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Preliminary exercise: TV drama scene

  1)   Top boy - clip stef and ZT get back on mails  the mise en scene of the nice cars (from the money they made through drugs) the empty petrol station suggesting that it is late at night so no pedestrians will see to help them.  the costuming of the tracksuits and the bally (face masks) being used as it is an typical UK road man/gangster costuming which builds the British culture feeling  the props of guns being used and pulled out builds up tension as the audience as on edge waiting to see if someone will get injured the mid shots during the fit to show multiple people fighting then the close up when they are speaking to show the facial expression clearly build up more intensity  furthermore the tense non dietetic sound builds up more intensity   2) power - ghost gets Tommy out of jail the mise en scene of the court law room and the costuming of the jumpsuit that Tommy is wearing, the judges outfit and the lawyers wearing the professional clothing  the evidence being pulled out on

Ignite presentation learner response

  1) Type up your feedback   in full   including the ratings out of five for each of the categories.  Marks  -Research- 4 (through presentation and blog) -Tv drama concept: 4  (crime genre ) -Language-terminology and theory -3 -Representations-1 -audience and industry-3  -Delivery-3 -total -18/30 written feedback -good title-already sounds like a Netflix show! nice references to similar shows too. -great to see character names-helps bring it to life. -research/inspiration makes perfect sense  -some details of actual extract-could do with some more on actual narrative/3 minute plan  -update -next slides cover more on extract! -12+age is interesting -would that work for this subject material? Drugs etc but your point on a moral message is interesting  -stuff on promotion/industry is interesting and shows understanding of audience. Not a specific part of brief-remember the pint element is a tv magazine . -presentation has great images but also some typos and timing isnt always there. Over

War of the Worlds: Blog tasks

  Media Factsheet Read  Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play is an  adaption of H.G. Wells’ nove l of the same  name, first published in 1898. It tells the  story of an alien invasion and the ensuing  conflict between mankind and an extra-  terrestrial race from Mars. The text has been  frequently interpreted as a commentary on  British Imperialism and Victorian fear and  prejudice. The book has been adapted for  both radio and (several) films, including the  2005 version starring Tom Cruise. It was  also famously turned into a best-selling musical album by Jeff Wayne  in 1978 (recently updated by Gary Barlow as a touring stage musical). 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Broadcast live on 30th October 1938 , popula