Shreyam's Media Exam Blog 1 - Mr Bush

1)   Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2)   Semiotics blog tasks - English analysis and Icon, Index, Symbol 3)  Language: Reading an image - media codes 4)  Media consumption audit 5)  Reception theory - advert analyses 6)  Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7)  Narrative: Factsheet questions

1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  Spiderman - Far From Home: Peter Parker is enjoying his school trip abroad - Equilibrium Mysterio attacks London and Peter is forced to transform into Spiderman - Disequilibrium Peter Parker defeats Mysterio but his identity as Spiderman has been revealed to the world - New Equilibrium 2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a  clip  on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). Embed the clip in your blog and write an analysis of the narrative markers that help establish setting, character and plot. Enigma codes: When the woman is pointing at the butcher, the audience may wonder what's wrong Action codes: When the butcher pulls out the gun, they know that violence is about to follow Equilibrium - A fun day at the pool with family Disequilibrium - The butcher shoots everybody dead New Equilibrium -

Read   Media Factsheet 03 - Genre: Categorising texts   and answer the following questions: 1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? A news broadcast 2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? Codes and conventions 3) What is the difference between character representation in action movies and disaster movies? In action movies, the role of the hero is usually given to one person but in disaster movies, the role of the hero is usually given to multiple people 4) What are the different ways films can be categorised according to Bordwell?  Period or country Director/star Technical process Style Series Audience 5) List three ways genre is used by audiences. To anticipate whether or not they like a text by use of prior knowledge To compare a text To reject a text 6) List three ways genre is used by institutions or producers. Templates Attracting an audience Marketing texts 7) What film genre is used as an example of ho