Dhurata - Media blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

  1) Type up your teacher's feedback in full plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class. WWW: Low angle, high angle, slo-mo, post production (blue filter), use of one way sign (links to lyrics), split screen, communicates concept, concept + performance, mise en scene (skeleton outfit and black ski mask). EBI: On screen graphics include industry info + name of song ect, smoother ending (fade to black), one way sign overused (another location), lip syncing. 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and the feedback you were given, write three WWW bullet points and three EBI bullet points for your work. WWW: -Different angles -one way sign links to lyrics - Split screen EBI: -Different location -On screen graphics -Fade to black at the end 3) How effectively did you complete the objective you laid out in your mini preliminary exercise statement of intent ? I mostly succeeded in things like the mise en scene but i want t...

1) State the song you have chosen for your preliminary exercise. One Way by Twenty One Pilots 2) Choose at least three music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make bullet-point notes on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene. Lavish mv - Actor positioning is important so the words are visible with a variety of  different camera shots and angles - Costumes and setting match the song name 'lavish' sunglasses, suits and the back of a limo -Fast paced editing with quick cuts  3) Write a short music video treatment for your extract (this is basically a script for your TikTok music video). You can find an example of a treatment here . If you are making your real coursework then feel free to use the treatment from your summer project. The artists Bones will use the song 'One way' by twenty one pilots for snippets of a  music video  to  promote  the song. The main portion of it wil...

1) Type up your feedback   in full   including the ratings out of five for each of the categories.  WWW: - Good slides + images (colour scheme), media terminology (iconography, demographics), soft drink design, good planning (website, TikToks), detailed ideas, good audience info, representation (Butler), good industry info, fluent delivery (rehearsed).  -Good terminology  -Drafts of logo and drink -Good brand identity -Representation of audience matches -Good concept EBI: -Look at audience (body language), research must be completed, more detailed planning treatment, statement of intent (500 words) -Try look at the board less -Research Ratings: -Research 2/5 -Concept 4/5 -Language 2/5 -Representation 3/5 -Audience/Industry 3/5 -Delivery 3/5 2) Use this feedback, comments from peers and your own reflection on your presentation to  self-assess  and write your own detailed  WWW  and  EBI  for your coursework concept and presentation as...

  1) Research: TikTok videos You need to write a  150-word close-textual analysis  of  SIX  TikTok videos that will inform your production work. The TikTok videos you analyse are up to you but focus on a different aspect of media language for each one (see guidance below).   TikTok videos TikTok Video 1: Narrative How is narrative used in the TikTok video and what impact does this have on the audience? Can you apply any narrative theories to the story in the TikTok video? The beginning and end of the TikTok have clips from the song 'Drum Show' but the rest of the TikTok is a look into the behind the scenes for the music video . The narrative of showing how they created the music video can be intriguing for the audience to understand things like the fact there were two vans, one that is cut in half with nothing inside so they can get the spinning tracking shots , while the other van is for other shots....

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). 16/34 D Q1: WWW- some close textual analysis EBI-  more on ideology- hegemony, capitalism ect. Q2: WWW- some industry info and interesting final point about audiences. EBI- avoid talking about how contexts change representation as that's not what the question asks... distribution/ consumption. 2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully (posted on your exam teacher's Google Classroom), paying particular attention to the the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.  - an ideological reading might suggest that capitalism is a corrupt system which only benefits the  few. - the positioning of character and mode of address can be interpreted as signifiers of race and  gender (the dominant white male, evasive black male, diminished female) -...

  1) Radio: Introduction to Radio 2) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3) Radio: War of the Worlds

1)   Introduction to TV Drama 2)   Capital: CSP case study and analysis 3)  Capital: Marxism and Hegemony 4 )  Deutschland 83: CSP case study and analysis 5) Postmodernism and Deutschland 83 6) TV: Industry contexts

  Independent: British viewers can't get enough of foreign-language dramas Read this  Independent feature on foreign-language dramas . If the website is blocked or forcing you to register  you can access the text of the article here . It features an in-depth interview with Walter Iuzzolino who curates Channel 4's Walter Presents programming. Answer the questions below: 1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? Fifteen years ago, if you'd mentioned to a colleague that you'd spent Saturday night glued to a subtitled European drama, you'd have been quietly declared pretentious, dull and, possibly, a little odd. Skip to today and foreign-language dramas aren't even on-trend, they're fully mainstream. 2) What does Walter Iuzzolino suggest is the key appeal of his 'Walter Presents' shows? Walter Iuzzolino suggests the key appeal of his "Walter Presents" shows is their curated, high-q...

  Media Magazine -  A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past Media Magazine 73 has a feature exploring Deutschland 83 as a postmodern media product. Read ‘Deutschland 83 - A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past’ in MM73  (p18). You'll  find our Media Magazine archive here  - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) What were the classic media representations of the Cold War? Representations of Cold War-era Germany often fit a stereotypical binary ‘good vs evil’. These texts often present the East and West as binary opposites through codes and conventions. 2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis?  All postmodern texts create a relationship with the past and the first episode of Deutschland 83, ‘Quantum Jump’, does this with intertitles that frame its historical context. The location is the ‘East German Diplomatic mission...

  Media Factsheet Read Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play is an adaption of H.G. Wells’ novel of the same name, first published in 1898. It tells the story of an alien invasion and the ensuing conflict between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race from Mars. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Popular myth has it that thousands  of New Yorkers fled their homes in panic, and all across America  people crowded the streets to witness for themselves the real space  battle between earth and the Martians.  3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? The New York Times  headline read, “Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.” 4) How did author Bra...