• Below is an exemplar from OCR on a technological convergence question from 2011.

    Its a very good essay. Think about the facts and clear information presented. Detailed case studies and terminology used throughout. Is there a clear sense of discussion ?








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    ent underneath this post with what types of things you think you should talk about in each section. I will then add all these together and update the post later.


    What major points should go into the following essay topics?:



    • Global v national audiences

    • Technological convergence

    • Proliferation of hardware

    • Digital Distribution and Marketing

    • Differences in Ownership

    Use the keywords in the picture to help !




  • Writing your essays is easy if you know a lot about your case studies, however you have to answer the question and present a discussion rather than a list of facts about your films. To do this you need to know about the current state of the industry.


    There are three great BBC radio documentaries here on the Film Industry  :

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054pbwz#auto   (starts at 1:14)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053zsn5

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0536932#auto


    If i were you i would listen to all of them and make notes of interesting quotes, facts and things you can use to frame your arguments around your case studies. They will definitely give you some really interesting insights into the current state of the industry and what will happen in the future.

    Below are a selection of newspaper articles about the film industry that give differing opinions on teh state of the British film industry.

    http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2014/mar/03/british-film-industry-bfi-career-comment

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/with-the-uk-film-industry-booming-the-bbcs-blockbuster-dickensian-has-nowhere-to-film-9856650.html

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/11396809/Why-the-British-film-industry-is-the-real-winner-at-this-years-Baftas.html


    And remember ... dont forget some stats from this :

    http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/statistical-yearbook


    Now practice with my random essay question generator !

    http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/47_M4LSVU
    password : media

  • HEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPP ME SIR I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION !

    Ok if you haven't already got detailed notes and facts around 2 or 3 movies that will give you something to talk about in this exam then here are two back ups you could use :


    GRAVITY:

    http://www.b-reel.com/projects/digital/case/424/gravity/   - really interesting site about how gravity was made.




    http://issuu.com/mrsblacksmedia2/docs/tf_gravity_article

    https://mrsblacksmedia2.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/total-film-gravity-review.pdf

    https://mrsblacksmedia2.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/wired-gravity-article.pdf

    FIELD IN ENGLAND:

    incredible resource here from the BFI !!
    http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-insight-report-a-field-in-england-2013_1.pdf

    http://mediamacguffin12.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/a-field-in-england.html

    http://www.screenburn.com/a-field-in-england-case-study/




    http://www.afieldinengland.com/masterclass/      - Fantastic documentary about the making of this film.




    The reason these two films are good to do is that they are complete opposites in how they were produced distributed and exhibited to audiences. This will inevitably end up in a sense of discussion in your essay.

    What YOU NEED TO DO is turn all this information into 1 or 2 sides of A4 notes that you can memorise.

    Then practice applying them to different topic headings and writing essay style responses using terminology




  • Well i have just stumbled over this site of amazing documentaries that will definitely help your essays and expand your minds !!

    https://thoughtmaybe.com/

    This one in particular is around online media and privacy and teh Edward Snowden revelations
    https://thoughtmaybe.com/citizenfour/



    Also the adam curtis ones are focussed around the media and are fantastic


    https://thoughtmaybe.com/?s=adam+curtis


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