Abiha's media blog

Language 1) What is the objective when playing the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game? To get to experience being a celebrity and decide their life in the game   2) What is an A-list celebrity? Why is it important in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? "A- list celebrity " is any person with an admired or desirable social status. It's important because Kim Kardashian is part of the A-list celebs. 3) How do you download the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game? On google play or app store(iPhone ) 4) What is the narrative or storyline of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? Where is it set? ?You start from an e-list celeb to grow to an A-list celeb it is set through 3 cities Beverly hills Hollywood, lax, Calabasas. 5) What characters can you play as? What characters appear in the game? Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Khloe Kardashian. Audience 1)  What audience pleasures are provided by the game? Use Blumler & Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory. the 3 audience...

1) What year was the advert produced? The advert was produced in 1955 2) How were women represented in most adverts in the 1950s? They were represented as housewife's. 3) How does the heading  message ('OMO makes whites bright') and typography promote the product? It promotes the product as it's the best cleaning product and that millions of women use the product. 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 woman is wearing makeup and her hair is done which conveys that women should look good while they are cleaning. 5) Why is a picture of the product added to the bottom right of the advert? To indicate what the product is which essentially is part of the key conventions called pack shot/product image and call to action. 6) What are the connotations of the chosen colours in this advert? It connotes the main colours are red, blue and white which sho...

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 adverts featuring women that are from post-2000. Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import them into your blog post. 3) What stereotypes of women can you find in the 1950s and 1960s adverts? Give specific examples. It's offensive as they are under powering women as considering them as weak as their stereotype given to them is weak,emotional and in the 1950s and 60s women were housewife's. 4) What stereotypes of women can you find in the post-2000s adverts? Give specific examples. That they meant to look good and women in the 2000s are sexualised and are objectified.Show more skin. 5) How do your findings suggest representations of gender...

WWW:we need to use this as a very useful lesson in how much is required in media exams and  assessments. EBI: Put simply,you haven't written anywhere near enough for Q2+Q3 (20 marks together).Start by working on the connotations of the Media product and what they communicate to the audience. Q1:1/2 Q2:1/12 Q3:2/8  Did you get any  media terminology  wrong in the assessment? Make a note of it here for future revision: -Conventions -Include words from the questions -British cultural and social values -Read the question properly Look specifically at  question 2  - pick out  three  points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your analysis of the unseen Grazia magazine cover.  -Design and layout -T ypography  -Use of language  Now look at  question 3 . Use the mark scheme to identify three points you could have made regarding how Tatler reflects British social and cultural values. -For rich/hi...

1) What key conventions of an advert can you find and what are the connotations of each one? One key convention is image of product. picture-reminds us what the product is. Logo-its bright and its on the bottom of the advert Background-The brand uses red which is eye-catching and 2) For each convention, write about how this appeals to a target audience.  3) What is the USP (unique selling point) of the product and how do you know? The usp of the product is that they want you to have their product during break.

Media language 1) How many of the 12 magazine cover key conventions feature on this edition of Reveal? List them with specific reference to the convention on the CSP edition of Reveal. Main flash(Katie plots secret meetings with Pete) headline (reveal) exclusive(cant get it anywhere else) sans serif(cover lines) colour scheme(bright colours) price(cheap) 2)  What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote?  The font Sans serif has been used to make the magazine look more modern . 3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience? Interesting because they might not know that. 4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover? 5)  How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. mise-en-scene such as props, costume and make-up, body position, facial expression). 6) What differences can you find between the use of design and typogr...

1) List the companies involved in the creation of Doctor Strange. Marvel Cinematic Universe, Walt Disney 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Doctor Strange? Most major media companies are conglomerates that own a range of smaller companies (called subsidiaries). An example of this is Disney owning Marvel. Doctor strange was a movie filmed by the Marvel company. 3) Who regulates the film industry in the UK? BBFC 4) What age rating was Doctor Strange given? Why? 12A, as they were targeting a wider audience and a family audience. 5) How was Doctor Strange promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign. - Imax cinema - Posters - Trailers 6) Analyse the film trailer for Doctor Strange. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? - The amount of editing (CGI effects) - Actors - Popularity of the company and the company name 7) What was the production budget for Doctor Strange and ...