bushra media 1 exam blog

  1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  'Sparticle Mysteries ' is an example of Todorovs narrative structure of equilibrium , disequilibrium and new equilibrium- The start of the show everything is normal, they are young teenagers living their lives with their friends and family; during the show all the adults in the world have disappeared and their lives are turned upside down. However, at the end of the show there is a new equilibrium as they have found a way to return their parents and everything is back to normal. 2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Fact sheet: 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. Look at the opening of a TV programme or film. What markers are used to provide important informatio

  1) How does Mistry suggest advertising has changed since the mid-1990s? Since the mid-1990s, advertising has increasingly employed images in which the gender and sexual orientation of the subject(s) are markedly (and purposefully) ambiguous. 2) What kinds of female stereotypes were found in advertising in the 1940s and 1950s? Soon after 1945, women were made to feel guilty by warnings of the 'dangerous consequences to the home' that had begun to circulate The highest good is keeping house and raising  children' 3) How did the increasing influence of clothes and make-up change representations of women in advertising? It had led to women being increasingly portrayed as empty objects. 4) Which theorist came up with the idea of the 'male gaze' and what does it refer to? Laura Mulvey- men have a sexual drive to look at women 5) How did the representation of women change in the 1970's? The 'new women' reveal how women were now represented as dominant, confid

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). Total = 10 marks = D WWW: In question 2 you start well and these are some valid references to the text EBI: You need more for 12 marks :perhaps this is where the missing blog work is catching up a little ?  See mark scheme for more of this. LR : See blog 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the two questions: _/8; _/12. If you didn't achieve full marks in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. 5/8 Lack of consistent highly appropriate use of subject specific terminology throughout. 5/12 A more detailed answer is needed / refer to another media source 3) For Question 2 on the social and cultural contexts of gender representations, identify three potential points in the mark scheme that you didn't include in your answer. The pack shot in the shape of a lightning bolt