Antonia's A-level Media Blog

  1. Type up your feedback in   full   (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Essay is clear and demonstrates knowledge of how both OSP CSP's have adapted to digital convergence . EBI: Offer more clear examples Reference more audience and industry Refer to other CSP's 2. Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully (posted on your Google Classroom). Identify  three  specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Bioshock Infinite game cover) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of images, colour scheme, text etc). The cover shows Booker DeWitt, the male protagonist, in a three-quarter pose. He’s holding a gun (slung over his shoulder), with a serious or determined expression. Zeppelin / airship: Connotes an alternate-history, steampunk or early 20th-century technological aesthetic. It emphasizes the “floating city” idea — Columbia is not a typical city, but one suspended in the sky. Myth ...

  Create a new blogpost called 'The Sims FreePlay CSP - Language & Representations' and complete the following tasks. Language / Gameplay analysis Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? Relationships (platonic and romantic) activities households character development. 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? Teens 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? Personal Identity - avatar and community Personal Relationships - friendships and romance Diversion- activities and game development Now watch this walk-through of the beginning of The Sims FreePlay and answer the following questions: 1) How is the game constructed? Tutorials Diagram of sim needs  Dress up Needing a job Developing own town having a 'Net Worth' creating a sim community 2) What audience is this game targeting? Teen boys and girls Mainly girls because of the more options of clothing items for girls than boys 3) Wha...

 The following tasks will give you an excellent introduction to fandom and also allow you to start exploring degree-level insight into audience studies. Work through the following: Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read  Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom .  Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? People who devote themselves to their favourite media text or person. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hard core, Newbie, Anti-fan 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? Fandoms exhibit a ‘passion that binds enthusiasts in the manner of people who share a secret — this secret just happens to be shared with millions of others.’ 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? Dominant social forms are used to reinforce existing hier...