A2 Media - Coursework

Students are required to produce three pieces of linked work;

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Research Investigation

Key Points

1.1400 – 1800 words2.Students need to focus on one of the following topics: genre, narrative or representation. (One of these words should be in the essay title)3.The title must be a question4.Once the essay is complete it should enable a conclusion to be reached that will inform their production.5.The investigation must demonstrate you can apply theory to your subject.6.The investigation needs to contain references.7.The investigation must have two specific case studies

Referencing

Student Statement

“Body image ultimately does play a part in the lives of women yet there is an increasing trend of this effect on teenagers also.”

This viewpoint has been supported in a number of studies.

Too generic? Which particular ones? You could be presuming or making it up?

“Teen-age girls who viewed commercials depicting women with unrealistically thin-ideal body type and beauty caused adolescent girls to feel less confident, angrier, and more dissatisfied with their weight and appearance” (1) This was the conclusion of a study conducted by Oxford University in 2001 when interviewing over 1000 teenagers between the age of ………..

Great, Point Proven, dates, quotes, proof

Bilbliography(1) Hargreaves, D. A., & Tiggemann, M. (2002)

Ok, who says? Prove it? What evidance do you have? Who agrees with you?

Poor Essay Titles1.Male Representation

2.Investigating Sci/Fi conventions

3.How are Action films structured?

4.Are females portrayed accurately in reality T.V today?

5.Are Romance films over reliant on non linear structures?

1. How are young males represented within the teen movie genre with particular focus on American Pie and Super Bad ?

2.Has the Sci Fi genre evolved in terms of its use of traditional genre conventions and plot devices from the 1970’s and the film Alien to the more contemporary District 9?

3.Do the Action films Die Hard and Transformers apply the traditional narrative structure of Todorov?

4.Do British so called reality T.V represent females to contain stereotypical gender roles with a Particular focus on, TOWIE and Made in Chelsea?

5.Is the western romance genre and in particular, The Notebook and Take this Waltz, guilty of using non linear narrative conventions to develop character investment?

Use Key points 2,3 and 7 to help you

Task

Apply Points 2,3 and 7 to your own Essay title and update it on your blog.

Remember Sophisticated Language and Media Terminology is needed throughout your investigation to score highly