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Kim Kardashian Hollywood

  Language 1) What is the objective when playing the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game? to become  an A list celeb and make connections with other celebrity   2) What is an A-list celebrity? Why is it important in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? am A list celebrity is important because you are famous and can make friends with Kim Kardashian and its the whole point of the game  3)  What is the narrative or storyline of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? Where is it set? the narrative is become an A lit celebrity make friends with other celebrity make constant decision making and get all collectables   4) What characters can you play as? What characters appear in the game? u can play as either a man or women and characters such as  Kim Kardashian. Kylie Jenner. Khloé Kardashian. Olivier Rousteing. show up in the game  5) What activities does your character get up to in the game?  you do a photo shot change cloths get a celebrity rival and have a manager u get to pic what to wear what to buy and who to s
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The Times - Introduction: blog tasks

1) What year was   The Times  founded and when did it start using the   Times   name? The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its current name on  1 January 1788 . 2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? John Walter thought of comunits thoughts thinking of how to  3) What does the page say about the political views in  The Times ?  4) Who owns  The Times  today and how is editorial integrity protected? 5) What did  The Times  introduce in 2010 and why? 6) What was  The Times  named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University? 7) What does the section on Editorial Standards say about  The Times  and newspaper regulation? 8) What does the section on Ownership say about  The Times  and who is the current editor? 
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Blog tasks: Daily Mirror case study

Language 1) Write the definition of the following key language for newspaper front pages (you may want to add an example for each from our Daily Mirror CSP): Masthead: the top of a mast Pug: promote exciting news or promotions Splash Head: The lead story on the front cover Slogan: a catchy phrase Dateline:what time it was released  Kicker:start story off Byline: a line at the beginning of a news story, magazine article, or book Stand first:  similar to  kicker   2)How much does a copy  of the Daily Mirror cost? (Note: the current cost is different to the CSP edition - I recommend learning both). currency it cost  90 pence because of the decline of news paper but back in 1990 it cost 1-2 pound 3) What are the main stories on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)? Make sure you learn the headline and what the stories are about. the daily mirror writes for the working class  4) Why is the choice of news stories on the  Mirror  CSP front page typical of a tabloid newspaper? 5) Wh
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Introduction to Newspapers: blog task

1) What type of news can you typically find in a   tabloid  newspaper? gossip and entertainment some serious news but tends to be taken less seriously as its for the working class  2)  What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper? you can find more serious news about the world affairs and whats happening in other country this type of news is meant for a higher more educated audience 3) If someone is left-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? left wing news is meant for socialist views and talks about freedom and equality and to be freed from the rule of classes and discrimination  4) If someone is right-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? right wing news is mostly about capitalist views on power and control such as how some people should work for cheap based on there gender or race or how immigrants should be deported back to there coun
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LR pp1 and pp2

Paper 1 1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). 2) Use the mark scheme for this Paper 1 mock to read the answers AQA were looking for. Look specifically for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested answers from AQA. Did you get any key media terminology wrong in this paper? 3) Next, write down three points from the mark scheme you could have made for Q2 - the unseen analysis question. 4) Pick out two points from Q3 on Heat magazine that you could have added to your answer.  5) Finally, focus on Q5 - the 20 mark essay on music video. Write a new essay plan for this question based on the answers in the mark scheme. Aim for an introduction, three main paragraphs and a conclusion.    Paper 2 1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  www- shows potential amazing 1.4 which is top level! if you can match it
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statement of intent

Artist:  Kina  Characters: Zubair, Khalid, Steven  Title: Smile  Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRnIks59Pjw   get you the moon Narrative: the story is about a teen (zubair) who gets bullied and just takes it in and doesn't tell anyone until one of the bully (khalid) apologises in which enraged zubair because even though he says sorry he still bulls him and pushes him and but then makes him to show that he is better than him. in the first scenes it shows medium shot Zubair working hard and diligently and in the back there are side characters and it shows the two bully's not working and sitting on top of the table wearing jumpers and face masks to show they arent following school rules. The scene is in black and white to make it seem more depressing in the second scene it cuts to the bullies Khalid and Stevens who point towards zubair to signify somethings about to happen but before anything happens it goes back to the scenes of zubair working until they start th
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Y His Dark Materials: Language and Representation blog tasks

1) Write an analysis of the episode - using notes from the screening in class.  Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, editing, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) You can currently  watch His Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer here . Camerawork, editing and sound:  Mise-en-scene: Narrative and genre:    2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre? 3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  4) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) 5) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience? You can fi
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