Media Studies OCR Exam Blog - Kate Ovington

EXPLAIN HOW CHANGES IN PRODUCTION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION METHODS HAVE AFFECTED THE FILM INDUSTRY. REFER TO DISNEY'S 1967 AND 2016 VERSIONS OF THE JUNGLE BOOK TO SUPPORT YOU ANSWER  [15]   Changes in  film  production have  affected  the film industry greatly over the past fifty years in order to adapt to new audiences, ideologies and technologies  in modern day contexts.    Being the multinational conglomerate that Walt Disney Studios is, their feature films, along with smaller productions, have a great outreach and overall world influence within the film in dustry.  With JB67, Walt Disney was  personally  at the  centre  of all decision making ,  scrapping the  darker  first draft of the film  for on with a more light-hearted tonal value .  After a decade of diversification into theme parks, TV series and live action films, Disney had   become less hands-on with animated films, which had le...

'THE DIFFERENCES IN THE CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF LONG FORM TELEVISION DRAMAS REFLECT THE DIFFERENT VALUES, ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS OF THE AUDIENCES THAT CONSUME THEM.' HOW FAR DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? The contrasting nature of codes and conventions within the LFTVD genre very much stems from the need to reflect the different values, attitudes and beliefs of the consumer in order to engage and target individuals personally, regardless of whether the show is for a global mass audience or niche national one.  Netflix, a large international media company, has to extend the codes and conventions in order to reflect audiences on a global scale, making sure consumers can connect with the product regardless of geography. Whereas, smaller PSBs like DR only need to appeal to it's niche nordic audience so codes and conventions will differ. Where Netflix has a need to appeal to a global audience range in order to increase it's market share, DR is projecting to a niche audien...

THE MIRROR: The Intelligent Tabloid The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903. It is owned by parent company, Reach PLC, one of Britain's biggest newspaper groups, publishing over 240 regional papers along with The Mirror. They merged with the regional newspaper group Trinity to form Trinity Mirror. The paper has consistently supported the Labour party since the 1945 general election. They call themselves 'the intelligent tabloid'. They seem to stand up for ordinary people. The TA of the daily Mirror is predominantly C2DE, over 35 and are working class Labour supporters.  THE SUN: Everything Under the Sun The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the UK and Republic of Ireland. As a broadsheet, it was founded in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by it's current owner. It is owned by News UK which is part of NewsCorp, founded by Rupert Murdoch. They have a right-wing con...

WHO MADE IT AND WHEN? // Created by Soren Sveistruep, a well known writer, screenwriter, and producer in Denmark. In the UK, he is best known for creating the 3 series of the Killing but has also produced shows that aired in Denmark. Last year his film, the Snowman, was released in the UK. // The Killing was produced by DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). DR is a government-owned television and radio public broadcasting company. // Like the BBC, DR is funded by a licence fee that must be paid by all Danish households if they have a TV, smartphone, computer etc that will allow them access to the internet and therefore the ability to listen to or watch their products. (they are removing this in 2019 but it applied when the show was made in 2007) // DR was founded in 1925. // Other well-known TV shows created by DR included Borgen, The legacy, and The Bridge. The Borgen and The Bridge were created and aired in the UK due to the success of the Killing.  // ZDF helped produce th...

SOCIAL + HISTORICAL CONTEXT: // Burn the Witch comes from Radiohead's 9th studio album, A Moon Shaped Pool.  It is the lead single on the album, i.e. it was released to coincide with the album: if you like the song, you will love the album. // It was released as a download on the 3rd of may 2016 on Radiohead's website, followed by 7-inch single released exclusively in independent record stores.  // Critics interpreted the lyrics and video as a warning against group-think and authoritarianism. // It was named one of the best songs of the year by Rolling Stone, Billboard, and the Village Voice,  and was nominated for best rock song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. It was one of the bestselling UK vinyl singles of 2016. // The lyrics direct the listeners to "Abandon all reason/avoid all eye contact/do not react/shoot the messengers/burn the witch". Yorke said the lyrics were inspired by the News of the World newspaper publishing the names and addresses of sex offen...

TOPIC 1: The regulation of global practices of production, distribution and circulation Net-Neutrality - ISPs must treat all internet communications equally, not discriminating or charging differently based on user, content, website, platform etc. 1// The FCC plans to end open internet protections because they are 'unnecessarily heavy-handed regulations'. They would require ISPs to be transparent so consumers can buy the plan that's best for them and small businesses would have the technical info they need to innovate. Netflix supports the strong net-neutrality rules and opposes the commissions proposal to roll back protections.​ 2// It seems that only top video streaming services will survive the Trump era. Netflix continues to amass subscribers to establish itself as a market share leader. With the new FCC chairman, replacing Tom Wheeler who brought in new net-neutrality rules, he may undermine Wheeler's choices. It is fatalistic for new services, but a good thi...

KEY IDEAS: // Power without responsibility. // Powerful media institutions project values, messages and ideas and have the power to shape people's ideologies. A positive value is shared in The Killing is that how women are just as capable at doing important jobs as men. One in Stranger Things would be that sometimes the people that seem crazy are actually telling the truth and big institutions shouldn't actually be trusted. We are likely to follow this projected ideology in The Killing, as it would have a positive impact on society, but Stranger Things would have a detrimental impact on the structure of society, so people take it in as a stereotype. DR can't do this because it isn't responsible 

KEY FACTS: // The series was first aired on Netflix on the 15th of July 2016 // There were only 8 episodes // Written and directed by the Duffer Brothers (Matt + Ross) WRITERS + DIRECTORS: the Duffer Brothers - born 1984 // They began making films in the third grade using a Hi8 video camera that was a gift from their parents. // They relocated to Orange, California to study film at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts where they graduated in 2007. // After writing and/or directing a number of short films, their script for a post-apocalyptic horror film, Hidden, was acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2011. // The brothers directed the film in 2012 which was released in 2015. // Director M, Night, Shyamalan read the script and hired them as writers/producers on the Fox TV series Wayward Pines. THE IDEA: // After discussing the movie as a jumping-off point, the brothers began talking about what Matt describes as "bizarre experiments we had rea...

SOCIAL + CULTURAL CONTEXT: // In 2009, Sande featured on rapper Chipmunk's debut single, 'Diamond Rings' which gave them a first top 10 hit on the UK singles chart.  // In 2010, she appeared again on Wiley's 'Never be your Woman' which became another top 10 hit, and on 'Let Go', which was the closing track of Tinie Tempah's debut album. she also co-penned Alesha Dixon's single 'Radio'. // In 2010, she signed her first major record deal with Virgin Records before signing another deal with EMI in 2011. // Heaven was her first solo track - the key purpose of this video is to introduce her as her own entity, to take her out of the shadow of other artists she had collaborated with in the past. SOCIAL + HISTORICAL CONTEXT: // As the main purpose was to establish her as a solo artist, a performance-based music video was essential to build her star image.  // The video was uploaded to Sande's YouTube channel as a first platform - 21.7...

R1BS OVERVIEW: // Runs every weekday from 6:30am until 10:00am // It has been running since 1967 // It is currently hosted by Greg James who took over from Nick Grimshaw // He is the 16th presenter and took over in 2018. BBC, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION: // It is not controlled by the government  // It is paid for by us via a TV licence fee each year, £154.40 // If you want to watch TV or listen to radio, then you must pay a licence fee each year - numerous payment options are available to make it accessible and affordable to all. // A black and white TV licence is less expensive at £52/year // If you are found to not have a TV licence, you could face prosecution. Radio 1 is a key supporter of BBC Introducing, and of new music in general, through initiatives such as Brit List and BBC Sound Of. In 2019/20, Radio 1 will maintain its support of new and home-grown music with 50% of music played during daytime hours being new, and 45% of daytime music played from the U...