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I'll use media language in my production portrayed connotations of home actors will be feeling, it will also be able to give a small entail of what might happen within the movie as there will be images placed on the cover which will be chosen carefully as in the film poster you'll not want to give too much away to consumers as you will want them to still come and see your movie to find out what happens. The mise-en-scene I use will be thought through carefully, the types of shots used, the editing used, the costume and makeup, the setting and props and the lighting. For example, some of the main outfits I'll be using Will be worn dirty clothes the connotations of using these what emphasise on the situation which my characters are in, it will show lack of civilisation and that's nothing has been left behind after the war in the post-apocalyptic world where everything has been destroyed. From the research I have done on action movie film posters, I have been able to see w...

Some of the main ideas of post modernism are that in media-saturated World post-modernists claim we are constantly immersed in media 24/7, on the move at work at home, the distinction and between reality and the media representation of it becomes blurred or even entirely invisible to us, we no longer have any sense of the difference between real things and images of them. Post-Post modern media rejects the idea that any media product or text is of any greater value than another. All judgments are taste, anything can be art, anything can reach an audience. One example in life on Mars of post-modernism is that Sam Tyler maybe dreaming up the early 1970s while in a coma from his hospital bed because he hears different voices which made him think back to his life in the 2000s, when he is watching TV the man starts to him but he is unsure of who this is because he did not expect the TV to talk specifically towards him so he is unsure of what is real and what is hyperreal. Also, the end ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/ 1. How did the BBC develop historically? Create a brief timeline  http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zxqc4wx  - 1920's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zqbfyrd - 1930's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z2c3b9q - 1940's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z9fhpv4 - 1950's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zg3sfg8 - 1960's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zphmxnb - 1970's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z22wjxs - 1980's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zcwk87h - 1990's http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zsgv34j - 2000's 2. What is Public Service Broadcasting?  Public broadcasting  includes radio, television and other electronic  media  outlets whose primary mission is  public service . In much of the world, funding comes from the government, especially via annual fees charged on receivers. 3. How is the BBC structured? http://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/insidethebbc/managementstructure/bbcstructure 4. What is the Lic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hzX9a7auEY&list=PLD511F39E7FF8C5BC 1. Why are Lord Reith and John Logie Baird so important in terms of the development of TV?   John Logie Baird  was an engineer and inventor. Known as 'The Father of Television', he is most  famous  for being the first person to demonstrate a working television. Lord Reith disagreed with him and was his 'nemesis' 2. How did television develop during the 1930’s?  This was the decade that changed everything, and the BBC was aware that it might have to operate in a radically different way should war come. This didn’t stop the BBC investing and developing, and it was the first broadcaster to begin a regularly scheduled TV service, in 1936. Radio went from strength to strength with the brand new Broadcasting House opening in 1932. The 1930's was the birth of television,when the BBC became the first company to start a  scheduled TV service. 3. What was the impact of WW2 on TV, esp...

Terms- Masthead -  the title of a newspaper or magazine at the head of the first or editorial page Coverlines - a  headline on the front cover of a magazine advertising a story or feature inside Direct address - e xtending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping Mode of address - a  name or title used in speaking or writing to a person of a specified rank or function Aspirational figure - s aving or characterized by aspirations to achieve social prestige and material success High key lighting -  a style of  lighting  for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the  lighting  ratio present in the scene Non-verbal communication -  includes gestures, facial expressions, and body positions (known collectively as “body language”), as well as unspoken understandings and presuppositions, and cultural and environmental conditions that may affect any encounter between pe...

Left- 1...Top left-2... Bottom left-3 1. The woman is dressed in pink and this is a colour associated with woman and what is deemed to be the colour which is all woman's favourite, but this is not true in all circumstances 2. It is saying that woman are more concerned about their bodies than men and the fact that they should need to lose weight for their wedding so the look the 'perfect' bride. Also, the fact men don't need to really mind how they look and they are the one saving the woman, which is what is happening in the image 3. This image is showing a wedge guy and this is what men will look at and will want a body like this, but this is not true for everyone and not everyone looks like this or cares about how they look

B C2 E It applies to every Household Reference Persons (HRP) aged 16 to 64. If they are not the HRP and were working in the week before the Census, they receive their own Social Grade. If not a HRP and not working in the week before the Census, they receive the Social Grade of the HRP (source: MRS MRS Census & Geodemographics Group). It is a discriminatory tool for media consumption and purchasing power in general. It has been used by National Readership Survey to discriminate readers of popular newspapers. The Social Grade model has been based on  Occupational Code 2010 code, Employment status, Qualification, Tenure and whether respondents work Full time, Part time or not working. Social Grade based on the Census 2011 data is available for all four UK countries (England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland). - Demographic:  a   section   of   the   population   sharing   common   characteristics, ...

Historical Task: Find examples from your historical magazine (Woman’s Realm) that support (or challenge) the view that variety, creativity and quality are limited. Examples from  this  text:  - This magazine cover is similar to magazines produces today and this shows that the older versions are still good, there has not been much change in the magazine industry either, and this may be a reason why it is going into decline.  -  Another example from the cover of Women’s Realm that supports the idea that variety, creativity and quality are limited by the narrow range of magazine distributors during the time period, can be found in the cover lines of the edition. In the cover lines, there is only headings which give the readers an insight as to what is going to be inside the magazine.  Creativity  isn't really shown here but it is simple and it may stand out form the crowd.  - On the contents page, there is a fiction section and this is w...

A  media conglomerate is  a  company  that owns numerous companies involved in  mass media enterprises, such as  television ,  radio ,  publishing ,  motion pictures ,  theme parks , or the  Internet . According to the magazine  Nation , "Media conglomerates strive for policies that facilitate their control of the markets around the world." 10 biggest media conglomerates: Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Gannett Company Inc. CBS Corporation British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc Liberty Media News Corporation Viacom Time Warner Inc. The Walt Disney Disney Company Comcast Corporation

- Tokenistic – providing a superficial representation of those groups in society that are often u nder represented in order to convey an impression of equality and inclusivity. - Whitewashing – where a ‘non-white’ person is made to appear to have white characteristics. -  The exotic other-   A term used to describe someone or something that is perceived to be different or ‘ foreign ’ – where that differences becomes a source of fascination or pleasure.

Women’s magazines constantly reiterate the need to ‘Be more beautiful’, providing readers with what they should aspire to look like, before providing them with the tools to achieve a desired ‘look’.  ‘getting and keeping a man’ is commonly seen as a primary goal in women’s magazines. Making oneself more attractive is therefore seen as a woman’s ‘duty’. How are Ferguson's ideas about the representation of women in women's magazines evident in this text? The Ferguson theory states that woman always have to be better looking more beautiful by using the tools that the media directly provide them with. An example of this theory being shown is the Sunsational Saltana advert. it portrays a good looking woman on a surfboard, holding a platter, smiling with perfectly tied up hair. she being beautiful whilst surfing and holding a this which shows she is skilful and is trying to show off her skills because she may be trying to 'get and keep a man'. these are the t...

1. Young Kurdish women are represented in a way that opposes the stereotypes of Women that make women out to be housewives and mothers only. For example Van Zoonen's theory states that the underlying frame of women in that they belong to a family and domesticated life, these representations are spoken a lot of with many magazines, however this magazine opposes this in several ways, this is because it gives us examples of many young women joining the fight against ISIS, it also states that they do make a difference by winning their fights which shows us that women can also make a difference and that they shouldn't be forced to live a domesticated life as they should be able to choose the life that they want. The fighters are also fighting for equal rights for women all across the world by showing everyone that they can do whatever men can do. It also opposes the ideologies that only men belong to work and politics as it clearly shows us that women are eager to join the fight a...