Attainment-3
*I would give myself a 3 for attainment as my achievements so far in the course are averagely good and could be better. I hope that as I go on with the course my attainment in the course goes better.
Effort -3
*I would give myself a 3 for effort as I believe this term I have not really put in allot of effort in lesson however this is kind of because I haven’t really done much in lessons apart from presentations, hopefully next term we will do more work in lesson therefore I will be able to put more effort in.
Punctuality-3/2
*I consider my punctuality as averagely good this is as sometimes I tend to make silly mistakes. These can be redeemed by using spell check after each piece of work I do. I have given myself a 2 for punctuality as well this is as most of the time I have come to lesson on time.
Submission and quality of homework-2/3
*Sometimes my homework is really good and sometimes it is averagely good, this is as I believe that my work on my presentation and some other homework’s have been really good, however some have been a little less good such as the highlighting homework’s to make these better it would be good if I also annotated the parts that I highlighted. Most of the time my homework is always completed on time.
Ability to work independently-2
*I believe the ability of me being able to work independently is very good, this is as all the work that I have produced on my blog is my independent work and I have done a large amount of work on the blog and most of this work is of good quality.
Quality of writing-2/3
*I have given myself a 2/3 for my quality of written work as most of the work that I have posted up on my blog is of really good quality, however some of the work is slightly less good as I have not put enough effort in that work.
Organisation of Media folder-1
*I consider the organisation of my media folder as very good this is as everything is in order.
Oral contributions in class- 3
*I believe my Oral contribution is OK this is as sometimes I do take part when we have oral discussions or something but then this term we haven’t really had any oral discussions or work in lesson.
Standard of Module 5 blog-2
*I believe the standard of my Med 5 blog is pretty good this is as I have done allot of work of work on my blog which is of good quality.
Standard of Module 6 blog-4
*My med 6 blog is quite poor this is as I have only done 2 posts on the blog so far and the quality is OK.
Friday 24 October 2008
Monday 20 October 2008
Action plan timetable
1. Complete my action plan – 20th October 2008
2. Get some books that relate to my question (representation of women)- 24th October 2008
3. Do more research on representation of women- 25th October - 2nd October 2008
4. Do more research and focus more on wider context because I haven’t really focused allot on them so far this relates to A02- 25th October- 2nd October 2008
5. Go on The Guardian at least twice a week- 21st October 2008
6. Do spell check after every piece of work that I complete this will relate to the quality of my written communication and hopefully improve it- 20th October 2008
7. Look at least 10 keywords that would be useful to my text this would link to AO5- 20th October 2008
8. Watch Resident Evil Extinction again- 25th October 2008
9. Watch the other texts that I am going to link my study to this would link to A05 as I would be researching my text more- 26th October- 27th October 2008
10. Read what people have written about my presentation, www and ebi and try to improve on the ebi’s for future presentations- Next presentation
11. Research on the director of the film- 22nd October 2008
12.Copy and paste all links from the sites that I get researh from, this will help me for my bibliography- Everytime I get research from a website
2. Get some books that relate to my question (representation of women)- 24th October 2008
3. Do more research on representation of women- 25th October - 2nd October 2008
4. Do more research and focus more on wider context because I haven’t really focused allot on them so far this relates to A02- 25th October- 2nd October 2008
5. Go on The Guardian at least twice a week- 21st October 2008
6. Do spell check after every piece of work that I complete this will relate to the quality of my written communication and hopefully improve it- 20th October 2008
7. Look at least 10 keywords that would be useful to my text this would link to AO5- 20th October 2008
8. Watch Resident Evil Extinction again- 25th October 2008
9. Watch the other texts that I am going to link my study to this would link to A05 as I would be researching my text more- 26th October- 27th October 2008
10. Read what people have written about my presentation, www and ebi and try to improve on the ebi’s for future presentations- Next presentation
11. Research on the director of the film- 22nd October 2008
12.Copy and paste all links from the sites that I get researh from, this will help me for my bibliography- Everytime I get research from a website
Friday 10 October 2008
My Presentation...
WWW: =)
*Compared historical image of woman and New image of woman
*Not alot of text on the slides
*Sound on the slides and Colour- looked good
*Explained the points on the slide
*Migrain analysis
*Highlighted key points
*Conclusion
EBI: =(
*I compared historical text to my text
*Spoke a bit slower ans stop saying yeah!
*Customise the animations so each point comes up one by one
*Spell Check!!! PHALLIC ,Not FALIX heehehehe
Targets:
*Research representation of woman more on blog
*Research on the director
*Link theorists to the text
*Analyse the text more
*Compared historical image of woman and New image of woman
*Not alot of text on the slides
*Sound on the slides and Colour- looked good
*Explained the points on the slide
*Migrain analysis
*Highlighted key points
*Conclusion
EBI: =(
*I compared historical text to my text
*Spoke a bit slower ans stop saying yeah!
*Customise the animations so each point comes up one by one
*Spell Check!!! PHALLIC ,Not FALIX heehehehe
Targets:
*Research representation of woman more on blog
*Research on the director
*Link theorists to the text
*Analyse the text more
Wednesday 8 October 2008
Social Context
Nowadays women have been represented more in action movies and change can easily be seen through the movies. The narrative of a typical action film has not changed much but the character has from male to female. This shows that society is changing and becoming less patriarchal and it shows how women now can do anything men can do. This change is seen through movies developing over time and bringing women from being passive characters to main characters in action films.
Historical Context
Earlier in films women were used as passive characters in films and not taken seriously, they were used as sex objects to seduce men and created a bigger audience for films. Now women have a much stronger purpose in films, it started happening slowly and now gradually more films are coming out whereby women have a positive main role in a film just like REE.
Economic Context
Women are respected much more now and it’s not only men who earn for a household now. So from this it shows how women are just as good as men and just as wealthy as men.
Political Context
Most movies have a message whereby it is reflected due to the mood at the time, in REE I think it shows how women have moved and changed so much in society and now society is much more correct and slightly more fair.
Nowadays women have been represented more in action movies and change can easily be seen through the movies. The narrative of a typical action film has not changed much but the character has from male to female. This shows that society is changing and becoming less patriarchal and it shows how women now can do anything men can do. This change is seen through movies developing over time and bringing women from being passive characters to main characters in action films.
Historical Context
Earlier in films women were used as passive characters in films and not taken seriously, they were used as sex objects to seduce men and created a bigger audience for films. Now women have a much stronger purpose in films, it started happening slowly and now gradually more films are coming out whereby women have a positive main role in a film just like REE.
Economic Context
Women are respected much more now and it’s not only men who earn for a household now. So from this it shows how women are just as good as men and just as wealthy as men.
Political Context
Most movies have a message whereby it is reflected due to the mood at the time, in REE I think it shows how women have moved and changed so much in society and now society is much more correct and slightly more fair.
Monday 6 October 2008
SELF-ASSESSMENT OF BLOG WORK
AO1 - demonstrate knowledge and application of the Key Concepts employed within Media Studies and the evaluation of texts and ideas using the Key Concepts
I feel as though I have analyzed my topic with the key concepts quite well, especially when analyzing specific clips from YouTube. The key concept which i have covered most is representation, as my entire independent study is based on the representation of women. I have also looked at audience and media language in detail. I think I have achieved this objective fairly well as I have been doing many MIGRAIN analysis of the trailer and the whole movie. Also I think this is one of the easier objectives as I have been learning how to meet this objective well since yr12. Even though representation is one of the concepts that I have done a large amount on work on I feel that I could still do more as it is the main aim of my research, I will meet this by getting books on representations and finding more useful sites that can help me.
AO2 - demonstrate knowledge and application of the wider contexts (historical, social, political, economic) relevant to Media Studies
I have not yet focused a lot on the wider contexts. I have not covered aspects of SHEP yet. I could cover these by looking at some olden days movies of women for Historical concept.
AO5 - demonstrate the ability to use appropriate investigative and research techniques in carrying out an independent study of a media text, topic or issue
I have not yet fully covered all the available literature of my text. I have used online services to get reviews and quotes of my film however; I need to get more book research to ensure that I get a variety of research from all sources which I then can add in in my essay.
I think I have formulated a good question as it is not a very complicated question therefore it is clear and easy to understand. I feel that with this question I can explore a number of representations which are brought up in the film.
My hypothesis is not very detailed; however it is detailed slightly but could be more detailed, though it does state what intend to find out from my study.
I have considered a few of the issues and debates that occur or surround my study. The issues and debates which are clear from my study are male dominance, representation of women as weak and dominant.
I have undertaken a fair amount of textual analysis and have analyzed the film trailer, and the film itself.
I have viewed my text twice.
I have not analyzed my text in detail from different theoretical perspectives; however I have looked at feminist theoretical perspectives.
I have not yet analyzed other texts from the same/different genre from my texts, however I do definitely intend on doing that soon.
I have been keeping record of useful sites that I have got information from, such as, useful quotes from reviews, but I have not read any books about my text therefore I have not kept a record of any useful pages from books.
SYNOPTIC ABILTY- draw together understanding of Key Concepts, from different parts of the specification in order to make effective textual readings
-draw upon knowledge and application of a wide range of possible relevant contexts, in order to account for the characteristics of media texts.
I have studied my text to other parts of my course such as narrative and theories such as Levi Strauss and Binary opposition. I have not yet read Media Guardian a lot or found any relevant stories, but I am definitely going to research more.
CRITICAL AUTONOMY - apply critical ideas and principles to new situations – and demonstrate media literacy in responses to media texts
I am thinking for myself and coming up with my own ideas.
I am working independently. I have been O.K with my self motivation, as the movie that I have chosen for my independent study is pretty boring, however the related texts are pretty interesting therefore I look forward to research them.
QUALITY OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
-select and use forms and styles of writing appropriate to purpose and complex subject matter
- organise relevant information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary when appropriate
-ensure text is legible, and spelling, grammar and punctuation are accurate, so that meaning is clear
So far I think that my work is presented quite well. My spelling, grammar and punctuation all seem to be accurate; however my work could be better by highlighting key words. I could also use more media terminology to make my work better.
I feel as though I have analyzed my topic with the key concepts quite well, especially when analyzing specific clips from YouTube. The key concept which i have covered most is representation, as my entire independent study is based on the representation of women. I have also looked at audience and media language in detail. I think I have achieved this objective fairly well as I have been doing many MIGRAIN analysis of the trailer and the whole movie. Also I think this is one of the easier objectives as I have been learning how to meet this objective well since yr12. Even though representation is one of the concepts that I have done a large amount on work on I feel that I could still do more as it is the main aim of my research, I will meet this by getting books on representations and finding more useful sites that can help me.
AO2 - demonstrate knowledge and application of the wider contexts (historical, social, political, economic) relevant to Media Studies
I have not yet focused a lot on the wider contexts. I have not covered aspects of SHEP yet. I could cover these by looking at some olden days movies of women for Historical concept.
AO5 - demonstrate the ability to use appropriate investigative and research techniques in carrying out an independent study of a media text, topic or issue
I have not yet fully covered all the available literature of my text. I have used online services to get reviews and quotes of my film however; I need to get more book research to ensure that I get a variety of research from all sources which I then can add in in my essay.
I think I have formulated a good question as it is not a very complicated question therefore it is clear and easy to understand. I feel that with this question I can explore a number of representations which are brought up in the film.
My hypothesis is not very detailed; however it is detailed slightly but could be more detailed, though it does state what intend to find out from my study.
I have considered a few of the issues and debates that occur or surround my study. The issues and debates which are clear from my study are male dominance, representation of women as weak and dominant.
I have undertaken a fair amount of textual analysis and have analyzed the film trailer, and the film itself.
I have viewed my text twice.
I have not analyzed my text in detail from different theoretical perspectives; however I have looked at feminist theoretical perspectives.
I have not yet analyzed other texts from the same/different genre from my texts, however I do definitely intend on doing that soon.
I have been keeping record of useful sites that I have got information from, such as, useful quotes from reviews, but I have not read any books about my text therefore I have not kept a record of any useful pages from books.
SYNOPTIC ABILTY- draw together understanding of Key Concepts, from different parts of the specification in order to make effective textual readings
-draw upon knowledge and application of a wide range of possible relevant contexts, in order to account for the characteristics of media texts.
I have studied my text to other parts of my course such as narrative and theories such as Levi Strauss and Binary opposition. I have not yet read Media Guardian a lot or found any relevant stories, but I am definitely going to research more.
CRITICAL AUTONOMY - apply critical ideas and principles to new situations – and demonstrate media literacy in responses to media texts
I am thinking for myself and coming up with my own ideas.
I am working independently. I have been O.K with my self motivation, as the movie that I have chosen for my independent study is pretty boring, however the related texts are pretty interesting therefore I look forward to research them.
QUALITY OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
-select and use forms and styles of writing appropriate to purpose and complex subject matter
- organise relevant information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary when appropriate
-ensure text is legible, and spelling, grammar and punctuation are accurate, so that meaning is clear
So far I think that my work is presented quite well. My spelling, grammar and punctuation all seem to be accurate; however my work could be better by highlighting key words. I could also use more media terminology to make my work better.
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