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Horizon Forbidden West: Language and Representation blog tasks

  Language Introduction Read  this review of Horizon Forbidden West in the Financial Times  (should be non-paywalled but you can  read the text of article here if needed ). Answer the following questions: 1) Why does Guerrilla Games have 'a serious case of bad timing'?  Horizon zero dawn was over shadowed by Zelda and Horizon forbidden west by Elden ring 2) What is the narrative for the original game Horizon Zero Dawn?  The games take place a thousand years after rampaging machines have wiped out most of humanity. Survivors have clustered into tribal communities who view relics of technology as objects of either suspicion or religious reverence. 3) How is the central character Aloy described?   Guerrilla struck gold with flame-haired heroine Aloy, who balances grit and tenderness as one of the most memorable new characters of its console generation. 4) What is the narrative and setting for sequel Horizon Forbidden West? Forbidden West beckons pl...
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Paper 1 mock exam learner response

  1) Type up any  feedback in full  (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 2) Write a  question-by-question analysis  of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify and points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme: Q1: 5/8  ‘What will take your breath away’ offers a reading of both the breath-taking  (Nature, beauty, openness, range, exhilaration, spectacle) and the breath- expending (hill-walking, the scale of the view, the walkers in the foreground).  This is a body and soul pitch: exercise for the body and beauty for the soul! Q2: 6/12  The political contexts are largely determined by the ‘Town and Country’  dichotomy (which is in itself a set of stereotypes): here is urban and rural life  juxtaposed to reflect certain kinds of poverty and abundance.  The historical contexts are even more contradic...
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Women and videogames: blog tasks

  Part 1: Background reading on Gamergate Read  this Guardian article on Gamergate 10 years on . Answer the following questions: 1) What was Gamergate?  Gamergate was a toxic online harassment campaign starting in 2014, targeting women in the video game industry 2) What is the recent controversy surrounding narrative design studio Sweet Baby Inc?  Believes that Sweet Baby Inc is secretly forcing game developers to change the bodies, ethnicities and sexualities of video game characters to conform to “woke” ideology. 3) What does the article conclude regarding diversity in videogames? This is part of a broader far right panic about diversity and inclusion that has already resulted in proposed regressive anti-women and anti-woke legislation in the USA  and elsewhere. Part 2: Further Feminist Theory: Media Factsheet Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or  here using your Greenford Google login ....
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OSP assessment learner response

  1. Type up your feedback in   full   (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). 21|34 grade: c www: clear q2 essay which offers a lot of theories relevant to the osp csps, structurally essay is spot on ebi: q2 requires other relevant csps synoptic which you have studied throughout the course to develop your argument. Q1 develop analysis and revise myth semiotics from year 12  2. Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully (posted on your Google Classroom). Identify  three  specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Bioshock Infinite game cover) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of images, colour scheme, text etc). - Myth of the lone hero / individualism: Booker’s solitary figure with a gun underlines the cultural myth that a single individual (often male) stands to make a difference, to confront systemic problems. This ties into Western heroic narratives. - Myth of technological uto...
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The Sims FreePlay CSP - Audience and Industries

  Audience Read  this App Store description and the customer reviews for The Sims FreePlay  and answer the following questions:   1) What game information is provided on this page? Pick out three elements you think are important in terms of making the game appeal to an audience. -Customise 34 sims -Love, romance, relationships and marriage watch your sims live trough it all  -Choose what careers your sims will have 2) How does the game information on this page reflect the strong element of participatory culture in The Sims? Offers highly detailed character creation and creating families allowing the audience to shape representations and narratives themselves, also through fan communities called the 'simmers' and modding 3) Read a few of the user reviews. What do they suggest about the audience pleasures of the game?  The user reviews suggest the main audience pleasure is diversification as they play the game to be entertained but also personal relationships...
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OSP: Final index

  1)  OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2)  OSP: Influencers and celebrity culture 3)  OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Language and Representations 4)  OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Audience and Industries   5)  Baseline Assessment learner response 6)  OSP: Postcolonial theory - Gilroy and diasporic identity 7)  OSP: The Voice - blog case study
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The Sims FreePlay CSP - Language & Representations blog tasks

  Language / Gameplay analysis 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? Building relationships and creating a family, creating different characters with different ages and race, also playing with pets  2) What audience is the trailer targeting? A younger teenage audience who have a smart phone 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? diversion- entertaining yourself away from real life personal relationships- building relationships with the sims personal identity- creating different characters that could represent you  Now watch this walk-through of the beginning of The Sims FreePlay and answer the following questions: 1) How is the game constructed? Simple and straightforward with daily quests, a tutorial and rewards. A need for jobs for money and xp 2) What audience is this game targeting? Aimed at both male and female but slightly leaning towards females due to the clothes selection 3) What audience pleasures does the game provide? diversion- with a diff...
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