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Newspapers Blog Task

  Blog tasks: Daily Mirror case study Work through the following questions to complete your work on the Daily Mirror. Representation 1) What political party does the Daily Mirror support? How can you tell? The Daily Mirror is a left wing tabloid newspaper that supports Labour as it say's all positive things about Labour and criticises the Conservatives. 2) How does the Daily Mirror usually represent rich and powerful people or corporations? The Daily Mirror are against rich and wealthy people and corporations such as Amazon as they are making no tills so people won't need any more cashiers which is bad for people as people who do work as cashiers will be jobless and rich people are criticised like Rishi Sunak as he's not giving enough money back to the NHS who over the past 3 years have done an exceptionally amazing job at saving people's lives. 3) How are ordinary working people presented in the Daily Mirror? They are represented as the people that need more help in ...

Summer Project: coursework planning

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1) Research: Music videos Watch the following music videos and analyse an aspect of media language for each one: Music video 1:  Marshmello x YUNGBLUD x blackbear - Tongue Tied How is  narrative  used in this music video to engage the audience? The narrative for this music video is that a bunch of civilised people become freedom fighters to try to retaliate  against the authorities  because  of them arresting everyone they see and there leader (YUNGBLUD). This engages the audience because it can help persuade normal people to try to make a change for the better for the world by doing protests against the bad decisions  that Parliament  makes sometimes.  Music video 2: Years & Years - I Wish I Knew How is  camerawork  and  mise-en-scene  used in this video? Use CLAMPS to remember the different aspects of mise-en-scene. For CLAMPS for this music video is that for Costumes is the whole band dress in normal people's clothe...

Heat and Tatler extension tasks

  HEAT Grade 8/9 extension tasks 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. The front cover Heat engages with the audience by the stories and cover lines because of them being eye catching and interesting because of them being colourful because of the colour scheme. Another way Heat makes there audience more intrigued with the magazine is because of the images. This is because whenever Heat have multiple celebrities images on there front cover it connotes that they have funny things to say about them because of Heat trying to find the funny out of seriousness. 2) What are paparazzi images and why are they crucial to the front cover of Heat?  Paparazzi images are when celebrities get surprised pictures of themselves taken by the press or by the public in general to show what they are up too. This is crucial because of Heat being a more banter magazine too make...

Rashford- Language and Representation Analysis

  1) How is LANGUAGE (CLAMPS) used to show Marcus Rashford as a successful role model on his website? Language is used to show Marcus Rashford as a successful role model on his website because of his costume. This is because Marcus Rashford is wearing a smart business like expensive black suit which could connote that he intelligent and wealthy. The lighting as well on Marcus Rashfords' website is mainly on his face which could connote to show who's the main star of his brand and who's in charge (Star Power). Marcus Rashford is a well known celebrity for not only playing for Manchester United in football, but for raising awareness for free school meals for young children who need it the most. Furthermore, Marcus Rashford's facial features show that he is clean and his hair is well groomed it's not messy or scruffy. Marcus Rashford is also wearing cuff links on his suit which could connote that he is ready for business. Where as for Marcus Rashford's background, ...

Introduction to OSP: Influencers blog tasks

1) What years did YouTube, Twitter and Instagram launch? YouTube was launched  in 2005 and Twitter was launched in the year 2006 where as in 2010 Instagram was launched.  2) What is the definition of an influencer? A social Media influencer, is a user on social media who has established  credibility in a specific industry. This person has access to a large audience and can persuade others by virtue of there authenticity  and reach. 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. An example of an influencer is Nicki Minaj who wore a pair of bejewelled pink Crocs shoes on Instagram, where she has 136 million followers; demand for pink Crocs spiked 4,900% in hours.  4) How big is the influencer industry according to the article? The influencer industry was worth by the end of 2019, $8 billion a year. Now, by a recent report, by the end of 2022, it ...

OSP & Videogames: An introduction

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  Watch the YouTube video outlining the history of the videogames industry from the 1970s to the 2010s. Now answer the following questions: 1) What were the first videogames like? The first video games were born upon mighty post-war mainframes which was designed for rapid code breaking. For example, the 1958's Tennis For Two which was a simple two-player Tennis simulation built for an analogue machine.  2) How have videogames changed over time? Video games have changed over time because since the 70's teenagers had to go to arcade stores to play games by putting money into them. Now in the 21 century, teenagers can now stay at home with there own luxuries and play video games by just putting a disc into there console and start playing instead of putting coins into a machine and playing.   3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing videogames?#  ...

His Dark Materials: Industry and Audience blog tasks

  Industries 1) What famous stars are in His Dark Materials and why do you think they were selected for the show?  Will-Amir Wilson. I think why he was picked for the show His Dark Materials is because of him being in films and dramas such as The Kid Who Would Be King which is a film and The Secret Garden which is a drama.  Lyra-Dafne Keen. I think why she was picked for the show His Dark Materials is because off her being in other show's and film's such as Logan which is a film and The Refugees which is a TV show. 2)  How does His Dark Materials meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'? His Dark Materials meet the BBC's statement to inform, educate and entertain. The aspects of entertain is that there are hero's (Lyra) and villains (Mrs Coultard) in His Dark Materials that battle. The aspects of educate/entertain is that it tell's us about Oxford University and aspects of normal British life.    3)  What was American network...