Audience essay feedback and learner response

1) Copy and paste your feedback from the email in full - WWW, EBI and LR.

Marianna, GCSE Media blog feedback – Audience Essay feedback  (December 2019):

Marianna, it is great to see you keeping up with the heavy workload of Media Studies – it shows how dedicated you are to getting the best possible GCSE level. It would be great to see you contributing more in lessons and trying to adopt media terminology in your verbal and written work.

WWW:

·     Some good examples provided on how the internet has effected the three traditional types of media industries e.g. music, film and television and print.

·    Some subject terminology identified in your writing e.g. audience, on demand, consumers, industry

EBI:

·   You need to work on your written expression – making sure your sentences are clear and get your point across.

·    You should have been able to state 2 (rather than 1) advantages and disadvantages of the internet on the media industries.

·   Your disadvantages are not strong enough – you need to think about the bigger problems the internet poses for producers.

LR:

·    Check SPAG throughout essay.

·   Re-write your introduction – explain the general advantages the internet has provided for audiences and the general disadvantages for producers.

For each industry, mention at least 2 advantages and disadvantages that the internet has had on audiences and/or producers and use accurate media terminology

2) What was the word count for your essay?

My word count for my essay was 500+.

3) What was your strongest paragraph? Why do you think it was better than others?

I think my strongest paragraph was the 'changes that happened in the Music Industry'. This is because the advantages and disadvantages were more varied and had more useful to the other paragraphs.

4) What was your weakest paragraph? Why do you think it wasn't as good as others?

I think my weakest paragraph is the 'changes in the Film and TV industry'. This is because the advantages and disadvantages were basically the same, the film and TV industries have the same points in advantages and disadvantages.

5) How can you improve your extended writing in GCSE Media Studies in future?

In my extended writing for GCSE Media Studies in the future, I could improve by practising at home and looking over key factors to add in my essays.

6) Write ONE thing you have learned about the internet, audience and industry from completing this essay.

I have learnt that I have to connote more stuff than expected.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

1) How many films are there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)?

There are 23 films in the MCU.

2) How much money have the MCU films made in total so far?

The MCU films made $356 million in North America and more than $1.2 billion worldwide in total so far.

3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?

Marvel created the Avengers films because In 2007, Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off the film rights to some of the company's most popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man.

4) What will Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe involve?

Phase Four features all of the Marvel Studios productions set to be released in 2020 and 2021. It is the first phase in the franchise to include television series, with Marvel Studios developing several event series for the streaming service Disney+ in addition to the feature films that it was already set to produce.

5) What will happen with Doctor Strange and who is the main star?

Doctor Strange will return for a sequel at "some point in the future" and the main stars are  Kevin Feige and Benedict Cumberbatch.

6) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films?

Marvel has licensed the rights to Spider-Man to Sony for nearly two decades, an agreement they forged prior to Disney's $4 billion acquisition of the comics company in 2009.

7) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men?

Disney's $71.3 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox means, among other things, that Marvel will now own the rights to the characters from the X-Men, as well as the Fantastic Four series — rights Marvel sold in the late '90s to avoid bankruptcy.

8)What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+?

Disney has also announced plans for several new Marvel TV series, including one based on Thor's adopted brother Loki, on their new streaming service, Disney+, so there'll be plenty more Marvel content to watch in future.

Grade 8/9 extension tasks-

 What did the Guardian think of the film?

The Gaurdian thinks that the film is a "daringly spiritual popcorn movie". They also said that there’s a sharp wit to the screenplay, which credits the audience with enough smarts to catch the punchline to a joke that was set up a full hour before.

How has it survived so long and why is the Marvel Cinematic Universe so important to the recent success of the brand?

It has survived so long because Marvel films over recent decades is very closely linked to Marvel's 80 years of history, its vast experience in storytelling, and the development of their characters.  It is important to the recent success of the brand because in the 1990's, Marvel - and other companies - were printing millions of copies of titles.