DMeC - Dyari Media Coursework

1) What is the purpose of a music video? - To sell products like the song, the album, related merchandise, concerts, and sometimes films - To allow the audience full access to the song while promoting it 2) How has the digital age changed the production and distribution of music videos? - Music videos are easily accessible online anytime, through sites like YouTube - It reduced the need to buy CDs and vinyls since people could hear songs for free - Record companies now upload official videos to platforms and provide legal ways for audiences to download them 3) Which three major record labels are behind VEVO? What is VEVO and why was it created? - Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media - VEVO is a video hosting site made specifically for music videos; i t was created to officially host videos, control distribution, and earn advertising revenue 4) What are the key conventions of a music video? - movement - narrative - band / artist - intertextuality 5) How c...

1) Introduction to TV Drama 2) Capital: CSP case study and analysis 3) Capital: Marxism and Hegemony 4) Film industry assessment LR 5) Deutschland 83: CSP case study and analysis 6) Postmodernism and Deutschland 83 7) TV: Industry contexts

Independent: British viewers can't get enough of foreign-language dramas Read this Independent feature on foreign-language dramas. If the website is blocked or forcing you to register you can access the text of the article here. It features an in-depth interview with Walter Iuzzolino who curates Channel 4's Walter Presents programming. Answer the questions below: 1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? The article suggests the traditional audience for foreign-language media would be people interested in history and/or major events/people. 2) What does Walter Iuzzolino suggest is the key appeal of his 'Walter Presents' shows? The key appeal of Walter Presents is the fact that you're getting the best of the best; handpicked by a professional. 3) The article makes an interesting claim for the popularity of subtitles in the multi-screen age. What does it suggest? Channels were like "restaraunts"...

Media Magazine - A Postmodern Re-imagining of the Past 1) What were the classic media representations of the Cold War? They were stereotypically  just a binary opposition of "good vs evil". They often portray the East vs West through certain codes and conventions . 2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis?  Deutschland 83 provides a good example for postmodern analysis as it represents its Cold War setting through typical codes , conventions and stereotypes typically found in the media ; however it differentiates from the rest by adding certain, unique elements to it, such as the postmodern generic hybridisation it aims to do, and the postmodern twists it shows in general - Bricolage , Hyperreality and Pastiche are all here through old codes/conventions , real historical elements and allusions/ intertextuality respectively. 3) Pick out some of the aspects of the opening of episode 1 and explain why they are significant. - The r...