Shabd's Media Blog 2

WWW: I like your idea for the dynamic with the characters. EBI: Timings of presentation but great presentation none the less. WWW: Good concept sounds interesting. EBI: Try to apply more media theories throughout. WWW: Alot if information in a short amount of time. EBI: Practise timings better for changes don't make narrative that obvious. I believe that the concept of my movie and the realistic narrative was a a point that people really liked just the execution must be good to have a clear narrative in a two minute trailer, I do believe that by saying too much for some slides I ended up speaking to fast and saying future points that made one of my slides completely irrelevant therefore giving everyone the impression of not revising.

Blog task 1: The impact of Google Answer the following questions: 1) Why has Google led to the decline of the newspaper industry? Because it is now more convenient to access soft and hard news through the use of google,  they attracted a lot of customers that wanted to advertise on their search engine which led to media businesses siphoning billions in advertising revenue over the past decade or so. 2) Find a statistic from the article that illustrates the decline of traditional news media. Newspaper businesses had a decline of $40 billion, or about 60 percent of the ad revenue in 2000 3) Looking at the graph featured in the article, what period has seen the steepest decline in newspaper advertising revenue?  2005 - 20012 as this is was close to when the internet was introduced. 4) Do you personally think Google is to blame for newspapers closing and journalists losing their jobs? Why? Personally, I don't think they are to blame to a certain ex...

Boyz N The Hood City Of God Boyhood The Breakfast Club Varsity Blues The Karate Kid Film trailer 1:  The Disaster Artist is about the making of the film “The Room,” and follows Tommy Wiseau who is clearly not American, but tries to be, and Greg Sestero, who is American. The trailer for “The Disaster Artist” quickly and effectively communicates narrative and genre through the funny exchanges between characters to convey to an audience that it is clearly a comedy film. In addition to this, the use of over the top acting from James Franco portraying a famous and likeable character, being Tommy Wiseau, further creates this comedic and light-hearted atmosphere while the characters in the film try to create this movie, “The Room.” This, of course, is the main narrative in the film and has constant references, that were scenes that were hard to film, recreations of times at which Tommy Wiseau was hard to work with, and even inside jokes here and there that fans of “The Room...

1) Music Video - introduction and fact sheet questions 2) Music Video theory and This Is America analysis 3) Common -  Letter to the Free  context and analysis 4) Michael Jackson -  Billie Jean  context, analysis and MM article

Common - Letter to the Free 1) Common has been involved in the move Selma which is about an "Alabama city which became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965." 2) "The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865." 3) "The Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866 in the United States after the American Civil War with the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labour economy based on low wages or debt." 4) As...

1) What was the budget for  Billie Jean ? How did this compare with later Michael Jackson videos? The budget for "Billie Jean" was 300,000 dollars 2) Why was the video rejected by MTV? Billie Jean was rejected by MTV as it was argued that it didn't suit their demographic of middle-class America. 3) Applying Goodwin's theory of music video, how does  Billie Jean  reflect the genre characteristics of the pop music video? Goodwins's Genre theory suggested that media products appeal to audiences through repetition and difference. Billie Jean accomplishes the repetition element of this through the following conventions: lip-synching, dance routine. performance, expensive/high fashion wardrobe and lyrics linking to the video. 4) How do the visuals reflect the lyrics in  Billie Jean ? Even though there isn't a direct reference, Billie Jean is referenced throughout the song, as a character who is claiming that MJ got her pregnant. A clear reference between visu...

1) The purpose of the music video is to sell the song and let you remember it and to let you remember it. It gives the listener a better understanding of the song of the song if the video has the right narrative. 2) "The advent of such technologies proved to be problematic for the  music industry as audiences were less inclined to buy a physical  copy of a song if they could listen to it online for free." 3) "In America, three major record  companies, Sony Music  Entertainment, Universal Music  Group and Abu Dhabi Media  (along with content licensed by  EMI), have also launched Vevo, a  video hosting site specifically for  music videos." 4) "As discussed, the purpose of a music video is to encourage viewers  to purchase a copy of the song featured and other products  associated with the artist. To this end, the video needs to add  something to the experience of hearing the song. Though music  video can be incr...