Year 13 summer homework
- 1. Year 13 Media Summer Homework Over the summer it is important that you begin the course in September with the same amount of work completed as your peers to ensure that we are thoroughly into the coursework and in a solid place to begin your planning work. The following is the work we have produced in class, with additional summer activities and research. Completing this work puts you in a solid position for next year! If there are any research activities which you wish to undertake independently please do! The more scope and difference between your blogs, the more you are reading in to the subject. Most importantly every post MUST include: What have I done? What have I learnt? How will this impact on my final production? Blog Post Content Introduction Introduce yourself, your candidate number and what this blog is designed for. Andrew Goodwin Conventions Analysis Identify the use of conventions (as detailed by Andrew Goodwin) with examples from existing music videos. We looked at Lady Gaga’s Telephone as an example. Star Motif and Star Image Explain the difference between the two and identify artists as examples who have an established star motif and/or image. Richard Dyer and the ‘Paradox of the Star’ Explain your understanding, supported with examples of artists who the theory could be applied to. Audience Theory Uses and Gratifications model and the Effects model. Both of these theories need to be explained clearly. We did Chase and Status ‘Time’ in class, and then you had to choose your own video to analyse. Copyright info with letter. We learnt about copyright laws; you should summarise your knowledge of copyright, linked to how important it is that you attain permission and then produce a letter to send to the owners of the track. Research into audience including survey and results analysis You need to explain psychographics, demographics and the C4 research into ‘Tribes’ in the UK. Create a survey to understand your target audience further and find an imaginative way of displaying information. Remember to spread it on social media and screenshot your efforts to get it out there!
- 2. Homework and Expectations for Presentation of Work In addition to the work on the page before, which ideally should already have been completed as it is just a list of past homework and classwork tasks, you must complete three posts on the following: Most importantly every post MUST include: What have I done? What have I learnt? How will this impact on my final production? Laura Mulvey – what does the theory suggest (reference any resources you use to define the theory) and how significant and prominent is the ‘male gaze’ in music videos? Find examples to illustrate your point. Genre research – based on the genre your audience favoured, create a brief history (timeline?) of events which helped to establish the genre and its audience. Again, reference your sources; you do not just KNOW this information therefore you need to include the links the webpages which helped you. Artist research – if you know the artist you will be using then conduct research into them. Produce a biography, identify their star image and motif; does the ‘male gaze’ feature prominently in their choice of outfits and the camera shots used? Screen shot and reference. If you haven’t selected yet, this will be a task you will have to catch up on. Remember – YOU MUST USE A VARIETY OF MEDIA PLATFORMS. Anyone who JUST types large amounts of text onto their blog, or creates videos and slideshows which are just the research written out on to slides will be asked to re-do the work and present it differently. http://sdswmedia.weebly.com/ important-links.html - I have lots of ideas featured here! Check spellings, phrasing, punctuation and grammar!!