abdi GCSE media blog

  1) Type up your feedback in full - WWW & EBI. You do not have to write your mark and grade if you don't want to. Total = 5 = Grade u www - There is almost nothing to credit here... the most useful thing this assessment can do is act as a serious wake - up call if you want to get close to your target grade i the GCSE. EBI - You simply don't know the terminology.CSPS or theories well enough. Learn or  2) Look at Question 3 in the assessment - the media analysis of the Under Armour advert. C - Costume: The player is wearing red and black rugby kit which has connotations of the logo which is also in the colour red. The red could also show feelings of stress or energy which links back to the advert as the man is training which shows he is using power and energy.  L - Lighting: The stadium floodlights tell the audience that they are in stadium which shows that under armour give their products to professional sports players. The floodlights are also in the shape on the under arm

  Language and close-textual analysis 1) Choose three key moments in the episode and write an  NCIS  analysis for those clips. You can use your notes from the screening in class.  Make specific, detailed references using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) An Unearthly Child scene analysis Narrative: There is a mystery of where Susan Foreman lives. Character: Susan is 15 years old and is ''a genius'' Iconography: Futureistic radio she is lightening to pop Setting: Junkyard - creepy atmosphere Narrative: '' we are about to interfere in something best left alone'' Character: Susan presented as different to other students Iconography: mystery or suspense Setting: car, school, class and junkyard Narrative: Danger + threat   2) How does  Todorov's theory of equilibrium  apply to An Unearthly Child? Try and use the expanded version of Todorov's theory: Equilibrium - Disruption - Recogn

 1) How does Class meet the conventions of a TV drama series? The way that Class meets the conventions of a TV dram series is that there is dramatic narrative 2) What conventions of the science-fiction genre can you find in the Class trailer? List as many as you can and use NCIS to help you. Narrative Alien invasion  Good vs evil Saving the world characters 3) What other genres are suggested by the trailer (e.g. horror)? Is Class an example of a modern hybrid-genre show? sci-fi horror Romance and comedy 4) Class is a spin-off from Doctor Who. At what point does the character of the Doctor appear in the trailer? when they are in the classroom 5) Who do you think the target audience for Class is? Is this a typical target audience for the science-fiction genre? Give reasons for your answer. Teenagers because sci fi appeals to them