Media Mr Halsey Course work

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: Your first two questions are solid with just a little more detail/questions focus keeping you from full marks. The challenge is not matching that in the higher mark questions. EBI: Written English: particularly long topic sentences that loses focus. -Revision: Bruce Springsteen not Willis -In general, Q3 needs more specific and accurate details from the CSP 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the three questions: 2/3; 5/6; 3/9. If you didn't achieve full marks in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. Q1- needs more detail Q2-One of the points is too similar to last Q3-Got mixed up with names of people and needed more detail. 3) For Question 2 on the promotion of  Blinded By The Light , use the mark scheme to identify at least one strategy used to promote the film

  Reviews and features Read the following review and feature on  Capital : Guardian review by Sam Wollaston London Evening Standard: five things you need to know about  Capital 1) What positive points does the review pick out about  Capital ?  What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? In the article they say " It’s not just a brilliant allegorical portrait of London. There are stories to tell" and they say how they compressed the book into 3 hours. However they say that not the entirety of London has been captured in this series. 2) What references can you find in the reviews and feature to the idea Capital is a 'state-of-the-nation' drama? How does it capture modern-day London? The article shows that the TV adaptation is set in present day and that it will ring true to a lot of Londoners. They also say that it is way more that what it actually sounds like as it shows how "London's economy affects us all" . Trailer analysis

  Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or   on Google Drive here   (you'll need your Greenford Google login) to find Media Factsheet   #164   on   Television Serial Drama .  Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions to show your comprehensive knowledge of the television drama genre: 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. It is a type of drama which is quite narrative heavy from what they were based off of such as a book being turned into a drama series. 2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time? -Pride and prejudice(1996) -Hill Street Blues(1981-1987) -The A-Team(1983-1987) -Dallas (1978-1991) -"11.26.63" Fox adaptation(2016) From these examples we can see that genre has changed from what would seem to be a somewhat of a horror into a more action type, however the adaptation d

  Funding and industry contexts 1) What was the budget for  Blinded By The Light  and which companies contributed to the production budget? They had a budget of $15 million and they had contributors such as Bend it Films, Levanite films and Ingenious group. 2) Research the  Bend It Networks website . What other films and projects has the company been involved with? They have done movies such as Bend it like Beckham, I'm British But..., Wonderful life.  3) Research Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema  on the Warners website here . Summarise the history of New Line Cinema in a short paragraph. The new line cinema was founded in  1967, in which they have been up for more than 50 years in which they created the "Lord of The Rings" trilogy which was successful in which resulted in around $3 billion worth. They have also made a lot of other successful movies such as "The Mask" so we can say that this company is very successful. 4) Read  this Variety interview wi

  Film regulation and the BBFC - blog tasks: 1) Research the  BBFC  in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government? This  history of the BBFC page  may help. They are responsible for regulating movie and content ratings and to see the suitable age for them. They are funded by the movie distributors as they need to pay a fee for their movie to be rated by them. They say they are "non-governmental and not-for-profit" 2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words. Some moderators will watch content such as TV shows, online content and DVDs on their own which is called "Solo viewing" whilst content such as movies that are meant to be released in cinemas will be watched in teams of two 3) Read this  BBFC section on landmark decisions . Why did The Dark Knight generate a large amount of media coverage regarding its certificate? Do you agree with the 12A certificate The D