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Summer Project: coursework planning

  1) Research: Music videos Watch the following music videos and analyse an aspect of media language for each one: Music video 1:  Marshmello x YUNGBLUD x blackbear - Tongue Tied How is  narrative  used in this music video to engage the audience? Right at the beginning they use dialog which is diegetic sounds to set the scene and mood for the rest of the music video and use the name " SCILENCERS " to make them seem like a power hungry and abusive police force to make them the villain of the music video and make the civilians look like the innocent people that have feel under rule of the police. The whole starting dialog pints the picture of whose good and whose not. This engages the audience as we wonder why they abuse power, why this is happening and how this situation is going to end. The phrase " one final push of unity could be the hope we all need " adds enigma codes as we wonder what is going to happen as it cuts to someone else, it also adds action codes as i...

Radio: Final Index

  1)  Radio: Launch of BBC Radio 1 CSP 2)  Radio: KISS FM Breakfast show CSP

KISS FM Breakfast show CSP

  Audience Look at  the KISS media pack carefully . This will give you a brilliant background to the brand and how they target their audience (important note: it features the old Breakfast presenting team).  Answer the following questions: 1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission? KISS FM's mission is to  2) Look at page 3. What is the target audience for KISS FM? As well as writing the key statistics from the media pack, try and suggest what  psychographic groups  would fit the KISS audience too. Ages rage from 15-34 60% are female and 40% are male  65% live outside of London  They may fit into the mainstream and the struggler groups  3) Now look at page 5 - The KISS network. How does KISS use digital media and technology to reach its audience?  They use YouTube and their own Kiss Kube App for people to watch and listen to the radio when they want. They can watch events on demand whenever they want and don't have to be around for the s...

End of Year 1 exam: Learner Response

  1) Type up any feedback from your teacher in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW- Clip questions are superb so just need to match that level in 20 mark essay  EBI- examples from episodes/ more depth for Q2 Grade 7 mark 30  2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Question 1.1 asks about mise-en-scene. What do we use to remember mise-en-scene? Give one example answer from the clip too - you'll find example answers in the mark scheme. We use CLAMPS to remember mise-en-scene and an example is the actor costume from Will as he is wearing normal clothing like a normal boy from Oxford.  3) Question 1.2 asks about narrative features in the extract. Look at the mark scheme to pick out  three  possible answers for this question.  - Location: the empty city creates its own enigma code with the mystery of what has happened to the city and the people that lived there. This is partially resolved later in the extract....

Radio launch 1 csp

  Historical, social and cultural contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? It is key in this unit of work to understand the importance of radio in 1967. Television was not yet universally available, and radio was the key entertainment device. The radio provision in the mid-1960s was: BBC Radio Home (1939-1967) broadcasting education programmes and news. Mainly speech-based. Replaced by Radio 4. BBC Radio Light (1945-1967) broadcast mainly light entertainment (comedy/drama) and music. Replaced by Radio 2. BBC Third (1946-1970) broadcast intellectual arts-based talk and music. Replaced by Radio 3 2) How was BBC Radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? BBC Radio Home was replaced by Radio 4. BBC Radio Light was replaced by Radio 2. BBC Radio 3 was replaced by Radio 3 These new stations were introduced because the old stations didn't appeal to a younger audience - they weren't seen as cool and were perceived as too f...

Television: Final index

1)  Television: Introduction to TV drama 2)  Doctor Who: Language and Representation 3)  Doctor Who: Audience and Industries 4)  His Dark Materials: Language and Representation 5)  His Dark Materials: Audience and Industries 6)  Industry contexts: the BBC and public service broadcasting

TV Industries context : The BBC and public service broadcasting

  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? The BBC'S mission statements were to Inform, Educate and Entertain these mission statements were from 1927 and are still up today. 2) How is the BBC funded? The money raided from the licence fee is used to fund the BBC and its shows and services. And the licence fee is £174.50.  3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). - To provide information  - To provide learning for all ages - To produce creative output - To have diverse content that reflects all communities  - To reflect the United Kingdom and it's cultures and values to the world 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. The regulator for TV and Radio is Ofcom ( The office of communications ) and they have a code of conduct that all media must follow like not having anything 14+ before 9pm , which is the watershed. 5) H...