Discovering GCSE Media Studies

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  1. 3. The red-top tabloids Daily Mirror and Daily Star and the mid-market tabloid Daily Express are all subsidiaries of the --- Reach who bought the Star and Express from a businessman who made his fortune through adult entertainment.
  2. 6. K-pop bands like BlackPink owe their international success to the --- of companies like Spotify which challenged and ultimately changed the way the music industry distributes music, creating a more globalised music market.
  3. 7. Rupert ---’s News UK owns The Sun and The Times, both of which reflect his personal right-wing views. The villain in the Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies is rumoured to be based on him!
  4. 11. New Line Productions and Bad Wolf were confident they were producing a hit for the BBC and HBO with the TV adaptation of His Dark Materials given the globally successful IP (--- property) the series is based on!
  5. 13. Black Widow is produced by Marvel, a subsidiary of the vertically integrated ‘--- ---' conglomerate Disney.
  6. 16. Lara Croft is best known as a PlayStation game, but its developers made Lara Croft Go --- - platform: it is playable on PS, Android, iOS, PC and more!
  7. 18. The Marchioness of Bath is in many ways a normative representation of gender, but her direct gaze and somewhat masculine body language also provide some aspects of ---.
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  1. 1. When Tony Blackburn kicked off the 1st Breakfast Time show on the new BBC Radio 1 in 1967 the station was only allowed to play 5 hours of music a day under --- restrictions!
  2. 2. The German conglomerate --- owns both Heat magazine (+ 600 more!) and the Kiss FM radio station (+ 50 more TV/radio stations) plus over 400 digital products.
  3. 4. The uses and --- theory would argue that the NHS blood donor ad relies on personal identification, using high-profile BAME figures like Lady Leshurr to deliver its message.
  4. 5. The Galaxy ad uses --- imagery from an iconic 1953 film, Roman Holiday, centred on its very thin star Audrey Hepburn, to give the brand a classic, glamorous feel.
  5. 8. Heat magazine typifies the trend towards ---: there are radio and TV channels, and user comments are key to its website, app and socials!
  6. 9. Ken Loach’s --- film I, Daniel Blake was produced for £2m – about 1% of the $200m production cost of Black Widow!
  7. 10. Marcus Rashford has used his prestige and fame as a Manchester United and England footballer to become an ---, for example successfully pressuring the UK government into providing more school meals for poorer students.
  8. 12. When the very 1st Dr Who episode was produced in 1963 the analogue cameras were huge. It took time to reset for a new shot which is why there are so many long ---!
  9. 14. Kim Kardashian’s Hollywood game goes beyond --- placement in films (one Bond movie raised over $100m by charging for the shirt, shows, car etc that Bond uses!) by making players compete to access major fashion brands like Karl Lagerfield!
  10. 15. The UK Indie rock band Arctic Monkeys used the early social media site --- to give away their music, which fans could then share, and build up an audience.
  11. 17. The 1955 Omo ad can only be understood in relation to the historical context of the technological revolution, efforts to move women back out of the --- as US soldiers returned from WW2, and even white supremacy! If it was released today it would cause uproar!