Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Homework Review

Review a comedy film/programme Homework:

You should include the following in your review

1)What channel/film institution is this made by?
2)What age rating is it or what time is it on? Why do you think this is?
3)Describe a situation in the film and analyse why it is so funny, using the elements of comedy.
4)Who is the audience for this film/programme?
5)What star rating would you give this and why? (5 is the best 1 is the worst)

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Epic Party - The Great Gatsby





Mise-en-scene:



Make notes on the denotations and connotations of the following:



* Props/costumes/makeup

* Background/setting/lighting

* Positioning/


Friday, 19 September 2014

Institutions Homework

Here are some good places to look for your institutions homework:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC

http://www.channel4.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4

http://www.sky.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSkyB

http://www.hollywood.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood




Choose from:

The BBC
Sky
Channel 4
Hollywood
Produce a page of research into your chosen institution, that will help teach others about its aims, values, audience and programme output

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Welcome to Media Studies

Welcome to GCSE Media Studies

This is a blog to support you with your studies throughout the course. Resources, videos and articles will be uploaded that are relevant and topical.

If you want to look at the Year 11 blog from last year to see what they have studied, their blogsite is:
gcsemediaatoaklands.blogspot.co.uk