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Online Media revision (Component 2)

Jean Baudrillard suggested that "We live in a world where there is more nad more information, and less and less meaning". Evaluate the extent to which this postmodernist statement applies to Zoella and Attitude  Plan  Hyperreality - a representation of nothing, where the representation is more 'real' than real 'more style than substance' Zoella's 'mistakes'. Mistakes get cut out, she keeps them in to make her seem more real and relatable.A hyperreal representation Zoella's picnic. Intertextual reference to Disney princesses. Hyperreal presentation of a picnic with glass bowls, wooden platters, professional food. All food is uneaten. Everything is clean. No bugs etc. Selling her personality to us, uses this to reinforce representational aspects and her character archetypes. Selling an unobtainable lifestyle to the audience. Lighting is hypereal simulacrum because it is high key and soft, they live in the UK it is very rare to get this kin...
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Magazine Revision (Component 2 Section b)

 Stuart Hall argues that not only do r epresentations reflect the ideology of the producer, they also reflect the historical context in which they were made. Analyse this theory with explicit reference to the set editions of Woman and Adbusters Woman oct 1964, mainstream and singular stereotypical view of women. Target audience: Housewives, women aged 30-50, straight, white.  Expresses hegemonic norms of society.  Fact - Roughly 1/3rd of a magazines revenue comes from adverts. Adbusters .  Adbusters ideology is subversive, anti-capitalist and anti-advertisements. Because they do not have adverts in, the cover price is increased (£10.99).  ------------ Explore how the set edition of Woman magazine constructs its audience [15] Condescending title - direct mode of address reinforces patriarchal hegemonic norms about beauty  A-levels are highschool qualifications (Advanced level) and suggests that the aspirations of the target audi...

TV Revision (Industry)

In what ways are Humans and Les Revenants shaped by specialised forms of production, distribution and circulation? Knee jerk: Both set texts are fundamentally shaped by their contexts of production, distribution and circulation at a technical, narrative and representational level.  Plan: Production values  Mass audience / Cult audience  Circulation Conglomeration  Distribution  Watershed: Les Revenants (9PM UK Channel 4) Humans (9PM Channel 4) Digital technologies and digital convergence (Online downloads) (4oD) (DVD, Bluray) Vertical/Horizontal/Multi-media Integration  Curran and Seaton - Power Hyperreality  David Hesmondhaulgh - cultural industries Livingstone and Lunt - regulation - regulation of most media products is ineffective Controversial scenes: Humans Niska's brothel scene Les Revenants Lena's sex scene  Marketing and Advertising (Viral marketing - Humans product recall persona synthetic advert, website can p...

TV Revision (Component 2)

Component 2 exam  50mins per industry  Easy criticism of products - always standardised.  Lisbet Van Zoonen argues that media language encodes how male and female characters act in media products. Exp lore how representations positions the audience in Humans and Les Revenants Knee jerk : Lisbet Van Zoonen's argument is an excellent was of exploring how gender is encoded in both Humans and Les Revenants Not only does she argue that female characters are primarily situated in media products to appeal to a heterosexual audience, she also infers that men and women are constructed in completely different ways by the producer. Through this the ideological perspective of the producer can be decoded by the target audience. I shall argue that both Humans and Les Revenants  use complicated and subversive representations of women in order to position the audiences in often uncomfortable situations. Humans is a sci-fi show first shown in 2015 on UK television ch...

Radio revision

Explore how recent technological changes have shaped Late Night Womens Hour Explore how emergent digital technologies have shaped Late Night Womens Hour LNWH 'Home' Episode 28th October 2016 Digital technology refers to any technology that utilises a computer. Digital media allows for ease of access, portability,  - "Late Night" suggests something a little bit more spicy because it is after watershed, however in the 'Home' episode there was no swearing and no 'risky' topics. Scheduling suggests mature, home audiences and also a smaller audience.  - Digital technology allows massive convenience. Many people would be out 'on the town' on a Friday but due to digital technology they can listen to it on another day turning the radio broadcast into a Podcast for future listening. Also allows for a larger audience for people in other countries to listen to and engage with the show.  - Visual aspect. Cute graphic thumbnails of Lauren Laver...

Video Game revision

Explore the way in which audiences use and take pleasure from video games? Make explicit reference to Assassins Creed III : Liberation. - Fandom (Henry Jenkins) A fandom is a highly involved and organised part of an audience which plagarise and transform content to evolve their identities. For example, Assassins Creed & My Little Pony mashup animation on YouTube - Identity (David Gauntlet)   ^^^ - Playing the game, sci-fi genre, historical genre. Steve Neale (Genre) genres adapt and evolve, can be seen in this game, to create a unique and different premise.  - Identification with the strong female protagonist who isn't sexualised and has a character arc (Was a slave, dad died, revenge and rebellion, anti-slavery) - Narrative is straightforward and understandable which makes it understandable and relatable for audiences unlike games like 25th Ward which has a nonsensicle narrative making it hard for the audience to become engaged with the game.  - HA...

Music video revision

Explore how intertextuality creates meaning in the videos to Riptide by Vance Joy and 7 Rings by Ariana Grande Reasons producers use intertextuality: - To provide a special individual response to the target audience  - To create a narrative utilising genre conventions (e.g. Simpsons halloween specials) - It is a tried and tested method if increasing audience engagement  7 Rings analysis: - Barbie doll - tight pink outfit with mise en scene of a small sofa and other house items, she is a barbie girl in a barbie wold  - Colour grading - pink and purple hue throughout the video, key links to ideas of femininity. - Coluring also links to the neo-tokyop aesthetic of neon colours and japanese influence seen in 'lucky cats' and champagne bottles with japanese writing on it. This can be seen in many different media forms and is a hyper-referential code due to its vast and widespread usage in media. The film 'Enter the Void' was one of the first to use this ...