Chandni's media blog 1

ENGLISH 1) What meanings are the audience encouraged to take about the two main characters from the opening of the film? In the beginning audience may assume that the two main characters are from the lower class who may be troublesome and they are a bad influence to society 2) How does the end of the film emphasize de Saussure’s belief that signs are polysemic – open to interpretation or more than one meaning? We change how we precise they boys later when we realise they are deaf feeling sympathy since they were treated poorly by other people therefore supports Saussure's belief that signs can have many different meaning. Media Magazine theory drop: Semiotics  1) What did Ferdinand de Saussure suggest are the two parts that make up a sign? To make up a sign you need a  signifier  and a signified 2) What does ‘polysemy’ mean? When signs are changed over time and interpreted differently to different people. 3) What does Barthes mean when he sugg...

Newspapers I don't read any newspapers therefore I'd like to maybe download BBC  news app and update myself with the current affairs. Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read? What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? What sections do you never read, and why? What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read? Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others? Magazines I don't   usually  read magazines unless the Ealing magazines which I believe is sent to houses every month although now i would like to check out more new magazines and see which sparks my  interest. What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why? Television Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television? Around 4 - 5 hours What times of day do yo...

1) Why did you choose A Level Media Studies? I've been practising using Photoshop since year 10 and therefore id like to improve my skills choosing media and I am interested in learning how different software may work . 2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)? Nope 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? 4) What grade do you hope to achieve in A Level Media? Hopefully an A  5) What are your current thoughts about your next steps after A Levels - university, apprenticeship, work? Id like to take an apprenticeship if possible maybe even in the media side. 6) What do you think the biggest media story of 2019 has been and why? Amazon Rain forest burning down 7) What media sources do you use to find out about news and current affairs? BBC News 8) What was the last ...