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Coursework: Preliminary exercise 2026

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1) State the song you have chosen for your preliminary exercise. SEOUL CITY - JENNIE 2) Choose at least three music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make bullet-point notes on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene. Overall, these music videos have the same visuals of city life at night time and car scene. I want to do this in my music video in order to match with my artist's identity, paired with capturing the feeling of freedom these videos create for the fans/ audience.    SEOUL CITY - JENNIE - The introduction starts of with a high key lighting view of the city from a plane window, paired with the star posing in a homey style environment holding a toy plane, suggesting the binary opposition between reality and fantasy with is established with the closeup and mid shots - Scene transitions to a closeup of her under water paired with warm lighting to suggest comfort, she looks up to see a ceiling o...
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Coursework: Ignite presentation learner response

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  1) Type up your feedback in full including the ratings out of five for each of the categories.  WWW - Good Intro,  Good concept, Buzzfeed questions, Good website planning EBI - Too much text on the screen + reliant on reading, clearer conclusion Research - 5/5  Concept - 4/5 Language - 4/5  Representation - 4/5 Mulvey, Hall, Gilroy, Young Rubicam e.g Audience - 5/5 BandK, Reception theory, Bandaura social learning theory Delivery - 4/5               = 26/30 2) Use this feedback, comments from peers and your own reflection on your presentation to self-assess and write your own detailed WWW and EBI for your coursework concept and presentation as a whole. For WWW, My research was detailed and included everything in order to be signifcant for my research, such as highlighting, paragraphs for statement of intent, Moreover for concept I believed my concept should of been 5/5 for the use of intextuallity and syenagry within each o...
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Coursework: Summer Project 2026

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1) Research: TikTok videos You need to write a 150-word close-textual analysis of SIX TikTok videos that will inform your production work. The TikTok videos you analyse are up to you but focus on a different aspect of media language for each one (see guidance below).   TikTok videos TikTok Video 1: Narrative How is narrative used in the TikTok video and what impact does this have on the audience? Can you apply any narrative theories to the story in the TikTok video? Get ready with me video - @jennierubyjane The use of narrative is successfully used in order to attract fans of Blackpink/Jennie's music, due to the use of the soundtrack which can be argued to be used as a convention of adverting to promote her new song. Moreover, the impact this leaves the audience is a  glimpse into her personal life, creating intimacy and making her seem more relatable despite her celebrity status. Additionally,  Todorov’s narrative theory can be partially applied, as the video...
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Y12 Media exam: Paper 2 Learner response

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  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW - Good understanding of broadcasting remits and source of key issues/ change EBI - include more specfic industry information ad the difference ways audience engage with the products 2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully (posted on your exam teacher's Google Classroom), paying particular attention to the the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.  Talked about ideology, as it wasn't include in my answer More examples such as the buildings are shaped as guns 3) Look at the indicative content for Q1 again and make a note of any theories or examples of media terminology you could have used in your answer. Could of used terminology which could of used the key terms  use the underlying values / beliefs of what is being promoted 4) Now fo...
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Radio: Final index

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1) Radio: Introduction to Radio 2) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3) Radio: War of the Worlds
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Radio: War of the Worlds CSP (1938)

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  Media Factsheet Read Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? Welles’ 1938 radio play is an  adaption of H.G. Wells’ novel of the same  name, first published in 1898. It tells the  story of an alien invasion and the ensuing  conflict between mankind and an extra-  terrestrial race from Mars. The text has been  frequently interpreted as a commentary on  British Imperialism and Victorian fear and  prejudice. The book has been adapted for  both radio and (several) films, including the  2005 version starring Tom Cruise. It was  also famously turned into a best-selling musical album by Jeff Wayne  in 1978 (recently updated by Gary Barlow as a touring stage musical). 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the aud...
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Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat

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Newsbeat analysis Use BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Select a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and then answer the following questions:  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? Belfast knife attack + football + med 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? It's very fast paced which attracts and helps focus a younger audience , as due to the development of social media , such as tiktok which is short form videos has lead to the younger generations to have shorter attention span . Paired with music and talking about current things which may interest them such as football rather than serious indents such as the Belfast knife attack.  3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  Inform - Such as through what it currently happening for example the Belfast knife attack even though it may not be an appropriate subject for youngers, BBC one talks about in a way which info...
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