Media Blog 2 - Mr Bush Amari

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). www: some good knowlodge of contexts ( historical/ political ) ebi: lacks specific detail in both answers - textual analysis in Q1 2) Read  the mark scheme for this exam carefully , paying particular attention to 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. the dynamic and historically relative nature of genre. the link between genre and stereotypes – the representation of victim in the thriller/crimedrama. 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. Steve Neale's repetition and difference 4) Now focus on the TV 25-marker. Read  this exemplar response for the TV question  and pick out  three  arguments, phrases or theories from the essay that you cou

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). i cannot read handwriting! 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). The narrative relies on a highly constructed enigma of the detective narrative providing  audience pleasure but complicating the concept of realism. Negative representations of the lives and values of those associated with finance and the city can be read ideologically  though this is complicated by individual character  development (psychological insights, star performances etc). 3) The first question demanded a response using postmodern terminology. Write a definition here of the three main terms: Intertextuality:  the relationship between texts, especially literary ones Pastiche: an artistic work in a style that imitates that of 

1) Find one positive aspect and one criticism of  Deutschland 83  in the reviews. By focusing the story around Martin Rauch, a young East German border guard going undercover in the west, it doesn’t just make the viewer empathise with a Stasi agent on a human level   in the way The Lives of Others did  it makes us engage with the socialist regime’s worldview, in which a military exercise in West Germany poses a potentially existential threat. Deutschland 83’s first episode of eight was the  most-watched foreign-language drama in UK history . With the least ambiguous title ever, American-German husband-and-wife team Anna and Joerg Winger created an irresistible export: a funky exercise in pop nostalgia underpinned by actual events – crucially, the Nato war game codenamed Able Archer, deliberately misconstrued by a paranoid east as a cover for an actual preemptive strike that almost sparked World War III. 2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the sho

  1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? The song is categorised as country rap, a hybrid genre that is uncommon in popular music. Debate over genre-defying records was sparked when the Billboard magazine's country chart rejected it on the grounds that it was not country. 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? The song was performed by Lil Nas X, a 20-year-old, and the beat cost $30.  3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? Bri Malandro, an online pop culture archivist, founded this social movement. To highlight black cowboy aesthetics in popular culture and reclaim black identity in a typically white genre, she started an Instagram account.  4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? Genius inquired about why the song had been taken off the charts, and Billboard said, Oh no, it has nothing to do with his race It immediately sparked discussion, especially among black Twitter users.  5) How d

  Postcolonial theory: blog tasks 1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  Rhinestones and  Cowboy hats. 2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  established an Instagram account that and content and documentation of black cowboy aesthetics in popular culture. 3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  The majority of the imagery associated with Americana has been white, to the point where the Studio Museum in Harlem even held a Black Cowboy exhibition two years ago with photographs by Kahlil Joseph, Deanna Lawson, and Chandra McCormick to highlight the black cowboy as a prominent figure in western history. 4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? Black cowboy history has been preserved by the Compton Cowboys, who even started selling merchandise. The two organisations have teamed up with Pyer Moss, a company known for its western-inspired. 5) Read the s

1)   Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)   Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4)  Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)   Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

  Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? Postmodernism openly mocks the establishment. It pushes the idea of challenging conventional structures, representations, and expectations even farther. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? Barthes says a writer's opinions or interpretation are no more valid than anyone's elses.  3) What is metatextuality? when a text makes it clear that it is a text by doing so. It draws attention to the steps involved in its own construction.  4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? Postmodernism  is a cultural movement . 5) How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality? Since media audiences have gotten more sophisticated over time, we are aware that some mediated representations only convey a partial picture, which might cause confusion a