Madichi's Blog: Media

TV questions Q1: What TV genres exist? Definitions and Example TV Drama- Shows that play on the emotions and feelings of the audience. Usually more realistic. E.g. EastEnders Sitcom- Shows that are more humorous. Sometimes filmed in front of a live studio audience. E.g. The Big Bang Theory. Documentary- To show and educate an audience. Usually narrated. E.g. Blue Planet Sci-fi- Shows set with futuristic settings around time and/or space. E.g Doctor Who Reality TV- Programmes that show real-life drama and conflict in a filmed environment. E.g I'm a celebrity Animation- Hand-drawn or computer generated images to appear as moving images. E.g The Simpsons  Q2: Favourite and least favourite genre and why?  Favourite genre is sitcoms. This is because I appreciate television with great humour and timing. I also like other shows that use elements of comedy as well. Least favourite genre is most reality TV shows such as Love Island. I find the cast of the shows ...

Kendrick Lamar, SZA- All the Stars Deals with issues of ethnicity Performance and narrative video Narrative is that Kendrick is voyaging through Africa  Performance part is SZA performing traditional African dancing Set with African surroundings (Afro-futurism) Religious imagery when Kendrick sails on the boat over people's arms. Reference to Moses Stars in the shape of the African Continent Traditional tribal dances, however the African men are wearing Converse trainers Close up of young African children Slow moving close ups of people Kendrick walking through a grey forest with dead trees, (symbolises death) When walking through the forest Kendrick wears a green bandanna (green symbolises life) Whilst ethnicity representations are positive it could be said that gender representation isn't Many mid-shots of SZA showing off her star persona Wears sexualised clothing that shows a lot of skin Many still and rotating shots of black women (shows power). Weari...

1000 word analysis on film trailer The first thing that the group needed to decide was the film's genre. It eventually came down to two genres: horror and comedy. We chose comedy as we thought there is more we could do with it on a budget of £0.00 without it looking extremely amateurish. After that we needed to create a plot for the film with settings that are easily accessible to us- hence the school setting. What we decided on was to have the members of our group act as 3 undercover police officers who go undercover into a school in order to find the culprit of a number of murders in the area. The main influence on the film was 21 and 22 Jump Street as they were very successful films telling the same sort of story that we were doing. Another influence on the film was Get Hard due to its humorous name that can sound extremely wrong without context. As we are trying to find and apprehend a serial killer the title is 'Busting a nut-job'. We had to each choose the ster...

Overview of BBC Radio Stations BBC Radio One : Created for young people. Plays tracks and artists that are current in the charts. There are regular DJs on there who talk to the audience and also interview artists. They have a breakfast show hosted by Nick Grimshaw that involves a lot of speech. Every week there is a chart show showcasing the most popular music of the week. BBC Radio 1XTRA: Created for young people particularly teenagers and young adults. Plays current music. Plays a lot of grime. Has a popular segment called 'Fire in the Booth' hosted by Charlie Sloth where rappers can freestyle to a beat. Some comedians got their big breaks on this. These include Big Shaq and Roll Safe (R.S). BBC Radio Two: Their target audience is probably middle-aged when listening to it. There was quite a few song playing from the 80s so I can assume that it is made for people who were young in that era. They also have a breakfast show hosted by Chris Evans. BBC Radio Three: Pla...

Busting a Nut-Job  Tagline: "There's more to come" Plot: 3 young adults go undercover into a college in order to find the culprit of a number of murders in the area Characters:   Luke- douche bag (Miles Teller) James Wilson aka Brad Litt Matthew- Sarcastic/funny one (Elijah Wood) Brandon Smith aka Johnny Knoxville  Madichi- Group victim, the dumb one (Kevin Hart) Alex Davis aka Benjamin Dover Music:  Bad to the Bone Humble instrumental Influences:  21 and 22 Jump Street Get hard Jokes: "Name joke" (Madichi) "Catch me outside girl joke" (Matthew and Madichi) "Girl describe and escape joke" (Luke) "Mum phone call" (Luke) "Transformers 'The assets' joke" (Matthew)                

Article Write-up My role in the newspaper front page was writing the articles, both the main story and the secondary story. The main story was regarding the horrible weather that swept over the UK on the week beginning 26th February 2018. In order to find out more about the context of the story, I had to go online to check what has been said about it both from meteorologists and from TFL generals and even the Mayor of London. Due to the newspaper being a tabloid, I tried not to make it look too formal yet I wanted it to be informative for readers just like an actual newspaper would do. The idea was to write it in the time period when the storm was initially starting, hence the date. I also realised that it would be extremely vague if I had to write the whole article for the front page so it was cut short and continued on a following page. In a real newspaper this would bring a reader in and make them want to buy the newspaper as well as informing readers that the weather forecast ...