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Doctor Who: Language and Representations

  Language and Representation: blog tasks Create a new blogpost called  Doctor Who: Language and Representation blog tasks  and complete the following questions on your blog: Language and contexts 1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class or  this Google document of class notes  (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound: Music - theme tune to Doctor Who. Very science-fiction - sets genre from beginning. Graphics on screen: title of show and episode. Simple text/font.  Slow, clunky camera movement (due to technology in 1960s).  Sound: hum of TARDIS (helps create science-fiction genre). Mise-en-scene: Susan - first introduced dancing and dressed as 1960s teenager (costume). Seems to be both typical teenager and alien. Costume and hair typical of 1960s. School - creates personal identity for audience.  Narrative and genre: Opening title seque...

Introduction to TV drama: blog tasks

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  Introduction to TV drama: blog tasks Watch the BBC trailer for season 2 of our CSP - His Dark Materials: Now answer the following questions: 1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? It features a range of characters, multiple narratives, multiple settings, dilemma and problems, heroes and villains, plot twists, cliff hangers, sounds and dramatic narratives usually linear. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer. I think its more of a science-fiction genre with more action as there's a lot going on in different episodes. 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? We are introduced to the teachers and the child and then they meet the mysterious doctor who is also the child grandfather, as he is the doctor he should be the protagonist however he is featured in the first episode as an antagonist.  4) What settings appear in the trailer? At ...

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

  Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. Arctic Monkeys' audience are likely to be predominantly white, middle class and reasonably young. Psychographic groups might include Reformers and Explorers. Recent global success pushed the band into bigger psychographic groups such as Mainstreamers. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? Audience pleasures would include diversion - the song is upbeat and fast-paced. Fans who followed the band from the early days might find a sense of personal relationship while many young people would get a sense of personal identity from the lyrics to the song (about going out to a club and drinking). 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose...

Magazines: Final index

  1 )  Magazines: Tatler magazine CSP 2)   Magazines: Heat magazine CSP   3)  Advertising assessment learner response  

BLACKPINK - How You Like That: Blog tasks

  BLACKPINK - How You Like That: Blog tasks Audience 1) What are BLACKPINK fans known as - and what would the demographics / psychographics be for the BLACKPINK audience? BLACKPINK fans are known as ‘Blinks’ and are largely teenage girls and young women. Their fans are worldwide but they are particularly big in the Philippines and Indonesia as well as western countries such as the UK and USA. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That? Diversion as in the music video is very fast paced and is performed in a certain way, the persona relationship with the fans and the singers, personal identity being the fandom and copying the looks of the band  3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to BLACKPINK fans. Why did you choose those moments?  4) How was the How You Like That music video marketed and promoted to the audience? The video’s release was preceded by a series of teasers on th...

Advertising assessment learner response: blog tasks

  Advertising assessment learner response: blog tasks Create a new blog post called ' Advertising assessment learner response ' and complete the following tasks: 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; Rose, another decent assessment performance. Your Q4 on galaxy is clear and developed which illustrates your understanding of the CSP.  EBI; Ensure you respond to the Q's being asked e.g. Q2 e.g. how OMO reflects different contexts. 2) Read the  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1:  2/2 Q2: 5/8 Q3: 3/6 Q4: 8/12 3)  Look specifically at  question 2  - the OMO 12-mark question. Pick out  three  points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your answer.  -Coming out of post-war shortages/rations etc. readily available items such as washing powder we...

Introduction to Music Video: Blog tasks

  Introduction to Music Video: Blog tasks Answer the questions below to complete your introduction to the Music Video topic:  1) What are the key conventions of music video? -Movement -camerawork -performance -narrative -visual effects -promotional device -editing & sound -mise-en-scene 2) What is intertextuality? When the media text references another media text. 3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? MTV was launched in 1981 as a platform for music videos and the first music channel on television. Programs such as BBC show Top of The Pops also showcased music videos from the charts alongside ‘live’ stage performances.  4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? It was important as things like Spotify, apple music and streaming things didn't exist back then so music videos were a big part of society back then and was very popular. 5) How are music videos d...