Feedback from Exam Practice - Mrs Hooper

Main points to help you improve:

1. Add more relevant case studies to your essays.
2. Use more terminology.
3. Link each paragraph to the question.
4. Use Working Title and Atonement in all answers.
5. Add as many 'bullet points' to your essays to show an examiner the breadth of your knowledge.

Useful Websites - Get Revising!

This list will be added to by Mrs Massey and Mrs Hooper over the next couple of weeks; use it to gain additional information or revise key terms that you are still unsure about.


For clarification on key media terminology and analysing moving image have a look at these websites -
http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/glossary/index2.htm

http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/editing.htm

http://www.english.wayne.edu/fac_pages/thompsonk/readafilm.html

http://www.northallertoncoll.org.uk/media/textanalysisandrep.htm

Mrs Massey's Homework - 10th December 2008

Students who owe essays are to hand them to Mrs Massey by Thursday 3pm.

Two essays are now overdue:

'Spooks' - see entry below

and

'Shameless'

Discuss the representation of gay sexuality in the first episode of 'Shameless'

You need to use the scenes set out in the worksheet which focus on Lip and his brother Ian. How are the camera work, editing, mise-en-scene and sound used to represent to the audience a viewpoint on homosexuality.

Finally, consider how equilibrium is restored.

Homework for Monday 15th December

Either:

Write up your notes from the lesson on Wednesday 10th Dec discussing the representation of the Gallagher family in 'Shameless'.

or

Watch a t.v. drama and devise a question about representation which you then attempt to answer.

Mrs Hooper's Homework and Cover Work - 8 Dec

Cover Work - 12 Dec 2008
Use all your notes and knowledge to answer this question:

How do film companies target their audiences and what issues does this raise? Use examples from the British film industry to justify your ideas.

Plan your answer first for about 20 mins, including all the gap-filling exercises we have done recently. Write for no more than an hour. Include as many case studies as you can.
Make sure you consider the following:

• audience



• digital consumption / new technology and the impact on the industry



• Universal



• Working Title



• distribution



• other British films if relevant



• production issues

Mrs Hooper's homework - 5 Dec

1. Read your Digital Responsibilities booklets Section 4. Answer questions 2-5 at the bottom of the second page.

2. Use the links at the right of this blog to research British Film more. Look especially at the distribution of 'The Boat That Rocked'.

Mrs Hooper's Homework - 1 Dec

1. From Friday's Lesson - Read the Digital Responsibilities booklet and answer the questions given on the first 2 double pages. Think about how you could write about this in your answer on the film industry.

2. From Monday's Lesson - You need to read the Sight and Sound article on 'This is England' and identify why this film is typically aimed at a British audience.

3. Keep researching the British film industry, adding to your notes.

Mrs Massey's Homework Task

Write an essay about the representation of terrorists and MI5 agents in 'Spooks' - Series 3 episode 10. This should include the terms:

• binary oppositions


• equilibrium

As well as discussing the mise en scene, editing, camera angles, movement and sound. You should spend an hour on this task.

Remember to continually refer to the question and discuss how the techniques above help to represent the groups in this episode.

Welcome to the Year 12 Media Studies Blog

As a student of Media Studies, a great deal of your homework and research will be done independently. Use this blog to access homework tasks, lesson information and helpful resources from Mrs Massey and Mrs Hooper.