Assessment brief:
Choose a particular media text (a film, an episode of a TV series, a song/album, a game, a book, a social media feed – the choice is yours). Drawing on theory and perspectives from the course, conduct a media production analysis of this text that should include:
– Outlining the production team (who is involved at different stages of the production process) and who funded its production.
– Describing the particular industry structures in which this text is embedded (the blockbuster film industry/the independent music industry/the gaming industry etc)
– Discussing where this text was produced and to what extent the production can be understood as international or transnational.
– Reflecting on what this particular media production reveals about the political, social or cultural contexts in which it was made.
– Analysing any relevant ethical issues that arise in understanding where and how this text is produced and by whom.
