CASE STUDY: Late Night Women's hour

History of LNWH.

Late Night Woman's Hour is a spin-off from the long-running BBC Radio 4 daily magazine programme, Woman's Hour. It began broadcasting in 2015 on a limited basis but was so popular that it began a permanent run as a monthly, then in 2018, a weekly podcast. Woman’s Hour was first broadcast in the 1940s, so it’s worth considering the historical and social shifts that have occurred since the show’s inception. The original show reflects possible tokenism (a show set aside for women might imply all other radio content was oriented towards men). Late Night Woman’s Hour features frank and open discussions and demonstrates societal shifts and increased gender equality although some of the issues raised reflect the fact that society is not yet completely equal.

Product Context/ Themes of LNWH

It is recorded weekly and hosted by Emma Barnett. The podcast also features female guests from a range of backgrounds including science, health and entertainment. Each episode focuses on a particular theme that applies or is relevant to the female audience e.g 'Lost Friends'. The original broadcast was usually at 11pm every Thursday which means explicit and honest conversations.

The podcast reflects the changes in women's position in society as when it was first broadcasted in the 40s many of the topics were based around women in the war however today's conversatons on the podcast are quite empowering for women . For example the title for a recent conversation was "How to make your voice heard" and it included special guests who are young female activists.

RADIO INDUSTRY- Research Task 1

BBC RADIO 1: To entertain and engage a broad range of young listeners with a  distinctive mix of contemporary music and speech.

BBC RADIO 3: To offer a mix of music and cultural programming in order to engage and entertain its audience.

BBC RADIO 4: To be a mixed speech service, offering in-depth news and current affairs and a wide range of other speech output including drama, readings, comedy, factual and magazine programmes.

BBC ASIAN NETWORK: To provide speech and music output appealing to British Asians, with a strong focus on news and current affairs.

EXAM QUESTION: Assassins Creed

How have recent technological changes had an impact on the production, distribution and audience experience of computer games?

Self Reflection of Poster (300 words)

Self Reflection

My poster consisted of a side portrait of a model shot by myself. The editing included adding the title to the top of the poster and release date and review placed at the bottom.

Timeline of Video Games

1972- Magnavox Odyssey
1977- Atari Pong and Home Pong
1978- Magnavox Odyssey 2
1978-Mud Gaming
1980- Pac Man
1982- Commodore 64
1983- Game Crash
1985- Nintendo Entertainment System
1986- Sega Master System
1989- Nintendo Game boy
1990- Windows PC games
1991- Nintendo

PAPER 1 SECTION B-Audience/Industry Video Games Assassins Creed 3 Liberation

Product Context


Assassin's creed III Liberation is part of the very successful games franchise, was developed by Ubisoft and released on 31st October 2012.
The game offers pleasures that the audience and existing fans would be familiar with from the previous games (Assassins vs The Templars) along with new elements to target a wider audience.


Economic and Political context

The release of new gaming technology or games from popular franchises can

EXAM QUESTION: Paper 1 section B (plan)

Explain how economic contexts shape independent films. Refer to I, Daniel Blake to support your points (15)

Point- Funding included the BBC/BFI however the director was a strong force behind this film. Ken Loach an active socialist created this to draw awareness to those who are often neglected by the state as they are out of work. Marketing: Disruptive marketing technique was used to promote the film.

Evidence- Regional marketing officers helped to promote the film in various cities across the uk.

Economic context

Largely filmed on location, relied on acting more than camera shots and special effects (link back to context)

It's funding was different to that of a mainstream film because it was funded by publicly funded, British institutions so therefore they do have a role to put out content