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Magazines and Music Video assessment LR

 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).  Good links to identify in MV's Think about design elements line colour, typohraphy, hierachy etc 2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 2/2 Q2: 4/12 Q3: 3/6 Q4: 3/3 Q5: 4/6 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. Choice of white and black typography against the natural setting connotes that the magazine is both fresh and modern Cover star obscures the title of the magazine One central image addressing the audience 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. Celebrities are presented as important and desirable – this is the latest gossip that reader...

Doctor Who - LIAR: Blog Tasks

  Language and Contexts 1) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium:    E= Susan and her teachers are at School, but they are suspicious of Susan's knowledge DE= Susan's Teachers visit Susan at her home and they find the TARDIS and they time travel NE= Susan, Her Teachers and the Doctor end up in a desert. Propp's character theory: Doctor= Villain, Teachers= Sidekick, Susan= Princess Barthes's enigma and action codes: When the TARDIS begins to take off Levi-Strauss's binary opposition: Humans Vs Aliens, Good Vs Bad, Young Vs Old  2) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? When the teachers enter the TARDIS, This begins the story of the episode. 3) What genre is  An Unearthly Child  and how can you tell? Make specific reference to aspects of the episode. Science-Fiction, It uses aliens and made up concepts e.g the time travelling police box which is bigger in...

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. Mainly white, Middle class and Young. Reformer/Explorer 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? Diversion, nostalgia, personal identity and relationship 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? 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? Shared their music on p2p sites 5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video? The camera is positioned at the front where the audience usually is making the viewers feel that they are watching the band perform live Industries 1) How did the Arctic Monkeys first achieve success and build up their fanbase? They signed with Domino records a small nich...

Introduction to Music Video and BLACKPINK HYLT

  Introduction Q's: 1) What are the key conventions of music video? Dances, Camerawork, Narratives and visual effects 2) What is intertextuality? Different Media products being referenced in another media product 3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? When MTV and music channels were released on TV 4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV was launched in 1981, they were designed as a promotional device to sell music 5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? They are distributed online mainly on youtube 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, most are young and female 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That? Fast Pace Dance performances and Visual Effects 3) Pick out ...

Music Videos and Magazines Index

1. Tatler Case Study 2. Heat Case Study 3. Blackpink - How you like that 4. Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor

Media Assessment 2: Learner Response

  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. 19/34 /  Grade 5 /  Q3 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 - Think about the goals of our indie films. Is it trying to compete with Marvel?  3) 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: 1/1 Q2: 1/1 Q3: 5/8 Q4: 2/2 Q5: 2/2 Q6: 8/20 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. Q3: Did not mention enough media terminology Q6: Didn't mention much about indie films 3) Look specifically at question 3 -...

Heat: Case Study

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Introduction - Heat Media pack 1) Look at the  Heat Media Pack . Go to  page 2 : the Heat mission. Write  three  things that Heat offers its readers under 'print'. A-List access shoots Weekly fashion edits Fashion and beauty products 2) Now go to  page 3  of the Media Pack - celebrity focus. What does the page say that Heat offers readers? Information about celebrities and conversation starters 3) Now look at  page 4  of the Heat Media Pack. What other content does Heat magazine offer its readers aside from celebrity news? Food,  fitness, wellbeing, travel and homes, 4) Look at  page 5 . What is Heat magazine's audience profile? Write all the key details of their audience here.  FEMALE/MALE: 90% / 10% AVG AGE: 37 AGE PROFILE: 52% AGED 15/34  SEGMENT: 50% ABC1 MARITAL STATUS: 57% MARRIED (or living with partner) / 43% single Media Language 1) How are the cover lines written to make the audience want to buy the magazine? Consider...