Year 13 Homework - 8/12/15

Continue blogging notes on the research we started on media representations of Islam. Please look at the following:

Harry: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-social-sciences/social-policy/IASS/news-events/MEDIA-ChrisAllen-APPGEvidence-Oct2012.pdf

Jade: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7495384.stm and one other of your choice

Allan: http://www.channel4.com/news/media/pdfs/Cardiff%20Final%20Report.pdf

Due next Monday.

Year 13 Homework - 30/11/15

Please find a newspaper or TV text to analyse for its representations of Islam post 9/11 and be prepared to analyse it in the lesson tomorrow (1/12/15). It should be from 2011 onward and we need to focus on both positive and negative representations so please try to make selections with that in mind..

Year 12 Homework 30/11/15

How does Spielberg use the language of film to create a tense opening scene to Saving Private Ryan? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RTzi5Vt7w

Comment on his use of:

·        Cinematography

·        Sound

·        Editing

·        Mise en scene

What specific effects does he achieve? How does he create character? Build excitement/tension/fear/disgust/panic? How does he make it seem realistic?

Due in on Monday 7th December 2015, typed.

Year 13: Contemporary Media Issues Preparation

Using lesson time, study time and homework, please prepare an in-depth group presentation on Post-9/11 representations of Islam in the following two media:

a. Newspapers
b. Television

Remember that you must cover the past, present and future with the greatest emphasis on the present (media texts from 2011 onward).

The presentation is due next Monday 30th November 2015. I will be available during lesson time for you to come and consult with any issues, but otherwise the time is yours.

Year 12 Homework - 18th November 2015

Watch a film or TV show and think about what message the setting conveys. Be prepared to discuss your example next week.

Due Monday 23rd November.

Year 13 Homework 17/11/15

Please write a critical analysis of one of the following TV stereotyped characters applying the theories of Dyer, Medhurst and Perkins:

1. Vicky Pollard – Little Britain

2. David Platt – Coronation Street

3. NHS advert - ‘Girls Night Out’

4. Lauren – The Catherine Tate show

Due Monday 23rd November 2015

Year 12 Homework 11th November 2015

Please write an extended response to the Star Trek trailer here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBxH_2Dc6g&feature=PlayList&p=C6BA08F9F7EC988C&playnext_from=PL&index=18

and cover all these elements in your answer:

1.What editing techniques have been used in the sequence ?

2. What meanings are created for the audience by the way the piece is edited together?

3. Are there any special effects being used in the film?

4. What response might an audience have to this trailer ? How is this generated by the use of editing and other elements of media language ?

It should be at least 600 words typed and is due in (printed and handed to me) on Monday 16th November 2015. 

1.What editing techniques have been used in the sequence ?

2. What meanings are created for the audience by the way the piece is edited together?

3. Are there any special effects being used in the film?

4. What response might an audience have to this trailer ? How is this generated by the use of editing and other elements of media language ?

1.What editing techniques have been used in the sequence ?

2. What meanings are created for the audience by the way the piece is edited together?

3. Are there any special effects being used in the film?

4. What response might an audience have to this trailer ? How is this generated by the use of editing and other elements of media language ?

1.What editing techniques have been used in the sequence ?

2. What meanings are created for the audience by the way the piece is edited together?

3. Are there any special effects being used in the film?

4. What response might an audience have to this trailer ? How is this generated by the use of editing and other elements of media language ?

Year 13 homework 10th November 2015

Please continue to listen to episodes of The Media Show on iPlayer.

Year 12 Homework - 4th November 2015

Please listen to at least one of the three shows highlighted in The Media Show blog post below and be prepared to discuss some of the issues in it on Monday 9th.

Year 13 Homework 3rd November 2015

1. Please complete the textual analysis of your advert for submission on paper next Monday 9th November.

2. Listen to one of the three shows I highlighted in the blog post on The Media Show

The Media Show

If you're not already aware of it, the Media Show on BBC Radio 4 is essential listening if you want to stay on top of contemporary media issues. Recent shows touch on issues which are absolutely fundamental to your A-Level: the future of the BBC and the post-Levenson regulation of the press.

Find it on iPlayer here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq

And this is the current list of archived shows which is updated each week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq/episodes/player

The shows with John Wittingdale (the Culture Secretary), Alan Rusbridger (former editor in chief of The Guardian Media Group) and the debate show on the future of the BBC are all essential for you to listen to.

Year 13 Homework 13/10/15

Due next Monday please, everyone:

Activity 1

Look into your crystal ball and see if you can guess the future of digital technology how will media institutions be distributing their texts and content in 20 years time. Set up a discussion group. How will you receive your TV programmes? What institutions will still be around in 20 years time – the BBC, Virgin Media, News International? Maybe you will work for one of these groups – what sort of thing might you be doing?

Activity 2

In the music business the sale of CDs has fallen to a new low threatening the CD format as a viable product – how should music be distributed? Look at it from the Point Of View (POV) of a musician wanting to make a living out of recorded music, and of an institution trying to market and make a profit out of selling music.

Year 12 Homework 12/10/15

Complete a written detailed analysis of the use of sound in the opening sequence of the film Trainspotting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2aEG35lsls

This will be your assessed piece for the last assessment drop of the half term. It is due by next Monday 19th October as a post on your blog, linked to this post.

I also need a hard copy in the lesson on the due date.

Remember the resources from class are available on the network in school if you want to refer to them.

Wider reading about contemporary media issues

I will begin to add blogs and Twitter accounts on here that will help you stay abreast of current issues in the media. Your starting point is The Guardian's media pages:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/media

They also have a Twitter account you can follow. If anyone else finds a good source for contemporary media issues, please post about it in this thread.

Year 13 Homework 6/10/15

I want you to do some research into the post-Levenson regulation of the press please and also into the review of the BBC charter by the Culture Secretary and the issues around its governance and regulation. Finally, please find out what proposals are being floated for Channel 4's future.

This is due by Monday 12th October as a blog post with a link in this thread.

Year 12 Homework 5/10/15

Your homework is to complete the Cinematography quiz from the lesson. If you were absent (a worryingly large number of you, actually), you can find it here on the school network:

W:\Media Studies\Year 12\Media Language - Cinematography (Slides 32 - 37)

Please post your answers on your own blogs and link them into the comments on here.

It's due by next Monday (that's Monday 12th October, Bailey - not April!!!).

Cheers,

Mr Natton.

Year 12 Student Blogs

Morning everyone. Can you please provide your own blog address in the comments section of this post please?

Ta.

Year 13 Homework - 29/9/15

500 words on an analysis of a media text in the context of Baudrillard's theory of hyperreality.

Due Monday 5th October 2015

Welcome to the Oldershaw Academy OCR Media Exam blog

Snappy title eh?

OK everyone, the principles of this blog will hopefully be the same as those of Mr Liddell's:

• I will set work and post teaching resources for you here
• I will add links to things I think you need to watch/read/be aware of
• I will link this page to your own blogs and thereby allow everyone to see each other's work
• There will be discussions on here about various aspects of the course and its content

Hopefully it's self explanatory. Bear with me while I get to grips with it as I've not used this before. However, hopefully we'll all be up to speed soon and therefore have an ongoing record of your learning and my teaching.

Cheers,

Mr Natton