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December Mock Exam: Learner Response Blog Tasks

  1) Type up any feedback on your paper  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). If you only have marks and a grade on the paper, write a WWW/Next Steps yourself based on your scores. WWW - ability to analyse how gender is portrayed in the HDM extract clip with relevant examples also fair attempt at the OSP essay on influence and power    NEXT STEP - not reading  the Qs carefully costing you crucial marks even the 1n markers complete past papers so you are more exam ready   2) Use the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock (posted on GC) to read the answers AQA were looking for. First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2).  sound that both character and audience one example is dialogue  3) Next, identify three points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested...

OSP: Rashford & Kardashian - Audience and Industry

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  Audience 1) Who are the potential target audiences for Marcus R ashford and Kim Kardashian's online content? Try and cover both  demographics and psychographics . Marcus Rashford  target audience is young aspiring footballers and Kim Kardashian target audience are your females that are interested in beauty and celebrity life styles  2) Marcus Rashford’s online presence is partly driven by his excellent use of social media. How does he use social media to engage with his fans and make them feel part of his brand? Talks to them directly through tweets Includes products he thinks they should buy posts pictures of him helping communities 3) What is Instagram engagement rate and what engagement rates do Marcus Rashford and Kim Kardashian have?  Marcus Rashford  has an average engagement rate of approximately  3.05% to 3.38% Kim Kardashian  has an average engagement rate of approximately  0.15% to 0.27% 4) Go to Marcus Rashford and Kim Kardashian...

OSP: Language and Representation Blog Tasks

  Language 1) Make two lists - one of website conventions used on Marcus Rashford and Kim Kardashian's official website and one of social media conventions found on their Instagram pages.  Logo ,navigator ,Home page, central image Banner image, profile pic, b io, retweets, logo, links 2) How does Marcus Rashford's website and social media promote his brand? Give at least three examples of different pages / posts / images from his website or social media.  Links, Brand Identity, Retweets these also him to bring his audience attention to his website and further promote it  3) How does Kim Kardashian's website and social media promote her brand? Give at least three examples of different pages / posts / images from her brand websites or social media.  Links, Brand Identity, @ also her brand names are versions of her name or initials  4) How does Marcus Rashford's online presence use the narrative of his childhood upbringing to create a positive brand identity? ...

Introduction to OSP: Influencers blog tasks

1) What years did YouTube, Twitter and Instagram launch? 2005, 2006, 2010 2) What is the definition of an influencer? A popular figure on social media that influences their audience 3) Give an example of an influencer and how many followers they have. Try and add some additional information, brand associations or other statistics if you can. Mr Beast (Jimmy Donaldson) over 80 million followers on Instagram and over 350 million subscribers on YouTube and also has many brands like merch and chocolate brands 4) How big is the influencer industry according to the article? $8 billion by the end of 2019 5) What are the problems associated with being an influencer? Great expectations and personal life and action are surveillance  6) Why is it suggested that audiences actually like being sold products by influencers? They have a personal connection with the influencer - almost friend like and trust what the influencer says  7) What representation of beauty is often found on Instagram ...

statement of intent feedback redraft

    4       Link to brief: 2 Use of media terminology (language/representation/theory): 2   Comments for AQA: This statement makes some attempt by including what this magazine will feature and how for example the types of camera shots and angle and what the cover lines and double page spread will consist of The candidate does attempt to include relevant media terminology such as enigma codes and target audience types   Next steps: Your statement feels incomplete and lacking enough depth and detail for example what is the name of your magazine? Remember that you only need to comment on the celebrity influencer you are choosing to represent. The other cover lines can be about actually people in the media – link these people to the target audience of C2DE Consider other media theories you can mention e.g. Todorov, Propp, Blumler and Katz statement of intent my magazine cover will be a celebrity gossip magazine called "Spill The Tea" and will include three...

Preliminary exercise feedback and learner response

  1) Type up your teacher's feedback  in full . If you've received your feedback via email, you can simply cut and paste it from the email into your blog. WWW: 1. Some clear conventions of a magazine front cover demonstrated such as masthead, cover lines, main cover line and central image which would communicate some meaning to the intended audience 2. Some brand identity established using a colour scheme   Next steps: 1. Your magazine cover does not fully meet the brief intentions – you are producing a celebrity gossip magazine, but the double page spread, and main cover line is focusing on a celebrity influence 2. You need to ensure that you meet deadlines e.g. completing the main front cover and double spread also including the 350-400 words focusing on your celebrity influencer making positive lifestyle changes. Remember that it is your responsibility to also export your coursework production to JPG too 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary ...
  statement of intent my magazine cover will be a celebrity gossip magazine and will include three different characters the first will be a famous basketballer who has switched teams my second character will be a celebrity who was caught cheating on his wife and my last character with the influencer of a positive mental health book I will use many different camera shots such as medium close up, close up, and medium shot i use these to show the characters outfit and their emotion also the camera angles with give power or weakness to the character  also through my cover lines I will add enigma code for example "want to find out what happened next buy the magazine "this will make the magazine more encouraging for readers to buy also my character will be different ethnics showing the cast is diverse and is for all people to read but mainly my target audience is the C2DE audience this means people who do practical jobs like building driving or cleaning It also includes those with ...