DME - Dyari Media Exams

Language / Gameplay analysis Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? Designing your character/house, pets, relationships, family, and the vast world to explore 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? Possibly young adults/teens, due to its similarity to, but parody of real life 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? Escapism, identity Now watch this walk-through of the beginning of The Sims FreePlay and answer the following questions: 1) How is the game constructed? The game follows typical mobile game conventions; it tries its best at times to get you to spend money 2) What audience is this game targeting? Primarily teens to young adults. 3) What audience pleasures does the game provide? Escapism and identity 4) How does the game encourage in-app purchases? It encourages in-app purchases through upgrades and DLC. Representations Re-watch some of the expansion pack trailers and answer the followin...

Language and contexts Homepage Go to the Voice homepage and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? Articles, minimalist design, navigation bar, logo, subscribe button 2) What are some of the items in the top menu bar and what does this tell you about the content, values and ideologies of the Voice? News, Sport, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Competitions, Opinion, Faith 3) Look at the news stories on the Voice homepage. Pick two stories and explain why they might appeal to the Voice's target audience.  "Making Black history today: the leaders shaping innovation in public health" Appeals to the Voice's target audience as they'd want to see other black people succeeding and doing good for the world. "Anne Mensah, Kanya King, among the winners at this years Black British Business Awards" Similar to first one; showcases and highlights the success of black people 4) How is narrative used to encourage audience...

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Influencers and celebrity culture 3) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Language and Representations 4) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Audience and Industries  5) Baseline Assessment learner response 6) OSP: Postcolonial theory - Gilroy and diasporic identity 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study

1. Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Dyari, your Q2 is logical and clear. I can understand your line of argument with some explanation of how both OSP CPSs have incorporated convergence through production, distribution and consumption. EBI: Not detailed enough examples or theories to support your arguments for Q2 essay. See mark scheme for indicative content. Remember this is a synoptic Q so reference other CSPs too. Just not enough textual analysis with your Q1 - more on connotations + use of myth would have improved your response here. 2. Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully (posted on your Google Classroom). Identify three specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Bioshock Infinite game cover) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of images, colour scheme, text etc). 3. Now use the mark scheme to identify three potential points that you could have made in you...

Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom. Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? A person who likes a specific text and consumes it regularly 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore/True - Fans who spend a lot of time and money on a specific text Newbie - Fans who just started to like the text Anti-fan - People who hate/dislike the text 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? While it is now used to apply to groups of people fascinated with any subject, the term has its roots in those  with an enthusiastic appreciation for sports. 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? Bordieu argues a kind  of ‘cultural capital’ which confers a symbolic power and status for the fan, especially within ...

1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? He has consistently argued that racial  identities are historically constructed – formed by colonialization,  slavery, nationalist philosophies and consumer capitalism. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? He argues race isn't the external cause of racism but its complex, unstable product. Racism isn't isn't caused by race, racism causes race. 3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? Ethnic absolutism is a line of thinking which sees humans  are part of different ethnic compartments, with race as the basis of  human differentiation. Gilroy is opposed to ethnic absolutism as it is  counter to his argument that racism causes race. 4) How does Gilroy view diasporic identity? He considers a transatlantic diasporic identity, where groups across the  Atlantic share cultural practices – a “single, complex unit” of black  cultural practitioners...