

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  1) Tatler: Case Study Blog Tasks 2) HEAT CSP 3) Introduction to Music Video and BLACKPINK HYLT: Blog task 4) Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks