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Reading an image

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1) Analyse this RBK 50 Cent advert using the media codes you learned in the lesson:  The lighting in the image is  quite dark and maybe it suggest that he should be the centre piece of the advert; there first attention should be at him .The background is black but the writing is white which might suggest that their might be a flashback; they may talk about his past as there are also figure prints that might suggest he might of done bad things in the past but he is a changed man but he is still him. The frown on his face suggest that it may be a serious message to get across to the audience, the way they placed the "50 cent" and "I am" in opposite suggest that the past and the present is what made him and it will always be with him. Also suggest that he doesn't regret the past but maybe learnt from it as it says "what i am" on the other side it proves he is a new man. The typography of  the letter `o` being presented as bullets suggest that he was maybe

Semiotics: blog tasks

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English   from   Tarun Thind writer | director   on   Vimeo . 1) What meanings are the audience encouraged to take about the two main characters from the opening of the film? at the beginning of the scene it encourages the audience to not judge a book by its cover, as in the begging the two are shown to be violent as he always puts his hands in his pocket when he gets angry as if he had a weapon in there, which was then proven to me a pencil. 2) How does the end of the film emphasise de Saussure’s belief that signs are polysemic – open to interpretation or more than one meaning?  the end of the film emphasises that at the begging they were presented as rude teen whereas they were actually deaf so they didn't realise the noise they were making by using the harmonica. Part 2) Media Magazine theory drop: Semiotics  Greenford Media department has a subscription to  Media Magazine  - a brilliant magazine designed exclusively for A Level Media students and published four times a year. We

My media consumption

Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?   I   don't  read the news paper What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? What sections do you never read, and why? What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read? Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others? yes sometimes I  read the news online on the BBCs  new app. Magazines What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not? I   don't  read any magazines  What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why? Television Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television? 44 hours What device do you use to watch television? computer and tv What times of day do you usually watch television? in the evening, 6pm to 10 pm What programmes do you like best and why? I like to watch sitcom as it makes me laugh for example I love the show baby dad

first blog task

 1) Why did you choose A Level Media Studies?  I chose A Level Media Studies because I am intrigued to learn the effects media has on people, and i love analysing the background of movies, music etc.   2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)?   No, I did not take media GCSE in Greenford high school or at all but I took drama and psychology instead for my gcse.   3) If you answered yes to Q2, what grade did you achieve in GCSE Media?  What coursework task did you complete? What would you say your strengths and weaknesses were in GCSE Media?   4) What grade do you hope to achieve in A Level Media?   I am aiming to achieve an A*!   5) What are your current thoughts about your next steps after A Levels - university, apprenticeship, work?  I would love to go into apprenticeship as I love working and interacting with other people .   6) What do you think the biggest MEDIA story of 2023 has been and why?  I think the biggest media story is the que