Shanice GCSE Media Blog

 Research: lifestyle TV adverts Nike: Nothing Beats a Londoner Narrative:  What is the story of the advert? This advert has people talking about their lifestyle and how it has a big  impact on them. They the then go onto talk about how it has made them become a true Londoner by Nike's help. Audience:  What does the advert suggest about the lifestyle of someone who uses this product or brand? It is targeted to people who are sporty and love to keep a active lifestyle. It is aimed at people who also wear Nike. Representations:  What representations of young people can you find in this advert?  In the advert young people are shown if they work hard they'll be able to achieve their goal. It doesn't matter the ethnicity as this advert showed it was diverse.  Publix: Graduation Narrative:  What is the story of the advert?  A young boy who goes to school but finds it hard to be himself and ends up failings. The young ...

GCSE Media Studies Year 1: Learner Response 1) Are you happy with your End of Year 1 exam results? I am happy with my result because there is room for area of improvement and because I know what to go over. 2) Why? Explain how you felt the exams went and your reaction to the results. I know I could of revised more on the CSP's and used more media terminology that would of added marks which would of made a different to the grade. 3) What do you feel are your  strongest  and  weakest  topic areas from what we've studied so far (e.g. Magazines, TV, Advertising etc.) Explain why. My strongest topics are advertising but my weakest topics are Tv and m agazines. 4) What will you do differently for the next set of mock exams in November/December? Next year i am going to make sure I use media terminology and I Know theories off by heart. 5) What grade do you hope to achieve in GCSE Media Studies this time next year? I hope to achieve a grade 6 or 7 this time next ye...

Apple Beats 1 Radio CSP: blog tasks Work through the following questions to complete your final Radio case study on Apple Beats Radio: Background, industries and the impact of the internet 1)  How have our music listening habits changed since 1960? there are more radio stations and thousands of online broadcasters there is Improved quality as radio moved from AM to FM and now to DAB and many shows are downloadable on-demand. 2) When did Apple Beats 1 Radio launch and what is it? Beats 1 is owned by Apple and launched in 2015 as a free live streaming global 'always on' radio station. It claims to work across genres but often focuses on indie and rap music. 3) What is the difference between Beats 1 Radio, iTunes and Apple Music?  IPhone users can listen to music that is being streamed for free but ITunes you still have to pay to listen to the music. 4) Why was Apple so keen to enter the online music world and compete with Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music (an...

Radio 1 Launch CSP: blog tasks Work through the following questions to complete your first Radio case study on the launch of BBC Radio 1: Historical, social and cultural context 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? Before 1967, the radio stations offered by the BBC were 'BBC Radio Home', 'BBC Radio Light' and 'BBC Third'. 2) How was BBC reorganised in September 1967? BBC was  recognised    by the DJ's from pirated boat radio station to host their shows on Radio 1 and 2  which carried their followers from the pirated radio stations to BBC. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? It was a radio station that was streamed on the sea which used sound waves of oceans. People loved it because it live streamed 24/7. 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? Pirate radio stopped playing in 1967 because of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act that  officially outlawed pirate radio stations. 5)...

Class: Co-owner of a Lonely Heart blog tasks Language and close-textual analysis 1) Write an NCIS analysis for the episode - using notes from the screening in class.  Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) Co-owner of a Lonely Heart Narrative: Narrative: Father and Son have close relationship, Shadow Kin wants to steal April's heart, April receives evil powers that make her turn against her Dad and rest of family. Friends don't know what to do about April's evil powers. Character : April, Ram, Charlie Smith (Gay prince of Rhodians), Miss Andrea Quill, Tanya and Matteusz. Iconography : Sonic screwdriver (reference to Doctor who), Flower pellets from Doctor Who  Sci-Fi Tardis bright blue colours.   Shadow Kin sitting on throne- represents he is a king, plants that feed off blood- suggests alien life Setting:   ...

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child blog tasks Language and close-textual analysis Narrative: Two Teachers are worried about a student by the name of Susan, she performs well in class however her grades slipped and when they find out about her address they find a junk yard that is supposed to be where Susan lives. The teachers follow up through this and decide to investigate and take matters to their own hands. Character: Ian Charleston(teacher) , Barbara Wright(teacher) , Susan(student) and The Doctor. Iconography: At the beginning of the episode, during the title sequence, there is a series of robotic synthesised sounds for the intro song. As the episode goes along there are many references to time and space such as when they walk into the TARDIS and the shiny silver outfit that Susan is wearing that is associated with space and the future. Setting: set in a school which establishes normality after opening title sequence. Also the  Junkyard ...

Your learner response is as follows: Create a new blog post called ' Magazines and advertising learner response ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Clealy know the CSP'sand some good detail in answers EBI: used more media terminology 2) Read through your answers again. Write down the mark you achieved for each question: Q1:1 Q2:1 Q3:5 Q4:1 Q5:3 Q6:4 3) Write down  five  magazine cover conventions. Look back at the  original notes  if you need help. Central Image  Title of  publication  Colour scheme Cover Lines Slogan 4) Look at the  mark scheme for this assessment . Question 3 asked you to write about how the CSP magazine covers persuade the audience to buy the product. Copy  two  bullet point answers for Reveal magazine and  two  bullet point answers for Tatler magazine from the...