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Revision Component 2 - section A, Humans and Les revenants

"All genres exist and function through a process of repetition and difference " - Use Steve Neale's genre theory to explore this notion in Humans and Les Revenants. [30]  Plan: camera work narrative Editing  Genre fluidity  mise en scene  Introduction(DAC): Neale argues that the genre works through presenting a series of easily identifiable generic paradigms in order to ensure an audience. However, in order to maintain audiences over timer there is also a requirement for the producer to vary genre conventions. Thus all media products exist as a combination of the repetition and difference of genre conventions. I shall argue that both of the tv shows i have studied are simultaneously typical and yet atypical in the ways they present as genre. This is primarily to appeal to both a core and niche audience. In order to explore this I shall be using the examples of Humans , a 2015 channel 4 sci-fi UK Tv series, based off the Swedish sci-fi show real Hu...
Radio - component one section b  Explore how Late Night Woman's Hour appeals to both core and secondary audiences Who is Lauren Laverne?? She is an English radio DJ, model, television presenter, author, singer and comedian. In 2014, Laverne guest-edited Woman's Hour on Radio 4, and in 2015 began hosting Late Night Woman's Hour, a spinoff series. Laverne is a supporter of the Labour Party, and called the Spice Girls "Tory scum" for their support for the Conservatives in the 1997 general election Lauren Cecilia Gofton born  28th April 1978 (age 40) Socio Historical context of the show Late Night Woman's Hour is a late night edition of the long-running, BBC Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour.  It started in 2015 with a one-month pilot run, scheduled twice weekly on Thursday and Friday at 11 pm for one hour. The role of the BBC and it's status as an institution

Video games - component 1 - section B

Key terms Distribution - How a media product is received and gets to the audience Globalisation - Interconnectedness of the world and it  coming together Convergence - The coming together of previously separate media industries Horizontal Integration - Where a corporation owns other corporations in the same industry Vertical integration - When a media institution buys a business in a different stage of production Institution - A company with its own identity Synergy - When two things work well together Digital Technology - Any technology that involves a computer Multimedia integration - The use of digital technology to bring together different industries Conglomeration - Where one business buys out another business to form a big business Explore how ownership has shaped Assassins Creed III: Liberation (12 marks) Plan Ubisoft Montreal - major producer with high production values  Playstation Vita - 2012, A poorly performing console...

Component 1 section A - music videos

How do the representations in these music videos show the values, attitudes and beliefs of the producer ? Formation - Beyonce Unseen - BLACKPINK Low angle shot of girl on chess board shows power of women and female dominance Low angle shot of girl walking in a classroom suggests er power and importance   low angle shot of girl in what looks like a wedding dress in a church suggests love, power, importance and innocence  Representation is a re presentation, where a group, issue or event is 'shown again' by the producer. By using media language to represent certain groups, the producer can both reinforce and challenge hegemonic norms. I shall argue that the video to formation by Beyonce and thee video to DDU DU DDU DU by Blackpink both reinforce and challenge stereotypes of women. Plan: Codes and conventions Editing (fast paced and quick) Structure/narrative Mise en scene - costume, hair makeup chess piece  sound Low angle shots Americani...

Newspapers - component 1b

How do specific processes of production , distribution and circulation shape The Times and The Mirror?  (12marks) The Times Owned by news UK, a subsidiary of News international, an enormous media conglomerate  Long established, a British institution est. 1785 Sister paper: The Sunday Times Circulation 2019: 417, 298 Compact format, easier to read Vertically integrated industry Currently £1.80 Daily newspaper Right wing (supports conservative) Middle class, older audience  The Daily Mirror Tabloid newspaper/ red top Working class audience  Owned by Reach plc (previously known as Trinity Mirror) Founded in 1903 Circulation 2017: 587, 803 Sister paper: Sunday Mirror  Reach also publishes a range of local newspapers - diversification "The intelligent tabloid #madeuthink" Price 80p Knee Jerk Reaction Both these newspapers are mass produced and mass circulated for a mass audience.  Both newspapers published daily which ...

newspapers revision

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 How do these products make use of intertextuality and genre conventions in order to reflect the ideology of the producer? (The daily mirror & The daily mail) Knee jerk reaction Both newspapers are heavily influenced by their favoured political party, which is shown through the use of intertextuality and genre conventions. The daily Mirror favours the left wing labour party while the daily mail is a particularly right wing newspaper. Intertextuality refers to where a media product refers to another media product in order to engage the audience. Genre conventions are the typical aspects of the genre of a media product in order for the producer to target a specific audience. Ideology refers to the ideas and beliefs of the producer, and is used primarily to allow the audience to relate to the media product Plan Intertextuality  positioning  bias ideology composition  Anchorage (Representation - Stuart Hall) (Pick and Mix - Gauntlet) Language / L...