Mr Bush

  Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read? None What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? None What sections do you never read, and why? None What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? None Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read? No Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others? No Magazines What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not? What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why? Television Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television? I spend roughly 7 hours a week watching TV. What device do you use to watch television? I used a smart LG TV. What times of day do you usually watch television? I usually watch TV around 9 pm to 10pm. What programmes do you like best and why? Do you watch alone or with others?  If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch? Do you watch 'live' TV or on-

  1) What meanings are the audience encouraged to take about the two main characters from the opening of the film? From the opening the characters may seem to appear as rude and obnoxious because they completely ignore those around them. 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 use of the banana conveys 2 different meanings. 1 of them is implied through the shopkeeper. He may have seen the banana as a gun through his perspective and thought it to be a robbery. 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

  1) Why did you choose A Level Media Studies? I enjoy to express myself through my creativity and it is my favourite hobby to produce media and analyse media products. 2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)? I took Media GCSE in Greenford High School. 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? I achieved a grade 7 in Media and a grade 8 in coursework. I had to make a horror movie website for my coursework project. My strengths are editing and producting media content and my weaknesses are exam style questions. 4) What grade do you hope to achieve in A Level Media? I am hoping to achieve a A or A star 5) What are your current thoughts about your next steps after A Levels - university, apprenticeship, work? My currents thoughts are hoping to get into a apprenticeship. 6) What do you think the biggest MEDIA s