Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation

Attainment 1
Attainment is as good as it can be in media lessons

Effort 2
i put most of my effort into media but it could be a bit better

Punctuality 2
i attend most lessons but there are some which i have missed out on, although i had good reasons for it, im not just being lazy

Submission and quality of homework 2
i need to improve a bit on handing in homework on time as i sometimes forget to do it, need to organise myself more on that aspect

Ability to work independently 1
my ability to work independantly is good as i prefer to work independantly as a student

Quality of writing 1
quality of writing is to the best of my ability at all times

Organisation of Media folder 3
its quite poor as i dnt have a folder for all my media sheets, but i do keep them all in one place, but i need to sort them out

Oral contributions in class 3
its not as good as it should be, need to contribute more

Standard of Module 5 blog 1
all tasks are complete and i complete tasks to the best of my ability

Standard of Module 6 blog 1
same situation as module 5 blog

Three achievements (www)
1. my quality of writing
2. the standard of my med 5 blog
3. the standard of my med 6 blog

Three areas of improvement (EBI)
1. attend all lessons and on time
2. answer more questions in class
3.improve my media folder, organise it more

Media news stories

Kidnapped journalist 'to be released'
The Foreign Office has said it is investigating reports that the British CBS journalist abducted in Basra on Sunday would be released 'imminently'.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/13/iraq.iraqandthemedia


BBC3 relaunch brought down to Earth
BBC3's relaunch brought the channel underwhelming ratings, with pop star Lily Allen's chat show attracting just 255,000 viewers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/13/tvratings.television1


T-Mobile drops Google from internet deal
Google suffered a serious blow yesterday as T-Mobile dumped it in favour of technology from rival Yahoo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/13/google.yahoo

essay practice

Tomb Raider is originally a computer game played by many children and teenagers so the movie straight away has a target audience for youths but the charcter that they chose to play Lara Croft id Angelina Jolie a famouse actress which guys find very attractive so therefore gaining a secondary audience of older men as they would watch this movie to gaze at Lara Croft. The main focus is not her as her name isnt on the poster, the main focus is the movie , her name might not also be on the poster becuae she is that well known there is no need to tell people who she is.

There is a medium/long shot of Lara where we can see most of her body on the poster.She is is in a tight suit which shows of her curves which you can tell are digitally enhanced relateing to the times changing and technology changing and the fact that you can make someone look skinnier and more prettier using the computer, this puts pressure on young women to constantly look good and promoted an unrealistic veiw of how a women shpuld look.It also shows a bit of her legs which according to Mulvey subjects her to the male gaze. She is holding a gun in her hand which could represent a phallic object but also bring violence into the film giving and hint of genre even thoguh people who know Lara Croft would know it is an aaction movie just by having played the game previously.The gun copuld link tot he issue of the growing rate of gun crime in the UK and the USA.Even though this is a Hollywood production, it is distributed to the UK therefore promoting ideologies of gun crime and the fact that guns are cool and they fight of evil.

Sh eis behing a white light that is breaking through into the background. This could suggest that she is the hero and the ray of light that will save the day. she is covered by a shadow infront of her suggesting the evil in infront of her eyes but she is looking away making it seem like she is unaware where the danger is.

She isnt wearing much make up and her hair isnt in a fancy way, this tells us about Lara Croft herself and that she doesnt care about the way she looks she is just into fighting evil and being active. This related to her beoing a female protagonist heroine as apposed to there beong a male protagonist hero.There is a rise of females in the media playing more active roles whcih could be the result of feminism back in the 80's when wopmen were fighting for their rights and were made equal towards men

The main colour them is blue which couls suggestpurity and calmness which could be representing her as a person and also may connote deep blue see's which are mysterious and unknowing. This could also be reflecting upon her personality and maybe the storyline of the film

Meet The Fockers is a sequel to the successful Meet the Parents which was a funny, family film. The sequal is likely to have a similar genre and characters which tyou are familiar with so that it ensures as much success that the 1st movie had.

The main image is of the mother and father of both sides of the couple. They are on seperate sides to show the contrast of personalities that they have and the wondering factor of will they get along with eachother or will they hate eachother. You can see form the father of the brides side his face looks like the picture has been force taken and that he really doesnt want to be there but it shows he cares for his daughter and highlightes the main theme of the film which is family and the picture is photo framed which gives it a home feel because it looks like it is stuck on the wall of a home.

Ben Stiller is known for his comedy acting and is cuurently a famous actor. He is normally invovled in family comedies and plays a husband or a father, so the type of audience he attracts are the ones who are likely to watch this film such as families and people who enjoy comedies. He also plays in a leaind family role to relate to leading family members who are watching this film. This creates a sense of identification from the character to the audience, this draws the audience in more and gets them interested in the film.

The cat and the dog are walking on the mantle peice with a delecate vase in between them which is about to fall over. This could connote tradgedy but in a funny way because they are animals and looks like there will be small mistakes made to the disadvanteage of Ben Stiller or the father of the bride as their faces are the only ones whcih are not smiling in the family photo.

The women are represented as happy smiling people and their faces show they are content despite unhappiness of the two men. It makes them independant and care free and they are not worrying too much about the men however Ben Stiller dad is also smiling like the women which could suggest that the father of the bride is harder to please rather than the father of the groom whcih is a typical stereotype when a man is marrying a women.

The names of the actors are put at the bottom of the image.They are all well known actors and the names do not correspond with the person they are below, this shows that people know who these actors are and will watch the film based on the actorsthat are in it and not for the story line or the genre

practice essay

The clothes that James Bond wears is a suit and a bow tie, this states his class and tells us that he is an upper class and classy man and looks like a man in good shape and someone who likes to look good, he also looks very old fashioned and could hint a traditional man with manners and respect for others however this is contradicted with the gun he is holding in his hand connoting danger and violence within him.

There is a medium shot of him where you can see his face clearly with him holding the gun an him in his tuxedo. He has a content facial expression and seems to know what he is doing because he is looking straight at the camera with a confident expression as if he is on a mission of somekind.

In the background there is a shutter type hole in the centre. This could show that there is some spying involved in the movie where someone wishes to fight him or plot against him, this brings a narrative to the film of good vs. evil and tells us alot about the genre of the movie, it is an action spy film with a classy edge to it whcih we can see through the use of props and costumer, the props (gun) also relate to recent debates and issues about the rise of guncrime in the UK and because James Bond films are British and always successful they promote and glorify gun crime to teenagers and contributes to the growing rate of gun crime in the Uk today.

The main colours of the poster are black and red. Black connotates mystery and spying and Red connotates blood and danger which are generic themes in action movies. However there is a hint of white, this may represent the goodness in James Bond and purity of him and may suggest him to be the hero as his suit also suggests he is a mysterious man (black) with a hint of good (white) in him.These are also two contrasting colours which may highlight the link between good vs evil within the movie. However there is a red shadow casting upon the side of his face telling us that he may have some evil in him or is forced to do evil of some kind

Peirce Brosnan was a famous actor even before he starred in Jmes Bond and him being used in James Bond boosted the film as he is well knows for his great acting. He was in films like family action movies so his previous audience would be interestd to watch him in james bond as it is a similar genre and also something different.

The caption is 'Tomorow never dies'. This shows James Bond to be immortal and special and suggests him trying to save the world which could be represented with the hole in the background as it looks like he is guarding it with the gun as protection to fight of any evil.