A-Level Media Exam Blog 2- Mr Pall

Part 1)  English  by Tarun Thind analysis Watch (or re-watch) the short film English by  former Greenford Media student Tarun Thind and then answer the two questions below: English  from  Tarun Thind writer | director  on  Vimeo . 1) What meanings are the audience encouraged to take about the two main characters from the opening of the film? That they are not nice people as they disturb the homeless mans sleep and carry on playing the harmonica even when the homeless man tells them to stop and let him sleep.  2) How does the end of the film emphasise de Saussure’s belief that signs are polysemic – open to interpretation or more than one meaning? As not everyone is the same such as young teenage people are all immature and violent as in the ending English tells his deaf friend that "everybody just thought before they spoke" and gave an example of Winston Churchill which  emphasises his maturity and how he's trying to get his point across to hi...

  Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read? The Metro.  What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? Sports and celebrity gossip section because   that's  what I find the most entertaining.  What sections do you never read, and why? The politics or government because I find them boring and too long to read.  What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? Stories about famous footballers like how the Saudis are buying all the footballers like Jordan Henderson from Liverpool.  Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read? My Dad reads any type of newspaper.  Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others? Only ones that I take a liking towards to like the Daily Mail because of me seeing on Google about the new iPhone 15 coming out and I checked it out through there website.  Magazines What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  ...

  First blog task Once you've set up your new blogs, create a new blog post on your Media Blog 1 and answer the following questions: 1) Why did you choose A Level Media Studies? I chose A-Level Media Studies because I enjoyed doing it for GCSE in Year 9,10 and 11 and I had fun doing it especially the Coursework's.   2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)? I took GCSE Media Studies over here at Greenford High School. 3) If you answered yes to Q2, what grade did you achieve in GCSE Media? What coursework task did you complete? What would you say your strengths and weaknesses were in GCSE Media? I previously did achieve a grade 4 in Media but my paper is being remarked so hopefully trying to get a Grade 5. I completed most the coursework tasks except one of the Advertising and Marketing tasks. My strengths are completing all my work on time and one of my weaknesses is recording. 4) What grade do you hope to achieve in A Level Medi...