Question 1B

Question 1B

Genre – Music video

Narrative – film opening

Representation – film opening

Audience – music video

Media language – Film opening

Really reflect on how your media products work. Prepare to be flexible.

Genre – Describe setting, themes, icons, narrative, character, textual analysis, representation – DRCAGES. (Apply Rick Atlman’s theory of genre) (Consider the conventions of the genre) (How does your production use the conventions of genre – How does it challenge the theme?)

Audience – Who and how.

Narrative – How is time and space organised in your production? Is it linier? Non-linier? Does it contain enigmas? What are they? Apply the theories: Todorov/Propp/Levi-Strauss/Barthes/Three-Act.

Representation – How are groups of representation in your prediction?

·         Gender – Men/women

·         Ethnicity – Representation of ethnic minorities

·         Sexuality – Gay/straight

Audience – Uses and gratifications, personally identify with a character or situation. Information, entertainment, social interaction.

Media language – How meaning was created through:

·         Camera – FAM

·         Mise en Scene – CLAMPS

·         Editing – STOPS

·         Sound – MCDOVED

Mainstream culture.

Diverse representations.

How we constructed our representations.