Kaye: Media Coursework Blog 2 - Mr Bush

1) State the song you have chosen for your preliminary exercise. The song that I have chosen for my preliminary exercise is Dive. 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. 1. Tsunami  Costume - Casual brown jacket, denim skirt and brown high boots to create that sense of identity for the artist, showing how her clothes are casual and indentifiable for audiences Lighting - high-key lighting due to it filmed outside Actor - her body language shows her moving freely due  Make-up and hairstyle - her make-up shows a simple make up while wearing a low bun to create that sense of authenticity  Props - she has simple tote-like-bag and some shells she picks along the way to again create personal identification Setting - at the beach creating that high-key lighting  Film effect throughout the whole music video to crea...

1) Type up your feedback   in full   including the ratings out of five for each of the categories. WWW: Good intro Good slides Nice design Images Not too much texts Use of cue cards Looking at audience  Good concepts Vlog Music video Terminology (jumps cuts & montage) Cinematography (pov - explains why) Theory (Gauntlett, hooks and Blumer & Katz) Good on demographics/psychographics  EBI: Timings Avoid full sentences  Could have added Goodwin More on industry  Why use the industry (major or independent) 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 a whole. Overall, my presentation and planning has set a foundation to my coursework as well as on how to improve it. I had great ideas when it comes to concept, how my product will portray towards my target audience and what my TikTok vid...

  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 audi...

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...

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

  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 ...