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Semiotics

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  1) What meanings are the audience encouraged to take about the two main characters from the opening of the film? They are two friends who have each others back 2) How does the end of the film emphasise de Saussure’s belief that signs are polysemic – open to interpretation or more than one meaning? The ending displays that indexes are shown everywhere and are visual . Part 2) Media Magazine theory drop: Semiotics  Greenford Media department has a subscription to  Media Magazine  - a brilliant magazine designed exclusively for A Level Media students and published four times a year. We strongly recommend you read it regularly and also set plenty of work for the course based on the articles inside. You can  find our Media Magazine archive here  and for this task need to go to  MM68  (page 24) to read the introduction to Semiotics. Once you've read it, answer the following questions: 1) What did Ferdinand de Saussure suggest are the two parts that make up a sign? The  signifier  - the

My Media Consumption

  Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read? I don't  really read newspapers that often. What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? If I  was to read, I would turn to the sports section. What sections do you never read, and why? Classified advertisements . What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? sports. Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read? Yes, my grandparents buy newspapers. Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? No  Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?  Magazines What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not? I don't  buy  any magazines because I can find everything on social media.  What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why? If i was to read a magazine i would read the sports section first then the local news. Television Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television? Roughly 3 hours a week.  What device do you use to

My First Blog Task

  1) Why did you choose A Level Media Studies? Because it seems fun 2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)? no 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? b 5) What are your current thoughts about your next steps after A Levels - university, apprenticeship, work? Apprenticeship, I want to join the RAF and become a mechanic. 6) What do you think the biggest MEDIA story of 2023 has been and why? Protest in paris. 7) What media sources do you use to find out about news and current affairs? Daily mail 8) What was the last film you watched? It was a pixar movie 9) What is your favourite ever TV series? Modern family 10) How many hours do you spend online in an average day? Around an hour.  Is this too little, too much or about right? Too much  Why? (If you ha