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Television: Introduction to TV drama

1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series?~ The series 'His Dark Materials' uses cliff hangers at the end of its trailer to intrigue the viewers tune in to discover what happens. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? The genres shown by 'His Dark Materials' are Fantasy as it is showing magical creatures, supernatural powers and alternate worlds. It also shows Adventure by their quests and journeys roaming around trying to escape the antagonists. 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? The characters shown are Protagonists, Antagonists and Side Characters. 4) What settings appear in the trailer? The settings shown in the trailer are magical realms which links with the genre 'Fantasy'. 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. The target audiences are niche people who like the idea of fanta

Magazine Index

1 )  Magazines: Tatler magazine CSP 2 )  Introduction - Heat Media pack 3) Tatler CSP Case Study

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

  Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks Arctic Monkeys: Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. Arctic Monkeys is an independent band and is their demographics are middle/working class 20-40 years old people. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? The fans spread out the Arctic Monkeys information  to more people therefore  getting more people to see them perform/hear them online. 5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video? Arctic Monkeys: Industry 1) How did the Arctic Monkeys first achieve success and bu

BLACKPINK - How You Like That: Blog tasks

1) What are BLACKPINK fans known as - and what would the demographics / psycho graphics  be for the BLACKPINK audience?  BLACKPINK fans are called 'Blinks'. The Demographics are young teenage girls whilst  the psycho graphics    2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That? 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to BLACKPINK fans. Why did you choose those moments?  4) How was the How You Like That music video marketed and promoted to the audience? They were marketed and promoted using you tube  to promote their  music videos. 5) Why is K-pop a global phenomenon and what has helped it to become so popular? They are catchy as they are using catchy rhythms and they were Industry 1) How were BLACKPINK formed and what records have they broken? They were put together by YG |Entertainment and they were not friends but were forced to be put together they have broken records of the most viewed

Introduction to Music Video: Blog Task

  Introduction to Music Video: Blog tasks Answer the questions below to complete your introduction to the Music Video topic:  1) What are the key conventions of music video? They key conventions are Narrative, Editing and Costumes. 2) What is intertextuality? When you reference other media texts. 3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? During the 1980s-90s early popstars like Michael Jackson were very popular and then music became popular in the music industry. 4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV (Music Television) launched in 1981 and used to put on music videos on in their channel. 5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? People use Youtube to watch music videos because it is free and you can search for anything you want to watch instead of waiting time for your favourite genre to be put on in MTV.

Introduction - Heat Media pack

Introduction - Heat Media pack 1) Look at the  Heat Media Pack . Go to  page 2 : the Heat mission. Write  three  things that Heat offers its readers under 'print'. They offer their customers Fashion, Beauty and Life Hacks. 2) Now go to  page 3  of the Media Pack - celebrity focus. What does the page say that Heat offers readers? They offer their readers good conversation starters about gossip. 3) Now look at  page 4  of the Heat Media Pack. What other content does Heat magazine offer its readers aside from celebrity news? They offer readers Life Hacks and Fashion to provide tips with hair and beauty. 4) Look at  page 5 . What is Heat magazine's audience profile? Write all the key details of their audience here. FEMALE/MALE: 90% / 10% AVG AGE: 37 AGE PROFILE: 52% AGED 15/34 (14% 15-24, 37% 25-34) SEGMENT: MARITAL STATUS: 57% MARRIED or living with partner / 43% single Media language 1) How are the cover lines written to make the audience want to buy the magazine? They are sh

Learner response

  1) Type up your  WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  WWW: You clearly revised and you are using a lot of media words (terminology), mostly accurately.   EBI- Your expression lets you down and you need to be as specific as you can when giving evidence from CSPs. 2) Read the  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question: ~ Q1: 2 Q2: 6 Q3: 1 Q4: 3 3)  Look specifically at  question 2  - the OMO 12-mark question. Pick out  three  points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your answer.  I didnt use media terminology and using camera shots and specify which era they are using. 4) Now look at  question 3  - on the NHS Represent advert. Use the mark scheme to identify  one  way the advert  subverts  stereotypes of race/ethnicity and  one  way it might  reinforce  stereotypes of race/ethnicity. Try and write points you  didn't  include in your o