Attainment:1, my level of work and achievement has been outstanding as my work has been spotless.
Effort:1, i put full level of effort into the work that i do on this course.
Punctuality:1, always turning up to lessons and turning up on time.
Homework:1, my homework has been top class and i have handed my work in on all of the deadlines set.
Independent working:2, i am capable of working by myself, however i need to work with more resources.
Quality of writing:?, not sure because only one essay done this year and it hasn't been marked.
Media Folder:3, i have all of my notes but i need to update my media folder to keep myself and my work up to date.
Class contributions:1, always contribute in class and most of it is right.
Med 5 blog:1, up to date with all of the work, standard of the blog has been very high (didnt get 3 credits for nothing).
Med 6 blog:3, average blog, not much has been put on the blog because not much work has been set on the blog.
Thursday 23 October 2008
Monday 20 October 2008
10 targets on what to do next
1. Do more research on mulvey and her theory and research on other theorists on women.
2. Start to keep an up to date and a detailed bibliography so i know and the examiners know where i got my resources from.
3. Try and find out if there is a theory on a 'female gaze', useful in study as i can show contrast or similarities between the two theories.
4. Try and research on the directors and producers and try to find their point of views and opinions.
5. Start to look at specific details which i could include in my answer and bullet point list of plan for essay.
6. To see if my question could be improved upon, and to work out a new title if possible.
7. Use some of the women representation links that are provided on the rotten tomatoes page and use more of my delicious tags to dig up more research.
8. Maybe read through past independent studies that recieved A grades to try and see what makes a good essay.
9. Perhaps look at moe's links and see if anything related to my text, since our topics are very similar.
10. Try to find books that are specifically aimed at my text and my title.
2. Start to keep an up to date and a detailed bibliography so i know and the examiners know where i got my resources from.
3. Try and find out if there is a theory on a 'female gaze', useful in study as i can show contrast or similarities between the two theories.
4. Try and research on the directors and producers and try to find their point of views and opinions.
5. Start to look at specific details which i could include in my answer and bullet point list of plan for essay.
6. To see if my question could be improved upon, and to work out a new title if possible.
7. Use some of the women representation links that are provided on the rotten tomatoes page and use more of my delicious tags to dig up more research.
8. Maybe read through past independent studies that recieved A grades to try and see what makes a good essay.
9. Perhaps look at moe's links and see if anything related to my text, since our topics are very similar.
10. Try to find books that are specifically aimed at my text and my title.
Saturday 4 October 2008
Self assesment of blog
AO1- A01 being the key concepts play a very important role in answering a question on representations of women looking especially at a movie. Overall, i think i've done well in analysing my text as i've looked in depth about the connotations of scenes and payed particular attention to represetations of women.
I have covered representation and audience the best because i've covered those in alot of depth as my main focus for my study is represetation and audience because they get the first impression of the characters and get to take a preffered reading or a oppositional reading.
I think the key concepts that need more work are definetly ideologies and theories and the theorists themselves. For example, i've not done enough research into Laura Mulvey herself and why she came up with this theory. Another thing is to research the female gaze which was talked about in class and was thought to be a good tool to my study.
AO2- I haven't looked at the zeitgeist theme because that doesn't really affect my text because of the context of the movie. The reason for that is because this movie is a remake so it would try to employ the same conventions as back then, that's why there are no gadgets in this movie and no Q, so in a nutshell the zeitgeist period hasn't affected my text in any sort of way.
SHEP is an important aspect of my study because i need to be able to know the historical aspects behind the text which im pretty confident with as i know the previous movies and the institution of the text, however i need to know more about the text based on the socialogical aspects, the political aspects and the economical aspects of the text.
In order of covering the rest of the SHEP aspects what would be ideal would be to do more research behind the directors, producers and the makers of the text and look at what made them make this movie, what they wanted to prove and what problems they established during the making of this movie.
AO5- Since my chosen text is one of the newest and most modern texts, it wasn't hard to find reviews and articles on my text. Most of the reviews and quotations i researched were mainly based on the role of Bond, since he is the main character, however within the reviews and articles i did manage to find sections on the role of the bondgirl and how well that role was played. A basic overview of the reviews were all in favour of the bondgirl being played very well by Eva Green and one the most memorable quotations was "she's a cut above the average bondgirl".
As said previously, one of my main targets of my study is to focus more on and research more on the issues and debates which will enhance my knowledge of the background of the text and will allow me to answer my question in more depth. In my opinion, my hypothesis is detailed enough for me to see what i have to do and what i have to achieve in order to complete my study. I have included all the nessecities that i need for my study and outlined clearly what it needed.
I have covered representation and audience the best because i've covered those in alot of depth as my main focus for my study is represetation and audience because they get the first impression of the characters and get to take a preffered reading or a oppositional reading.
I think the key concepts that need more work are definetly ideologies and theories and the theorists themselves. For example, i've not done enough research into Laura Mulvey herself and why she came up with this theory. Another thing is to research the female gaze which was talked about in class and was thought to be a good tool to my study.
AO2- I haven't looked at the zeitgeist theme because that doesn't really affect my text because of the context of the movie. The reason for that is because this movie is a remake so it would try to employ the same conventions as back then, that's why there are no gadgets in this movie and no Q, so in a nutshell the zeitgeist period hasn't affected my text in any sort of way.
SHEP is an important aspect of my study because i need to be able to know the historical aspects behind the text which im pretty confident with as i know the previous movies and the institution of the text, however i need to know more about the text based on the socialogical aspects, the political aspects and the economical aspects of the text.
In order of covering the rest of the SHEP aspects what would be ideal would be to do more research behind the directors, producers and the makers of the text and look at what made them make this movie, what they wanted to prove and what problems they established during the making of this movie.
AO5- Since my chosen text is one of the newest and most modern texts, it wasn't hard to find reviews and articles on my text. Most of the reviews and quotations i researched were mainly based on the role of Bond, since he is the main character, however within the reviews and articles i did manage to find sections on the role of the bondgirl and how well that role was played. A basic overview of the reviews were all in favour of the bondgirl being played very well by Eva Green and one the most memorable quotations was "she's a cut above the average bondgirl".
As said previously, one of my main targets of my study is to focus more on and research more on the issues and debates which will enhance my knowledge of the background of the text and will allow me to answer my question in more depth. In my opinion, my hypothesis is detailed enough for me to see what i have to do and what i have to achieve in order to complete my study. I have included all the nessecities that i need for my study and outlined clearly what it needed.
I have done alot of texual analysis looking specifically at particular scenes that prove my study and the trailer as it gives a more direct and a better overview of the movie than trying to interpret what the movie is about just by looking at scenes. The most analyised aspect of my movie has been the trailer as it gives a better view of the characters and what their specific role is in the text. It is easier for me to analyise my text from different points of view on one hand as i've seen it so many times however, when watching the text my first instinct is not to make notes on key concepts shown in the text but it is more to enjoy it.
I have analyised other texts other than my main one as i am looking at two more texts as background texts from a few years back and one from forty years back to show what the difference is between texts back in the olden days compared to what is portrayed in the newer text and showing the main difference in how the women were treated before and now.
Synoptic ability- I have linked my text to other aspects of the media, for example i did look at aspects of what we had previously studied in med 2 last year like the narrative and different audience theories especially the uses and gratifications theory and taking a preffered reading or an oppositional reading.
To be honest i haven't done much reading from the media guardian website but i do intend to do some research into the site very soon into my study as it has decent info about the current state of the media which i can then link to my study and interpret what issues and debates go along with the making on the movie.
Critical autonamy- I have been very self driven, (no one else is gonna do this study for me), but i have enjoyed it so far, hope it will stay that way. I have been thinking for myself along with the different interpretations that i can draw out from my text, but most of my ideas have been based purely on my won interpretations and opinions of the movie.
Quality of written communication- Take a look at my blog yourself you'll see all you need to see, i didn't get 3 credits for nothing you know.
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