Media Blog 1 (Bradley)

English by Tarun Thind Analysis: 1. The audience are encouraged to believe that the two men in the short film always cause trouble and possibly enjoy annoying people. 2. The main characters display of kindness when he gives a bundle of bananas to the old man. The end of the short film shows us that the two main characters are deaf and actually aren't as bad as the audience most likely perceived at the start of the short film. Media Magazine Theory Drop: Semiotics 1. Signifier and Signified 2. Polysemy is when a sign (symbols, words, phrases etc.) can have multiple signified meanings. 3. He means that once enough people know about new meanings, they are accepted and agreed upon obver time. 4. Cultural, Action, Semantic, Symbolic and Enigma Codes 5. The title acts as symbolic code as the doll helps make sense of the narrative and the fruit rotting acts as an enigma code Icon, Indexes and Symbols Icon: Index: Symbol: 2. Icons are important as they are physical representations of the s

1) Why did you choose A Level Media Studies? I wanted to do a subject I'm not only good at but a subject I enjoy and take a genuine interest in. 2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)? No. 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? N/A 4) What grade do you hope to achieve in A Level Media? B and above 5) What are your current thoughts about your next steps after A Levels - university, apprenticeship, work? I hope to enter an apprenticeship so I can gain experience and in-depth knowledge on media's uses and impacts in the working environment. (And money 😏 😏 😏 ) 6) What do you think the biggest MEDIA story of 2022 has been and why? The Queen's Death as it marked an important date in history and also led to the coronation of King Charles  7) What media sources do you use to find out about news a