What is Public Service Broadcasting

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The History of the BBC

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Rem etc

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danni

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BBC radio

Publish at Scribd or explore others: music culture

Year 13 - Some good links

Here are some links that I've found useful in looking at the BBC and its place within broadcasting. Check 'em out damn it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/in_depth/pressure/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/charter/

Year 12 Film Homework

OK so I hope everyone is feeling less fuddled than I am after that rather unproductive lesson this morning; next week will be better I'm sure. As for your blogs, some are looking very good but none are perfect so you all need to do some work on them. They should have the following on them by now:

1. Is Hollywood film purely a commercial commodity?
2. Hollywood film case study
3. American Dream
4. Persuit of Happyness
5. American Beauty case study
6. American Beauty character write-up
7. Analysis/comparison of American Beauty opening and closing scenes


This week's homework, in addition to ensuring all of the above is complete:
Add character studies to your blogs. Remember to summarise what each character brings to the film's representations of Americanism and the American Dream.

Cover Work Thursday 19th March

Period 1-2 Year 10 Media Studies

CD cover photo shoots
All students who have brought their props and costumes and ONLY those who have brought props and costumes will be taking the photos for their CD covers today. Mr Fairnie (E18) will be available to support with this and supply cameras. Students should get changed one group at a time in the media cupboard across the corridor and get on with other work (outlined below) whilst waiting their turn to be photographed in front of the screen at the front of the classroom. If they so wish, they may go outside to be photographed but should note that if they want to be able to cut themselves out using Photoshop the plain background would be best.

Whilst all that is going on, anyone not directly involved in photographing/being photographed should work on completing their sketchbooks, which should include:

1. My Music
2. Questionnaires on music tastes and consumption habits with results written up and/or shown in graph format.
3. Mood Board made, photographed, stuck in book and annotated.
4. Details of your own original music act.
5. Logo analysis (at least 3 annotated)
6. Logo designs x4
7. Final logo design drawn and annotated
8. Logo made in Photoshop, printed and stuck in book with evaluative comments.
9. 5 thumbnail designs for your CD cover – coloured and annotated
10. Analysis of a CD cover of an existing music act of the same genre as yours (last week’s homework)
11. Final draft of 700-1000 word essay analyzing Pink’s ‘I’m not Dead’ CD cover
12. Target Audience profile (demographics/psychographics)

Students MAY use the ICT room along the corridor (E15) if they need to and cover teacher should move between the two rooms to supervise.

After taking photos groups should upload them onto their user areas and begin making their CD covers in Photoshop. Dimensions for a CD cover: 31cmx15cm.

Year 13 Homework

I will attempt to upload your presentations here tomorrow but not today as that would give the other class a right head start when they prepare theirs tomorrow! Good work today though all of you, I think British Broadcasting is slowly becoming less of a mystery to all of you and I have high hopes that you will all be experts in time for the exams.

Your homework this week is:
Create a full BBC/PSB case study on your blog and add your thoughts on the question: What is the role and future of Public Service Broadcasting in Britain today?

Year 13 Monday 16th March

Today's Task:

Pick a non-terrestrial channel (Sky/Cable/Freeview) and analyse a Monday and a Saturday schedule for that channel. www.radiotimes.co.uk will help. What do the schedules tell you about the network's:
-Target audience
-Ideology
-Funding/financial situation

Also, what do you learn about the nature of scheduling generally and what influences decisions about scheduling?

Cover Work for Friday 13th March

I'm so sorry not to be there today but I have a very important ROYAL event to attend which can't be missed! Here's what I want you to do...

Period 1-2 Year 12 Film Studies

Watch ‘The Truman Show’ and complete the Narrative Structure sheets provided, including all key narrative developments (what happens in the story that’s important).

Homework: Analyse and compare the opening and closing scenes of ‘American Beauty’ on your blogs. YouTube links to scenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8GAPl1cNC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrnoiHPU3Y


Period 5 Year 10 Media Studies

Use this lesson to get ALL sketchbook work up-to-date. You should have done all of the following:

1. My Music
2. Questionnaires on music tastes and consumption habits with results written up and/or shown in graph format.
3. Mood Board made, photographed, stuck in book and annotated.
4. Details of your own original music act.
5. Logo analysis (at least 3 annotated)
6. Logo designs x4
7. Final logo design drawn and annotated
8. Logo made in Photoshop, printed and stuck in book with evaluative comments.
9. 5 thumbnail designs for your CD cover – coloured and annotated
10. Analysis of a CD cover of an existing music act of the same genre as yours (last week’s homework)
11. Final draft of 700-1000 word essay analyzing Pink’s ‘I’m not Dead’ CD cover

If by some miracle anybody has done all of that then you can complete a Case Study of research into a music artist/band of your choice, looking at how they are represented in the media and how their image has been constructed.

Homework: Prepare for photo shoots next lesson. Ensure that you bring all costumes, make-up and props that you will need to take your CD cover photos.

Year 13

OK so just to be clear and get it in writing, you should all by now have a post entitled 'The future is bright for British Broadcasting: Debate' with the arguments For and Against and also the notes from last lesson summarised. This week's task is to write a post entitled 'What I think of British Broadcasting Today' and you can go in whatever direction you want to with that, the point is that you are thinking about the issues.

Enjoy the RE day everyone! See you next week.

Year 13 Contemporary British Broadcasting

Year 13'ers, here's some links to get you going on the way to greatness with the current state of British broadcasting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7858062.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7841000/7841499.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7812747.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/23/british-broadcasting-television

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/25/itv-proposes-broadcasting-giant