Ali-AbanGCSEMediaStudies

  Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe blog tasks Read  this BBC article on the Marvel Cinematic Universe  and answer the following questions based on the article: 1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? 22 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? $18.2bn 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? In 2007, Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off the film rights to some of the company's most popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Marvel - he is in many marvel films and marvel have the rights over him  5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? Marvel 6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+? Disney has plans for many movies such as  Thor's a...

                                                    Industries: Ownership and control  1) What is a conglomerate in the media industries?  A company that owns many other companies 2) What is a subsidiary? A company that belongs to another company 3) What are the benefits for media companies of vertical integration? They get more money therefore get more profit. 4) What are the benefits for media companies of horizontal integration? Companies can expand their audience. 5) Give three examples of media companies or brands that have used synergy to maximise their profits. There are examples in the notes above to help you. Disney universal and Amazon 6) What is convergence and what device has changed the relationship between audiences and producers?  Technological convergence refers to the fact we can now access all dif...

1)  List any tasks you have that are missing or incomplete.      Camera movement and Editing, Reception Theory Blog Tasks, My index links.      2) Reflect on your tracker/feedback and write what you need to do this week to get your tracker all green or improve your work in GCSE Media.   I need to re write my Camera Movement and Editing task as well as my Reception Theory. Then I need to make sure  3) Finally, come up with a list of three things you are going to do this half-term to help you make progress in Media.           I will make more revision Cards and make sure I don't use AI for future tasks.

                                                                  AUDIENCE EFFECTS THEORY   1) Write a definition of a passive audience:  Passive audiences are Audiences that absorb any information from the media - my definition  Passive: This is the view that audiences passively take in information from the media and that these messages have the same effect on everyone. 2)  Write a definition of an active audience:  Active audiences are audiences that engage and respond to the media in cotroversial ways - my definition Active: This is the more modern and generally accepted view that audiences interact with and make conscious choices regarding the media they consume. 3) Write a definition of the hypodermic needle theory:  The hypodermic needle theory is a...

 Learner Response  WWW: This is a good first assessment in Media, Well done! EBI : Plenty to build on here, Now we want to push on the higher levels in the 12-Marker questions. Avoid repetition and make detailed reference to text. LR:      Q1) 1 mark      Q2) 1 mark     Q3) 4 mark     Q4) 2 mark      Q5) 4 mark     Q6) 5 mark My strongest question was question 6 as I was able to answer most of it without repetition.  My weakest question was question 3 because I repeated a bit too much.  Question 3 rewrite:  The red dress that Beyoncé is wearing may suggest that the fragrance is romantic. This is because usually red symbolises love/romance. The red in the title also suggests how powerful this romantic fragrance. Red has many connotations of energy , passion and love.  Filming Beyoncé from a low angle conveys that the she's dominant and powerful just like the fragrance. In the advert t...

  1) What is the preferred reading of a media text When the audience understands the message the way the producer wanted them to 2) What is the oppositional reading of a media text? When the audience sees the message in a completely different way.   3) How does the Harry Brown trailer position the audience to respond to the teenage characters in the film? The trailer shows teenagers as scary and violent. This causes prejudice within the audience to think all teenagers are bad and Harry brown is in danger. 4) Why might young people reject this reading and construct an oppositional reading of the trailer?    Young people will reject this reading and think completely opposite as they will see the teenagers as misunderstood or mislead. 5) Write a 150+ word analysis of the McDonald's advert using preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings.   The preferred reading of McDonald's advert may be that the big mac is delicious and tasty. People may believe that the big...