Krishmeet GCSE Media Blog

  In Dr Who this statement is disagreed with as they show the main protagonist the Docter as a old person who has superhuman strength and this then subverts the steorotype of old men being weak and frail that need to be cared for.Here the docter takes care of himself as if he is as capable as every other person in the series. In Docter the statement is agreed with as the docters niece a women is presented as weak and frail which maybe a common steorotypical misconception people may hold against young female teens.This series shows the docter is in charge of her and she is not rebelious or weak as maybe shown within the audience. In His Dark Materials the main protagonists are teens who the public may view as typical teens who rebel against people but this is completly disregarded in the series as Will one of the main characters takes care of the other main protagonist who is a women and is in fact more dominant then Will despite him being a male as societal conceptions maybe men be...

  1) How does the front cover engage audiences with possible narratives? Look for stories, cliffhangers, dramatic cover lines etc. Do for every cover line for Heat. It is about royals like Meghan and Harry and talks about stories regarding famous people.  2) What are paparazzi images and why are they crucial to the front cover of Heat? Paparazzi images are crucial as they are the highlight of the main magazine and bring in consumers. 3) How does the front cover juxtapose text and images to create contrast and narrative on the front cover of Heat? The images are very formal whilst the text being informal to attract the consumers. 4) What do these two magazines suggest about representations of social class in the British media? It represents people at a higher class in Britain  and how their lifestyles are. Tatler  Grade 8/9 extension tasks 1) What would be the preferred and oppositional readings to this cover of Tatler? 2) Are there any misrepresentations or unde...

  1) How is LANGUAGE (CLAMPS) used to show Marcus Rashford as a successful role model on his website? Marcus Rashford is wearing a plain black hoodie to  show he is a casual person and is of humble begings showing his fans to always be appreciative.Whilst on the other hand he is wearing a black suit to emphasise  his success  and how hes made it despite his rough background.The lighting shows Rashfords picture taken in a low shot to show he is of power.It also shows Marcus as a actor and how he is shown in the photograph as a independent and self made. 2) How is Marcus Rashford represented in terms of CAGE (class, age, gender and ethnicity) CAGE C-class upper class this is because Marcus Rashford is wearing expensive clothes and is well groomed he came from a working class background this emphasises that despite your class you can still be successful. A-age-it is conventional because. G-gender- E-ethnicity-Marcus Rashford is a young black British man this also emphas...

  Read  this article in The Week magazine on the rise of social media influencers  and answer the following questions: 1) What years did YouTube, Twitter and Instagram launch? Instagram launched in October of 2010, YouTube  launched on   December 15, 2005 ,Twitter launched on July   2006. 2) What is the definition of an influencer? The definition of an influencer is someone or a thing that influences people. 3) Give an example of an influencer and how many followers they have. Try and add some additional information, brand associations or other statistics if you can. One example of a influencer is Molly Mae who has over  6.2m f ollowers rose to fame from love island.She is associated with the brand   PrettyLittleThing. 4) How big is the influencer industry according to the article? It was worth 8 billion by the end of 2019 5) What are the problems associated with being an influencer? Influencer fraud which was really big in the market. 6) Why is ...

  1) First, copy down the teacher's comments from your paper. Next, did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your target grade for GCSE Media? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in this paper? Write this in a full answer.  My target grade is...6 My mark for this paper was...16 marks = grade 3 To achieve my target grade of a 6___, I would need to get __12__ more marks We don't know exactly what grade boundaries AQA will set in the real exams. These are the boundaries we've used (out of 40)  7 = 32; 6 = 28; 5 = 24; 4 = 20; 3 = 16; 2 = 12; 1 = 8, u = below 8. Now  read through the mark scheme , question by question.  2) Write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the 'possible content' part of the mark scheme: Example: Q1: 2/2 Full marks Q2: 1/2 - need to mark answers clearly Q3...

  1) What are the key conventions of music video? .Movement .Dance routine .Camerawork. 2) What is intertextuality?  the relationship between texts, especially literary ones. 3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? Although the origins of the music video date back to musical short films that first appeared in  the 1920s.   4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? Music videos and MTV was introduced to people. 5) How do audiences tend to access and watch music videos today? They use YouTube and stream on platforms across the internet on smartphones and internet acessing devices. Extension tasks Read this  Guardian feature asking whether YouTube is good or bad for the music industry . What is your opinion on this crucial question? In my opinion YouTube is very beneficial to artists as they provide  music to the audiences and increases a person who...