Friday, March 11, 2022

Representation of age or gender


  • Celebrates older musicians e.g the photo of Nick Cave and the reference of Elton John who was big in 1970- goes against stereotypes of popular musicians being young
  • The stereotypical representation of older people as facing an uncertain future - 'there are a lot of grievers out there
  • The stereotypical linking of excess of youth but using a photo of the members of Queen when young to illustrate a cover line about excess

Gender
  • Representation for male seriousness and authority in the image of Nick Cave
  • Representation of male artists as excessive in the cover line about queen.
  • The stereotypical link of masculinity and warfare in the cover line about Billy Bragg

Music Videos:


Explain how music videos use media language to promote their artists

Editing- Cuts between shots of band and the interpretation of lyrics/story, both artists and story merge together, wheatus is the band.
Camera work- Close ups, very traditional way, both bands and artists and lyrics of story, during chorus shots on main characters, any label will insist to have artist in music video, not sold in its on right and no revenue, close ups authentic the artist

Mise-en-scene - set in traditional high school, see the hierarchy of people, who are important, roles includes jocks, codes who doesn't and does have power, colours of mis-en-scene deeply saturated colours, American TV drama, bright, strong. Powerful I rock car football jocks own, teenage dirt bag rides a bike and gets bullied, will never get Noel. 



Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Notes

 QUESTION: How far do MOJO and RNR use different media language to create different connotations(CONNOTATION meaning: an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning.)

Answer on your blog. This is a high-value question and should take all lesson to answer. You can use the class blog search engine for more examples of how to analyse music magazines.

In your answer you should have 2 paragraphs:

  • analyse the media language in MOJO and RNR magazine. 'Media language' includes the placement of the main image, the type of photography, lighting, colours, fonts, how busy or restrained the cover is, the layout (such as alignment to the margins), how serious or playful 
  • make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the media language is used differently in both extracts to create different connotations. Are there similarities in both covers? What sorts of audiences are they targeting? You could think about MOJO's rock aesthetic of living loud and dangerously compared to RNR's folk, rock, blues vibe. 
  • Mojo's choice of colours is vibrant, electric, dynamic. Particularly, the primal colours in the mount, with its playful skeleton. By contrast, RNR uses soft dull browns and only red as an accent colour 
  • In Mojo, Dave Grohl is positioned dominant, Foo Fighter (different font) it is word art and presents it is funky, energy. 
  • Pull quote shows that they have been through many adventures and even jail. This media language reflects a very stereotypical lifestyle.
  • Now draw contrasts. All though both magazines feature a star, both celebrate this star, mojo does so in a more dynamic aggressive confrontational way, compared to RNR gentle, lowkey, folksy vibe. This is because Mojo targets a primarily rock audience, while RNR is aimed at folk blues audiences.
  • One of the magazines are busier than the other, e.g Mojo's cover is clustered because of the numerous cover lines, images, puffs and a very dynamic cover mount in neon colours, with a vibrant cartoon image.
  • RNR also have many cover lines but they are all more minimalistic and justified RH margin, they are all in white creating a calm orderly uncluttered quality. Equally the cover mount with its modest verbal play unheard unheard is very plain and streamlined.
  • All though both magazines feature many articles, RNR is more orderly and restrained.    

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

brief 4 website statement of intent

 My website is called: The Next Step

Brief 4:

 I created homepage and one linked web page for a hobby website, called Next Step, targeted at an audience primarily of 14-18 years olds. In the website I have created dummy articles such as 'How to improve shooting.' This will attract many young footballers to improve its shooting, so they can reach the next step and become a better footballer overall. This is aimed at 14-18 years old, as this is the biggest step in footballing career's and this is when professional footballers are made.

In the blog I will be using informal language, however persuasive terms will be used to attract these rising footballers to improve and step up their game. My hobby website intends to persuade teens to carry their football journey and try to make it as a professional.

My website is all about football and in my website I will be posting a young star article. This is on Emile Smith Rowe, who is a breakthrough star for Arsenal, who recently made his debut for England. In this article I will be showing how Smith Rowe has stepped up his overall game. This will hopefully persuade young footballers to keep working hard, as they could reach the level that their potential holds.

In this article, I will be filming Tom Wilson and Alex Histon. Both of these young stars play for academy and both have the potential to reach Smith Rowe's footsteps. I will be filming these at Claremont by the football pitch. This will be filmed in a scenic manner, which will hopefully inspire young footballers. I will also be using editing to make this more inspiring and dramatic. 

In conclusion, I hope for my blog to make young footballers keep going in their journey to becoming a professional footballer, just like Emile Smith Rowe.  

https://09jacksonp.wixsite.com/my-site

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Observer Views and Beliefs

 The representations featured in the online Observer reflects it's values and beliefs. Discuss how far you agree with this statement in the relation to extract 3, the online Observer homepage. 

- The online observer has a sense of duty to the reader and the community showing their values and beliefs which are more socially liberal which shows 

- you can tell it reflects the belief of equally showing of importance of different thing e.g politics, adverts, hard news... 

- The papers header is identical in colour and placement to The Guardian which shows that the same admirable beliefs apply to them as well. 

- The paper also keeps up to date with covid19 news which is very topical- again showing that the paper always has the most relative news- and shows a variety of angles as not to seem too one sided. 

- includes different cultures and ethnicities reinforcing The Observer focus and interest in representing diversity

- provides a balance to more difficult topics (showing its beliefs in not hiding the truth)

- involves informative information for all ages aiming for a mass audience

- keeps up with top news on covid 19 jabs

- includes online and offline information as well as images of all type of people and all races which show it is diverse. 

Therefore I conclude that, I do agree with this statement because as you can see here the observer shows it's beliefs and values.


Tuesday, September 7, 2021

03 creating media 2022

 


Website: In my website there could be a video of me showing young people a good diet on how to keep fit and have good energy for football. I would do this because I want to show people and inspire people to get into football. I could also cook a meal and show why it is nutritional and good fore   I also might have pictures of people my age (14-15) playing football. I also could have pictures of professional footballers who I look up to.  I would talk about my local football club and how I loved playing for my local team I will use informative language which will be appropriate for teenagers and will persuade people why football is fun and is good for you. An example newspaper articles would be 'Young teenage scores in cup final!' 'Claygate royals take home victory in a tense 1:0 win!' 

I can write about will be a general idea of football and on how it can inspire people. I would also talk about my experience with football and my Sunday league career. My brother and I both play football so I could get a picture of him and I playing football. 

I could write about tips and how to get into football for beginners. I could also have a phrase that Gareth Southgate has said about how to get better and advance at football. I may be inspired to play football but you may not so how would I inspire you to get into football. I think you should go for trails at a club to then get your place into a team. I could talk about how I first started and try and inspire young people to join a football team around my age and younger.

Dummy titles:

1) Top tips for beginners: This is how to improve as a overall player and this is how you can become as good as your favourite footballer.


Superb Secrets: Secrets for success for a football diet and how to have a great diet to give you enough energy for your important football training


Special Shooting: How to improve your shooting and score every shot you can.


Relevant Repeat: Eat, sleep, football repeat. In this article, I can show you how to keep a great routine for you to keep improving in football.


 
Final goal: How to keep composed in a tense situation.




  • Improves Aerobic Capacity.
  • Improves Cardiovascular Health.
  • Lowers Body Fat and Improves Muscle Tone.
  • Builds Muscle Strength
  • The combination of running, walking, sprinting and kicking can bring benefits including increased stamina, improved cardiovascular health, reduced body fat, improved muscle strength and tone, increased bone strength and improved coordination.
    Playing regular sports is also thought to help improve symptoms of some mental health issues like depression and stress, can lead to increased confidence and self-esteem, and can help to reduce anxiety.
    Football is not an expensive or prohibitive sport. All that is needed is space and a ball. Your local school, gym or leisure centre will most likely have facilities to play football.

    Guide to Youth Football

Tips to improve your skills

1. Injuries (what to do if you have a injury or you think you have one)

2. Food (best diet for football)

3. Where to train in the summer (academy) 

4. Young star (14-18 years old)

5. How to stay fit 

Representation of age or gender

Celebrates older musicians e.g the photo of Nick Cave and the reference of Elton John who was big in 1970- goes against stereotypes of popul...