Media Teaching Team

Storyboard Moodboard Any planning documents and permissions you sought Reflection on your first draft and what you changed Intertextuality Research on website for artist The link to your music video and your website need to be prominently displayed on your blog. Please ensure this is done by Friday when I will be marking your coursework!

Tuesday 26/02 Stranger Things Monday 04/03 Theory Week Tuesday 05/03 Theory Week Friday 08/03 Theory Week plus timed essay on theory Monday 11/03 Deutschland 83 Tuesday 12/03 Deutschland 83 Monday 18/03 LFTVD timed essay, begin Radio 1 Tuesday 19/03 Radio 1 Friday 22/03 Radio 1 Monday 25/03 Radio 1 Tuesday 26/03 Radio 1 timed essay. Begin Minecraft Monday 01/04 Minecraft Tuesday 02/04 Minecraft then Minecraft timed essay EASTER HOLIDAYS Tuesday 9th April - revision session on newspapers and press regulation. This needs to be booked through school. Tuesday 23/04 Music video recap and music video timed essay Monday 29/04 Radio 1 recap and timed essay Tuesday 30/04 LFTVD timed essay and feedback on Radio 1 essay Friday 03/05 Jungle Book recap and timed essay Rest of the term TBC

Example 1 Long form drama is a term used to describe the recent shift of interest towards television series of high quality that many consider to have replaced the cinema as serious entertainment or at least, an alternative to network TV. Long form television drama is considered to be innovative in style. It develops and even challenges the conventions of the traditional TV drama form and the simplistic storylines and stereotypical characters that dominate network TV in the United States.  Stranger Things starts with the disappearance of Will Byers and his encounter with the mysterious creature. This disequilibrium signifies to the audience a sense of the sci-fi/horror genre and provides familiarity to the audience. The playfulness of genre in Stranger Things is evident in the drama which deals with children’s sensibilities in a scary and adult way, suggesting that genres are not fixed. The opening episode of Stranger Things enables the writers to establish setting, characte...

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Explain the impact of digitally convergent media platforms on film production, distribution and circulation, including individual producers. Refer to The Jungle Book 1967 and The Jungle Book 2016 in your answer (15 marks)   The film “The Jungle Book” was adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s 1984 children book “The Jungle Book”. At the time of the first Jungle Book in 1967, high budget films did not dominate the Box- Office. There was a more equal gradient of low budget films to medium budget films  to  high budget films. The 1967 Jungle Book was release d  in October 1967. Disney c hose October owing to there being  no film seasons as there are in the modern- day. It was shown first in the US, before it was shown in Europe, and was first shown in major cities before being toured around smaller venues. T he 1967 Jungle Book recorded a  narrative version of the film on audio, including the Oscar nominated songs, that were first to achieve gold record status f...

Explain the impact of digitally convergent media platforms on film production, distribution and circulation, including individual producers. Refer to The Jungle Book 1967 and 2016 in your answer (15 marks) The 1967 Jungle Book used traditional animation methods. The studio used copies of hand-drawn pictures on transparent   cells   as well as a multiplane camera to create a more 3d effect then was previously possible.  The characters were drawn depending on the actors’ voice, so the animations would reflect the personality of the actors’ voice, which was unusual at the time as the voice would typically be recorded after the characters were drawn. The 2016 Jungle Book had a budget of $175 million which puts it in the category for big Hollywood blockbuster films. The film was created mainly of the use of CGI, and although was primarily based in India, the entire production was shot in Los Angeles. The film used referenced photos taken by a team in India to create a re...

Essay one ach of the Jungle Book films use digitally convergent media platforms. This can be seen through the ways in which the films differ, for example, owing to the improved technology in today’s society, there is a large difference in how they are produced, distributed and circulated The historical context of the “The Jungle Book” is exemplified through the adaption of Rudyard Kipling’s 1984 children book “The Jungle Book”. The sole distributor for The Jungle Book was Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures and handled the theatrical release marketing and promotion of the film. At the time of the first Jungle Book in 1967, high budget films did not dominate the Box- Office. The 1967 Jungle Book recorded a narrative version of the film on audio, including the Oscar nominated songs, that were first to achieve gold record status for an animated film. Prior to the film being released, the 1950s and 60s were a disastrous time for the cinema, with the attendance falling rapidl...