ARSLAN GCSE MEDIA STUDIES

Introduction - Tatler Media pack 1) Look at the  Tatler Media Pack . Go to page 2: how does the editor introduce the magazine? The editor introduces the magazine with a woman in an office reading a Tatler magazine page with a glass of water on her desk as well as a picture behind her that might be part of the Tatler magazines.The word richest suggests that the people who are educated and been to higher education e.g. University would read this type of magazine.  2) Now go to page 4 of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine (NOT tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC1 % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tatler reader? Circulation 80,035 Readership 163,000 Female 73% ABC1 83% AB 51% Average Age 41 London/SE 70%. 3) Look at page 6. What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend? They spend about £1.2 m

1)  Introduction to the subject and you 2)  Key concepts (LIAR) and analysis of Film Poster 3)  Denotation and Connotation: Advert analyses (WaterAid) 4)  Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things 5)  Blog feedback and learner response 6)  Camera shots photo storyboard (photos and captions) 7)  Camerawork and editing blog tasks 8)  October assessment – feedback and learner response 9)  Reception theory – H arry Brown trailer analysis 10)  Audience effects theory - Blue Planet analysis 11)  Industries - Ownership and control (Facebook and Instagram) 12)  Audience and Industry - impact of internet essay 13)  Film Industry: Introduction to Marvel 14)  Film Industry: Doctor Strange 15)  Film Industry: I, Daniel Blake 16)  Audience and Industry internet essay - feedback and learner response 17)  Representation: Kidulthood film poster analysis 18)  January assessment learner response

1) WWW:Really good knowledge of both films csps. -Able to recall film marketing method. -Understanding of reception theory. EBI:Need to read and answer questions better. do not just explain the csps theory.Use that knowledge to analyse media product. 2) Q1:1 Q2:0 ( I thought it was verbal because there was a speech bubble near her mouth). Q3:3 Q4: 1 Q5:2 Q6:4 3) Did you get any  media terminology  wrong in the assessment? Make a note of it here for future revision: I didn't understand media integration. 4) Look specifically at  question 3  - did you successfully write about both the preferred and Opposition readings? Did your answers match any in the mark scheme? I got most of the marks right (3/8) but i could've go more if i tried harder. 5) Now look at  question 4 . Write a definition of vertical integration to revise this key industry terminology. Vertical integration is when a company owns more companies. 6) Finally, look at your 20-mark essay - 

1)  List  the people, places and groups represented in the poster. E.g. men, women, teenagers etc. There is a group of 7 consisting of girls and boys. they seem to be all teenagers wearing casual clothes such as tracksuits and jackets .  2) Are there any  stereotypes  you can identify? They seem like they are very aggressive just be the way they are sitting. one of the guys is holding a baseball bat which indicates they are up to cause damage.  3) What is the  preferred  reading of this poster? They look like they are good friends who have grown up together and known each other for a very long time. One of the boys is holding a baseball bat and that could indicate that he is in danger and has it for self-defence.   4) What is the  oppositional  reading of this poster? They are very bad people because they are teenagers and teenagers are very bad. The baseball bat indicates that they are going to cause damage. Extension : What does this poster suggest about British society?

1) What is an independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? Independent cinema is low budget movies such as I, Daniel Blake and a Hollywood blockbuster is a movie that has a very high budget and has made a big success with the box office and others such as Avengers Endgame or even Hobbs and Shaw    2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? I, Daniel Blake is about a 59-year-old man who is fighting for his dignity and is helping a single mother Katie with 2 kids who lives in a one-bedroom flat. He finds a good shelter for her 300 miles away in Manchester. 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important? Kevin Loach is the director of the film and he is important because he tells stories of actual people who are suffering somewhere in the world at the moment. 4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign. -Made Labour party leader Jeremey Corben attended to the London prem

1) Copy and paste your feedback from the email in  full - WWW, EBI and LR. WWW:I understood why the audience has more power from the internet. EBI: I couldve wrote more of this essay. 2) What was the word count for your essay?  I wrote 507 words but i coulve wrote more. 3) What was your strongest paragraph? Why do you think it was better than others? I think my coclution is better than the other paragraphs i have done. 4) What was your weakest paragraph? Why do you think it wasn't as good as others? I think my film paragaraph is weeker than the others because i did not write much. 5) How can you improve your extended writing in GCSE Media Studies in future? I will write more,describe more,and use much puchuation. 6) Write  ONE  thing you have learned about the internet, audience and industry from completing this essay. You can have much more power than anyone on the internet.