PSB = public service broadcast
Competition is Kiss and Capital
Ofcom regulates radio - three-second delay
World wide, Capital (London only) and Kiss (Britain)
News every half an hour - 3min news beat
Impact of new digital technology - Spotify radio, added a camera in the studio
Zoo format - spontaneous
Round the table - having a chat with friends
Constant new music - promotes British artists
Launched by R1 - Sam Smith, Adele, Ed Sheeran
Lots of celeb interviews
The presenter is a selling point for the show - breakfast show is BBC top show
Monday till Thursday, 6:30 - 10
Unpopular opinion
Yesterdays Quiz
GJ has 1.6 mil followers on twitter
357 000 in Facebook
1 million Instagram
listen to is on FM, DAB, Freeview, Freesat, Virgin. Sky or online via BBC Radio
A-list records get 25 plays per week, B-list get 15, C-list get 8-10
A-typical music
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Thursday, 5 March 2020
The Media Exam
Paper 1 (70 marks) - 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
News:
1. Unseen - 10 marks, 15 min
Two front pages, home page, link, social media chat
ANY NEWSPAPER
Theory
2. Unseen - 15 marks, 25 min
Language, forms and conventions (ingredients), genre
3. Daily Mail and Guardian - 10 marks, 15 min
Examples needed
4. Theory - 10 marks, 15 min
Evaluate the usefulness of...
Language and Representation:
5&6. Two out of three of the following - One 10 marks, 15 min and One 15 marks, 25 min
EITHER...
Big Issue
OR
Adverts (Old spice, Lucozade, Shelter) or Unseen
OR
Music Video - choose one video depending on the question
Paper 2 (70 marks) - 3, 1, 2, 4
1&2. Industry and Audience - 15 marks, 25 min x2
2 out of 3
Jungle Book (only industry)
Radio (Industry and Audience)
Minecraft (Industry and AUdience)
3. LFTVD - 30 marks, 55 min (including planning)
LIAR
P.E.T.A.L (point, evidence, Theory, analyse, link)
Theorists: Strauss (opposites), Jenkins (fandom), Gilroy (post-colonialism), Barthes (semiotics), Todorov (narrative), Neale (hybrid genre), Hall (Stereotypes), Gerbner (drip, drip)
4. Theory and LFTVD- 10 marks, 15 min (DO LAST)
Evaluate the usefulness of...
News:
1. Unseen - 10 marks, 15 min
Two front pages, home page, link, social media chat
ANY NEWSPAPER
Theory
2. Unseen - 15 marks, 25 min
Language, forms and conventions (ingredients), genre
3. Daily Mail and Guardian - 10 marks, 15 min
Examples needed
4. Theory - 10 marks, 15 min
Evaluate the usefulness of...
Language and Representation:
5&6. Two out of three of the following - One 10 marks, 15 min and One 15 marks, 25 min
EITHER...
Big Issue
OR
Adverts (Old spice, Lucozade, Shelter) or Unseen
OR
Music Video - choose one video depending on the question
Paper 2 (70 marks) - 3, 1, 2, 4
1&2. Industry and Audience - 15 marks, 25 min x2
2 out of 3
Jungle Book (only industry)
Radio (Industry and Audience)
Minecraft (Industry and AUdience)
3. LFTVD - 30 marks, 55 min (including planning)
LIAR
P.E.T.A.L (point, evidence, Theory, analyse, link)
Theorists: Strauss (opposites), Jenkins (fandom), Gilroy (post-colonialism), Barthes (semiotics), Todorov (narrative), Neale (hybrid genre), Hall (Stereotypes), Gerbner (drip, drip)
4. Theory and LFTVD- 10 marks, 15 min (DO LAST)
Evaluate the usefulness of...
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
‘Representations of social, cultural and historical events can vary within long-form television dramas from different countries.’ Discuss how and why audiences might respond to and interpret these representations differently.
‘Representations of social, cultural and historical events can vary within long-form television dramas from different countries.’ Discuss how and why audiences might respond to and interpret these representations differently.
Representations such as social, cultural and historical events - 80's in America vs Germany, Gender and class are constantly conveyed throughout long-form TV dramas internationally. Audience reactions can depend on the age, class and gender of the viewer. Long-form TV dramas such as 'Deutschland 83' and 'Stranger Things', despite both being popular shows, have had opposite audience reactions.
Netflix's 'Stranger Things', released on the 15th of July 2016, had 14.07 million adults within the ages of 18-49 watch it within the first 35 days of release and 40.7 million global household accounts watch the show. Due to the 80's setting, it appealed to both an older and younger audience because of being nostalgic or 'vintage' which is popular to both generations. As well as that by the cast generally being middle-class household its can be seen as more relatable to viewers. The show displays various American ideologies that international fan can fine educational despite being a fictional drama, this consequently allowed ST to flourish as a new TV show internationally.
Similarly to ST, D83 (released 17th June 2015) is a more educational LFTVD due to its historical contexts to it. Whilst this does not necessarily attract younger audiences (despite having over million views on the first season) like ST it, therefore, target the older generation who might've lived through this time. As well as that, it targeted higher classes due to these educational aspects.
D83, much like ST, is an international success, despite the fear of it not being popular in the USA due to being subtitled. When it was first released in Germany (November 2015) D83 didn't have much success, possibly due to Germany's hard-hitting history, however, after its success in the US, it started to become popular and was eventually released in the UK in January 2016 on Channel 4 after being recommended by Walter productions.
In your answer you must:
· consider the contexts in which long-form television dramas are produced and consumed
· explain how media contexts may have influenced different aspects of realism and audience response in the set episodes of the two long-form television dramas you have studied
· make judgements and reach conclusions about the differences in realism of social, cultural and historical circumstances between the two set episodes.
Representations such as social, cultural and historical events - 80's in America vs Germany, Gender and class are constantly conveyed throughout long-form TV dramas internationally. Audience reactions can depend on the age, class and gender of the viewer. Long-form TV dramas such as 'Deutschland 83' and 'Stranger Things', despite both being popular shows, have had opposite audience reactions.
Netflix's 'Stranger Things', released on the 15th of July 2016, had 14.07 million adults within the ages of 18-49 watch it within the first 35 days of release and 40.7 million global household accounts watch the show. Due to the 80's setting, it appealed to both an older and younger audience because of being nostalgic or 'vintage' which is popular to both generations. As well as that by the cast generally being middle-class household its can be seen as more relatable to viewers. The show displays various American ideologies that international fan can fine educational despite being a fictional drama, this consequently allowed ST to flourish as a new TV show internationally.
Similarly to ST, D83 (released 17th June 2015) is a more educational LFTVD due to its historical contexts to it. Whilst this does not necessarily attract younger audiences (despite having over million views on the first season) like ST it, therefore, target the older generation who might've lived through this time. As well as that, it targeted higher classes due to these educational aspects.
D83, much like ST, is an international success, despite the fear of it not being popular in the USA due to being subtitled. When it was first released in Germany (November 2015) D83 didn't have much success, possibly due to Germany's hard-hitting history, however, after its success in the US, it started to become popular and was eventually released in the UK in January 2016 on Channel 4 after being recommended by Walter productions.
How to write a long form TV drama essay (900 words)
‘Representations of social, cultural and historical events can vary within long-form television dramas from different countries.’ Discuss how and why audiences might respond to and interpret these representations differently.
(How different audiences respond differently to LFTVD)
P.E.T.A.L - Point, Evidence, Theorist, Analyse, Link
(How different audiences respond differently to LFTVD)
P.E.T.A.L - Point, Evidence, Theorist, Analyse, Link
Must include Language, Industry, Audience and Representation
In your answer you must:
· consider the contexts in which long-form television dramas are produced and consumed
· explain how media contexts may have influenced different aspects of realism and audience response in the set episodes of the two long-form television dramas you have studied
· make judgements and reach conclusions about the differences in realism of social, cultural and historical circumstances between the two set episodes.
Representation - 80s America vs 80s Germany, Gender, class etc
Industry - Sundance TV, RTL TV, AMC network, Channel 4 VS Netflix
Audience - audience responses (amount of views in every country etc)
Language - quotes etc that might make the audience feel a certain way
Theorist for each part of LIAR
Paragraphs
|
Stranger Things
|
D83
|
Intro
|
· Reverse the question
· Define the representations you are going to look at.
| |
1
|
· Industry information about Stranger Things
· The advantages of LFTVD and the Netflix model
· Relate back to question
| |
2
|
· Industry information about Deutschland 83
· The older fashioned production process and its advantages
· Relate back to question
| |
3
|
· Budgets and their effects on filming and production.
· Compare cinematography, editing, sound and mise-en-scene and discuss context
· Relate back to question
| |
4
|
· Narrative - ST
· How the story works.
· How it is typical of LFTVD
· Relate to question
| |
5.
|
· Narrative – D83
· How does the story affect the viewer and position the audience?
· Relate to question
| |
6.
|
· Representation 1 – (I would do gender)
· Comparison between D83 and ST
· Add theory – Van Zoonen?
| |
7.
|
· Representation 2 – (I would do military/government)
· Comparison between D83 and ST
· Add theory – look at audience and Hall.
· Relate back to question
| |
Conclusion
· How have I answered the question?
· make judgements and reach conclusions about the differences in realism of social, cultural and historical circumstances between the two set episodes.
| ||
Friday, 28 February 2020
Timings per question for your Media exams
Timings per question for your Media exams
Paper
|
Section
|
Q
|
M
|
Content
|
% of overall mark (exam and overall)
|
Time
(2 hours per exam)
|
Time with extra time (25%)
|
1
Media Messages
/70
|
A.
News
|
1.
|
10
|
· Media Language theories
· Representation theories
· Technical language to describe newspapers
· The ability to recognise stereotypes and representation
|
14%
7%
|
17 mins
|
21 mins
|
2. *
|
15
|
· Difference between and genre traits of tabloid (popular) and broadsheet (quality) papers.
· Media language used in tabloid and broadsheet papers.
|
21%
10.5%
|
25 mins
|
31 mins
| ||
3.
|
10
|
· Political context of newspaper production (particularly Daily Mail and Guardian)
· Social context of newspaper productions (DM and G)
· Economic/business contexts of newspaper production (DM and G)
· Front covers of our set DM and G, and basic content of news stories inside.
· Regulation of newspapers
|
14%
7%
|
17 mins
|
21 mins
| ||
4.
|
10
|
· Audience theories
· Media Industries theories
|
14%
7%
|
17 mins
|
21 mins
| ||
B.
Media Language
and Rep
|
5.
|
10
|
· Representation in set music videos
· Representation in set Big Issue covers
· Representation in set advertisements
|
14%
7%
|
17 mins
|
21 mins
| |
6.
|
15
|
· How music videos can be intertextual and how the set texts are.
· How adverts can be intertextual
· How magazine covers can be intertextual
· How the contexts of production influence the music videos.
· How the contexts of production influence the adverts.
· How the contexts of production influence the magazine covers.
|
21%
10.5%
|
25 mins
|
31 mins
| ||
2
Evolving media
/70
|
A.
Media Industries and Audiences
|
1.
|
15
|
· Political, cultural and economic contexts influence the status of popular music radio programming
· Political, cultural and economic contexts influence the promotion of the Jungle Book films
· Political, cultural and economic contexts influence the status of Minecraft within the video games industry.
|
21%
10.5%
|
25 mins
|
31 mins
|
2.
|
15
|
· How films are produced, distributed and consumed with reference to the Jungle Book films.
· How popular music radio is produced, distributed and consumed with reference to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show
· How video games are produced, distributed and consumed with reference to Minecraft
|
21%
10.5%
|
25 mins
|
31 mins
| ||
B.
Long Form TelevisionDrama
|
3.*
|
30
|
· Contexts of production for D83 (social, economic, political)
· Contexts of production for ST (social, economic, political)
· Representation in D83
· Representation in ST
· Narrative in D83
· Narrative in ST
· Theories as appropriate
|
42%
21%
|
50 mins
|
62 mins
| |
4.
|
10
|
· All theories in reference to LFTVD
|
14%
7%
|
17 mins
|
21 mins
|
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