Eleanor N - A level Media blog

Crime fiction in Scandinavian countries Features: Setting: Bridge Street Police station church Industrial/offices Characters: Police and detectives victim pursuer journalists and politicians Storyline: Someone dies (crime) and the police investigate it. There are lots of suspects and plot-twists Weather: cold dreary cloudy wet Language: Scandinavian countries Use of colour: Blues grey white black Lighting: Dark and cool sometimes warm/yellow lighting

Media Language: A street setting A young man, sitting outside a doorway Dressed in a tracksuit Wide shot- showing the scenario and his action in a clear view Dark lighting- opposite of heaven and light. Connotations and meanings: The street setting in London has everyday scenes with real people in it. This scene has an emphasis that its a tough environment, meaning that Sande grew up in a negative place but found her positivity from heaven (church/flowers/clouds scenes) and her music. The camera shot (wide angle) shows in a clear view the young man and where he is sat, which could mean that he is hopeless and maybe tired of life, making us feel sympathy for him. This might make sande's brand image seem she is independent but strong, as she has overcame obstacles in her way to get where she is now. Media language: street/bridge environment- seems harsh/troubled Man wondering around  Dark lighting again- dark place,dark mind Graffiti on walls- b...

Social/cultural context: 2009- she featured in rapper chipmunks 'diamond rings' which gave her and chipmunk a first top 10 hit on UK singles. She co-wrote Alesha Dixon's 'radio' This shows that she helps people before herself. In 2012, she signed her first major record deal with Virgin Records then signing another deal with EMI in 2011. Heaven was her first solo track- introduces her as a solo artist. Social/historical context: As the main job was to establish her as a solo artist in her own right, a performamce based music video was essential to build her star brand image. Music uploaded to sande's youtube account as first platform- 21.7 million views. The album 'our version of events' was critically and commercially successful (best selling uk album, 2012) One year after Heaven was released, she became an iconic artist (sang at London Olympics and the white house). Genre- soulful/ urban/ trip hop 'british urban' c...

Basic Storyline: Nanna runs away from a pursuer Sarah Lund moves out of her office Pernille calls Theis to fix the dishwasher Politicion Troels Hartmann vists the grave of his dead wife. Lisa texts Nanna Theis shows Vagn his new house  The body of Nanna is shown in the boot of a car. Characters: Sarah Lund - dectective                                 Jan Meyer- 2nd detective                                       Troels Hartmann - politician - campaigning for mayor                                       Nanna Birk Larson  - missing victim                            ...

Ariana Granda- thank u, next Describe the star image or brand constructed for the artist. Include relevant info about the artist and their genre. Her brand image is strong, independant and inspiring to other artists. She does pop and contemporary R&B music genres.    2. How does the video emerge and entertain its audience? It uses intertextuality from Mean Girls and Sharpay from High school musical- nostalgic and familiarizes the audience.   3. Does it explore big ideas and comment on society? Not significantly, but it mocks relationships in today's society.   4. Who is its core audience and how does it target them? Mainly young girls-young women. Its a very feminine video and features celebrities such as Kris Jenner, who is a big influence on teenagers in todays society.    5. What elements of this video would encourage an audience to share it or like it? The themes it conveys and the celebrities it features.(singe...

Narrative- How a story is told Narratology- Todorov Stories have a certain structure. They start with a status quo (what is normal), something happens to disrupt this (initiating incident), one thing leads to another (chain of cause and effect) at the end a new status quo emerges. If this structure isnt there, it doesnt feel like a story- its just a collection of events. Equilibrium-disequilibrium-new equilibrium Structualism- Levi-strauss One way stories build meaning is by creating a series on binary oppostion- good vs evil, good vs bad, light vs dark, hero vs villian- this is how we view things. Editing and Narrative Editing is how the director decides what is seen and in what order. It determines the structure of the video and how the story is told- key to narrative A strong narrative can grip a music videos viewers. A narrative is often intercut with images of the artist to create a brand image too. Editing Technique: Shot/reverse shot- When one char...