Eleanor N - A level Media blog

The idea of a village being safer for kids than a city has been the ideal message for many years, however, a place is only seen as safe when compared to one that is unsafe. .  If population size is the determining factor of safety,  Alaska has a higher murder rate than New York City,the assumption that Americans who live in certain places are inherently kinder and better people than those who live elsewhere. Storytellers of the Gothic tempt us with the single-minded idea of small town goodness but underneath there is something sinister about it- letting us believe that a typical american high school seems innocent to be invaded by the bad, rendering the community's fear of anyone who looks or seems different than them. The cast said that stranger things season 2 is much more darker and will draw more from horror movie sources. Nightmare on Elm street and Halloween are both social critiques of neighborly small communities whereas Grem...

Knowledge mini test: Name two mid-market tabloids: Daily mail and daily express Which three titles does Rupert Murdoch news corporation own?: The sun, The times and the sunday times What is the political stance of the telegraph?: Left wing Which three titles are owned by Reach PLC: The mirror, daily express, daily star Why does the scott trust finance the guardian?: The finance made goes into journalism rather than shareholders and to safeguard the journalistic freedom. Which is the only paper with more female readers?: The daily mail What is the daily express' slogan?: were backing britain What is the daily mirrors slogan?: the heart of britain Intro: Sources A and B belong to different sub-genres and owners, values and representations that will offer a big effect on the representations they construct. The guardian is a standard Broadsheet paper, however it can now be converted into tabloid size to save printing costs, with a left-wing side of views, targeting...

The Mirror:   1. It is owned by the Parent company- Reach PLC   2.Reach PLC fund the mirror, as well as other UK newspapers, however the  Mirror are also funded by advertising,  sponserships  and partnerships.   3.They support left wing views ( labour ) , and their value is reporting news accurately and with  vigour .   4.Thei r brand statement is to make sense of a rapidly changing world for readers and challenge wrongs where they see them, and to entertain.   5.Their audience is male and females from 18-34 who are mainly working-class  people.  They have also targeted their paper and people who ‘like a laugh in the morning’.   6.The mirror is a red top, daily, tabloid newspaper, with a circulation of 463,256 (October 2 019).   The Sun:   1.It is owned by News UK   Rupert Murdoch ’ s  News U K  group funds the Sun  and is a private owners...

Mise en scene The video is set in an urban setting, with an emphasis on street life. This shows a focus on people, specifically in deprived areas. This reflects the life of ordinary people during their day to day lives, in locations such as busy streets, parks, shops, homes and housing estates. The notion of it being a more deprived area is particularly honed in on. The artist herself is at times depicted looking out of a window, sitting in a field of flowers and in the streets themselves. This signifies that she is the same as everyone else. The artist’s costume is particularly symbolic, as throughout the video she is represented as somewhat angelic , however she is dressed in all black. This juxtaposes her angelic representation, and perhaps could suggest she is a ‘fallen angel’. Also, the shoulder pads within her top could represent stubs where an angels wings could have been ripped off, whihc may represent her past where she had negative influences around her. She also h...

Sande states that 'Heaven' is about what it means to be good for the current generation when social and cultural life is so fast that there are many negative influences to try and overcome Theme of heaven and religion is apparant throughout- we first see the imagery of angel wings by graffiti- this makes actors in the video appear to have angel wings Emeli sande used the theme of angels to suggest that many people need to become better. She used realist representation of street life to represent her authnicity and cultural links(filmed in london where there is a lot of ethnic groups etc) Made use on non-actors to add cutting edge to her as an artist she celebrates the transcendence of poverty and inequality to transfer that view of transcendence to the artist included a number of representations of her fan base to attract a wider audience. The video represents diversity and urban life, particularly ‘street life’ and issues of poverty, class and race/ethnicity. This i...

LFTVD contexts: Social- gender roles, gender, racial/ethnic inequalities on tv programmes. Understanding the influence of social anxieties (terrorism and security)/ contested social values on tv. Stranger Things- Episode reflects 1980’s family and gender relations, set in white spielburgan house- the mother tries to keep family together, dad is absent, young boys are fierce and Nancy anti-stereotypically excels at science while fitting in stereotypes as a teenage girl. Social anxieties of scientific experiments. The Killing- Episode reflects socially-contested genders and racial relations. The police management and politicians are male (patriarchal power) but narrative follows a female protagonist as a detective. Theis and Pernille are represented as equal partners but it’s the dad who goes out and looks for Nanna. Social anxieties about protecting children. Cultural-   influence of national cultures and representations of social groups, events and individuals wit...