01 TV - CUFFS

 Understanding the social and historical context of TV in the 2010s

using your green Fact Sheet 

MARKETING: MAKE A FILM POSTER FOR YOUR FILM

We are studying how Warner marketed the Lego Movie. Part of their campaign was a set of posters. 

PREP Now that you have finished your trailer, make a film poster advertising it.

Use PowerPoint. Add a screenshot from your own film as background. 

Pick another image from your film. Use 'remove background'.

Add the film title, cast, release date and tagline. Look at the poster for A Quiet Place and others that inspire you. Tenet is unusual as most text is horizontal.

03 HIP HOP MUSIC VIDEO

PREP for Friday and Monday 7 December. Write the first draft of your Statement of Intent. Open the link to see what you have to do. Post the draft on your blog under the title STATEMENT OF INTENT You now have 2 hard copies each of completed Statements for guidance.

FILM SHOOT: Filming today ready to use green screen when editing

TRACKS: Stressed Out (Oli), Same Thing (Asa), Let You Down  (Matt) 

CUFFS

 Below are the kinds of points that you might make:

Media Language: you may analyse the extract in terms of media language, for example:

•   the mise-en-scène of Peel’s tight-fitting black cat-suit costume sexualises her for a male audience

•   Steed calls out to Peel with the line: ‘Mrs Peel?’ which is a sign of respect and suggests a time when women were referred to by their marital status rather than by their first name

•   the use of the set-piece fight sequence between two male characters is a convention of the genre 

Media Representations: you

 may analyse the extract in terms of representation, for example:

•   the inclusion of a strong female lead who uses her intelligence to solve the case challenges stereotypes of men being in control and holding all the power

•   the obvious sexualisation of Peel through her tight-fitting costume is a common stereotype of the genre

•   Peel’s need to be untied and saved by Steed supports more traditional gender stereotypes

•   Steed refers to Peel’s weight, as he unties her, which conforms to the gender stereotype that women should be concerned about their appearance and weight 

Media Industries: y

ou may analyse the extract in terms of media industries, for example:

•   the programme is scheduled on primetime Saturday night television 

  with little competition from other channels

  the large budget allows for more sophisticated camerawork and a 

range of more interesting locations which would appeal to a wider television audience

•   post-watershed scheduling allows for under-currents of sexual 

  tension between the male and female character
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•   the post-watershed scheduling also allows for a more sexualised 

  female character in Peel 

Media Audiences: you

 may analyse the extract in terms of media audiences, for example:

  the extract offers the audience entertainment and diversion, e.g. the light-hearted humour of the extract when Peel is freed by Steed versus the suspense of the confrontation between Steed and the blacksmith

  strong female character could attract a female audience to a genre which had traditionally had a predominantly male audience

 

Media Contexts: you may analyse the extract in terms of media contexts, for example:

  changing attitudes to gender representations through the portrayal of Emma Peel reflecting a time in which women were taking on more dominant roles in society and popular culture

  undermining of the positive female role through the way that Emma Peel is sexually objectified and requires ‘saving’ by Steed

Extended response that makes judgements and draws conclusions

You must make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the extract challenges traditional representations of gender. You may conclude that the extract does or does not challenge traditional representations of gender and are to be rewarded to the extent that they support the judgements through an analysis of relevant examples from the extract in a clear and logically structured line of reasoning.