Shaan A-Level Media ; Exam💕

  1)   Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2)   Media consumption audit 3)  Semiotics blog tasks - English analysis and Icon, Index, Symbol 4)   Language: Reading an image - advert analyses 5)  Reception theory - advert analyses par t 2 6)  Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7)  Narrative: Factsheet questions  (this week's work)

    1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? This links to the hypodermic  needle model as they are trying to say that video games influences the way people act. In this case, violent video games influence people to cause trouble and do violent things as shooting and fighting may not have a good effect on people and may make them want to commit the same type of violence.  2) How does coverage of the Talk Talk hacking case (see Daily Mail front page below) link to the hypodermic needle model? Why might someone  criticise  this front page?    They are trying to argue that the violent video games that the child plays influenced his actions. People may criticise this front page as it isn't a good influence on children as if a younger child sees this they may be influenced themselves. Some may disagree as well because they think that the video games have no invol...

  Genre factsheets Complete the following tasks using the  Media Factsheets  available on the Media Shared drive.   Y ou'll find them in our  Media Factsheet archive : M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets or can  access them online using your Greenford Google login here . Create a new blogpost in your Exam blog called 'Genre blog tasks' and complete the following: Read  Media Factsheet 03 - Genre: Categorising texts  and answer the following questions: 1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? Mise-en-scene: props, costumes, locations etc. Cinematography- non verbal codes. 2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? Plot , Typical situations, characters and relationships 3) What is the difference between character representation in action movies and disaster movies? Action: Here the hero tends to be positioned outside a supportive group and he works alone to fig...

  1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  In Cinderella, Equilibrium : At first she lived a normal life at home with her mum and dad. The is the equilibrium as it is very expected and normal in a movie. There is nothing peculiar about it.  Disequilibrium: When the Fairy God Mother comes to Cinderella to change her outfit and make her look special for the ball, the disequilibrium is that it is something very unexpected in her life and it happens out of the blue.  New Equilibrium: When the Prince falls in love with Cinderella at the ball it is the New Equilibrium as the Prince comes into her life when she least expected it as she comes from a very troubles background. Something like that happening was thought not to happen to women like her.  2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a  clip  on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama ser...