12 ALevel Media 2025-2027

  Titanium - Context Starter What genre/style of music video is Titanium? Provide evidence for your answer. Identify a micro-element and explain its impact and effect (a denotation and its connotation).  David Guetta and Sia - Titanium Task 1 - Lyrics Analyse the lyrics of Titanium and consider their underlying meaning, annotating them as you go. At the end write a summary of the song, and what you think Guetta and Sia were commenting on. How might the song be a form of social commentary? Titanium David Guetta You shout it out But I can't hear a word you say I'm talking loud not saying much I'm criticized but all your bullets ricochet You shoot me down, but I get up I'm bulletproof nothing to lose Fire away, fire away Ricochet, you take your aim Fire away, fire away You shoot me down but I won't fall, I am titanium You shoot me down but I won't fall I am titanium, I am titanium, I am titanium, I am titanium Cut me down But it's you who has further to fall Gh...

  Heaven - Representation Recap Answer the following questions: How is Emeli Sande's 'Heaven' naturalistic? Social realist? What genre is this video? Performance, Narrative or Experimental? Why? A Video of Contrasts It is important to recognise the ways in which Heaven is a video of contrasts: Lyrics contrast the desire to be a better person ('Oh heaven!'), with the lure of temptation which leads the character always letting people down. The downbeat message of the lyrics contrasts with the upbeat nature of the music. Use of ML contrasts the gritty realism (downbeat lyrics) with images of transcendence ('Heaven' and upbeat music) Narrative is disrupted and obfuscated by the vague, conceptual nature of the music video. The viewpoints and ideologies encoded signify the desire to be better (possible religious message) while t he naturalistic use of media language encodes social realism. The denotations signify sorrow caused by temptation YET also suggests the p...

   Heaven - Media Language Starter What is media language? How is meaning constructed? What do the producers want you to understand? Semiotics Recap Write down definitions for the following terms: Sign Signifier Signified Denotation Connotation Polysemic Anchorage Task 1 We are going to continue to refresh our memories of semiotics, but in relation to our Heaven music video, by undertaking the following task: 1. Identify a  Sign  within the Heaven music video, perhaps in relation to the representation of urban life, religion, or identity. 2. Write down the  ICONIC  meaning of this Sign 3. Write down the  INDEXICAL  meaning of this Sign 4. Write down the  SYMBOLIC  meaning of this Sign 5. Repeat with two more Signs. TASK 2 Create a table in your books with 3 columns - landscape - just like the one below. Leave a third of a page for each section. Watch the Heaven music video on your own and identify as many different denotations as you can...