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Coursework: Summer Project 2025

 1) Research: Music videos Watch the following music videos and analyse an aspect of media language for each one: Music video 1: Marshmello x YUNGBLUD x blackbear - Tongue Tied How is narrative used in this music video to engage the audience? Music video 2: Years & Years - I Wish I Knew How is camerawork and mise-en-scene used in this video? Use CLAMPS to remember the different aspects of mise-en-scene. Music video 3: Foals - Hummer How is editing used in this music video to engage the audience? Music video 4: Your choice Select a music video of your choice and analyse an element of it e.g. narrative, camerawork, editing, visual effects etc. If you're not sure which video to use you could watch some of the following: Ariana Grande - One Last Time Ed Sheeran - Shape of You You may also want to look a completely different, creative approach to music video - such as these Lego stop motion productions and how they use narrative: Johnathan Pushkar - We Could Be Together Keep Me Musi...
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End of Year 1 exam: Learner Response

  1) Type up any feedback from your teacher in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). Kamile, a very clear and detailed response for Q1.3 you clearly understand the different audience theories in relation to the clip. Can you rewrite a response for Q1.2 with a focus on narrative theories. Eg. Todorov, Propp and Barthes. 2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Question 1.1 asks about mise-en-scene. What do we use to remember mise-en-scene? Give one example answer from the clip too - you'll find example answers in the mark scheme. CLAMPS  Costume, Lighting, Actor placement/movement, make-up, props, setting. Examples: • Will’s costume – makes him look like he is from our world • The two children they are chasing – costume and make-up to make them look abandoned/homeless. • Setting – empty city. • Actor movement – the chase scene. • Props – the drinks and bread. 3) Question 1.2 asks about narrative features in the extract. Look at the mark ...
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KISS FM Breakfast show CSP: blog tasks

  Audience Look at  the KISS media pack carefully . This will give you a brilliant background to the brand and how they target their audience (important note: it features the old Breakfast presenting team).  Answer the following questions: 1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission? By reaching them wherever, whenever, however they want which informs both our editorial policy and our commercial strategy. 2) Look at page 3. What is the target audience for KISS FM? As well as writing the key statistics from the media pack, try and suggest what  psychographic groups  would fit the KISS audience too. The KISS audience is a 15-34, 60/40 Female to Male 1.3m downloads of the KISS Kube App, Audience is predominantly urban, but  increasingly national with 65% now living  outside London. S ocial platforms reaching a  potential 321m people, seamlessly  integrate Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat 3) Now look at page 5 - The KISS network. How does ...
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Radio: Final Index

 KISS FM Breakfast show CSP: blog tasks Radio 1 Launch CSP: blog tasks
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Radio 1 Launch CSP: blog tasks

  Historical, social and cultural contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC Radio light, BBC radio home, BBC third. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? Radio1 was music based. Radio 2 was comedy and entertainment based. radio3 was based on talking about art and music and radio 4 is educational. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? It was a radio station on a boat in international waters, it was made for the younger audiences as they didn't need to follow laws and could play music for as long as they want to. They played a lot of pop music which was gaining popularity. 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act officially outlawed pirate radio stations. The Government had closed the legal loophole that allowed these stations to broadcast and these had a British audience of 10 to 15 million. This meant the audience  had  to go to...
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TV industry contexts: blog tasks

  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? To Inform, Educate & Entertain. This means: To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced) To support learning for people of all ages To produce creative output To have diverse content (such as with its representations) To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world 2) How is the BBC funded? It is a  public service broadcaster  which means  we  own it. It doesn't make a profit and exists to produce high-quality media for the British public. It's paid for by the  TV licence  and produces a huge amount of content for the whole of Britain - TV, radio, BBC website, iPlayer and more. (By the government) 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced) To support learning for people of all ages To produce creative output To have diverse conten...
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His Dark Materials: Audience and Industries blog tasks

  Audience 1) Read this  audience rating guide for His Dark Materials . Based on the screening and this article, who do you think the target audience is for His Dark Materials and why? What about psychographic groups?  You can  revise Pyschographics here . I think the target audience is 14+ and aimed for adults and teenagers because of the violence and content could be frightening for a small child. Psychographics are aimed towards diverse people and lower class because their cast has a lot of diversity and the children are living in deserted houses. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: Some people may relate to the children where they don't need to follow rules from their parents anymore, some can relate to feeling trapped before. only that now th...
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