A2 Media & Communications

UNIT-4 CONTENTS

What is/was radio? (analysis of radio including timeline)
British Radio in the modern age (lasting appeal/developments-including annotated IRDP documents)
History of Radio Drama (what has changed/remained the same)
Radios 1-7 remits & responsibilities (+analysis)
Radio scheduling (locating a prospective text-+analysis)
What is the role of commercial radio? (written analysis)
Genre:
o Genre/Form (type)
o Content (subject matter)
o Structure (composition)
o Voice (1st. or 3rd.)
From Fact to Fiction exercise + Peer Assessment
A summary of the medium of Radio

A2 Media & Communications: From Fact to Fiction

From Fact to Fiction

As part of the process of generating ideas and ‘exploring the output in radio’, for next week please complete the following task.

Take a current story in the news and ‘fictionalise’ it.
•What genre will it be?
•How will you deal with the content / subject matter-how can you make it engaging for the listener?
•How will it be structured? (Start-middle-end)
•Which voice will you use?
You idea should be around 5 minutes long

Here's the link to the programme: From Fact to Fiction

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007lld4

AS Media: Framing and angle analysis

Look at the still from the film LEON:

1. What type of shot is it? (Think about both camera distance and angle.)

2. What parts of the image are emphasised by this framing?

3. The strongest shape in the image is that of the man's body. Does it follow a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line within the frame?

4. What effect does this have on the overall composition and balance?

5. Why do you think this image was framed in this particular way? What was the film-maker trying to do?

AS Media: Lighting & Colour task

How does Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover make use of lighting and colour?

Now available also to download: scroll down the page to digital storage. This will take you to 'Podbean'. Here you can download the clip to your computer.

A2 Media Studies: Press Regulation

Case Study: Stephen Gately and the Daily Mail

If you were the PCC…

Would you:

A.Uphold the complaints made by Stephen Gately’s partner. (1. accuracy; 5. intrusion into grief or shock; 12. discrimination)
OR
B.Rule in favour of democratic (journalistic) free speech

YOU DECIDE!

You must be prepared to give reasons for your adjudication.