Tara Media Exam

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).  WWW - Tara, a good effort overall in this media exam. You've also used your ET quite effectively to gain more marks. A strong response for Q3 for the Ghost Town stereotypes on Youth  EBI - First thing is to ensure you include key words in your responses e.g. genre for Q1 audience position. For Q2 try not to force media codes for each response unless needed. Also use your ET to plan responses or proof read your work. 2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully (posted on your exam teacher's Google Classroom), paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. This is some of the best analysis you can do as it gives you an idea of what the exam board are expecting. For your LR blogpost, identify ONE point you could have added for the first three questions in Section A: Q1 - I could have wrote about the repetition and difference theory, also genre...

  1) Add your finished magazine cover as a JPEG image. 2) Type up your feedback from your teacher. If you've received this by email, you can copy and paste it across - WWW and EBI . You don't need to include a mark or grade if you don't want to. WWW: Tara, you’ve produced a good magazine front cover to represent the DAZED brand. The edgy concept and design demonstrate good application of knowledge and understanding of media language which link to the DAZED brand identity. This can be seen through the grainy colour scheme, the single main cover line and the luxury prop of the Diesel handbag. All these elements help communicate clear meanings throughout the product which would relate to the intended target audience. EBI: Your evaluative comments are spot on in regard to the quality of your photography perhaps not being as professional as an original DAZED magazine front cover, well done for identifying this. The position and size of the bar code could be edited to fit more in...

1) Media Magazine feature: Pleasures of The Gentlewoman Go to our Media Magazine archive and read the article on The Gentlewoman (MM84 - page 34). Answer the following questions: 1) What does the article suggest is different about the Gentlewoman compared to traditional women's magazines?  Compared with Vogue , Elle or Cosmopolitan , the gentlewoman has no need to shout. 2) What representations are offered in the Gentlewoman?   The representation in the  gentlewoman is pleasingly wide  ranging. the gentlewoman does a pretty  good job of presenting a spectrum  of womanhood.  This includes playing with ideas of  gender performativity and stereotypes,  such as the fashion feature on the  smart summer suit. 3) List the key statistics in the article on the average reader of the magazine.  Higher end of the average income (£87k), age of readers are around 28-46 years old, mostly female, those who are into creative/ artsy aest...