Concept Maps:
http://asanda2mediastudies.blogspot.com/search/label/Concept%20Maps
General AS revision:
http://raybloggsast.blogspot.com/
Tips on the exam:
http://getaheadocrmedia.blogspot.com/2011/01/structure-for-a2-exam-q1a.html
Distribution:
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/distribution/distribution1.html
Film Council:
http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/
British Film Institution case study:
http://bromsgroveg322b.blogspot.com/2010/05/case-studies-2-dna-films.html
Represention:
http://www.mediaknowall.com/as_alevel/alevkeyconcepts/alevelkeycon.php?pageID=represent
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Key Terms For The Film Industry
Major Film Studio | A major is a movie and distribution company that releases a substantial number of films annually and constantly commands a significant share of the box office revenues in a given market. |
Conglomerate | Large corporations dominating the communications industries and have significant stakes in a range of media markets eg: Apple, Virgin, Sony, Disney |
Subsidiary | A business that is owned by a parent company and managed under its direction. |
‘The Big 6’ |
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Multi National Corporation | A company that has large scale investments in two or more countries. |
Synergy | The relationship between different media products in which one is used to improve the exposure of another. I.e. CD release of the sound track |
Vertical Integration | The major studios maximize their profits by controlling each stage of a film's life: production (making the film), distribution (getting the film out to people), and exhibition (owning first-run theaters in major cities). |
Independent Production Company | A company that produces a films outside of the studio system and is responsible for the development and may also be directly responsible for the raising of funding for the production . |
Distribution company | An independent company who secure placement of the film on screen and create the marketing strategy for the film. |
Exhibitor | A movie venue that screens the films. These can be independent or apart of a chain. |
Globalisation | The process of societies, and cultures becoming more interconnected through a global network of political ideas through communication. |
Cross Media Convergence | Hardware and software coming together across different media making the distinctions between the media increasingly fuzzy |
Tie In | Special marketing displays and gimmicks that relate to the theme of an ongoing advertising campaign. This might include a give away. |
Friday, 22 April 2011
British Film Case Study
Key Principles (sourced from Edu website)
1. Have you got contrasting films you can use as case studies e.g. big budget Hollywood v low budget British indie which allow full range of issues to be discussed?
2. Have you got contemporary examples - the best are almost always live case studies of films on release at the moment so that the material is out there to be grabbed (marketing, distribution, exhibition data, etc)?
3. Can you grasp the seven bullet points from p.19 of the spec, from which all exam questions will be drawn?
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.
For further information and advice click on the link below to download the spec and look at p. 19 ff.
OCR A Level Media Studies Specification (23.3.2011)
4. Can you articulate concepts and use examples to support those in a systematic way?
If you can do all the above and write for 45 mins you will do well. You need to grab material you can access easily and practise analysing and contextualising it within the concepts of audience and institutions.
1. Have you got contrasting films you can use as case studies e.g. big budget Hollywood v low budget British indie which allow full range of issues to be discussed?
2. Have you got contemporary examples - the best are almost always live case studies of films on release at the moment so that the material is out there to be grabbed (marketing, distribution, exhibition data, etc)?
3. Can you grasp the seven bullet points from p.19 of the spec, from which all exam questions will be drawn?
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.
For further information and advice click on the link below to download the spec and look at p. 19 ff.
OCR A Level Media Studies Specification (23.3.2011)
4. Can you articulate concepts and use examples to support those in a systematic way?
If you can do all the above and write for 45 mins you will do well. You need to grab material you can access easily and practise analysing and contextualising it within the concepts of audience and institutions.
Hollywood v British Film
Compare these two trailers.
What Key Aspects make these two films distinctly different in terms of Production, Distribution & Marketing and Exhibition?
Inside the British Film Industry
Inside information about what is wrong with the British Film Industry
Textual Analysis and Representation (TV Drama)
Watch the above clip:
- 1st time just watch all the way through without making notes.
- 2nd time take notes on the camera movements and technical codes.
- 3rd time take notes on the editing, sound and dialogue.
- 4th time take notes on the mis-en-scene.
Now practice answering the following question:
Discuss the way in which the extract constructs the representation of class using the following:
- Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
- Editing
- Sound
- Mise-en-scene
Textual Analysis and Representation (TV Drama)
Watch the above clip:
- 1st time just watch all the way through without making notes.
- 2nd time take notes on the camera movements and technical codes.
- 3rd time take notes on the editing, sound and dialogue.
- 4th time take notes on the mis-en-scene.
Now practice answering the following question:
Discuss the way in which the extract constructs the representation of age using the following:
- Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
- Editing
- Sound
- Mise-en-scene
Thursday, 21 April 2011
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