GDB A-Level Media

3 COMPONENTS: COMPONENT 1 - EXAM (INCLUDES UNSEEN TEXTS) Advertising Newspapers Film Industry Radio Music Videos Video Games Section A : Media Language + Representation Section B : Audience and Industry COMPONENT 2 - EXAM (MEDIA PRODUCTS IN DETAIL) Television Internet Magazines One Question on Each Industry:  Language, Representation, Industry and Audiences  COMPONENT 3 - COURSEWORK (PRODUCTION) Statement of intent Music Video Magazine cover and two pages WHAT IS A MUSIC VIDEO? 🎦 - a video which accompanies a song - visual aspect of the song - often includes performance - provides the audience with another level of entertainment - promotes the music and makes it easy to share - advert for a song - looks how a song sounds Music is important as people identify with it much more than other media products Uses and Gratifications of music: - liking the artists - entertainment to pass the time - to represent c...

Suspense Sequence - Short film Key Terms -  - Editing (the selection and assembling of a media product) - Shot (an uninterrupted sequence of footage) - Shot Duration (how long a shot lasts before it is cut) -  Mise-en-Scene (things that are put in the scene such as people, props and sets) - Cinematography (everything to do with the camera) - Low Angle shot (the camera is positioned below the subject) - High Angle (camera is above the subject) - Shot type (the distance between the camera and the subject) - Positioning (The way the text locates members of the audience)