Personally I find that genre is not one of my favourite genres; I found it hard to define a film as Sci-Fi due to the mixing of… Read more “Genre: Sci-Fi 04/12/18”

Genre signifiers: Here we looked at 4 images on the board; in little groups we had to decide what genre we thought it was and why and… Read more “Genre seminar”

Genre groups media texts into categories that each have conventions and help producers target an audience. Key uses of genre: Entertainment Categorisation Myth* *Genre texts offer us… Read more “Understanding Media Genres”

We had two questions to consider for our formative exam, in which we had to select one to write in the seminar for the 13th of November… Read more “Revision for formative essay”

Why do we like reality TV? Is it the socially useful information? Or is it more of an entertainment aspect? From the discussion in the seminar there… Read more “Reality TV seminar”

Last five years: extreme market saturation in reality media content in the UK; dominates mainstream British TV schedules, even in prime-time broadcasting slots. These reality TV shows… Read more “Reality TV”

During the media texts and genres seminar, we discussed the development of our own values and whether media has an influence on how we view and behave… Read more “Media influence”

Media representations aren’t as simple and as straight – forward as they may seem. The signs, images etc that are constructed via the media to represent reality… Read more “Understanding media representations”

Picture 1: United front by holding hands, showing support as a good wife. Picture 4: Zones out – low eye level, avoiding eye contact with the cameras… Read more “Analysis Seminar: The Good Wife”

Mise-en-scene: ‘Putting into the scene’ Setting Lighting Costume/make-up Staging and performance Setting: Establishing shot creates a sense of place and time by following the main character around.… Read more “Reading Film and TV: Learning Material”