Regional Identity - TV

Regional Identity - TV

Shameless is set in Manchester, England. This is shown in their accents, which is a strong Manchester accent which gives us the sense of their regional identity. When we see the women we notice that she is wearing middle class kind of clothes and when the camera shows the drunken man outside we see that she lives in a middle class house. We start to question the area, she's lives in, safety as when she starts to say things like ‘no there's nobody there love, go back to bed’ or ‘you can get the baseball bat if you want’ we wonder what there is to be scared of. She then says yes to the drunken man who has asked her to marry here at which we then question whether this is normal where they are for a drunken man to be proposing as in your and i world we would never say yes to someone in that state. Words like ‘bugger’ and ‘dick’ used to describe someone. 
Suggesting that people have no manners and are basically scummy.

Regional Identity - Newspaper

'A cannabis factory was located inside the property and investigations are still on-going.'

This is a negative representation of Bedworth as in this newspaper the only story related to Bedworth is about illegal drugs. This makes Bedworth out to be a bad place filled with drugs when obviously there are going to be a minority of drug dealers there

Newspapers

The language has restricted code as it is aimed at working class and their language isn't as elaborated as middle class, another indicator of this would be that the paper is only 50p which is a very cheap price. the Target audience is the working class. Aged 20-55. this links to the political party related to this party being labour as they are supposed to be working to make working class people better off.

The visual codes featured in this story mainly is the picture of David Cameron looking very smug showing he doesn't really care about the working class families having to pay. Another code is the amount of money is the colour red and red typically means danger. Colloquial Language – This can being interpreted as ‘slang’ or words that may be abbreviated 

This newspaper will focus on putting the labour party in a good light so that the people vote for them over the conservative party. so they are making the leader of the conservative party look bad.

Portrayals in the media of Race

Negative - Straight Outta Compton NWA - The Black Males in this movie are considered gangsters were are up to no good and are also in large conflict with the police of Compton.

This image is taken straight from the movie and as you can see there is a tipped police car with a gang of black people smashing up the vehicle

Positive - The Simpsons - Male black doctor, this is showing that he is well educated and caring for people which is a positive representation of black people

Differences - Obviously the doctor from Simpsons isn't dangerous whereas in the film black people are represented as dangerous/ violent. The doctor is well educated and friendly and the gangsters are pretty much the opposite

ETHNIC GROUPS IN MUSIC

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON 
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country.  When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. 

A Clip from this trailer shows the police telling the group that they are no longer permitted 
to play their song 'F the police'. At their next concert they say 'they trying to tell us what we cant play'. They then play their song even though the police have told them they arn't allowed. This is supporting the stereotype of black males not having respect for the police and generally showing they don't listen to police. Showing that there is conflict between the police and black communities 

Context: In Compton (1980s). There is a lot of conflict between the police and the people of Compton. Riots and rebellion across the entire city. In the trailer it showing burning vehicles and graffiti on the walls saying 'F the police'. Their song that was very popular was said to further influence the black people to go against the police as it highlights many of the tensions between black urban youth and the police. The song was prophetic in its reading the widespread resentment towards the police that later boiled over in the 1992 Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King incident. The song also alleged that blacks in the police were worse than the whites. Shown in their lyrics; "so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority". They used the polices threats on them to further influence the black people as they told their fans that the police are trying to control them and not giving them freedom they deserve. 

This can be linked to the modern-day as in the summer we had the Ferguson riot this was An ongoing series of protests and civil disorder began the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri. The unrest sparked a vigorous debate about law enforcement's relationship with African-Americans, and police use of force doctrine in Missouri and nationwide.

Grat model

Personal Identity - Football World Cup 2014 - Footballer, British Culture, Role Models

Information - BBC News - This gives people information of current events so people are informed of whats going on

Entertainment - Arrow - Aesthetic enjoyment,


Social Interaction - X factor - Voting - Discuss the singers with friends - usually watch it with family and friends so you can discuss the show as it goes on -

Camera Shots

Butterfly on a wheel


4:53 - Establishing shot - Fairly wide shot which shows us the setting of the movie
5:27 Long shot - This is showing us one of the subjects and also gives us the setting and where abouts he is in terms of his surroundings - Birds eye view, showing us the subject from above - overall mise en scene
5:38 The long shot then swings round to a mid shot of the subject from the front
5:42 We get a point of view shot of what the subject he is looking at. (Binoculars)
6:00 Long shot of a subject entering work
6:15 Mid shot of out subject sorting out his hair - relates to our subject caring about their appearance - alpha male
7:05 Long shot - Showing us the subject and her surroundings telling us where she is
7:50 shot & reverse - Showing us both subjects involved in this dialogue sequence - Allowing us to decode the feelings that the two subjects have towards each other
10:27 Close up (See image on the right)
11:57 Mid shot - This allows us to decode the subjects feeling/ emotions - in this case she seems nervous/shy, frightened
13:33 Long shot - shows us the subject and their surroundings (The road) - Then swings up into a establishing shot showing us where they are travelling to.
15:58 During these scene there are alot of close ups of all the different subjects inside the car - Showing us
18:13 Extreme close up of them holding hands - Showing us emotions and how the two subjects interact.
19:30 - Again alot of close ups - With this movie being a thriller there are alot of emotions involved by the subjects

Women Representation - Tom Ford Advert

Tom Ford Advert
Female Representation

This is a example in which women are represented as sexual object. This links which the male gaze where women are turned into sex objects in media. Only showing certain body parts, her we are focused on her boobs and mouth. This is the focal point of the women shown on ad, We have clear colour connotations of red suggesting sex and romance. The bottle being positioned in a sexual way in between her boobs. it's suggesting that if you buy this then you will get the girl of your dreams.

This is a common representation of women in media, the woman are made to look alluring and appealing to attract the male audience to look at this avert and possibly buy the product on show.      

This Girl Can

This Girl Can

In this video women are not being represented because of how attractive they are but rather represents them as powerful, showing they do whatever they want. As this image is captioned 'deal with it'. Saying anyone who is against us just have to deal with it because they are going to do it whether people mind or not, they are going to keep on doing the sport and don't care what people have to say about it. The advert is telling us that women of all shapes and sizes have the right to do sport and feel good about themselves. With the image of the women readjusting her swimming trunks there is a cultural reference to a David Beckham advert in which he was very much sexualised and objectified, but in this case we are not objectifying the female, it's just showing a female doing the sport that she loves. The advert is telling women not to be ashamed of their bodies, they don't need a size 0 figure to be able to enjoy sport activities. Another cultural reference the fact that the video is shows us all different kinds of females in Britain relation to the racial diversity we have in the country. This is also sending the message that you can do whatever you want. It doesn't matter what size, race or class you are.
Most of the camera angles used are close ups of the females face showing their emotions; their dedication, passion and the pain they go through.