Magazines and Music Video assessment: Learner response

 

Magazines and Music Video assessment: Learner response

Well done on completing the latest Media assessment - it's another great opportunity to revise the CSPs and develop your exam technique.

The first part of your learner response is to look carefully at your mark, grade and comments from your teacher. If anything doesn't make sense, ask your teacher - that's why we're here! 

Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response: blog tasks

Create a new blog post called 'Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response' and complete the following tasks:

1) Type up your WWW/EBI feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). 

WWW = this is progress on your last assessment and your heat/celebrity answer makes a good point. Now we need to build on this

EBI = revise terminology / CSPs

        - Exam technique: question focus

2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question: 

Q1: 1
Q2: 1
Q3: 3

Q4: 1

Q5: 2

3) Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write three connotations of the design and layout of Tatler.

-   • the denotation of one central image directly addressing the audience enables the audience

to see the aspirational Tatler reader – an upmarket, sophisticated woman

     • the choice of white and black font/typography against the natural setting connotes that the

    magazine is both fresh and modern but from a classy, traditional base. This is likely how the

    Tatler audience would like to see themselves

4) Now look at question 3 - Heat magazine. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme to write three ways celebrities are represented in Heat magazine.

-    • Some of the paparazzi photography is designed to make them look like ‘normal’                 people so

            readers can identify with them or feel closer to them.

    • Celebrities on cover tend to be reality TV or pop stars – celebrities generally from         more

    working class backgrounds so again creating a point of contact with a working or             middle

                class audience.

    • Focuses on celebrities’ relationships – ‘double life’, ‘secretive star’, ‘baby daddy’,     ‘Giovanna’s

    heartache’ etc. Suggests these are important developments audiences want to hear the

    latest on.

5) Look at question 5 - Arctic Monkeys and audience identity. This is a real AQA past question with lots of potential answers given in the mark scheme. Choose three answers that specifically refer to the Arctic Monkeys CSP and write them here. 

- • the audience might watch music videos to reinforce values and behaviour. The lead singer

seems to not care about the filming of the music video, rarely making eye contact with the

camera and stating at the beginning ‘don’t believe the hype’. The audience gain a sense of

identity as they can relate to the lead singer’s both nonchalant and rock and roll

representation.

• the audience can gain a sense of identity as they recognise something of themselves or

relate in some way to the group. The band are dressed in standard teenage rock band garb

of plain t-shirts, jeans and trainers, a look that can be easily replicated by fans or is already

worn by them. They are not really offering a performance, it is more of a jam session with

them showing their musical prowess to their friends which is something the audience might

also do

• music videos might represent artists as role models that fans can aspire to be like thus

allowing the audience to gain a sense of identity. The band are represented as ‘everyday

lads’ with typical clothes, costumes, acne. They make eye contact with each other and look

to be having a laugh. The audience might feel they are achievable role models

6) BLACKPINK - How You Like That didn't come up in this assessment. If this CSP comes up in your end of Year 1 exam, what three things about BLACKPINK and How You Like That will you try to include in your answer? 

- The setting, design and actors