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Tomb Raider Anniversary: blog tasks Language and Audience Analyse the game cover for Tomb Raider Anniversary (above). 1) How does the cover communicate the genre of the game? Mise-en-scene - Lara's costume: Belt/Backpack/gun/Holsters Colour scheme: Black/Brown/Gold Ancient Civilisation - inter textual reference to Indiana Jones Background: Ancient Artefact Lara must retrieve 2) How does the pose and costume of the character appeal to primarily male audiences? Eye contact: Suggest sexual confidence Mise-en-scene - Little and revealing clothing as well as being highly impractical Mise-en-scene - Heavy dark makeup Gun straps mirror the appearance of lingerie Lighting highlights her assets as well as legs arms and shoulders Oversized guns used as a phallic symbol Pose: unrealistic to ensure face and assets are visible 3) How might the cover be read as empowering for female gamers? Present woman as strong and independent Lack of male character reveals her as a pow...

Further feminist theory: blog tasks Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) to find Media Factsheet  #169 Further Feminist Theory . Save it to USB or email it to yourself so you have access to the reading for homework. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What definitions are offered by the factsheet for ‘feminism ‘and ‘patriarchy’? Feminism: A movement which aims for equality for women - to be treated as equal to men socially, economically and politically. Patriarchy: Male dominance in society. 2) Why did bell hooks publish her 1984 book ‘Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center’? She identifies that there was a lack of diversity in feminist movements and these voices had become marginalised. 3) What aspects of feminism and oppression are the focus for a lot of bell hooks’s work? They questioned the approach of feminism treating women as a single coherent group. She said that poo...

1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Solid answers coursing both texts effectively EBI: More use of media terminology/ Theory. 2) Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Identify three potential points that you could have made in your essay for Question 1 (Shirky, audiences and producers). --> The impact of digital convergent media platforms on media production, distribution and circulation. --> The construction of products including the use or  subversion of website conventions design or content. --> how audiences use the media in different ways, reflecting the demographic factors as well as aspects of identity and cultural capital. 3) Now use the mark scheme to identify three potential points that you could have made in your essay for Question 2 (values and ideologies). --> The End of audience that Clay Skirky writes of means that a wider and more diverse ...

Further feminist theory: blog tasks Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) to find Media Factsheet  #169 Further Feminist Theory . Save it to USB or email it to yourself so you have access to the reading for homework. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What definitions are offered by the factsheet for ‘feminism ‘and ‘patriarchy’? -->Feminism is a movement which aims for equality for women – to be treated as equal to men socially, economically, and politically. It is a movement that is focused not on ‘hating’ men, or suggesting that women are superior. Instead, feminism is focused on highlighting the power and suppression nature of the patriarchy (male dominance in society). Feminists see the patriarchy as a limitation to women receiving the same treatment and benefits as their male counterparts. 2) Why did bell hooks publish her 1984 book ‘Feminist Theory: From Margin to ...

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Teen Vogue - background and textual analysis 3) OSP: Teen Vogue - audience and representation 4) Newspapers: Assessment learner response 5) OSP: Teen Vogue - industry and social media 6) OSP: Hall and Gilroy - media theory 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study

Work through the following blog tasks to complete this introduction to women in videogames. Medium article: Is Female Representation in Video Games Finally Changing? Read this Medium feature on whether female representation in videogames is finally changing. Answer the following questions: 1) How have women traditionally been represented in videogames? Within the videogame industry, women are typically either objectified or seen as "damsels in distress". Examples of major videogames where this has happened is in iconic Lara Croft or even Princess Peach in the Mario franchise. out of the 14 Mario games, Princess Peach is captured in 13 of them. 2) What percentage of the video game audience is female? 42% of the video game demographic is female, which indicates that times are slowly changing to become more equal.  3) What recent games have signalled a change in the industry and what qualities do the female protagonists offer? Recent games that signify a change i...

Language and textual analysis Homepage Go to the Voice homepage and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? The news website isn't as simplistic and professional as the Teen Vogue website. The website contains different colour items on the menu bar which gives it an unprofessional look and gives off a childish impression despite being targeted at an elder audience. The homepage contains the top stories from all of the sections and contains 'picks of the day' with the hottest stories. 2) How does the page design differ from Teen Vogue? The Teen Vogue home page has a simplistic model to it with its articles and stories covering the majority of the page with a small menu bar at the top. The Voice's home page has a more rough design and isn't as simplistic and appealing as Teen Vogue. 3) What are some of the items in the top menu bar and what does this tell you about the content, values and ideologies of...