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Summer Project: coursework planning

  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? https://www.tt.site/t/ZSq1VQdsX/ The narrative was used in this video through a voice over narrative and subtitles, listing facts and events about the character. This is further emphasised in the video through a parallel video, linking as to which part of the character's life is being shown such as the graduation bit. The impact that this has on the audience is the idea that they get to easily understand what the video is trying to portray. This is because in the modern generation, more audien...
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Media Paper 2 learner response

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). Q1.  WWW - Very good attempt to using Hall’s reception theory  EBI - Consider representations of gender  Q2.  WWW - Good grasp of key contextual factors EBI - ET section work off-topic focussing on marketing rather than distribution/consumption  -more industry details needed  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.  Q1 .  -   the title as a sign anchors the possible meaning of the image – white-collar professionals as  gangsters -   the skyline of contemporary/futuristic skyscrapers are signifiers of the city, banking/finance etc;  this is reinforced by the co...
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Radio: final index

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

  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? The history and narrative behind War of the Worlds is that it is an adaptation of H.G Well's novel of the same name. This is the idea that aliens from another planet, mars invades the world and ensures conflict between mankind. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? It was first broadcast on the 30th of October 1938. The popular myth regarding the reation from the audience 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 produced newspapers across the country the ...
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BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat: Blog tasks

Newsbeat analysis Use  BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Select a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and then answer the following questions:  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? The news stories that was featured in the bulletin I listened to was about sports, specifically football and Paraguay’s biggest win in the World Cup. 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? Newsbeat might appeal to a youth audience by producing news in a shorter length as well as focusing on soft news such as sports as they are more interested in it.  3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a PSB by keeping and focusing on their remit, to inform, educate and entertain. They provide surveillance especially for younger audience as well as providing a range of contents for their entertainment . Media Factsheet #246: BBC R...
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Introduction to radio: blog tasks

  Read  Media Factsheet #224 Understanding the Industrial Context of Radio . This will give you a wider perspective on industry contexts for radio with particular focus on the industry theorists (Hesmondhalgh, Curran & Seaton, Livingstone & Lunt). Answer the following questions:  1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that radio still has cultural significance in the digital age?  It argues that radio still has significance through the idea that radio is still popular and used significantly by other countries such as Africa where people still ave limited access to internet. It is also significant through the idea that it accompanies people in their car as well as the fact that different formats such as magazine format or advertising all started from radio.  2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt. Curran and Seaton - “Commu...
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