Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
TV PROGRAM REVIEW
TV PROGRAM REVIEW (“INSIDE AFRICA” ON CNN)
First, you need to actually watch the show and secondly do a little background research on the presenter, director, writers, and crew. Make notes.
Next, find your niche audience for the review e.g. if you are writing a review for a family-friendly publication, you would likely turn thumbs down on a show containing too many music slots. However, if you are writing for a young adult or college audience, you would likely give the same program two thumbs up. Think about the audience you are writing for and tailor the review to that audience.
The review generally should start out with a brief opinion as to whether or not the show is worth the audience's time. The review then dives into the basic premise and/or plot of the episode or season, highlighting the stars of the show, the production values, and the writing. Then as the critic tell your audience what makes the program great and not so great. If you really like the program, allocate 75 percent of this section to the positives, and vice versa. In your conclusion, use a trademark acceptance (i.e. "two thumbs up") if you recommend the program or thumbs down if not recommendable to your target audience.
LITERATURE REVIEW
WHAT IS A LITERATURE REVIEW?
A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period.
A literature review can be just a simple summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis. A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information. It might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old interpretations. Or it might trace the intellectual progression of the field, including major debates. And depending on the situation, the literature review may evaluate the sources and advise the reader on the most pertinent or relevant (www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb)
PROBLEM OR THESIS STATEMENT
- Literature review must be based on a solid thesis or research question. Hence, students are expected to convert the given topic (Children Advertising) to into a debatable question. Compare various viewpoints of other established authors on the chosen topic. This compare and contrast methodology is an important part of learning process. The arguments and counter viewpoints given in the review should have solid support and evidence in the form of external sources and other works published earlier on the subject. More so give an explanation of how each work is similar to and how it varies from the others.
STRUCTURE
Literature review should include
· An introduction part
· The main body of the essay
· The concluding part
It is essential that you construct a table of contents that can list all the titles and sub categories properly.
- The paper should review a point or an issue at a given time, so that the proper flow of information and arguments is maintained. This will also facilitate the smooth transition of issues and themes related with such a review essay. That is divide the works under review into categories (e.g. those in support of a particular position, those against, and those offering alternative theses entirely)
- The concluding part of the essay should carry your firm conviction with regard your viewpoint on the topic question. That is, conclusions as to which pieces are best considered in your argument, are most convincing of their opinions, and make the greatest contribution to the understanding and development of their area of research
PROPER CITATION (WITHIN THE WORK/ BACK PAGE REFERENCES)
As the literature review on any subject is a vast exercise that includes large number of references from external sources, these should be properly cited in the main essay body. Their detailed description should come on the bibliography pages, at the end of the essay. This is an important part of any essay writing project as it saves the student from the serious allegations of plagiarism, while giving the requisite information to the readers on the sources used to support the essay arguments.
FINALLY REVISE YOUR WORK
Spending a lot of time revising is a wise idea, because your main objective is to present the material, not the argument. So check over your review again to make sure it follows the assignment and/or your outline. Then, just as you would for most other academic forms of writing, rewrite or rework the language of your review so that you’ve presented your information in the most concise manner possible.
MUSIC REVIEW
MUSIC REVIEW
Reviews are all about how and what you percieve about something, this means that you must have listened, seen or thoroughly read the material to be reviewed. So to write a music review, take some time to listen to what you about to review. Think about how it sounds, if it's appealing to you, if it would appeal to others and even critique the skills involved with making it. Ensure that your thoughts are written down as you listen. At the end of your listening exercise, write your thoughts in the following format and there you go! You have a music review.
First Paragraph: Give the facts
Who?
What
When?
Where?
Why?
Second Paragraph: Describe the performance
First
Second
Third Paragraph: Give your opinion and supporting arguments
Your Opinion
Supporting arguments
Your Opinion
Supporting argument(s)
Your Opinion
Supporting argument(s)
Reviewer (name)
CLASS INSTRUCTION FOR FRIDAY (15TH OF APRIL)
Expectations during lecture period:
All students are to read through the uploaded lecture notes on how to review the different genres of media production and subsequently submit i.e. upload their review of the following materials .
- Song: Grace by T.D Jakes (submit during the Easter break)
- Book: 21 laws of leadership by John C Maxwell (during the Friday lecture period)
- Art work: See uploaded art work (During the Friday lecture period)
- Programme: Watch and review "Inside Africa" on CNN (submit during the Easter break)
- Literature review(20 articles on children advertising) (submit during the Easter break)
PLEASE ENSURE YOU ADHERE TO THE ACCEPTED FORMAT FOR REVIEW WRITING
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.