Representation Homework and holiday work

Dear All,

For your work this week and over half term, please could you go to www.allisonmedia.net and research Representation. You need to make notes on this and also specifically research stereotype, countertype and archetype.

Please also keep a media diary of what you watch over the next ten days. You need to say what the source was (eg TV, internet etc) and think about who you think is being represented.

Thanks a lot; I will be checking this after school on Monday 3rd November.

Mrs B

Homework 12.10.09

Hello Folks,

After today's lesson I would like you to post a detailed technical analysis of the second half of the film "In the Pursuit of Happyness"on your blogs. As a base line, you need to talk about the four elements Mise en Scene, Sound and Dialogue, Shot Types and Editing. In addition (for brownie points) you may also mention any signs you identified and what these connote or denote. Please use the appropriate media terminology.

You can choose to focus in detail on a particular section of the film or you can give me somne examples from throughout the second half, contrasting the use of each to make different effects. This needs to be posted by Thursday's lesson. I will be checking in class.

Thanks a lot
Mrs B

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION, HOMEWORK!

• Take any short scene (2/3 minutes) from a text – film, TV fiction or TV ad. Take notes and be able to present your findings on:
  }Camerawork
  }How it has been edited
  }How lighting, costume, set design etc contribute to the narrative
  Now examine the sound track:
  What are the component parts of the sound? Music? Voices? Sound effects, including distortion? How have they been arranged and chosen? Are some louder than others? Why has each been included? Do they seem accidental?
  How have they been shaped around the action or talk in that scene? How close do the voices seem? How have they been chosen or constructed? How does all this contribute to the narrative?

Due Tuesday 13th October for Mrs Parish

Homework for today- GENRE

To back up your work on genre, please choose one recent film you have enjoyed watching. Write a brief summary of this film. Research the INSTITUTIONS and IDEOLOGIES linked to it (like the funding stream etc), Then I would like you to think about WHICH genre it represents, whether or not it is a HYBRID text. You also need to find a trailer for it and think about how it is marketed.

Please have this on your blog by Monday October 12th.

Fri 25th Sept

Framing, Anchoring and Juxtapositioning - HW task

Make sure that you have illustrated examples from today's lesson up on your blog and commented on. Due Tues 29th.

Mrs P

Homework task 24/09/09

Dear All,

Following our lesson on 'In The Pursuit Of Happyness' please plan and write a short essay on the following title:

'How are institutions and ideologies represented in the film 'In the Pursuit of Happyness'.

Write your plan onto your blogs (I would suggest 1x paragraph on each heading we took notes on) by Monday 28th September. I will comment and suggest how you proceed with your essays.

Essay can be emailed to me by Monday 5th October. Minimum of 5 paragraphs please.

Well done today guys, your observations have been excellent and you are really beginning to get to grips with these keys concepts.

Mrs B

Reading your blogs

Helloe All,

Thanks a lot for following our blog. We can't read any of them except for Pierre, Jack and Matty's blogs. Have you all created your blogs once on the system? There doesn't appear to be an active blog we can get into.

Please could you have this sorted by the next time you see us ( Wed 1 with Mrs B). Mrs Parish's lesson will be covered tomorrow so please could you use this time to get this done?

Many thanks,
Mrs B and Mrs P

Homework 14/09/09 Mrs Baird

Dear All,

Just to remind you all, you must follow our blog (only 9 of you have signed on as followers).

Anyway, homework. Please find 5 media products across 5 platforms and identify target audiences. Suggest whther the products would attract active or passive audiences.

1x TV
1x Radio
1x internet
1x printed media
1x Film

Please comment on your blogs by Monday 21st September p1.

Thursday 3rd September 2009

Welcome to Cherwell Media blogging
This is Mrs Parish and Mrs Baird sending a message to our Year 12 media group. You will be following the OCR Media Studies A Level syllabus and we have set up this blog for you to use throughout the course. It will operate as a way for us to share information and ideas with you as well as, importantly, a way for you to be self reflective; a key requirement of the syllabus.This blog is basic in form. It will model the use of some functions, for example, hyperlinks and video postings. However, you will each be producing your own blog which you will maintain throughout the Media Studies course, the contents of which will form an important part of your final assessment for G321- the Foundation Portfolio Unit. Your blog will be, of course, more detailed, more inventive and will include a range of media through which you will be able to demonstrate to us (and your external examiners) your learning and understanding.Enjoy your Media lesson when we will be setting up your blogs with you. Please feel free to comment appropriately on this blog.