RESIT - AUD and INST SLIDES

Miley Cyrus! The Debate continues to ROAR!

Narrative Theory

Editing and Narrative

A2: More useful stuff for 1a & 1b

These links all come courtesy of Andy Wallis over at Ashfield Media:

• Answering question 1a

• Key concepts revision

• Another A grade exam response (only 1a and 1b are relevant to you).

AS/A2: Exam Dates

FYI:

AS Exam: Key Media Concepts (TV Drama) - Tuesday 15th May

A2 Exam: Critical Perspective in Media - Friday 15th June

Critical Perspectives - Postmodern Media (Slides)

The slides that I am using throughout our lessons will be permanently available and updating here as the unit progresses. Please use this to refer back to along with all of the documents that you are given/directed to.

Plot Device

Great demonstration of narrative (plot) devices!

AS: Key Concepts and the Language of the Moving Image

Thanks to our friends at Ringwood School for the following excellent resources about the key concepts of Media Studies and Moving Image Language.

Key Concepts: http://mediastudiesringwood.blogspot.com/2010/11/key-concepts-basics.html

Language of the Moving Image: http://mediastudiesringwood.blogspot.com/2010/11/film-terms-techniques-shots-lighting.html

Enjoy!

GCSE Media - Parent/Student Guide to Exam & Revision

This is the PowerPoint that I used for an Adobe Connect Online Meeting with parents of Y10 GCSE Media Studies students. They have their B323 Textual Analysis (Print Topic) exam on the 25th June.

A2: More Media Theory (Courtesy The Latymer School Media Department)

Media Theory

GCSE / AS / A2: Key Media Terms

Sign - the smallest unit of meaning within a media text

Denotation - the literal or actual meaning of an image, word or object

Connotations - the implied or suggested meanings of an image, word or object

Representation - the way a person, group, place or idea is "re-presented" by the media

Mediation - the 3 processes of re-presentation: 1 - Selection, 2 - Organisation, 3 - Focusing

Target Audience - a specific group of people who a media text is aimed at

Synthetic Personalisation - the false relationship created between a media text and the reader through the use of personal pronouns (I), direct address (you, your) of the reader and a variety of rhetorical devices (...is this the end of the world?).

Institutions - the producers of media texts

Hypodermic Syringe Effect - this theory suggests that media audiences are passive and accept the messages and values within media texts without questioning them

Two Way Flow Model - this theory suggests that media audiences can reject media texts altogether (selective exposure) or they may simply reject certain ideas within a media text (selective perception)

Uses and Gratifications - this theory suggests that media audiences are entirely active using the media for a variety of specific needs

Textual Analysis - the process of breaking a media text down by its component parts - in the case of a film this would include: the camera angles, mise-en-scene, editing and sound

Composition - the way a media text has been put together, e.g.: the front cover of a magazine

Surface Reality - this is a judgment as to how truthful or realistic a media text appears on first viewing

Verisimilitude - this is a measure of how truthful or realistic a media text is after closer textual analysis

A2 - Y13 ILP Feedback

9 of the 13 students who attended the first ILP day completed the "feedback survey".


The sessions that students felt were most useful were:

• Session 1: Presenting animatic and receiving feedback

• Session 4: Improving their animatics

• Session 2: Reflection and evaluation (followed closely behind Session 4)

The session deemed to be of least use was:

• Session 3: Blogging...

Overall it was felt that session 2 and 3 were too long and that I spoke for too long. For future ILP Days I will seek to make them more interactive and practical to maintain student engagement throughout.