Kaya's media blog 2

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).  WWW: Basic knowledge of both CSP's EBI: No real focus on the question - you need to use the keywords throughout 2) Read  the mark scheme for this exam carefully , paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question and identify  two  aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer. • the way events, issues, individuals and social groups (including social identity) are represented through processes of selection and combination • the visual codes and iconography of the image including colour and setting as it relates to the thriller/horror/supernatural etc genre (isolated setting, low key lighting, blue hue) 3) Look at the indicative content for Q1 again and make a note of any  theories  or examples of  media terminology  you could have used in your answer. • the representation of youth as diverse

1)   Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)   Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4)   Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)   Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Clear expression, focused on the question EBI: No development in either response - give examples; refer to the texts 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). • The increasingly blurred nature of film genres in the contemporary media landscape. Sequels and parodies often offer intertextual references and audience pleasures linked to recognition of other films, franchises, genres or stars. Possible theories: Steve Neale – similarity and difference; Schatz – genres are dynamic and go through cycles. Kingsman: The Secret Service suggests the parody or deconstruction stages – where genres are experimented with to establish new or different conventions. • The poster is an excellent example of bricol

  Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism: 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? This idea of challenging conventional structures, representations, and expectations is developed further in postmodernism. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? When he asserted that a writer's opinions, intentions, or interpretation of their own work are no more valid than anyone else's, he broke with convention. 3) What is metatextuality? When a text acknowledges that it is a text, this is called metatextuality. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? A cultural trend known as postmodernism typically explores with the media it is portrayed in and airbrushes all recognised philosophies. 5) How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality? To get a comprehensive view of the world we live in, people are compelled to rely on the m

  Background and historical contexts: 1)  Why does the writer link the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition? It's a strange, ominous song that nods to mainstream convention while purposefully straying from it. Contrary to the band's "Free Nelson Mandela," it is only mentioned in passing in Dorian Lynskey's superbly written book on protest songs, "33 Revolutions Per Minute." It does not, however, merit an own chapter.  2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? The Mod and Punk subcultures were where 2 Tone got its stylistic start, and audiences, bands, and participants in the movement were both black and white. Its musical roots were in Ska and the associated Jamaican Rocksteady. 3) What social contexts are discussed regarding the UK in 1981? Away from rural Skinhead gatherings, riots were erupting throughout England's urban regions due to the recession.  The melancholy soundtrack of these disturbances was "G

  Wider reading on race and Old Town Road:  1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre? the symbols of what is considered to be western, such as cowboy hats, cow prints, rhinestones, and fringed suede jackets. 2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about? Bri Malandro, a pop culture historian living in Texas, coined the term "Yeehaw Agenda" in September 2018 to describe the trend of black pop culture icons donning cowboy attire. 3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'? The history of the black cowboy in American society has been largely forgotten, and the "moment" black cowboys are currently experiencing in pop culture has actually existed for a long time. 4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? The Compton Cowboys have become so well-known that Pyer Moss, a brand that showcased many western-inspired outfits in its fall/winter 2018 catwalk sh