Media Blog 2 - Mr Bush Amari

1) Type up your feedback  in full  including the ratings out of five for each of the categories.  www: good intro & outro, industry and including data, good concept, good pace well rehearsed, link to other examples, good narrative, characters, media language, stereotypes, target audience, one episode a week, good slides & images and amazing presenting. ebi: lack of narrative theory, link to propp, mise en-scene and too much text on some slides. ( cant read some of the text. ) 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. www: i think i presented very well and came prepared to talk about each and every slide. ebi: i think i need to work on my time management as i was over talking on slides meaning i was speaking over 15 seconds meaning i have less time to cover the next slide. Another thing would be my lack of media theory

  1) Choose at least   three  TV dramas similar to your concept and watch at least one scene from each. Make   bullet-point notes   on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene. Fashioned for Deception: Camerawork used many shots to build tension such as, long takes, low angle shots and over the shoulder shots to provide the viewers a feeling of closeness and viewpoint. Also in this context the of mise en-scene in Fashioned for Deception would be clothing as it is a fashion based crime drama meaning it thje clips unveiled the lies and fabrication inhere the fashion industry which relates back to mise en-scene. They also use a lot of montage editing to really build up the tension and to highlight and show what the other main characters are getting up to while the protagonist is doing something important to show a range emotions. Stitching Scandals: The editing in this extract included jump cuts, rapid cutting and cross cutting to keeps the audience

  1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds?  It tells the  story of an alien invasion and the ensuing conflict between mankind and an extra terrestrial race from Mars.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 films, including the 2005 version starring Tom Cruise. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Broadcast live on 30th October 1938, popular myth has it that thousands of New Yorkers fled their homes in panic, and all across America people crowded the streets to witness for themselves the real space battle between earth and the Martians. 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? The Trenton Police Department ​received over 2000 calls in less than two hours, while the New York Times switchboard received 875 calls from concerned listeners wanting to know where