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Genre blog tasks

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Task 1: Genre factsheets 1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? They are important to indicate a genre. 2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? Star Wars and Star Trek 3) What are the different ways films can be categorised according to Bordwell?  Period or country, director or star, technical process, style, series and audience. 4) List three ways genre is used by audiences. Audiences use genre to give them expectations of other films, compare different media texts under the same genre and to be able to reject a text with their previous knowledge of that genre. 5) List three ways genre is used by institutions or producers. Attracting an audience and marketing texts. Read  Media Factsheet 126 - Superheroes: A Genre Case Study  and answer the following questions: 1) List five films the factsheet discusses with regards to the Superhero genre. Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Super, Spiderman, Green Lan...
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Narrative: blog task

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  1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  Wallace and Gromit in the curse of the Werewolf-Rabbit: Equilibrium: Before the rabbits ate the vegetables for the  Giant Vegetable competition  Disequilibrium: Having to solve the problem of rabbits eating the vegetables and then Wallace turns into a man-rabbit New Equilibrium: The rabbit problem is solved and Gromit saves Wallace 2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a  clip  on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). Embed the clip in your blog and write an analysis of the narrative markers that help establish setting, character and plot. We see people socialising in day light after leaving their home, signalling to us that it’s morning (temporal marker). The show looks like it was set in England as the architecture is the same to English buildings (geographical marker...
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Reception theory

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  Part 1) Applying Reception theory to adverts Look back at the adverts you have been analysing in  last week's lessons on Reading an Image and media codes  (RBK 50 Cent and one of your choice).  1) What are the preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings for the RBK 50 Cent advert? Preferred : They are inclusive to everyone, no matter your history Negotiated : It's strange that they emphasise criminal history. Oppositional : This advert reinforces stereotypes of black people and is racist. 2)  What are the preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings for the advert of your own choice that you analysed for last week's work? Preferred : That the quality of the car is good Negotiated : That because it's high quality, it may be expensive Oppositional : They can only use the product in certain areas. Remember to  highlight  or  bold  any media terminology you are using. Part 2) Reception theory factsheet #218 Use our extremely useful A Lev...
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