Viraj- Media Coursework Blog 2: Mr Halsey

 CRIME SCENE 1) Type up your teacher's feedback   in full  plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class. Seriously impressive prelim: so much credit here! Music, dialogue, costume, camera shots, editing - all very impressive! The focus pull at the end is just superb. Casting also excellent - combined with costume it is convincingly in terms of detectives investigating a crime. Audio - music a little loud over the dialogue? Also a little echo on dialogue but that may simply be location. Was the switch to homicide for main detective too quick? It was the one bit I wasn't totally convinced by. 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and the feedback you were given, write  three  WWW bullet points and  three  EBI bullet points for your work. WWW: Good mise-en-scene, camerawork, editing and narrative. Good cast EBI:  Audio for dialogue was low due to the echo and the music was too high. ...

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Media Factsheet Read  Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? War of The World was a novel written by H.G. Wells about Martian extraterrestrial life forms invading earth. This was seen as pointing towards British imperialism and the Victorian fear of prejudice . It was adapted by Orson Welles as a radio broadcast story which listeners thought was real, causing great panic. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? First broadcasted on October 30th 1938 - there was a popular myth that thousands of New Yorkers panicked and fled their homes and that people had gathered outdoors to witness this conflict. 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? Reported a headline with "Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact". ...

  1) Use  BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Scroll to a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options)  and write notes on how the bulletins may:  a) appeal to a youth audience  Music - upbeat at various sections Has a news story which talks about a 17-year-old kid - personal identity (Blumler and Katz: Uses and Gratifications theory) Talking about footballers wives  Football - England vs Italy Netflix - targets the younger audiences b) help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster.  Informing and educating - Israel and Palestine conflict e.g. stats, interviews with professors, journalists and citizens. Representation - having a translator speak, translating for what someone was saying showing diversity . News story about 17-year-old and homelessness - covers representation of the youth and the poor. Entertainment - Documentary for footballers wives, Football - Italy vs England, Netflix story Plays a song at the end with...

  1) Choose at least   three  TV dramas similar to your concept and watch at least one scene from each. Make   bullet-point notes   on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene. Shows: Monk Columbo Deadwater Fell Comments: Camerawork - lots of tilts and pans showing the scenery of the crime scene, close up shots to capture facial expressions and key details of the crime scene, such as evidence e.g. blood or weapons. Editing - lots of jump cuts to change between different scenes and match on action to show the continuity of the movement.  Sound  - parallel music which is similarly paced to the speed of the camerawork and editing. Mise-en-scene: C - suits and police uniform. L - high key to highlight the evidence at the crime scene. A - the main characters move a lot with other ensemble cast members either following them around or scattered around the crime scene to make it look like they are doing work. M - fake bl...

1) Type up your feedback   in full   including the ratings out of five for each of the categories.  Research (through presentation AND blog) - 5 TV drama concept (crime genre) - 4 Language: terminology and theory - 4  Representations - 4 Audience and Industry - 4 Delivery - 4 Total out of 30 - 25 Comments: Classic crime narrative - straight into presentation works well. Lack of title/tagline - interesting but I wonder if this would help when writing script? Narrative feels quite difficult to film cast - do you have actors/locations/costumes in mind? Good focus on elements of media language. Plan also links to crime genre conventions perfectly. Timing of presentation not quite perfect in place but loads of excellent content with good use of media language. Great to see representation theory in there and I really like your points on race + subverting stereotypes.   Good focus on audience too -media key concepts are addressed impressively. Excellent industrial...

  BBC Sounds Read  this Guardian feature on the launch of BBC Sounds  and answer the following questions: 1) Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? They don't reach the audience which they wish to target, "It has half the national market" where other radio station have up to 34 million weekly listeners.  2) According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? Purnell says just 3% of under 35's use the iPlayer catch-up radio app. 3) What is BBC Sounds? An app and website which will have radio livestreams, catchup services, music mixes and podcasts. 4) How do audiences listen to radio content in the digital age? People nowadays use apps such as Spotify or apple music to stream music and podcasts on apple podcasts. They also use voice assistants such as Alexa to listen to the radio. 5) What does Jason Phipps suggest is important for radio and podcast content aimed at younger audien...