Homework for Week 9

Hi

Here is your homework due on Friday 6th July. Please note the deadline for the draft essay is due Wed 4th July.

REPRESENTATION

This is going to be a large component in your exam, it is vital that you're practising your media analysis skills and staying sharp on this topic.

Watch the embedded clip and answer the following questions on your blog;

1. What are the 7 main areas of representation of society in the media?
2. What groups of society are represented in this clip?
3. Comment on EACH OF THE 4 TECHNICAL AREAS separately and how they contribute to creating meaning in relation to each of the represented groups.
4. Are these messages of meaning being downloaded to us, challenging or conforming to the already existing stereotypes for these groups?

Remember:

- USE EXAMPLES
- USE IN DEPTH EXPLANATIONS (assume I know nothing and explain it all).
- WRITE 500 - 600

words (this essay is out of 50 marks)
- make sure you include EACH technical area

All the best and make sure if you get stuck, do some research and extend your learning and remember you can always ask for help.

T-Bianca

Term 2 Study Break

Hi guys

Well done in making it to the official half way mark, through your Year 12 year! You're doing well! Make sure in amongst the hard work you put in during study break, that you plan in some down time too.

Here's what needs to be done before Term Three begins:


Group blog -

• Should have ALL entries for Preliminary Tasks 1 and 2, including planning (but not CCR's; these ONLY show up on your personal blogs).
• Each person's edit should be included at the top of page for that task.
• This blog should be presented neatly.
• Remember, titles for entries should include names of people who worked on them (i.e., if you wrote the script, the title should be 'Script - Your Name, Co-Writer's Name, Etc'
• Entries should have an appropriate label.  (Research, Preliminary Task, etc)
• There should be a label menu in the sidebar, to make the information on these tasks easily accessible.
• Planning for Foundation Portfolio should also be neatly presented.

Personal blogs -

• Research entries should be 'back-filled' with necessary fixes.
• PT#2 CCR, Question #2: needs to be adjusted to include current awareness of 'Audience'.
• FP CCR's should be developed and complete. (We will further back fill Question #2 later; for now, do in as much detail as you can)

The Survey-
   Conduct a survey, with the goal of ascertaining film consumption patterns

• Survey should involve at least 40 randomly selected people (not your family!)
• Make it easy on yourself!  Construct a chart that allows you to poll a small group simultaneously rather than one individual at a time!
• Taking the survey should take between 2-5mins at most.  Let people know that.

Data for each person polled should include, but are not solely restricted to:

• Age
• Preferred genre
• Estimated number of movies watched per year
• Estimated number of times they watch those films at a cinema
• Names of top three most frequented cinema establishments
• Most recent movie seen

If film-watching normally takes place at home, do they generally:

• Watch film from start to finish, no breaks
• Watch film with short breaks (get water, answer door, etc)
• Watch film with longer breaks (please specify break length and reason)

It could also be a good idea to find out about people's use of LightBox / Netflix / DVD / other forms of home-viewing, including illegal download.

Be blessed, and have fun.  :)


- T. Bianca