2. The piece of coursework needed to do this year consists of a
documentary, a radio advert and a double page spread all
based on a specific topic such as Feminism or Social Media.
To set us up for this, we have created a short film review in the
style of a radio advert which was either 2 or 3 minutes long.
The film we reviewed was Pride and we had to ensure that we
met as many codes and conventions as possible.
A2 Summary
3. Garage Band is the primary piece of software used to edit our
radio broadcast. Prior to this task, we had never used this and
have learnt a variety of valuable skills.
These skills helped us navigate round this software learning to
trim recorded clips and create our own music to incorporate
with this. We also learnt how to adjust sound levels and turn the
metronome off in order to create a seamless finish.
Garage Band
4. The constructed presentation of ideas in the media.
The process by which the media present the ‘real world’. – Rayner
Questions to ask when analysing working class identity:
1. WHO/WHAT is being represented?
2. HOW is representation created?
3. WHO has created the representation?
4. WHY is the representation created in that way? WHAT intentions?
5. WHAT is the effect of the representation?
Representation of Working Class
Identity
5. This is the dominant view/attitude believed by the majority of
society.
With producers and owners of media being predominantly
upper/middle class and highly educated, it’s difficult to stray from
these ideologies.
They can bring in their own political, cultural and religious views into
it making active audiences question how much verisimilitude there is.
Along with media, other external influences such as the law and our
peers also help society constructs their beliefs and values.
Ideology
6. The media re-presents people, ideas and events. It’s a ‘second
hand version’ – not the thing itself.
Everything we see in a media text has gone through some
process to get to us.
It means to alter the way something is presented in order to
convey a particular representation to an audience.
The representation is often dominant and is to conform to
stereotypes for passive audiences.
Mediation
7. This theory was created by Stuart Hall splitting audiences into
two categories of active and passive.
Active audiences don’t just receive information passively but are
actively involved, often subconsciously, in making sense of a
message within their personal and social contexts.
Passive audiences receive information and passively accept the
message as truth without questioning it.
This means some people can decode mediation within
stereotyping of film characters while others believe it.
Audience Theory
8. A 2014 British LGBT-related historical comedy-drama film written
by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus.
This demonstrates the working class with job roles such as coal
miners, charity and book shops.
It represents Gays, Lesbians, Miners and Police in 1985.
Their editing was mainly straight cuts making invisible editing to
create verisimilitude along with the camera shots consisting of
eye-level, mid shots and close ups to focus on the dialogue and
not be aesthetically pleasing.
Pride
9. Facts and figures
Clips of film
Intro/Outro music
Opinions
Synopsis
Actor/Director recognition
Positive and negative comments
Conventions of an Interview
