Sunday 27 October 2013
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Monday 2 September 2013
Monday 8 July 2013
Monday 24 June 2013
Friday 21 June 2013
Thursday 6 June 2013
Wednesday 5 June 2013
G321 Foundation Portfolio Sample Blog Links
Links to student blogs for the G321 sample are below. Links to all coursework blogs can be found on the right hand side of the page below the Twitter feed.
7353; DAVEY, JOSHUA
7439; JARVIS, MATTHEW
7556; ROWELL, RHYS
7627; WILSON, AIMEE
7618; WENN, FRANCESCA
7553; RILEY, ASHLEY
7543; PRATTIS, GEORGE
7497; LARHAM, JONATHAN
7479; HINSON, KATE
2577; MILLER, CHELSEA
7353; DAVEY, JOSHUA
7439; JARVIS, MATTHEW
7556; ROWELL, RHYS
7627; WILSON, AIMEE
7618; WENN, FRANCESCA
7553; RILEY, ASHLEY
7543; PRATTIS, GEORGE
7497; LARHAM, JONATHAN
7479; HINSON, KATE
2577; MILLER, CHELSEA
G324 Advanced Portfolio Moderation Sample Blog Links
Links to student coursework blogs for the G324 moderation sample are below. Links to all student coursework blogs can be found on the right hand side of the page below the Twitter feed.
6783 Tsang, Helen
6668 Kay, Matthew
1254 Stevenson, Heidi
1012 Abraham, Luca
6740 Searle, Oliver
6774 Titterton, Claudia
6675 Knoll, Jonathan
6601 Dedman, Olivia
1132 Hollis, Ben
8039 Mulholland, Tom
6783 Tsang, Helen
6668 Kay, Matthew
1254 Stevenson, Heidi
1012 Abraham, Luca
6740 Searle, Oliver
6774 Titterton, Claudia
6675 Knoll, Jonathan
6601 Dedman, Olivia
1132 Hollis, Ben
8039 Mulholland, Tom
Monday 20 May 2013
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Thursday 2 May 2013
AS Media Exam - Institutions
In your Institutions essay you need to make sure you are making consistent use of specific examples to support the points you are making, and that you evaluate the benefits and disadvantages to film institutions and audiences.
Look at the examples below:
The big budgets of conglomerates like Disney also give a huge advantage with attracting audiences. Disney is easily able to afford new technologies like digital 3D, and can afford to develop technologies that encourage audiences to purchase their products such as Second Screen. 3D is not only advantageous because it can't be pirated, but it also adds more of a 'wow factor' to the experience of watching films in the cinema, and has been used successfully by Disney in releases such as Tron: Legacy and Alice in Wonderland.
Synergy has also had a significant impact on the US dominance of the film industry. This is the promotion and sale of a product across the various subsidiaries of the media conglomerate. For The Walt Disney Company ancillary revenue has become an important source of revenue through the sale of DVDs and merchandise. Disney used synergy to promote the release of Toy Story 3, holding a Toy Story on the Disney Channel before the release of the film. This would encourage people to go to the cinema to see the film, but would also increase the number of people watching the channel benefiting both parts of the company. Synergy helps major conglomerates to maintain their oligopoly of the media market, as smaller, independent companies are unable to maximise revenue or promote their products in this way.
Look at the examples below:
The big budgets of conglomerates like Disney also give a huge advantage with attracting audiences. Disney is easily able to afford new technologies like digital 3D, and can afford to develop technologies that encourage audiences to purchase their products such as Second Screen. 3D is not only advantageous because it can't be pirated, but it also adds more of a 'wow factor' to the experience of watching films in the cinema, and has been used successfully by Disney in releases such as Tron: Legacy and Alice in Wonderland.
Synergy has also had a significant impact on the US dominance of the film industry. This is the promotion and sale of a product across the various subsidiaries of the media conglomerate. For The Walt Disney Company ancillary revenue has become an important source of revenue through the sale of DVDs and merchandise. Disney used synergy to promote the release of Toy Story 3, holding a Toy Story on the Disney Channel before the release of the film. This would encourage people to go to the cinema to see the film, but would also increase the number of people watching the channel benefiting both parts of the company. Synergy helps major conglomerates to maintain their oligopoly of the media market, as smaller, independent companies are unable to maximise revenue or promote their products in this way.
Monday 29 April 2013
Thursday 25 April 2013
A2 Exam Question 1(a) - Specific Examples, Evaluation, and Progress
Here are key sections of the Level 4 standard answer to question 1(a) we looked at in class. These sections show how specific the examples from your production work should be, the way you should evaluate the effect of these examples, and how you link them to a discussion of progress.
Remember that approach to help you structure each paragraph:
specific example from your coursework - effect of that example - how that shows progress
Wednesday 24 April 2013
AS and A2 Revision
One of the best methods of preparing for your exam is to complete exam questions from past papers.
All the past papers on this page of the OCR website, along with mark schemes and examiners' reports.
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-a-level-gce-media-studies-h140-h540/
Year 12 you need to look for G322 Key Media Concepts - TV Drama (the paper will include the institutions question as well). Year 13 your paper is G325 Critical Perspectives in Media.
If you complete any exam questions I am happy to mark them and give you feedback.
All the past papers on this page of the OCR website, along with mark schemes and examiners' reports.
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-a-level-gce-media-studies-h140-h540/
Year 12 you need to look for G322 Key Media Concepts - TV Drama (the paper will include the institutions question as well). Year 13 your paper is G325 Critical Perspectives in Media.
If you complete any exam questions I am happy to mark them and give you feedback.
Y12 Media Institutions Homework April 23rd
Create a fact sheet of key facts and figures you can use in the exam.
- You may want to include statistics about
- film budgets
- box office figures
- numbers of cinemas films are shown at
- online piracy
- the dominance of the Big Six
- what platforms are most popular
Useful information can be found here:
and on the @nealewademedia twitter.
Homework is due one week after it was set. For 12c it is due on Tuesday the 30th of April, and for 12b it is due Wednesday the 1st of May.
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Sunday 21 April 2013
A2 Homework week beginning 22/4/13
Choose one of the key theorists for the Collective Identity topic.
Write a paragraph explaining their ideas.
Apply these ideas to 3 different media texts we have studied for the Collective Identity topic. Make sure you link the ideas to specific points about the media texts, and explain clearly how the theory relates to the media text.
Explain whether you think the theorist's view point is right or wrong, and why you think this.
Homework due Monday 29th of April for 13b, Tuesday 30th of April for 13d.
To remind yourself of the theorists follow this link
http://mediastudiesnwcc.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/a2-media-and-collective-identity.html
Write a paragraph explaining their ideas.
Apply these ideas to 3 different media texts we have studied for the Collective Identity topic. Make sure you link the ideas to specific points about the media texts, and explain clearly how the theory relates to the media text.
Explain whether you think the theorist's view point is right or wrong, and why you think this.
Homework due Monday 29th of April for 13b, Tuesday 30th of April for 13d.
To remind yourself of the theorists follow this link
http://mediastudiesnwcc.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/a2-media-and-collective-identity.html
Friday 19 April 2013
Thursday 18 April 2013
Tuesday 16 April 2013
A2 Collective Identity Homework
Choose one of the media texts we have studied for the Collective Identity topic and write an analysis of how it represents young people. Include specific examples from the text, and reference to relevant theorists.
Your analysis should be at least 500 words.
Your analysis should be at least 500 words.
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Monday 25 March 2013
Digital Filmmaking
Digital Filmmaking vs Film
Digital Cinematography
Read the two articles on the links above and make notes on the issues raised by digital filmmaking. What are the benefits and disadvantages mentioned? What examples of specific films are mentioned?
Digital Cinematography
Read the two articles on the links above and make notes on the issues raised by digital filmmaking. What are the benefits and disadvantages mentioned? What examples of specific films are mentioned?
Thursday 21 March 2013
British Film Distribution - 'Pulp' (2012)
'Pulp' (2012, UK)
'Pulp' is a British comedy film which became the first film to be distributed exclusively via X box Live.
Read through the article below which discusses the issues raised by this method of distribution.
BBC Newsbeat Article
'Pulp' is a British comedy film which became the first film to be distributed exclusively via X box Live.
Read through the article below which discusses the issues raised by this method of distribution.
BBC Newsbeat Article
Film Distribution
Film Distribution
Read through the different articles about film distribution and make notes on the key points.
1) What is distribution?
2) Licensing
3) Marketing
4) Marketing: Prints and Advertising
5) Logistics
6) Case Study: Bullet Boy
7) Digital Distribution
Read through the different articles about film distribution and make notes on the key points.
1) What is distribution?
2) Licensing
3) Marketing
4) Marketing: Prints and Advertising
5) Logistics
6) Case Study: Bullet Boy
7) Digital Distribution
British Film Industry Resources
BFI Statistical Yearbook 2012
The British Film Institute's (BFI) Statistical Yearbook has lots of information about the British film industry in 2011 in terms of funding, exhibition, distribution, and consumption which will help you in the Institutions section of the exam.
The British Film Institute's (BFI) Statistical Yearbook has lots of information about the British film industry in 2011 in terms of funding, exhibition, distribution, and consumption which will help you in the Institutions section of the exam.
Monday 18 March 2013
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Wednesday 6 March 2013
Wednesday 27 February 2013
Sunday 24 February 2013
Thursday 7 February 2013
Media Language Definition
What is Media Language?
Media language refers to the ways in which media producers
make meaning in ways that are specific to the medium in which they are working
and how audiences come to be literate in ‘reading’ such meaning within the
medium. For example, the ‘language of film’, print layout conventions. These
medium specific languages will often be closely connected to other media
concepts such as genre or narrative and candidates are at liberty to make such
connections to a greater or lesser extent in their answers.
Sunday 27 January 2013
Sunday 20 January 2013
Saturday 5 January 2013
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