Comparative Essay Help

7/27/2019 Comparative Essay Help

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Essay writing

Compare the representations of ethnicity intwo music videos

Africa Shox (Leftfield, 1999)

and Like a Prayer (Madonna 1989)


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Candidates will produce an individual portfolio(30% of GSCE) containing:

comparative analytical assignment (60 marks)

production exercise (40 marks) linked to theassignment

evaluative commentary (20 marks) on theplanning process and the production exercise,together with evidence of planning.


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The comparative analytical assignment can bewritten (word processed) but may also besubmitted as a slide presentation such asPowerPoint or a podcast.

As guidance, written work should be approximately8001,500 words in length and this may be dividedinto sections. For those submitting their work inthe form of a slide presentation such asPowerPoint, between 15-25 slides arerecommended.


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What to Include:

Narrative (how the story is told)

Target Audience (who it is aimed at)

Background of artist (Leftfield and Madonna)

Conventions of Genre (Electronica and Pop)

Personal Response

Representation (in this case - Ethnicity)

Screen grabs.

Add these details to your existing Assignment.


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Introductions

Although they can vary.(one paragraph)

State what you are going to do in the essayfew short clear sentences. Finally tell the

reader what you are going to argue or

conclude.

What else could you include?


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Main body

Major part in your essay

Typically 3 or 4 points of discussion (thoughcan vary)

For each point explain clearly your point,

showing how this line of essay directlyaddresses the essay title


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Paragraph

Main point, plus supporting evidence and

conclusion structure.

State the main point that you are making at

the start of the paragraph; then give your

evidence and/ or reasoning in support of the

point; and refer back to the main point again

as you conclude your paragraph.


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Conclusion

Brief and to the point, no more than a

paragraph in length.

Aim to summarize your essay by gathering the

most important of the points that you have

made. This summery can then be used to

justify your main argument conclusion.


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Ethnicity Characteristics of a social group having racial, culturaland religious traits in common.

Genre classification of media texts groups

Icon- a sign that works by resemblance Iconography particular signs that we associate with particular

genres, such as physical attributes and dress of actors, settings andtools of the trade

Connotation the meaning of a sign that is arrived at through the

cultural experience the reader brings to it. Intertexuality the way in which texts refer to other media texts

that producers assume audiences will recognize.

Linear narrative a plot that moves forward in a straight linewithout flashbacks or digressions.

Mise-en-sceneput on the stage lighting, costume props.

Representationthe process by which the media presents the realworld.

Technical codes camerwork, lighting, editing, sound, sfx

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