unit1exam2023

  self regulation: regulate it yourself digital media: social media online, film accessed on a screen Netflix, TV digital age: modern day 2000+  adequately protect : does it do it well? media effects debate : active vs passive audience  most products are regulated  young people are digital natives meaning its easy for them to change parental locks  question meaning; How can you self regulate yourself A passive audience wouldn't be able to do this  digital economy bill : hard for underage people to access content 

  watch a game play of the last of us two HAVE THE BELOW READY FOR FRIDAYS LESSON A REMINDER THAT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE A MOCK ON GENRE, REPRESENTATION OR NARRATIVE ON FRIDAY TOO THIS HAS BEEN POSTED ON CLASS CHARTS LO6 PREPARATION For the last question on the paper (20 marks) you will have to DEBATE how media product(s) have a positive and negative product on an audience. You could be asked about regulation, media effects debate, copyright  therefore find the following: A film/ TV show/ video game aged 15+ that has content/ scenes that are controversial/ could negatively influence a young audience. IT MUST BE A PRODUCT THAT IS NO LONGER THAN 5 – 10 YEARS OLD Must be accessible on a digital platform (Netflix/ Amazon Prime etc) - play-station store  Find a TikTok trend that has been in the news recently for negative reasons  - prove it with quotes Find a news article that discusses the negative impact of your chosen products from point 1 Find an artist(s)...

  narrative  in the exam it could say narrative or narratology  what is the difference between story and narrative: story is a series of events, narrative is looking at how that story is told .  To be able to understand how narrative structures are followed in your chosen film product (P) To be able to apply narrative theory to your chosen film product. (M) To be able to apply examples from your film product to support or challenge narrative theory (D) EXAM QUESTIONS! 6* Analyse how the production techniques are used to create meaning in a media product you have studied. (12) MICRO – MACRO  6*  Analyse the concepts of ‘narrative’ in a media product you have studied. (12) MACRO - MICRO production techniques - media language  Key theory : Tim O’ Sullivan et al. (1998) said - All media texts tell us some kind of story. theory: Tim O'Sullivan (1998) - said for representation to work , there has to be a shared recognition of people and places. Al...

  LO3 Genre theory genre:   Genre is a way of categorizing a particular media types according to its content and style. genre can be judged through the: generic conventions/ characteristics/elements or tropes themes specific codes and conventions that are expected by the audience type of product  film genres : sifi,romance, Rom-com, comedy, horror, thriller, slasher,  e.g. horror - monster / evil - violence / blood  - jump scare - sound  - editing - prince / princes character - needs saving  - derelict house vast open space  - low key lighting  The genre of my product: rim of the world is a sifi, action, comedy  sifi : aliens, space ships, a heroic protagonist, antagonist, fast editing, advanced technology - SGI ships winning the battle against fighter pilots when the kids are abandoned at the kanoo lake, fighting, nerdy/ smart character (Alex) - "EMP stands for electromagnetic pulse.",  action: explosions ...

what does the term 'representations' mean:    the way aspects of society, such as gender, age or ethnicity, are presented to audiences through careful mediation . media teaches us about people mediation - can be influenced by historical events, representations have been purposefully  constructed or set up to tell the audience a message. nothing on screen happens by accident, production techniques are used to purposely tell you a specific message.  theory: Tim  O'Sullivan (1998) - said for representation to work , there has to be a shared recognition of people and places. All representations therefore have ideologies behind them. (quote the highlighted)  what messages and values (ideologies) does Rim of the world stereotype or challenge for the audience? - the character Dariush conforms to the stereotype of being rich as he is mean and expects everything to be done for him instead of doing it himself. - The children in the film are heroi...

as with the other micro elements/ media language, sound creates a lot of meaning especially emotion from the audience  sound makes films emotive  diegetic - characters in film can here it  sound effect - a singular sound that makes actions more realistic (car chase, rev of the car engen) d ialog - conversations between characters  sound bridge - sound that starts in one scene that carry on into another environment (that is diegetic) non diegetic - characters cannot hear it - unnatural sounds of the environment only the viewer can here it ,added in post production, emphasizes the action taking place sting - sound that acts as a punctuation, high pitch , signal of an enigma incidental music - music that fits the theme of the action taking place , pace and tempo emphasizing the connotations of the action  pace - how fast  tempo - volume  sound task find  Two different scenes using sound effects...