Media Blog 2

1) How does the  This Is America  video meet the key conventions of a music video? This music meets different music video traditions, for example, story, props, pace of altering, move and lighting. The props utilized as a part of the video, for example, the gun and strike rifle appeared in the video are utilized to help make the account behind the video. The story reflects how 'clamorous' and 'out of request' America is trailed by the verses "This is america" speaking to way of life in America through the craftsman perspective. The video was taken with long shots and negligible cuts, while the moving in the video fixes the pace of the tune. The splendid lighting utilized all through the video mirrors the typicality of this disorderly way of life that Childish Gambino is attempting to appear, demonstrating how individuals have turned out to be custom to all the viciousness.  2) What comment is the video making on American culture, racism and gun violence?...

1) What is the purpose of a music video? The reason behind a music video is to offer items, the most evident of which is the melody included in the video. 2) How has the digital age changed the production and distribution of music videos? The advancement of new innovation has caused for music recordings and tunes to be generally accessible at whenever gratis, causing for music marks and specialists to miss out of income. This enabled the group of onlookers to see and hear the video at whatever point and wherever they preferred. 3) Which three major record labels are behind VEVO? What is VEVO and why was it created? Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media have propelled VEVO, a video facilitating site particularly for music recordings. The substance of VEVO is syndicated to YouTube with Google accepting an offer of promoting income for guiding clients to the official forms of music recordings instead of those transferred by an outsider. 4) What are ...

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW : Your answer for Chicken is excellent showing good understanding of the text and focus on the question. TPF: In summary, timing is a major issue to focus on, revise postmodernism, add points and ideology to TV drama answer. 2) Read the  whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). Question 1:  There are many examples of intertextuality: the main central image suggests a bridge between James Bond and Austin Powers (bond parody) with Tower Bridge in the background reinforcing London as a location The poster arguably provides a good example of pastiche: media products that imitate the style of another text, artist or time period. Although an argument can be made that...

1) Read the section on Strinati's five ways to define postmodernity. What examples are provided of the breakdown of the distinction between culture and society (media-isation)? One example provided of the break down of the distinction between culture and society are the characters played by the actor Sacha Baron Cohen due to the fact the characters he plays, he brings them to life and they are considered as 'real' to their audiences. The way in which he does this is by only being interviewed in character and not as him self. This gives him a type of power to be able to get away with saying and doing certain things he would not be able to do out of character.Another example of the break down of the distinction between culture and society are X Factor contestants who sing covers of previous songs that have already been made and covered by other artists.  For instance John and Edward sang 'We Will Rock You' ~ Queen but performed 'the ...

Mail Online review of Capital 1) Re-read the  Mail Online review of  Capital . Why does it suggest that  Capital  features a left-wing ideology? The review mentions various of things which support this left wing ideology from references to Jeremy Corbyn to how the show represents and empowers the working class. Capital is seen to show different ethnic working class groups who are seen to be working hard in their lives to support themselves or their family. An example being Quentina, an immigrant from Africa who works illegally and extremely hard to support herself and earn a living. This empowerment and representation of the working class and immigration supports the left wing ideologies of immigration and how it immigration can how they positives and  goes against the stereotypes of immigrants leeching off the government through benefits. 2) Choose  three  quotes from the review that are particularly critical of...

R eviews and features Read the following reviews and features on  Deutschland 83 : The Guardian - Your next box set: Deutschland 83 Daily Telegraph review The Guardian - Deutschland 83 Pity the Germans don't like it 1) What positive aspects of  Deutschland 83  are highlighted in the reviews? The Guardian - "Martin is superbly played by Jonas Nay...It's a perfect moment in a near-perfect series". Daily Telegraph -  “So far, so unremarkable, then. The pleasure came from the little details of life on the other side of the Iron Curtain… All this was extremely well done” 2) What criticisms are made of the show? Daily Telegraph - "This is a period drama that sometimes lacks drama but makes up for it with a deep sense of period". Guardian: "The show lost half its viewers on the last episode in Germany." 3) Why did the Telegraph suggest that  Deutschland 83  did the 'period' aspect of 'period drama' so well? "The period feel...