Monday, 25 January 2016

Thoerys


Stuart Hall -
      • Messages - Preferred, Negotiated, Oppositional
      • Encoding
      • Decoding
Frankfurt School -
      • Hypodermic Needle - Messages injected by media
Blumerler and Katz
      • Uses and Gratifcation -
                • Personal Identification
                • Information                           (How the audience
                • Entertainment                         use media)
                • Social Interaction

Digital Technology

Talk about below for Internet
  • Blogger
  • Presentational Devices - prezi, slideshare, emaze
  • Photobucket
  • Social Media
  • Serch Engines
  • Wix - website design
Things to talk about below for Software
  • Photoshop - Year 11 - Couldn't use it, Year 12 Could put text onto a photo, Year 13 Use fluently
  • Premier Pro - Year 11 - Couldn't use it, Year 12 - Clip videos, Year 13 - Use it fluently
  • Powerpoint
Things to talk about below for hardware
  • Video Cameras - Sony Handycam, GoPro
  • Stills Cameras - Nickon Handycam




Checklist of requirements for success in exam
  • Creative decision making
  • Process
  • Programme over time
  • Specific examples
  • Reflection of own development
  • Terminology
  • About YOU

Monday, 18 January 2016

Exam Lesson 1

Section A

1a
 
This question is focused on what you have learnt from AS (Skills Development)
 
Topics questions could be asked about
              • Forms and Conventions
              • Post Production
              • Research and Planning
              • Digital Technology
              • Creativity (only in conjunction with one of above)
1b
 
Choose either you AS or A2 production to answer the question about.
 
Questions that can be asked
 
          • Genre
          • Narrative
          • Representation
          • Audience
          • Media Language
Question 2
 
In this question you will talk about the British youth and how they are represented.
 
  • Past - Introduction to essay
  • Present - This is the main bulk of the essay
  • Future - This is your own opinion about how the youth will be represented in the future
You need examples from at least three media texts - film, newspaper, TV or Internet.
 
You also need to include theories, studies and your own reflection, analysis and reflection of these.