Ali-AbanGCSEMediaStudies

                                                         Galaxy 'Chauffeur' advert: 1) What key conventions of TV advertising can you find in the Galaxy advert? nostalgia  2) What is the key message the Galaxy advert is communicating about its chocolate? The slogan for the advert will help you with this question. It is rich and silky, the car that later comes and shows that it is better than the van. This portrays that the galaxy is better than other chocolates.  3) Who is Audrey Hepburn and why did Galaxy select Audrey Hepburn for this advert?  She is an old famous actor who died but they bought her back because they wanted to make it nostalgic and 1900s themed.  4) What is intertextuality? Connecting between different medias or works.  5) What Audrey Hepburn films are suggested in this advert ...

                                                           OMO ADVERT  1) What year was the advert produced? 1955 2) How were women represented in most adverts in the 1950s? Add as much detail to this answer as you can as these are the social, cultural and historical contexts we will need to write about in the exam. Weak, caring, fragile  3) How does the heading message ('OMO makes whites bright') and the style of the text promote the product? it shows how good the product is and how white it makes the product. The bold in the text suggests how much of an effect it does  4) Analyse the mise-en-scene in the advert (CLAMPS): how is costume, make-up and placement of the model used to suggest women's role in society? The makeup is good and perfect suggesting...

                                  Gender representation in advertising                                                                    1) Find  three  adverts featuring women that are from the 1950s or 1960s.  Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import them into your blog post.  Hint:  You may wish to look at car, perfume or cleaning products but can use any product you wish.                                                                             2) Find  three...

                                                                            Skittles Advert Analysis:                                     1) What  key conventions  of print adverts can you find and what are the  connotations  or deeper meanings of each convention?  For each convention, write about how it communicates meaning to the audience. See the Maltesers advert above for an example of how to do this. Picture : The picture of the skittles product shows us how it looks. The picture will stick in the Audiences mind if they were to buy it in the shop. Logo: The skittles logo is big the logo is the name, and it is colourful. The wor...

FILM INDUSTRY:FINAL INDEX                                                         Link to  Marvel Cinematic Universe                                                        Link to  Black Widow                                                        Link to  I, Daniel Blake

                                                   I, Daniel Blake: blog tasks 1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? An Independent film is low budget and usually sends a message. 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? I, Daniel Blake is about how hard it is for people to live 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important? Ken Loach  4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least  three  different methods used by the film's marketing campaign and  how  they targeted their audience. Social media and by using quotes from the film  5) What unusual or creative marketing methods were used to get audiences talking about the film? The Guerrilla marketing on the houses of Parliament  6) What was the estima...

                                                                                          BLACK WIDOW - CSP 1) List the companies involved in the creation of Black Widow. You may wish to use Black Widow's IMDB entry to help with this - see the company credits page - but the answers can also be found in the notes above. Disney , marvel 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? Conglomerate ownership is the company that owns smaller companies. Disney owns marvel, Marvel owns Black Widow  3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? CGI - Fire explosions, The car flipping , Big Stars  4...