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unit 1

mise en scene costume props setting lighting editing transitions continuity  flashbacks slo motion cross cut match cut eye line match shot reverse shot camera work pans zoom angles dolly tracking  tilt  sound diegetic non diegetic sound effects theme tunes foley sound

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unit 6 LO1 revision

1. media effects are the different ways society is impacted and influenced by media like movies and tv passive and active audience debate for and against the argument.  2. PEGI regulates the content of video games   BBFC  British. board of classification IPSO independent users standards organisation, ASA advertising starboards authority \ regulation regulates and prevents/ monitoring content to protect scatty through age ratings, and other things such as gender 

narrative theories

Narrative theories  pam cooke - cause and effect Claude Levi Strauss - binary opposition  Roland Barthes - narrative codes,  enigma code Tzetan Todorov- equilibrium, disruption, a restored equilibrium  narrative is understood through two opposites Action code is a series of production techniques which tell you what is going to happen next  character roles (prop 1928) such as the                                                                                                                hero sidekick and villain. The film joker the theory of binary opposition is shown through camera work a s the pan shows the city burning and chaotic instead of setting  a new equilibrium like most...
genre  pam cooke hypodermic syringe                                                                                                                                     rick altman                                                                         generic pleaures  Steve Neal repetition and difference  Jason mittel exploited by the media  David Buckingham  Q6 Discuss how narrative is constructed in a media product you have studied. The media product I h...

LO4 and LO5 recap RAJAR

 3 trends how people listen to live radio  Mobile phone  Radio   iPod  Mobile phones and laptops have increased in use for live radio for 2 reasons,  The first reason is because it’s much easier to access, a mobile phone is portable and can be used in almost any situation as it can be carried around all day  The second reason is availability , most radios can be found in cars however some people do not have cars, iPods can be extremely easy to use and light weight, so they’re useful for people who want to listen to the radio when going out without a car

Essay

The media effects debate has been happening for a while now, some people believe things such as music, films and video games are the main purpose of crimes like school shootings and other violent acts involving young people, where others believe these things have no effect and people must already have problems mentally before which is not influenced by the media. Hypodermic syringe implies the media has a negative and a great example of a media product which is often blamed for violence in young people is the video game  ‘Grand Theft Auto 5’ the game was released in 2013 and made 800 million dollars in the first day of its release. Although the game is rated 18, many children and teenagers own the game. There’s many factors which can be blamed for negative media effects such as the violence which can also be inflicted onto women, another factor is the strip club which you can visit in the game. Games like this and Call of Duty are instantly the first to blame after incidents like s...