Media assessment learner response

 Learner response - blog tasks

Create a new blogpost on your Media blog called 'Media assessment learner response':

1) Type up your feedback in full - WWW & EBI. You do not have to write your mark and grade if you don't want to.

WWW- In the very last question you show real potential with a discussion of race .Tatler and British society .Other than this ,its a wake-up call - we simply need to know the terminology, CSPS and theories . 

EBI - Revise the CSPS 

         Revise narrative theory : Todorov , propp etc 

         for your media anlysis (Q3) you need to match more depth and detail to reach the higher levels . use                      CLAMPS to help with this .

2) Look at Question 3 in the assessment - the media analysis of the Under Armour advert. 

Use CLAMPS to revise mise-en-scene and write about each element of CLAMPS for the Under Armour advert.

C - Costume: The player is wearing red and black rugby kit which has connotations of 

L - Lighting: The stadium floodlights tell the audience that it is a important event and the use of the under armour logo as a light suggest that it is a well established brand .

A - Actor placement and movement: The rugby player is lifting the tyre implies  The player's face suggests 

M - Make up: The player's face is shining under the lights which makes it look like  The player's face is shining which makes it look like he is sweating.

P - Props: The tyre is significant because it proves the mans strength and hunger .

S - Setting: the stadium setting suggests to the audience 

3) Look at Question 4. What is Todorov's theory of equilibrium? How does it link to the Audrey Hepburn Galaxy advert? 

it contains a disruption and resolution.

4) What social class is Reveal aimed at? (Extension - what do the cover lines on Reveal suggest about what working class people are interested in?)

Wealthy and upper class people preferably white .

5) Pick three cover lines from Tatler that reflect upper class British culture and society. Explain what they suggest about the lifestyle and beliefs of upper class British people.

James Cordens LA life, millenial sloanes, the gap year in a month

Year 1 reflection

 Year 1 reflection - blog tasks

Work through the following tasks to reflect on Year 1 and make sure you are ready for Year 2:

1) Look at your tracker for Year 1 blogposts (this will have been emailed to you by your teacher either before the summer or this week). Make a list of any CSPs you haven't completed. We will cover these in lessons later in the year but you WILL need to complete the blog tasks before you take any exams.

Camerawork final blog task 

October assessment LR

Internet essay learner response

Blog index  

2) Which CSPs from Year 1 are you most confident on?

stranger  things 

3) Which CSPs from Year 1 are you least confident on?

I, Daniel blake 

Doctor strange 

4) Your upcoming assessment will only be on CSPs from the first half of the year leading up to lockdown. Write a brief summary of the following CSPs to start your revision (Reveal magazine is done for you as ):

Doctor Strange:Doctor strange is a massive blockbuster movie which made a substantial amount of profit.

I, Daniel Blake:  I, Daniel Blake is an award-winning independent British Drama film.It focuses on politics and some of the issues in the UK.It was directed by Ken Loach and made a decent amount of profit.

Magazines - Reveal: a celebrity magazine aimed mainly at working-class women focusing on gossip, celebrity and motherhood for just 99p. Offers quite a traditional, stereotypical representation of women.

Magazines - Tatler: They make the women white and wearing wealthy clothes this magazine target audience is for wealthy white people .

Advertising: OMO:

Advertising: NHS Represent: 

Advertising: Galaxy chocolate:

5) List five things (e.g. CSPs/topics/terminology) that you will revise before your upcoming assessment.

I, Daniel Blake 

Galaxy chocolate

OMO advert

Doctor strange

Tatler