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.