Mock exams learner response: blog tasks

 1) Type up any comments you can find in your papers - these may be on individual questions or at the end of the paper. Alternatively, write something you've learned from going through the two papers in class. read and highlight the question before attempting the question

2) Which paper did you do better in?

paper 1

3) Why do you think you did better in that paper?

i know more content form paper 1 compared to paper 2

4) Focusing on Paper 1, write down three things you need to improve on before the real exams. This may be a particular section or type of question (e.g. unseen analysis, 20 mark essay) or a particular type of media or CSP (e.g. advertising or NHS Represent).

write more clear

read the question 

use more media terms eg codes mie en secne 

5) Now look at Paper 2. Write down three things you need to improve on for Paper 2 before the real exams. Again, this might be a topic, type of question or specific skill. 

write more clear

read the question 

use more media terms 

The Times - Introduction: blog tasks

 1) What year was The Times founded and when did it start using the Times name?

It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788

2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition?

John Walter made it clear in the first edition of the newspaper that he was primarily concerned with advertising revenue: "The Register, in its politics, will be of no party.

3) Who owns The Times today and how is editorial integrity protected?

since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by the News Corp group headed by Rupert Murdoch.

4) What did The Times introduce in 2010 and why?

in 2010, following in the footsteps of The Wall Street Journal, The Times (London) implemented a "hard" paywall; a decision which was controversial because, unlike The Wall Street Journal, The Times is a general news site, and it was said that rather than paying, users would seek the information without charge

5) What was The Times named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University?

Britain's most trusted national newspaper 

6) What does the section on Editorial Standards say about The Times and newspaper regulation?

the Independent Press Standards Organisation (“IPSO”) rules and regulations and the Editors' Code of Practice that Ipso enforces.

7) What does the section on Ownership say about The Times and who is the current editor? 

Tony Gallagher (born 2 November 1963) is a British newspaper journalist, and is currently editor of The Times. He was editor of The Daily Telegraph, joint deputy editor of the Daily Mail, and editor of The Sun in 2015, before being appointed editor of The Times in 2022.

Year 11 Paper 1 assessment: Learner response

 1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).

well done for identifying the advertising conversions some knowledge of tattler CSP

you need to article analysis of unseen advert  and revise narrate theories  

2) Look at the mark scheme for this assessment. For Question 2 (12 mark unseen) use the indicative content in the mark scheme to identify three points that you could have referred to in your answer

Good analysis of the product that is clear and generally engages

with the nuanced aspects of how media language is used.

 Focus on how connotations communicate meanings is mostly

effective although lacks clarity in places.

 Mostly appropriate and effective use of subject terminology

throughout.

3) For Question 3 (Galaxy - narrative features) use the mark scheme to write down the main narrative theories and how we can link them to the Galaxy advert CSP. 

Galaxy is a more sophisticated, classier product than

other chocolate bars and, as such, needs time and relaxation for it to be enjoyed

properly. The audience can also experience this luxury and a happier time

(nostalgia) if they buy the product.

4) Now look at Question 4 - Tatler and social/cultural contexts. Use the mark scheme to identify three points you could have made in your answer here.

Serif font for title connotes formality, high class and how well

established the magazine is (Britain’s oldest magazine).

 Use of green colour scheme (fresh and new) with white text (style,

class, sophistication).

 Recent cultural events referenced in cover lines – ‘See EU later’

references Brexit while ‘Love in the time of Corona’ reflects Covid

pandemic. Suggests that wealthy British people want to know the

latest news and current affairs.

5) On Section B, focus on Question 7 - film industry and Black Widow. Use the mark scheme to identify three ways Black Widow was marketed to its audience.

The use of trailers, teasers and social media to build up excitement and word-of-

mouth long before release.

• The use of traditional film marketing techniques: trailers, film posters, red-carpet

premieres, interviews with stars and director etc.

• Star Power: most big-budget mainstream films and blockbusters will use Star Power

6) Finally, write down three things you are going to work on before your next mock exam in December (e.g. time management; revising CSPs etc.)

do past paper 

revise the CSP

slow down and read the question

statement of intent

 magazine is going to be called "Skyfall Empire Strikes Back " and I will appear on the front cover. The main story is about a son of a multi billionaire who has turned to politics to fix the absence of good leaders and corruption in the government and politics itself. He felt like the lower class people were not heard and needed a voice.

My I have used  dark theme in my magazine to show the corruption in politic and how that the rich people control all of the power and never understood why a group of people control everyone and everything and want help the people in need and felt like he needed to help those people because there were human too and the government were treating them differently compared to the rest. I wore a smart suit with turtleneck to show that the person i am is more relax and able to connect with a younger audience and understand their problem and help them attack them

My person representation a person who has a lot of care and feeling for another humans and want to used his power for good instead of bad some people could see my person and before reading the magazine can create a stereotype of him being a arrogant and hypocrite person who just want who and him growing up rich that he cant help the poor people and grow up taught to view poor people as less of a human being but he want to break that stereotype by him wanted to help the poor people and speaking for them in the house of parliament 

My target audience is specified to upper higher class and my magazine is target to a gender of men and ethnicity of white men. This is because white men who have power in politics and in government and even society my magazine want them to understand want the power they  hold  witch for them can be view as noting can be used for a lot of good thing to fix the lowers classes for society. If they see a rich and successful billionaire son turn to politic and use that power for good could open their eyes and go and do the same thing.

summer homework

What representations of people and groups can you find on these covers

tatler has used a bold colour in the form of yellow to show that people who are trying to be like the person they have to wear bold colours to stand out of the crowed she is wearing a dress in yellow, dresses are not normally yellow this show that she is bold and proud of want she wear and wears it without people picking what she wear the actor is standing with a stand back and looking right into the camera to show that she is confident in what she wear and doesn't think about people options. 

 

What representations of people and groups can you find on these covers?

she is wearing a bold colour of red and matching with the rose and the title, she has flowers in her hand this could show her personality and she is sweet yet confident with the different  colours of flowers and size of them she is wearing admirable neckless with people wanting necklaces like that some people can use it as a source of monavtion to get it and to be like her. 

What representations of people and groups can you find on these covers?

some people can see royalty as a disgusting thing that should be left in the past yet other people view it as a window into the past and see how the country was ran in the older times tatler is showing the king as a a strong man with a lot of power who is noble and know everything he is sitting on the throne to show that also he is wearing imperial robe to show his high status in society. 

Find three different double page spread magazine features

mark ronson is a famous songwriter who created some great song eg uptown funk witch had been in the top 100 many times, people loves his song and have created some song with famous singer like Bruno mars

this page is in black and white to match with suit.He has a broken trumpet this could show that he is giving up on the trumpet org giving up  form music. there is one quote in there witch can he see as controversial from some people  

Find three different double page spread magazine features

the images takes of the space double page spread to take the reader attention from the quantity of words of the double page as nicki minaj is a well know artist therefore her name bening on the page will get the   people who love her and know here to this page and read it and possibility buy it witch is the end goal   the head text bening in blod with bring the reader to the pbit they want to read and not lose the reader attention the high quantify of text 

Find three different double page spread magazine features

Find three different double page spread magazine features

the images takes of the space double page spread to take the reader attention from the quantity of words the write has use a big title to help the reader focus onto the main point than losing where there were and possibility lose interested.aslo the writer has use the pictures to break up the big text witch can make the reader not interested 

 Statement of Intent

Introduction to Music Video: Blog tasks

  1) What are the key conventions of music video?

• The style (performance, concept, narrative)
• The camera.
• The editing techniques (transitions, fast, slow)
• The sound effects (non diegetic, diegetic)
• Mise-en-scene (props, lighting, costume, hair, makeup, locations, setting, colours)

2) What is intertextuality?
the relationship between texts, especially literary ones.

3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry?
he music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when Paramount Global's MTV based its format around the medium.

4) What launched in 1981 and why were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? the advent of MTV (Music TeleVision) in 1981 made them an all but indispensable adjunct to marketing a song.

5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age?

Digital Music Distribution

The music is sent to online music platforms such as iTunes, Spotify and AmazonMP3. It is then the distributors job to ensure that royalties for the use of the music is passed back to the artists and rights holders.  

Read this Guardian feature asking whether YouTube is good or bad for the music industry. What is your opinion on this crucial question?

Read this Guardian feature on how videogames are now more important than music videos for breaking new artists. Do you agree videogames are now more influential than music videos?

BLACKPINK - How You Like That: Blog tasks

 1) What are BLACKPINK fans known as - and what would the demographics  psychographics be for the BLACKPINK audience? 70.3% of blackpink's followers are female and 29.7% are male. and people who like there type of music and style 

2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That?

the audience get it pleasures from the music from the style and 

3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to BLACKPINK fans. Why did you choose those moments? 

4) How was the How You Like That music video marketed and promoted to the audience?

5) Why is K-pop a global phenomenon and what has helped it to become so popular?

Industry

1) How were BLACKPINK formed and what records have they broken?

2) What other successful artists have YG Entertainment created? You may need to Google this.

3) How has technology and the internet (known as technological convergence) changed the way audiences consume music videos?

4) How do BLACKPINK and K-pop show that the media and music industries are now global?

5) How are UK-based music videos regulated and what types of content require warnings? 

Radio: KISS FM Breakfast show CSP

 1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission?

2) Look at page 3. What is the target audience for KISS FM? As well as writing the key statistics from the media pack, try and suggest what psychographic groups would fit the KISS audience too.

the kiss audience is  people who are 15-34

60% of them are women

mostly live in the cities 35% in London

love using social media  

3) Now look at page 5 - The KISS network. How does KISS use digital media and technology to reach its audience?  it used the social media to connect with their social media using audience they have a app so the people who are on there phone can still be re each and have a radio to connet with the older people in their target audience  

4) Now look at the other side of page 5. What content do KISS Fresh and KISSTORY offer and how can audiences access those stations?  they all try to get a young audience trying to connect with all they audience 

5) Read page 6. What are the different ways audiences can actively engage with the KISS radio brand? 

6) Are listeners to the KISS Breakfast show active or passive? You can argue this point either way - explain your opinion in your answer.

7) Now think about the clips you've watched or listened to of the KISS FM Breakfast show with Jordan and Perri. What audience pleasures are offered by the KISS FM Breakfast show? Use Blumler and Katz Uses and Gratifications theory here.

8) How have audiences changed in terms of how they listen to music and radio since the 1960s?

9) How does the KISS FM Breakfast show contrast with Tony Blackburn's 1967 Radio 1 Breakfast show and the launch of BBC Radio 1?

10) Use Stuart Hall's Reception theory to offer a preferred and oppositional reading of the KISS FM Breakfast show. For the preferred reading, why do fans love the show? On the oppositional side, why might someone criticise the show or not want to listen?

Industry

1) When did KISS FM first launch and what type of station was it then? 
Kiss FM first broadcast 7 October 1985 as a pirate radio station, initially to South London then across the whole city, 
2) Look at the Bauer Media Group's list of brands. How many different types of media can you find on there? What brands do you recognise? 

3) How does KISS FM make money and how much revenue did Bauer Media Group make in 2020? total Group revenues of EUR 1.5 billion.

4) How many listeners does the KISS Breakfast show have and how has this changed in recent years? before in 2020 the show had  over 1.1 million n listeners  

5) How is KISS FM regulated and what can happen if they break the rules?

kiss FM could get fine form the government or even they on viewer could stop washing the radio 

Read this BBC feature on Jordan and Perri taking over the KISS FM Breakfast show. Pick out three reasons KISS FM were keen to get the pair to present their breakfast show.they are best friends all ready and have a good connect and they are so natural with the cam area in their face one more reason it that they ahve a follower all ready before the show

Read this On The Radio article on listener figures for UK radio stations. How does the KISS FM Breakfast show compare with rivals? Why are many traditional radio stations struggling? 

Read this BBC feature on the previous KISS FM breakfast show hosts and how they were poached by BBC Radio 1. What can you find in the article regarding the importance of BBC Radio 1 and also KISS FM's success?

Read more about Kiss being fined for breaking the Ofcom broadcasting code in this BBC article here.  

Radio 1 Launch CSP: blog tasks

 Historical, social and cultural contexts

1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967?
Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 replaced the old Light, Third and Home Service
2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched?
BBC Radio was completely reorganised in 1967 and it was decided that one channel would be speech-based, one for serious music and drama, and one for lighter music, including most popular music and a few talk-based shows.
3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular?
it was s popluar beciase the bcc had to follow the rules but with the pirate radio it did not  had to to listen to the rules and play song all day long
4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? there was a law that passes to stop people  to listen to pritate radio 

5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down?

they got the same people who make the radio and hire them into the bcc to attract the young audiences 

6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio?

a 5 hour time of the day where the bcc could play music because they count not play any music out the 5 hours 

7) How did BBC Radio 1 offer different content to previous BBC radio stations? they added more music than new to attract the teenagers

8) Who was the first presenter for BBC Radio 1 and why did these new Radio 1 DJs cause upset initially at the traditional BBC?

9) Listen to excerpts from the Tony Blackburn's first 1967 broadcast - how might it have appealed to young listeners?

10) What conventions did Tony Blackburn's radio show borrow from pirate radio - which made it very different to previous BBC radio content?

Audience and industry

1) What was the target audience for BBC Radio 1 in 1967?

2) Why did Radio 1 initially struggle to attract young listeners?

3) What audience pleasures did Radio 1 offer listeners in 1967? (Use Blumler and Katz Uses and Gratifications theory).

4) How is the BBC funded?

5) Applying Stuart Hall's Reception theory, what would the preferred and oppositional readings have been for BBC Radio 1 in 1967? 

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 Audience

1) Who are the potential target audiences for Marcus Rashford's online content? Try and cover both demographics and psychographics.

the target audiences for marus rashford are teenagers and men who like playing sports.

2) Marcus Rashford’s online presence is partly driven by his excellent use of social media. How does he use social media to engage with his fans and make them feel part of his brand?

3) What is Marcus Rashford's Instagram engagement rate and what does this tell us? 

4) Go to Marcus Rashford's Twitter or Instagram account. Find and screenshot/link three tweets/posts that show the different aspects of his brand e.g. Relatable person (normal, down to earth), Campaigner (interested in politics), Celebrity footballer (e.g. awards ceremony or fashion).

5) What audience pleasures are provided by Marcus Rashford's online presence? Try and apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory here.

6) Applying Stuart Hall's Reception theory, what would a preferred and oppositional reading of Marcus Rashford's online presence be?

• Preferred reading (people who love Marcus Rashford): 
• Oppositional reading (people who criticise Marcus Rashford): 

Industry

1) What is Marcus Rashford's net worth and how does his online presence help him to make money? 

2) What charities and companies/brands is Marcus Rashford associated with? Why might they want to be linked to the Rashford brand?

3) Research Twitter and Instagram. Who owns the companies, how do they make money and how much profit did they make last year?

4) What are the worries about Instagram’s negative effects?

5) How do social media platforms manage online abuse on their platforms and why has Marcus Rashford drawn attention to this? How might this change in the future?

6) What happened by law in 2022 that changed the way the internet is regulated? Write three changes that this new law may bring in and explain why it is difficult to regulate the internet.

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 Language

1) Make two lists - one of website conventions used on Marcus Rashford's official website and one of social media conventions found on Rashford's Twitter or Instagram pages.

2) How does his website promote the Marcus Rashford brand?by show this all of his life eg his family,training,football and all of his charity work.

3) What is the first page you see when you visit Marcus Rashford's website and how does this promote his brand and good causes?

the first page of the his website is pictures  of his  past and works he was done on the pitch or outside of football 

4) How does Marcus Rashford use his social media profiles to promote his brand and campaigns? Give at least three examples of different posts / images / design from his social media. he has used his social media profiles to promote his brands and campaigns by add  link on his social media and spends his time at the charily   and give aid to anyone who need it 

5) How does Marcus Rashford's online presence use genre and narrative to create a positive brand identity? Marcus rashford used his online presence to promote a create a positive online brands identity

he show his good deeds on his social l media and promote the good company like charity and  places where to donate.

Representations

1) How does Rashford use different aspects of mise-en-scene (e.g. clothes/costume) to create very different representations of himself on his own website?

on the frist picture you can see on his page is him in a suite to show his class and he has the money to give and a low camera to show his power for the people who follow him. 

2) What representations of football or footballers can you find in Marcus Rashford's online presence? Does it reinforce or subvert traditional stereotypes of footballers?

the traditional stereotypes of football are people who think they are better than anyone eels but rashford break that stereotypes with him help the kids with the free school meals and help with donating his money to many and start is own chairaty 

3) What examples can you find of website pages, social media posts or aspects of the brand that create a positive representation of Marcus Rashford? You may wish to comment on his discussion of family or his campaigns - his page on the Fare Share campaign website may help with this question.

marcus rashford create this brand with the low class of people of the uk because he was in that point in his life and people can use him as the point of motivation to get out and rashford used the money he makes  to give back to the people closed to him and help people who are in a point of hardship

4) What representations of masculinity can you find in Marcus Rashford's online presence? Does this reinforce or challenge traditional gender stereotypes? a strong man is a man who is willing to help his family for anything and rashford help his family and help other family with most of the money he makes for playing football and fighting for free school meals show the good side of rashford.

5) What representations of race/ethnicity can you find in his website or social media? Does this reinforce or challenge media stereotypes?