A level Media Coursework Blog

 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: This is a really strong assessment perfection for Q1 and 2! EBI: Q3clearly shows plenty of revision and knowledge of the CSP but it needs a little more organisation and question focus. You also need some discussion of the Hesmondhalgh for top marks so that may be one to revise.  2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the three questions: _/3; _/6; _/9. If you didn't achieve full marks in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. Q1- 3/3 Q2-6/6 Q3- 6/9  Some industry figures suggested the film was released too closely to Yesterday – another British comedy featuring popular music that was far more successful at the box office. New technology is opening new ways to distribute films and Blinded By The Light now has an extended slot on Amazon Prime which will bring in some ...

  https://youtu.be/o8obCmS0SP4?feature=shared Romeo and Juliet  The scene begins with an emotional heart touching dialogue from the protagonist , the hero ( Propp) the main character Romeo speaking about himself before he puts the drug on the tip of his finger and swallows it while Mercutio his best friend wearing a costume and an outfit that subverts masculine dominant men stereotypes , with props and a white wig and make up (costume mise-en-scene)  with a shiny dress. As we also see the cutting on action clip as when the camera switched on a close up to  Romeo's face as he spoke his dialogue ( diegetic sound) . As we hear the non-diegetic background sound of music and instruments that begins to dissolve within the scene as ell.  as it cross cuts between locations of Romeo now in a church-like location walking down the aisle alone while his words and dialogue are still in the background as the clip goes back and forth ( montage cross cuts )to when ...

 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. A serial is a television show which has a continuous plot that unfolds in sequential episode-by-episode. 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? Doctor Who, The Avengers (1961-1969) and Danger Man (1962-1968), The Sweeney (1975-1978) and Minder (1979 – 1994). Today all television drama is all shot on film and made like a film, with the same high quality productions values. 3) List the sub-genres of TV drama featured in the factsheet. Come up with your own example of an existing TV drama to fit each category. Police Procedural (crime): Brooklyn 99  Medical: Scrubs  Period (costume): Victoria  Science-fiction/fantasy: Spider-Man:  Family: Friends  Teen: Stranger Things 4) Why is setting so important for TV drama? This allows the drama to develop over a long period of time, weathering the comings and ...