This post is for both AS and A2 as it could apply to both the film fiction and New Media case studies. I found this article as I was trawling through the TV section of The Guardian website http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/28/tv-music-top-10-cliches . It got me thinking about the subtle (or blindly obvious) usages of music in Media, especially broadcast Media
So, my question to you is: why is music so important to broadcast Media at all? Also, why are certain tracks played an replayed to death, a la the 'Fix You' montages on the X-Factor?
I'd like you to blog your views on this, or even just tweet a response.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
AS: Film Trailer
Right, so you've watched a load of film trailers and you think you know the standard semiotic elements. What do you do next?
You're going to storyboard you own film trailer on the uscreen site http://uscreen.co.uk/tools/ and then show your trailer to the rest of the group. However, before you get to the production, you need to script out your idea and consider the semiotics elements of your trialre: lighting, colour scheme, shot types and audio. You need to do all of the prep before next lesson and post it to your blog.
We'll be making the storyboard in uscreen during next week's lesson. If you really want to be ahead then you could pick a genre , preferably an unknown genre, to start investigating.
You're going to storyboard you own film trailer on the uscreen site http://uscreen.co.uk/tools/ and then show your trailer to the rest of the group. However, before you get to the production, you need to script out your idea and consider the semiotics elements of your trialre: lighting, colour scheme, shot types and audio. You need to do all of the prep before next lesson and post it to your blog.
We'll be making the storyboard in uscreen during next week's lesson. If you really want to be ahead then you could pick a genre , preferably an unknown genre, to start investigating.
Monday, 12 September 2011
AS Media: Print Investigation
Hello Ladies!
I hope you're all enjoying your print investigation. remember that you'll need to bring a copy of your chosen text to the lesson next week. You need to have blogged all of the infortmation you have researched about the text before next lesson. You then need to tweet the link so that I know it is done.
Send an S.O.S via Twitter if you need help. Also, remember that you are looking at origins, USP and circulation figures from last month.
Miss Moody
I hope you're all enjoying your print investigation. remember that you'll need to bring a copy of your chosen text to the lesson next week. You need to have blogged all of the infortmation you have researched about the text before next lesson. You then need to tweet the link so that I know it is done.
Send an S.O.S via Twitter if you need help. Also, remember that you are looking at origins, USP and circulation figures from last month.
Miss Moody
Friday, 9 September 2011
Welcome to AS Media
Hello and welcome to all the new AS Media students. Please have a good look at the blog, even past posts. The blog will be the place to go from now on to pick up work for your Media lesson; to post question for you teachers and to find information about the exam and coursework elements of Media.
You'll also be setting up your own blog and Twitter accounts so that you can keep track of your work. We will ask you to post your independent study work in your blog and then tweet the link. This is a brilliant way of keeping track of your developing understanding of Media- also a great way of revising for the exam.
We'd also like you to use the blog space to share any great articles about Media tat you might find on your travels or any new Media developments you might read about. For example: http://www.ted.com/talks
So go forth and set yourself up on the web. Please follow us on Twitter @SwanshurstMedia and then start blogging straight away. This needs to be done by the time you come to Monday's lesson.
Have Fun!
Miss Moody
You'll also be setting up your own blog and Twitter accounts so that you can keep track of your work. We will ask you to post your independent study work in your blog and then tweet the link. This is a brilliant way of keeping track of your developing understanding of Media- also a great way of revising for the exam.
We'd also like you to use the blog space to share any great articles about Media tat you might find on your travels or any new Media developments you might read about. For example: http://www.ted.com/talks
So go forth and set yourself up on the web. Please follow us on Twitter @SwanshurstMedia and then start blogging straight away. This needs to be done by the time you come to Monday's lesson.
Have Fun!
Miss Moody
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Summer Work
I hope you've all had lovely break. However, the time has come to get back to the grind. To prepare you for the large independent research project that you are going to be undertaking this year I asked you to do some reading over the summer. The reading needed to revolve around Media issues and could have been based on any of the sources I posted for you in June (see first post). I've also been posting great links on Twitter all summer.
What you need to do now is use your reading to help you answer one of the following questions in detail.You need to beware because the rest of the class are going to question you on your ideas and sources during the first lesson.
Here are the questions:
1) What effect do you think social media had on the spread of the summer riots?
2) Do you think the riots changed the way in which print Media represent young people? Or is this the same representation. You must justify your ideas.
3) What part has social media played in the uprisings in the Middle East? Do you believe that governments are right to force internet providers to give names of online activists?
4) Go to www.everythingisaremix.info and watch the second video. To what extent are the biggest blockbuster films of the summer remixes or rip offs of previous material. Is originality in cinema dead?
You need to post your full answer on your blog by the first lesson, so we can be ready to debate. You also need to update your Media blog with links to any good material you have found in your internet journey.
Finally, remember to post your blog link to Twitter once you are done or it won't count and I'll think you haven't done the work -we wouldn't want that.
Good Luck!
What you need to do now is use your reading to help you answer one of the following questions in detail.You need to beware because the rest of the class are going to question you on your ideas and sources during the first lesson.
Here are the questions:
1) What effect do you think social media had on the spread of the summer riots?
2) Do you think the riots changed the way in which print Media represent young people? Or is this the same representation. You must justify your ideas.
3) What part has social media played in the uprisings in the Middle East? Do you believe that governments are right to force internet providers to give names of online activists?
4) Go to www.everythingisaremix.info and watch the second video. To what extent are the biggest blockbuster films of the summer remixes or rip offs of previous material. Is originality in cinema dead?
You need to post your full answer on your blog by the first lesson, so we can be ready to debate. You also need to update your Media blog with links to any good material you have found in your internet journey.
Finally, remember to post your blog link to Twitter once you are done or it won't count and I'll think you haven't done the work -we wouldn't want that.
Good Luck!
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