institution feedback and learner reponse

• handout has questions/gaps - a really nice idea that immediately encourages engagement
• good to see some conversations between students discussing the questions. Also good to put answers up clearly straight away in case anyone was wrong
• two hugely important brands - HBO & WB
• history and breadth of institution is covered well - "US version of Virgin Media" is a great way to describe it
• presentation lacks depth after starting so well and you should always try to avoid reading text off the slide to your audience - we can all read!
• it would have been nice to have a plenary or little activity at the end to finish the lesson of

WWW: we have gave enough essential details to know main points about TimeWarner. We have allowed ourselves to interact with students by giving small starter activities. We have added lots of picture that associate with TimeWarner - this has ultimately made the presentation more appealing.

EBI: We will try not to read the exact same thing displayed on the board. from our sheets. We wll try to include more information on each slide to compensate for not engaging as much as we expected. Instead of people having to read all information on handouts, we could instead summarize information on it.

A sentence for each institution covered in lesson:

Trinity Mirror - one of the biggest multimedia institutions in the UK.

BSkyB - Britain's largest telecommunication company has had lots of logo transformations throughout the year, 7 to be exact

News Corporation - they bought movie studio 20th Century Fox

Sony - it's video game console expansions - the PSP, PS2, PS3, PS4 so far have 260 million units sold

Vivendi - the company showcases music, television, films, tickets and video hosting services i.e stream Twitch

Time Warner - it is the largest tv & entertainment company. Top 3 with Disney and and Comcast)

Viacom - World's sixth largest broadcasting and cable company

Additional institutions:

BBC- BBC - also known as "British Broadcasting Corporation" is the second largest broadcaster, as well as the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation. BBC's initial release and uprising began in a Marconi factory in Chelmsford, June 1920. Then during 1923- 1926 it's everlasting expansion grew, and grew from a private business to a public service corporation. The business' status was going fine, until during the second World War in 1939- 7th June 1946 they had to suspend, due to obvious reasons. Then later more modernly, in 2002 they introduced BBC Four, then a few years to 2008, BBC news was introduced. Radio's such as BBC Radio 7 in 2011 came along for a supplement to Radio 4. 2011 to present, BBC's finance is stable, their 20% reduction in costs during 2011 October has made it that much better.

The Walt Disney company - the company was named after it's original founder, "Walter" Elias, and founded in October 16, 1923. Walt Disney company is famous for the majority of kid's movies, with its recent movie, "Frozen" music video reaching alone 600 million YouTube views. Likewise, famously known Mickey Mouse pioneered the cartoon department during the 1928-1934 - the "Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies" was released. In addition the company's expansion grew significantly upon the release of Disney Land during 1955. Parents and children would come to it's attraction upon activities, costumed workers for children, meet and greets etc.

Comcast - Comcast Corporation, formerly known as "Comcast Holdings" is a multi-national mass media company, but what is significant is that it is the world's largest broadcasting and largest cable company by revenue, even beating BBC. Despite this, Comcast has been criticized for low satisfactory services, and is ranked one of the lowest in the industry. Comcast was founded in June 28, 1963, in Mississippi, United States by 3 founders: Daniel Aaron, Ralph J.Roberts and Julian A. Brodsky. Brian L. Roberts is the son of Ralph, and is the president/CEO of Comcast. The success of the company has made him one of the highest paid executives in the United States of America, during 2010. The total compensation was a staggering $31 million.
                                                   

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A-Level Media Studies Introdcution

1.I have chosen media studies, because I find it to be a subject that I have genuine interest in, and that's what makes it such a great subject for me as I can both learn and enjoy - it is very motivating.

2. I think the media is important because it shares literally everything around the world, and simply is a less of a hassle for keeping up with the world, unless you're a caveman.

3. I hopefully will be able to learn, interpret, analyse, etc in contextual media ways, different from what I have learnt to do so by myself, so I will definitely be able to further and look into views from a different perspective.

4. I am interested particularly in films, the internet and video editing. I have self taught myself to be proficient in Sony Vegas, and hopefully Adobe After Effects if I am to take it to the next level.

5. I have never done Media GCSE, but I am very forward to learning it in an A-level.

6. My other post-16 subject are English Literature and ICT.

RBK 50 Cent advert 



From a first initial glance we can denote the rapper artist, 50 Cent of course, and a quote from him. Both a picture and a name referral in the advert could possibly mean he wants to have a strong recognition. Also to mention the finger prints to the right - possibly inferring his or someone's criminal past, and how the quote applies to them or him. Connoting his camouflaged snapback, it looks like a relation to the military forces, perhaps the "plan B" is joining the army if one is unsuccessful in an aspiration. The black and white/grey colour scheme is definitely very basic and dull, because we usually see a certain colour i.e green to pointer positiveness, or red for danger. However for black and white/grey we can possibly say that the two colours signify neutral values, because we have a balance of both colours. Maybe the colour scheme correlates the the quote; meaning people should take no chances. The rapper's pose and facial expression also says something. His mood we can tell is very serious, perhaps a direct nod to the reader, and effect the quote has to give. The composition and setting is also very serious and dull, because it is just pitch black. Maybe this is a way of nudging the readers to ignore everything else in the background; to not infer and take anything else, except the very nature of the quote. The type of shot is also very effecting, because as mentioned before how much meaning 50 Cent's facial expression has, perhaps the close up was a way to emphasize on it. The lighting was complementary of this too, because it is more focused on his face, again. Subject of matter, the advert and quote of matter was simply a way of reaching out to 50 Cent's fans who presumably are teenagers. This would be a particularly effective to the rapper's audience because he is an idol to them, and obviously the message would mean more.

The photo most likely has an oppositional reading to people, especially to those who are unfit, because the idea and recognition of a perfect model body shown is just not as possible. Hence the idea may be reinforced and have a down casting, significant effect as taking into account the things that generally occupy people, as opposed to a model and fitness related person that devotes most of their time to acquire body aesthetics. With that in note 99.9% , if not all of pictures that showcase an "ideal" body in the media are photo shopped, therefore divides what is actually possible and the expectation. The colour - a bright yellow theme connotes happiness, fun and ultimately, summer. In addition the body is more emphasized by the grey and very desaturated colour, however the choice of colours for this is very confusing - maybe it is an implication to my point earlier, that the two - summer and an unrealsitic body do not go together for everyone. Likewise the bold text is very "in your face" impacting.