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Introduction to TV drama

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series?  it talks about series  2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? science ficton  horror 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? main charcters and villans and the helper 4) What settings appear in the trailer? a town ,a island, a  rainforest and a church 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. 14-27 because there are some scary scenes and a lot of difficult topics to understand 

Introduction to Music Video

  1) What are the key conventions of music video? a narrative and editing style 2) What is intertextuality?  a refe   rence to another piece of media  3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry?  In the 1980s and 1990s big budgets were spent on producing innovative and creative music videos such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller that had a film narrative, a well known director and featured intertextuality 4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV  . Programs such as BBC show Top of The Pops also showcased music videos from the charts alongside ‘live’ stage performances.  5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? social media

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

  1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? authenticity relateability  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? 5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video? that it is authentic   Arctic Monkeys: Industry 1) How did the Arctic Monkeys first achieve success and build up their fanbase? live performances and their songs were shared on my space and other platforms 2) Why was P2P file sharing and MySpace an unexpected aspect to Arctic Monkeys' early success? fans were able to sharer their music 3) How does the rise of Arctic Monkeys differ from how

BLACKPINK - How You Like That

  1) What are BLACKPINK fans known as - and what would the demographics / psychographics be for the BLACKPINK audience? blink teenage girls  2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That? Personal relationships: Fan interaction online through social media 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? teaser trailers dance moves posted to social media 5) Why is K-pop a global phenomenon and what has helped it to become so popular? popularity across social media  Industry 1) How were BLACKPINK formed and what records have they broken? The video broke many YouTube records, including most-watched premiere (1.66 million concurrent viewers), most views within 24 hours for a music video (86 million views) and fastest video to achieve 100, 200 and 600 million views. It was

Heat case study

  1) How are the cover lines written to make the audience want to buy the magazine? they are exiting  and have big drama related to them for example is this harrys and megans biggest  mistake yet   2) What are the connotations of the  Heat  colour scheme on this particular front cover? pink is a very feminine and bright colour  which links to their target audience  3)  How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. paparazzi images or aspects of mise-en-scene such props, costume, make-up, body position, facial expression etc.) paparazzi shot to show them naturally and not with make up on  wearing high street clothing  most of them look upset  4) What differences can you find between the use of design and typography between  Tatler  and  Heat ? List at least  three  differences and explain the effect on audiences. tatler uses a model whilst heat uses paparazzi shots of celebrity  heat is more  about gossip tatler is for more highly educ

Advertising Assessment 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 alot and know / understand the csp . you are really trying to use media terminology and are using them more accurately  im proud of your effort   ebi - clear knowledge but your expression is a bit unclear so you lack detail  2) Read the  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 2 Q2: 7 Q3: 3 Q4: 6 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.  Anchorage text , social attitudes of the time ,ethnicty 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 y

Magazines: Tatler CSP

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  Media language 1) What different examples of  typography  can you find on the cover of Tatler? What are the connotations of the serif and sans serif fonts? 2) How do the  cover lines  appeal to the Tatler target audience?  talks about politics  and royalty which has connotations of expensive 3) What are the  connotations  of the Tatler colour scheme on this particular front cover? Green connotes natural environment   4)  How is the  central image  designed to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. the model, the mise-en-scene such as props, costume and make-up, body position, facial expression etc.) the dress would usually be worn at special  events and it is very expensive and their target audience is very rich people  the make up is done by a professional which reinforces the idea of everything needing to be perfect  Representations 1) What celebrities or famous people are mentioned on the cover? Why do you think Tatler put them on the cover? Emm