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Music video prep tasks for coursework

  1.       Name of Video- STAN by Eminem Narrative (a story line or plot that links with the lyrics)   There is a pregnent woman An eminem look alike is in the toilet and is locked in and the women is banging on the door and the lyrics and linked to the visual                  2.       Name of Video- Crazy in Love by Beyonce Performance element (some kind of performance that could be dancing or lip synching to camera)   Jay z in the video is lip syncing and beyonce is dancing  There is a photoshoot happening while beyonce is singing and dancing  There are a lot of good locations such as many urban areas and at some points of the video the time of day is sunset.             3.       Name of Video - Bonobo by Bambro Koyo Ganda Edited to the beat – use of editing to match the beat of the song  There were birds in the sky when the speed of ...

Heat and Tatler extension tasks

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  HEAT Grade 8/9 extension tasks 1) How does the front cover engage audiences with possible narratives? Look for stories, cliff-hangers, dramatic cover lines etc. Do for every cover line for Heat.  The Front cover engages with possible narratives as highlighted in yellow the headline is "posh caught out" which gives out the narrative that she is being secretive and is hiding secrets from the public and are intrigued to find out what happens to her. 2) What are paparazzi images and why are they crucial to the front cover of Heat? Paparazzi images are people who are independent who take photos of high-ranked celebrities such as the royal family and high profile people such as Boris Johnson and these are crucial as it shows how these A-listers look without makeup and the headline might want to expose their secrets. 3) How does the front cover juxtapose text and images to create contrast and narrative on the front cover of Heat? The front cover juxtap...

Walk and Talk Learner Response

1) Type up any comments/WWW/EBI from your teacher. You don't need to write your total number of marks if you don't want to but it might help if you put marks (for yourself). WWW- good effort but you didn't mention KK Hollywood and you haven't gone into enough media terminology but good examples from CSP EBI- you need to write more detail and uses more media terminology  2) Write a  question-by-question analysis  of your performance. Read the mark scheme I have created  THEN for  each  question, write how many marks you got from the number available and what you did wrong/didn't include. Q1-2/6 marks-I did not define the meaning of diversion and did not define the pleasure that they give and I was not specific about the CSP that I was talking about. Q2-3/9 marks- I did not define what in app purchases are and did not explain how Keeping up with the Kardashians built up the Kardashian brand and I also did not relate to ...

Heat Blog questions

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  Heat case study: blog tasks   Work through the following tasks and questions to build a detailed case study for Heat - 21-27 November 2020. This will give you plenty of background information to use in an exam question on magazines.   Introduction - Heat Media pack   1) Look at the Heat Media Pack . Go to page 2 : the Heat mission. Write three things that Heat offers its readers under 'print'. It offers its readers a “true,unique,quality experience”,and has the celeb contacts to give readers the exclusive and is all inclusive    2) Now go to page 3 of the Media Pack - celebrity focus. What does the page say that Heat offers readers? Heat offers readers all the latest celebrity gossip and heat readers are always in the know and that the journalists have all the answers to all the questions    3) Now look at page 4 of the Heat Media Pack. What other content does Heat magazine offer its readers aside from celebrity news? It offers its readers tip...

Black Widow and the Marvel universe

  Black Widow and the Marvel Universe Answer the following questions: Define the following and give an example for each Mainstream-for everyone at every physciographic and demographic  Conglomerate-when a bigger company buys another company EG:facebook buying instagram Synergy-when different features of a product work together  Franchise-a collection of related media  Vertical integration-when one big company owns different companies in the same chain of production Horizontal integration-when one company buys other companies at the same level of distribution Cross-over film-when a film includes characters from other movies made by the same company EG:The Fantasic Four In DR Strange:Multiverse of Madness. Star Power-when Famous actors get to showcase their talent in a movie such as scarlett johansson in Black widow. Why was Black Widow produced, even though female main characters in the Marvel universe are less likely to be considered potential crowd pullers? (Tip- re...

I, Daniel Blake revision

  I, Daniel Blake: blog tasks   1) What does industry mean? (consider LIAR - our four key concepts and use your glossary to remind you) What kind of things might you be asked about in the exam? Industry means the company or companies that make a film,TVshow or series.     2) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? Why might making an independent film be better for the Director? How are they budgeted? An Independent film might be better for the director as they do not as of a big budget then companies such as DC or Marvel and independent films create an interesting backstory and create a better plot than mainstream films such as Spider Man.   2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? Sum up the plot and THEN also talk about the main social issues that the film explores. Watch the trailer to help: I, DANIEL BLAKE - OFFICIAL UK TRAILER [HD] I,Daniel blake is about a carpenter who got kicked out of his job and goes to the doctors and i...

Black Widow Blog Task questions

  Black Widow Blog Task questions 1) List the companies involved in the creation of Black Widow. You may wish to use Black Widow's IMDB entry to help with this but the answers can also be found in the notes above. The Companies that were involved in the Creation of Black Widow were Marvel as the production company and Walt Disney as the Distributer.   2) What is conglomerate ownership? The definition is in the notes above. If you can, explain how Black Widow links to conglomerate ownership. Black widow links to conglomerate ownership as the movie was made by Marvel and Marvel is owned by Disney which means Tv shows Such as Loki release only on Disney+.   3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? An Aspect of the trailer that tells us that it is a blockbuster movie is Marvel has the budget to add CGI and add explosions and very well made costumes compared to Independent films such as I Daniel ...