-x- Individual Case Study -x-

...Fallout...


Set in London, Fallout stars Lennie James as Joe, a policeman returning to the estate he grew up on to investigate the murder of a black teenager.




Fallout was written as a passionate and powerful reflection on race, law and order in the aftermath of the Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor cases. Fallout has alos been adapted at a time when it has never been more important to understand why some of our youth would arm themselves and commit devastating acts of violence.

Fallout can inspire young teenagers as it can influence those who have commited crimes to step foward, and can also show the outcomes and struggles people ahve to go through after a crime has taken place.

> Represents Youth Culture & Gang crimes in Deprived Areas

Sound .. The music being played also engages the audience as this type of music known as 'Grime' is widely successful and popular to the youth audience, therfore the audience focuses on the lyrics being said throughout the trailer and makes them watch the trailer until the end.

Camera shots.. There are various close up shots on the charcters to gain their emotion and expressions. There also shots focusing on the mise en scene in order for the audience to know what type of area setting the documetary is shot in.

Lighting.. The lighting in this trailer seems to differ in different types of shots. For example the lighting is shown in a dark and dim point when diferent tpyes of violence or negative approaches occur. However most of the trailer shows scenes that are in the day rather than the night, which therfore shows a more clearer and brighter picture of the type of area and setting the film/documentary has taken place in.

Length of Trailer .. 1.18 . A short trailer, showing differnt scenes from the movie with music bein played in the background, compared to most trailers which last 3-4 minutes and show actual recorded scenes from the movie.

Setting.. The setting focuses on typical urban estates in London, but fot this particualr film it was shot in South London. It focuses on deprived estate in London and focuses on where crime often takes place and where abouts they occur. This therfore empathisies how realistic the setting is as it focuses on real life actions that take place in Britain today.

-x- Self Evaluation -x-

-> Attainment : 1 . This is because i have always loved Media and have always taken an intrest in it and i always put my most demanding effort towards the subject.


-> Effort : 2 . This is because i put a large percent of effort into Media Studies and I am hoping for the best grade i can possibly get in Media!


-> Punctuality : 2. This is because I Have only been to Media lessons late once for each teacher . Therfore my punctuality in latenees is not excellent but it is not however poor.


-> Submission and quality of Homework : 3 . I have only not submiited homework once this term . But i personally will give myself a 3 because I dont think my homewokr is not up to an excellent standard and i can put much more effort into my homework.


-> Ability to work independatly : 1 . I enjoy working in groups and i do prefer working in groups. But i do believe that you cant always work in a group and you have to work idependantly in order to gain the best of your ability.


-> Quality of Writing : 2 . Im not the best at the writin topic, but i do know the skills within the wirting section and i personally think i know the knowledge within what im writing about.


-> Organisation of Media Folder : 1 . All my folder is divided into the different teachers that teache me and all my work is order.


-> Oral contributions in Class : 2. I Speak overall alot in the lessons but i contribute to the class at least once in every lesson and i do come across as a loud person in the classroom. However i do always give oral contributions in the class.


WWW > Understanding the differences between E-media, Broadcasting and Print.
> Having a neat and organised Media Folder
> Making Oral contributions in lesson , rather than keeping quiet and not answering questions when i dont understand anything.


EBI > I put 100% effort into my homework
> Go over the work ive learnt when i get home.
> I Keep quiet when im supposed to .

x- Media Awards 2008 -x-

The Three Best Media Productions of 2008 that i personally thought were the best were :

> Concrete Angel
> Silent Pain
> Crime


-x- Silent Pain -x-

The reason why this film was one of my favourites was because i personally thought it went deep into the topic of rape and it showed how much of a drastic effect it has on women. Rape is also not a topic shown across the media today as much as other things are shown e.g knife crime.
Also the interview with a rape victim in the production also portayed a serious note and showed the suffering of rape towards the audience watching.

-x- Concrete Angel -x-

Personally and truthully this was one of my favourites because it involved my cousin Navroop.
However the most favourtie thing i enjoyed about this production was the begining as it told a story and then made the audience want to unfold the truth about what really happened.
Also Curtis was an amazing actor in this productuon and it was a worthy decision in making him the best Actor. Also the make-up used on Curtis when he was in his coffin made it extremely realistic and was well done.

-x- Crime -x-

Last but not least, another favourite production that i really enjoyed was Crime.
The main reason why i enjoyed this production was becuase it reflected into real life of todays society, and i also felt that the audience was much more deicated to the youth today and just how addictive and popular drugs are in the youth culture today.
The production also focused on real life situations rather than rehearsed situations, which therofre raises a much more awareness to what drugs can do to people and jus how deadly and serious they actually are.

My Magazine Pitch ! .. x

Magazine Title : "B.W.B.B "
Boys Will Be Boys!

Reader Profile : Age - 14-17
Class > C1,C2 Parents, However E Children
Attitudes > Bad/Negative/Ambituos type of attitudes
Aspirations > To become rich, famous, athletic

The 14-17 yeard old boys are said to be outgoing, irresponsible and immature. They come across as competitive and image conscious.




!.. Taregt Advertisers..!

> Sports ..

> Sports fashion i.e Trainers, Boots , Kits , Specific equipment

Nike - Adidas -

> Clothing

- Sean John - Armani - Nike - Rocawear

> Cars

- Ferrari - BMW - Mercedez

> Perfume/Aftershave

- Sean John - Hugo Boss - Ralph Lauren - Calvin Klein - Armani Code

> Music / Games / Movies

- Latest top 10 tracks in HMV
- Latest top 10 albums in HMV
- Latest top 10 games in Gamestation
- The Top Ten Chart in VUE

> Techonolgy

- Playstaion
- Wii
- Xbox
- Ipod
- Mobiles , T-Mobile, Vodafone, 3

!..Competition..!

The competion is for the readers to design their own personal nike football boot for Cristiano Ronaldo. The winner will then win a stack of nike goodies, a chance to meet and greet Cristiano Ronaldo himself and win tickets to watch Manchester United at The Theatre of Dreams, or any team of their choice against Manchester United. The football boot design will then be made into a World Class boot owned by Ronaldo.



!* .. P.I.T.C.H..*!

I am very intrested in using your brand NIKE , as a competion in our fresh new magazine BWBB aimed at 14- 17 year old boys. The NIKE Brand is a very famous and popular brand among this type of age group and this brand will hopefully raise the number of buyers for this maagzine and definatly promote the NIKE brand to a further extent.

The brand will highly benefit from this competition as it will enable young kids with a passion of art and to a certain extent the competition will help some young kids off the streets and allow them to focus on a much more worthy prize and also the fact that one of the best players in the world is invloved in the competion will value your company as more viewers will want to take part in the competition and change will be bought around society today.

Kinfe and Gun crime are major drastic effects surronding this type of age group around England today. This competition that i would like to carry out will hopefully change attitutdes and beliefs among society today.

The prize also that will be recieved to the winner will also have a positive effect. Mainly because the amount of work and effort put into the winning design will be applauded and gain a high source of respect and fame becuase the boot will then be worn by many others around the world.

The overall drastic effect of this competition is

!.. CHANGE FOR THE BETTER .. ! & !.. THE FUTURE GENERATION.. !

Newspapers Ownership Quiz!...x

Whats the Connection Between....

:) .. Homer Simpson and The Times?..

> Time waner owns nickelodeon which braodcast the simpsons and time warner own the times

:) .. Eastenders ' Grant Mitchell ' and The Sun?..

> Grant Mitchells real life wife is the women editor of The Sun.

:) .. Coronation Street and The Guardian?...

> Coronation street is owned by the media guardian group which is in manchester which is where coronation street is set.


:) The Daily Express and the top shelf of your local newsagent?..

> They both promote "sexuality" of women.


:) .. The Financial Times and some of your school textbooks?..

> Alot of information.

In which national newspaper/s would you most be most likely to find an advert for...


:) .. Ok magazine?..

> Daily Express

:) .. Metro .. a free local newspaper?..

>

:) .. The Sunday People?..

> The Mirror

:) .. Services for Brits who live abroad?...

> The Independant

Which Newspaper...

:) .. Was the only tabloid not to support the Iraq war in 2003?..

> The Daily Mirror

:) .. Was the first broadsheet to go compact?..

> The Independant

:) .. Was faced with a massive legal costs bill after a court case brought by a femal DJ?..

> Daily Mail

:) .. Was sold by its cheif executive, who was forced to resign after takin £20m in improper payments?..


> Daily Telegraph.

:) .. Is still largely controlled by a Press Baron?..

> The Daily Telegraph

-x- Internet Regulation -x-

-x- Issues Surrounding The Internet.

:) .. One main issue surrounding the Internet would be the impact of illegal downloading such as music, films, images. This reflects to how easy it is to contaminate with the Internet as, people are able to access whatever they want.

:) .. Another issue would be publising your own words or images can cause far too much controversy whether the text or writing is either negative or positive.
For example : An image uploaded by someone may be to graphic or revelaing and would therfore be reported and abolished.
Also a blog or webiste containing negative text about somehting or someone can result to bannig or blocking.

-x- Who would be repsonsible for Internet Regulation?..

:) ... There would be a fresh new organistaion that is fully focused and responsible for internet regulation, mainly because they would be a dependant compmany equipped with restrictions to internet regulation and would have employees focusing on internet regulation and nothing else. The organistaion would block and ban all internet regulation automatically. Children under the age of 14 trying to illegaly download will result of the lack of internet for a week, whereas the age over 14 trying to illegally download will face fines and taking away of computer.

An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube!...x

0:00 Introduction, YouTube's Big Numbers


> 1948 .. abc was introduced

> 9232 hours/day

> 385 always-on TV channels

> 200,000 3 minute videos ( not mass media)

> 88% new and original content



2:00 Numa Numa And the celebration of Webcams...x

> Created year 2004 December

5.53 The Machine Is Us/ing Us and The New Mediascape

> He started with text on paper and what it means not just about people, about linking people in new ways, every 6 months there is new way. * When we change,media change.*

12:16 Introducing Our Research Team

> 10 undergraduated students, data uploading, studentts can take nites and upload at any time.

12:56 Who is on Youtube.

> Over 50% of youtube viewers are aged between teenage and 34.

13:25 Whats on youtube? Charlie bit my finger, Soulja Boy etc.

> 92 year old playing piano
> most commonly uploaded are home videos
> viewed over 30 million times
> 15% are remakes of the video

17:04 5% of vids are personal blogs addressed to the Youtube community, Why?

> the loss of community over time.

17:30 YouTube in context. The loss of community and "networked individualism" (Wellman)

> Less free time
> Isolation

18:41 Cultural Inversion: individualism and community

> Express: individualism, independant, commercilisation
> Value: Community, relationships, authenticy

19:15 Understanding new forms of community through Participant Observation

> the core of our methodology, have to understand it to experience it.

21:18 YouTube as a medium for community

> build community through webcams

23:00 Our first blogs

> people basically fiml themselves and put their videos on the net, they edit and retake to make it look perfect; hair, type of shot.

25:00 The webcam: Everybody is watching where nobody is ("context collapse")

> The way we look and pose and remake oursevles for a webcam trying to be somebody else when nobody is there, when in actual fact the whole world can see you.

26:05 Re-cognition and new forms of self-awareness (McLuhan)

> Everybody and anybody may be looking at you, including yourself.

27:58 The Anonymity of Watching YouTube: Haters and Lovers

> " Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred".

> Lev Grossman
- time magazine, dec 13th 2006

29:53 Aesthetic Arrest

> people are overwhelmed with what they have infornt of them, so they just sit cultural tension.
- craving connection

30:25 Connection without Constraint

> People are connecting through YouTube.
- Media do not just distance us
- they connect us in different ways
- but sometimes brings us closer together.