RobinGCSEMedia

  Initial Tasks: planning Before creating anything in Media you need to plan out exactly what you are going to do. You need to complete the following planning tasks on your  blog  before you can film anything: 1) Write a 100 word statement of intent explaining what you are going to make for your preliminary exercise. For my preliminary exercise I am going to do a magazine about change regarding knife crime in the streets of London. My article will analyse a man called Ashan ruthlessly killing people while a celebrity called Ali Aban helps him put down his weapon. The first page will show a high quality image of Ashan holding the knife with a serious expression and showing anger in his eyes holding an illegal blade as we zoom in on the other photos The second page will show the celebrity Ali Aban helping Ashan the perpetrator holding the knife to lower it and helping the attacker to sit on the sidewalk and talk as we zoom in on another photo of them talking together whilst...

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

  1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission? 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. The target audience for KISS FM is people aged 14-30 years old. 3) Now look at page 5 - The KISS network. How does KISS use digital media and technology to reach its audience?  KISS uses digital and social media by  4) Now look at the other side of page 5. What content do KISS Fresh and KISSTORY offer and how can audiences access those stations?   KISS fresh and KUSSTORY offer  5) Read page 6. What are the different ways audiences can actively engage with the KISS radio brand?  Ways audience can engage with the KISS radio brand is by  6) Are listeners to the KISS Breakfast show active or passive? You can argue this point either way - explain your opinion in your answer. Listeners in KISS Breakfast sho...

  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:Q1.2 is excellent : need to hit that level throughout EBI: Read the question! 1.3 needs to focus on clip 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 costume is a fact each is shown in the clip  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.  4) Now focus on Question 2 - the 20 mark essay. Use the mark scheme to pick out  one  way Doctor Who reflects 1963 and  one  way His Dark Materials reflects 2020.  One way the doctor reflects 1963 is through the fact that he uses Barbara to ignore. 5) Reflect on your ov...

  Historical, social and cultural contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC radio home BBC radio light etc. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? The start of Radio 1 2 and 3 which sparked curiosity. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Pirate radio  4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? The Government imposed a new law by toughening penalties for those caught with unlicensed broadcasting. 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? 7) How did BBC Radio 1 offer different content to previous BBC radio stations? 8) Who was the first presenter for BBC Radio 1 and why did these new Radio 1 DJs cause upset initially at the traditional BBC? 9) Listen to excerpts from the Tony Blackburn's first 1967 broadcast - how might it have appealed to young list...

  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