Thursday, 22 January 2009

Work for Friday 23rd January

Hi chaps,
I'm afraid I've caught my daughter's flu hence I won't be in today.

You have a lot of work to do anyway, both with preparing your Case Study presentation, and with your Coursework. If you are up-to-date with both of these can I suggest that you attempt to do an analysis of a website linked to your Case Study. If there isn't a specific one, then do an analysis of a website linked to Heroes. Look at the appeal to the audience, who the target audience is & how we know, the representations present, the underlying values and ideology, and the Institution etc. Also think about the reasons it was produced and what it aims to do.

Good luck!

Thursday, 15 January 2009

Work for Friday 16th January

Hi guys,
sorry I can't be with you today. However there is plenty of work you can do without me.

Task One:
Look on the shared area folder (Media Studies - AS Lecture notes). You will find a document called mise-en-scene. Print this out, read it through and work through tasks - it may be better to do this with a partner.

Task Two:
Finish watching Episode 2 of Series 2, Larkrise to Candleford - available on BBC Larkrise website. Think particularly about Representation and Values and Ideology. Also, think about how the director has used the mise-en-scene to both create the narrative, add meaning to it, and move it forward.

Task Three:
Finally, in that folder you will also find a document called open and closed narrative. This is just to remind you of the key differences between the two types of narrative which will be useful for your presentation on your chosen Broadcast Fiction text. Can I remind you that for your presentations you will also need to explore how the text is presented across the other two media platforms - e-media and er . . paper media. How do these add to the audience's enjoyment of the text? What is the purpose of these other related texts?

Good Luck and DON'T FORGET TO DO THE WORK!