Media 1st Blog

Coursework: Preliminary Exercise 2025 - Music Videos Initial Tasks: planning Before creating anything in Media you need to plan out exactly what you are going to do. You need to complete the following planning tasks on your blog before you can film anything: Create a blogpost called 'Coursework preliminary exercise' and produce the following. 1) Write a 100 word statement of intent explaining what you are going to make for your preliminary exercise. Statement of intent: 100 words explaining what you plan to make. Example statement of intent [147 words]:  I plan to make a 30 second advert about a student struggling in school due to tiredness and behaviour issues who is helped by their rehydrating health drink. The beginning of the advert will have a montage editing sequence of different issues that the student is having with a soundtrack that fits a negative overall mood. My character will be in school uniform that is deliberately messed up to help communicate the str...

Coursework: Summer Project 2025 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 dystopian storyline of people being controlled and silenced engages the audience by creating tension and drama. It makes viewers emotionally invested as they follow the characters’ struggle against oppression, reflecting themes of rebellion and freedom. 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. In I Wish I Knew by Years & Years, close-up shots capture emotion while wider shots set the mood. The mise-en-scène (CLAMPS) adds to the intimacy: casual costumes and minimal makeup feel authentic, soft lighting creates warmth, expressive movement shows emotion, a...

  Doctor Who: Audience and Industries Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? The target audience for Doctor Who are children or family-friendly age groups. Yes it has changed as there are more people playing as the Doctor and other things like background settings and technology have evolved to enhance the series more.  2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: Doctor Who offers drama and fantasy in the episode drawing the audience in more based off interest in potential drama in show. Personal Relationships: The relationship between the girl and her grandfather adds onto interest by adding a particularly elder character adds interest as such character aren't included in such shows as an action-like protagonist in addition...

  Magazines and Music Video assessment: Learner response Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response: blog tasks Create a new blog post called 'Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response' and complete the following tasks: 1) Type up your WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  WWW: Chea - an honest attempt here. Some knowledge/understanding of the magazine CSPs. EBI: Revise media terminology e.g magazine conventions/theory. More blog work/revision for future assessments.  2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you ach ieved for each question:  Q1: Magazines: Tatler CSP  (0/2 Marks and 4/8 Marks) Q2:  Magazines: Heat CSP (3/6 Marks) Q3:  Music video: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (2/6 Marks)   Q4:  Music Video: BLACKPINK - How You Like That Q5:  3)  Look spe...

Doctor Who: Language and Representations Language and contexts 1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class or  this Google document of class notes  (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound: Flash back, theme intro (sound) and close ups. These are used to make dramatic effects with different sounds mixed with a portrayed camera angle at the same time. Mise-en-scene: Susan presented as the average 19's teenager except the fact she is an alien, junkyard setting, inside the TARDIS (Time travel machine) and there is a new setting/planet they're in. This shows Susan's life as quite mundane upon first seeing her however as you get into the show your see her life as more adventurous as she keeps secrets from those around her apart from her grandfather about her double life as student and alien. Narrative and genre: Genre - science fiction, time and space, narrative background...

  Television: Introduction to TV drama 1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? His Dark Materials establishes long journey including her strengths and other things which is what makes the drama a drama (E.g. CLAMPS and Mise-En-Scene). 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? Fantasy and dramas are suggested by the his dark materials as the series itself contains the same kind of genres. 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? The characters are presented to seem dominant, fearless and courageous yet the narratives are based off science fiction  4) What settings appear in the trailer? Settings that appear in the trailer is background, characters, props and setting. The main setting that the series has includes a steampunk type of vibe. 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your ...