Media Blog 1 Mr Halsey

Language and Audience Analyse the  game cover  for Tomb Raider Anniversary (above). 1) How does the cover communicate the genre of the game? The genre of action/adventure is communicated through the covers use of props. The gun indicates that there will be moments in the game in which Lara will be fighting different enemies  who are out to kill her therefore she needs a weapon (action code). Additionally the use of the backpack identifies the adventuring aspect of the game as it is a common convention  of adventure games and films.  2) How does the pose and costume of the character appeal to primarily male audiences? Lara Croft is positioned in a way so that her female assets are facing the audience, particularly her bum and breasts for the male appeal (male gaze). Her costumes is very sexualised as well as it reveals a lot of skin which is quite impractical. 3) How might the cover be read as empowering for female gamers? The  cover may be empowering for female gamers a

1) What definitions are offered by the factsheet for ‘feminism ‘and ‘patriarchy’? Feminism is a movement which aims for equality for women – to be treated as equal to men socially, economically, and politically patriarchy (male dominance in society) 2) Why did bell hooks publish her 1984 book ‘Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center’? She had identified a lack of diversity within the feminist movement, and argued that these diverse voices had been marginalised, being put outside the main body of feminism. 3) What aspects of feminism and oppression are the focus for a lot of bell hooks’s work? Here hooks argues that feminism’s goal to make all women equal to men is flawed; not all men are equal to men as a result of oppression, sexuality, ethnicity. hooks used her work to offer a more inclusive feminists theory that advocated for women within a sisterhood to acknowledging and accepting their differences. hooks challenged feminists to consider gender’s relation to

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW - You clearly know some clear details about the CSPs as well as some theory. There is clear potential here if you can work on your exam technique EBI - The 25 mark essay needs planning, organisation and an argument running through it. You need to focus on the Q throughout. Where are your paragraphs?! 2) Read the  whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify five specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Google Home advert) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of image, framing and focus, colour, text etc.) Five aspects that I could have mentioned in my answer to question 1 are as follows: Links Google brand to vision of ideal family life – creative play with parent; coloured pencils,  paint bottle and corner of child’s picture all reinforce creativity and colour. Reinforces white, western, middle-class representation