REVISION ACTIVITY - P.39

Character	Type of masculinity	Stereotypical or anti-stereotypical?
Chief Superintendent Robert Vickers	Authoritative Patriarchal	Stereotypical
PC Jake Vickers	Young Athletic	Anti-stereotypical
Station Inspector Graham Webb	Dominant In-control	Anti-stereotypical
PC Lino Moretti	Love-able Chubbier	Anti-stereotypical
DC Carl Hawkins	Friendly Can fend for himself	Stereotypical
DI Felix Lane	Hard-worker Persevering	Stereotypical

REVISION: CUFFS

REVISION: CUFFS

Short, targeted revision tasks with questions. Research suggests that being asked to recall information regularly will aid your recall.

1. Name one channel for each

·        publicly-owned PSB television providers - BBC

·        commercially-owned PSB television providers - ITV

·        commercially-owned non-PSB television providers - Sky

·        foreign state-owned providers - Al Jazeera

·        commercial streaming-only services – Netflix

2. PSB purposes: true or false?

·        making viewers laugh - false

·        Informing our understanding of the world - true

·        Representing diversity and alternative viewpoints - true

·        Reflecting the UK’s cultural identity – true

3. PSB characteristics

·        High quality

·        Original

·        Innovative

·        Challenging

·        Widely available

·        Distinctive

4. Give the word for "the period before 9pm and after 5.30am when programmes   containing material unsuitable for children cannot be shown – this includes   sexual content, violence, graphic or disturbing imagery and swearing."

·        Watershed

5. This means that programmes such as Cuffs have to be very careful about their   content, which might be seen to reduce the realism of the programme as, for   example...

·        the criminals avoid swearing.

6. True or false?

·        The BBC has extra PSB requirements, written into its Royal Charter, because of its   distinctive funding. These largely reflect those above, but include the purpose: ‘to   reflect the UK, its culture and values to the world' - true

LEGO MOVIE VIDEO GAME

LEGO MOVIE VIDEO GAME

Watch the Lego Movie Video Game walk through for example here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiJ76xKOAbs

The aim of the prep is to make connections in your mind between what you experience as a Lego movie video game player and the 'uses and gratifications' framework.

Firstly, The Lego Movie Video Game is a good source of entertainment. It is very child-friendly and kids can pretend they are part of the beloved movies. It is a fun, light-hearted game which many people enjoy (including my brother) as it is a game about Lego and superheroes.

Secondly, The Lego Movie Video Game is a good source of surveillance as people can play the game right after watching the movie. Also, they can play as the characters they were just watching on the big screen. This is a good way for Warner Bros to make money as lots of people will watch the movie and want to play the game straight after.

Thirdly, The Lego Movie Video Game can form relationships with the characters as, not only do you relate to them in the movie, but you can also play as them in the videogame. Also, it can affect real-life relationships as people can see friends and talk about their experiences on the game and they could play it with each other.

Finally, The Lego Movie Video Game has good values as it is about how ‘a nobody saved everybody’. This means kids will learn that nothing is impossible and that if Emmet can do anything, then they can too.

MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION

MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION

You are currently making a music video. Look at the requirements for the music video brief by opening the link HERE on our blog.

PREP tonight:

Write an account of how YOUR current music video production meets this brief.

My group’s music video production meets the requirements for the music video brief as, firstly, it is aimed at a younger audience of 14 – 18-year olds as there is no extreme violence or language but it is also not childish enough to be for children younger than 14 as there are some hard tackles during the scenes with rugby in. Also, we used an existing song which was written by me. So far, I have used no found footage and I don’t plan on putting any clips into the final edit.

The production has over two locations – the football/rugby pitch and the tennis courts – and we plan on filming more of the performance shots in a range of settings. It also has a narrative as it shows three boys trying to improve at the sport they are playing as the song talks about overcoming fears and staying motivated. We use a range of camera shots, including close-ups, tilt pans, tracking shots, still shots, handheld, etc. Finally, I am going to edit the music video to fit the different moods during the song like believing in yourself.