Savannah's A-Level Media Blog - Course Work

  Film Industry: Assessment learner response WWW; well structured, detailed answer in Q2  EBI: more industry information about the CSP in Q3 2/3; 5/6; 3/9. If you  didn't achieve full marks  in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed: Need to give a detailed description on what the BBFC does Give different reasons  Include a more detailed description of blinded by the light and the premier  One point in Q2 that I could’ve used is that Springsteen’s music may attract fans of his music through star power  . To boost my mark in the last question, I would have had to:   Included more Judgements are detailed and critically engage with the nuanced aspects of the debate regarding the cultural industries being a ‘risky business’. Used more detailed and accurate use of theoretical framework. I also should have shown more of an understanding of the British film industry.  I should have included more Judgements are detailed and critically engage with the nuanced aspects o

  Deutschland 83 : case study blog tasks Introduction: Reviews and features The Guardian - Your next box set: Deutschland 83 The Guardian - Deutschland 83 Pity the Germans don't like it In the reviews that were a mixture of negative and positive reviews. One negative point that was shared was the belief that the show was too "simple" compared to the actual history that was incorporated in it. The writer of this article stated that the Cold War gives people 'chills' whereas this show did not live up to it.  German people stated that Deutschland glamorises something that would usually be considered dark and ugly and turns it into something 'sexy and cool'. "To me, German series' often suffer from poor production value and screenplays are either obsessed with complexity or dull and boring. The latter dominates" - I strongly disagree with this statement. Deutschland 83 is a perfect example that counteracts this statement. The high production and

  Marxism & hegemony: blog tasks Task 1: Mail Online review of Capital in the mail online review of Capital, the writer states that Capital features a plethora of left-wing ideologies. The writer suggests that this is because the writers want to appeal to people that are of ethnic minorities by portraying everything that is traditionally British as something that is negative. This belief, from the writer, is shown in the line 'Everything British came in for a dose of loathing'   Criticisms of Capital  'With a fizzle like a firework on a wet night, Capital (BBC1) dribbled to a soggy ending'.  This quote is quite critical of the plot to Capital however it made be argued that this criticism is valid. The first episode was strong in terms of plot but that may have changed later on in the series. 'One of the immigrant characters snarled, with real anger' This comment poorly reflects what actually happened in the scene. The writer must've purposely written thi