Media Blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW - stayed on topic and made clear analytical points  EBI - need to talk more about ideology in Question 1 and provide more detail in general 2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully (posted on your exam teacher's Google Classroom), paying particular attention to the the 'indicative content' for each question focus on the unseen question and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.  • the skyline of contemporary/futuristic skyscrapers are signifiers of the city, banking/finance etc; this is reinforced by the costumes which suggest white-collar professionals • the positioning of character and mode of address can be interpreted as signifiers of race and gender (the dominant white male, evasive black male, diminished female) • the title as a sign anchors the possible meaning of the image – white-collar professionals as gang...

  1) Radio: Introduction to Radio 2) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3) Radio: War of the Worlds

  1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play is an adaption of H.G. Wells’ novel of the same name, first published in 1898. It tells the story of an alien invasion and the ensuing conflict between mankind and an extra- terrestrial race from Mars. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Broadcast live on 30th October 1938, popular myth has it that thousands of New Yorkers fled their homes in panic, and all across America 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? MANY FLEE HOMES TO ESCAPE ‘GAS RAID FROM MARS’ – PHONE CALLS SWAMP POLICE AT BROADCAST  OF WELLES FANTASY 4) How did author Brad Schwartz describe the the broadcast and its reaction? hysteria it caused was not entirely a myth. “Instead it was something decades ahead of its time: history’s first viral-media phenomenon.” 5) Why did Orson Welles use hybrid genres and pastiche and what e...