Fish Tank

The Guardian
Daily Mail
The Times

Harry Brown Trailer

Introduction to the American Film Industry

American film industry

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Media Conglomerates

Choose one of the major media conglomerates to research.  You should find out about:

• the historical orgins of the conglomerate
• what different types of media they own
• what different countries they operate in
• examples of products they have produced

Summarise your findings into a presentation.

http://www.freepress.net/ownership/chart/main

Introduction to Media Institutions

Introduction to media institutions

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Media Ownership Chart

Media Ownership Chart

AS Exam Section B Institutions and Audiences

Section B: Institutions and Audiences

Candidates should be prepared to understand and discuss the processes of production, distribution, marketing and exchange as they relate to contemporary media institutions, as well as the nature of audience consumption and the relationships between audiences and institutions. In addition, candidates should be familiar with:

• the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;
• the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing;
• the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange;
• the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences;
• the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences;
• the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions;
• the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour.

Media Ownership

Media Ownership
Media Institutions and Audiences Resources
Media Institutions and Audiences Resources 2

Television Drama Assessment

Watch the extract 4 times then answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract only.

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructes the representation of ethnicity using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement, and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise-en-scene

You should spend 45 minutes answering the question.

Link to extract on You Tube

Representation of Age extract

Harry Brown

NME - 'An Open Letter to the Makers of "Harry Brown"'
Daily Mail 'Harry Brown' Review
The Guardian
London Evening Standard
The Times
Sight & Sound

TV Drama - Regional Identity

TV Drama Extract - 'The Street'

AS Print Brief

Read through the assessment criteria for the print brief and identify what you need to do to achieve a Level 4 (A grade).

Look at the examples of Level 4 magazines and note down what the students have done well, and why you think they have achieved a Level 4.  Is there anything the students could have done to improve?

Look at your planning for your magazine.  Do you think you will be able to achieve a Level 4 for your proposed magazine?  Think particularly about your ideas for photography - are you going to use a range of shot types?  Are the photographs going to be relevant?  Have you thought about your use of mise-en-scene?  Think about your ideas for your magazine - is the language and mode of address suited to the genre and target audience?  Does your layout follow convention?  Are you going to use a range of suitable fonts?

AS Foundation Portfolio Print Brief Level 4 Magazine

AS Foundation Portfolio Print Brief Level 4 Magazine

AS Foundation Portfolio - Print Brief Assessment Criteria

AS Video Brief

Read through the assessment criteria and identify what you need to do achieve a Level 4 for your coursework video.

Once you have completed that analyse the example of a Level 4 video available through the link below.  Note down what you think the students have done well.

Look through the planning for your film so far.  Do you think your ideas will allow you to achieve a Level 4?  Think particularly about use of a tripod, using a range of shot types, creative use of mise-en-scene, titles, and sound.

Level 4 Video

AS Foundation Portfolio - Video Brief Assessment Criteria