A2 HOME STUDY FOR WEEK 4

It is vital that you are all up to date with your work on the blog by Wednesday am. Please ensure that you are prepared with storyboards, scripts, schedules and detailed breakdowns as per last week's Homework. We will be using this in class.

You also need to ensure that your essays are completed and that I have either your book OR that they are uploaded to the blog. As some of you have been put into Prep already you are aware of how vital it is to stay on top of your studies.

This weeks G325 task is to research the representation of black people in media especially young black men.

I would like this research presented in the form of a PREZI with short video clips embedded, images, quotations and analysis.

Here are your individual research areas:

How are black people - especially young black men represented in/by:

• Rebecca - Newspapers and online news (current and recent)
• Lauren - Music videos (all genres - with some history)
• Hodo - UK Movies (all genres)
• Rana - Advertising (TV ads, wed ads, posters, magazine ads)
• Josh - UK TV (focus on drama)
• Yasmin - US movies (romance/comedy/musical - with some history)
• Habiba - US movies (drama/crime/action - with some history)
• Jessica - UK TV (focus of documentary, reality etc.)
• Valeriya - International Movies (especially from Europe, African countries and middle east)

What is being tested is your ability to find good source material and explore how meaning is created.

Examples:

Please see below a presentation made by a previous A2 class whose focus was the representation of teenagers in US movies.

Cinema of the United States (Edel)