Questionnaire

Media Choice - I have chosen to do a CD cover, this CD cover will follow a theme which is to do with my chosen genre, this is indie rock. I need to attract audiences into buying my music, as each genre of music attracts a different kind of audience, therefore my album cover will be used to entice my chosen target audience according to my genre. This means that there are particular characteristics, conventions and features of a Indie rock album cover that i will have to use in my cover. Generally indie rock is listen to my people aged 16-30 meaning i will possibly include things that appeal to them  


TA- Both males and females, people that like music, Age group i would say is ages 16-30
6/8 of people who answered were female
The max amount people were willing to spend was roughly £4-5
Everyone who answered the questionnaire was a student and were aged between 13 and 17

Representation Task - TV Show - Gender

Jack Ratcliffe

Representation Task - TV Show - Gender 

The Big Bang Theory is America's highest rated comedy. It is regularly E4's most watched show on our side of the Atlantic and can definitely be said to divide opinion. Is it funny or just plain stupid? Does it laugh at nerd culture or with it? And is it sexist or not?

The programme bases itself entirely on stereotypes in a huge number of ways and given its subject matter, a lot of these are drawn from those typically found in the sci-fi/fantasy genre; a world in which historically the men are the heroes and the woman are skimpily-clothed and more than slightly helpless. 

"The women of the show are constantly sexualised, a major issue in sci-fi and fantasy which has been highlighted by groups like The Hawkeye Initiative. Particularly in the earlier seasons, Penny seems to be portrayed as the archetypal "helpless blonde bimbo" needing to be saved from her pedestrian life by our oh-so-intelligent lead characters. For quite a while she has virtually no character besides being hot and not very academic when compared to the hoards of scientists that populate the show. After six seasons she still doesn't even have a last name! Penny is the clearest example of the programme objectifying women, though in no way is the practise limited to her. All four of the main characters (though particularly Howard) have very cavalier attitudes towards dating, with it made clear that sex is often the main goals of these adventures." Quote from: http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/04/big_bang_theory 

Representation Task - Newspaper - Class

Jack Ratcliffe

Representation Task - Newspaper - Class 

How is class represented in newspapers 

I have found an article on the Daily Mail website, this article is titled  Royal Family helps UK tourism
this article is basically all about how great the royal family are. The article also includes figures on how much money via tourism the royal family brings in. All the things said in this article are good, positive remarks about the family and what they do for this country, i think this may be influenced by the fact the royal family is a representation of the country. Most people would say that they like the Royal family this means that the article will be popular with majority of the public. due to this if any form of media had a negative representation then the majority of the British public would dislike this and the newspaper would receive hate.

The Daily Mail is run by conservatives meaning they are linked with the royal family and want to be on the family's good side. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-182619/Royal-Family-helps-UK-tourism.html

Magazine Front Cover Task

Magazine Front Cover Task 

The red ‘Q’ sign highlights that this is the front cover of a highly popular music magazine which is distributed across the UK monthly. On this cover the main image is a image of the Arctic Monkeys who are a well known indie rock band from the UK, with the magazine being published in UK and this band being from the UK many people in the UK may look up to this band and be inspired by their work and how they have gotten so big, they are a global success. This helps the magazine get more readers as people in the UK more often then not, really like the Arctic Monkeys and the music they produce. The magazine also features articles about different bands which themselves have different genres the helps the magazine gain readers as some people may not necessary be interested in the Arctic Monkeys but may be interested in the other artists that feature on this issue of 'Q' such as Arcade Fire , Green Day, Nirvana,  Haim and Rizzle Kicks. This is so that the magazine can attract more readers. The big bright red logo of 'Q' magazine is a indicator of what magazine it is this can be used so that regular readers of 'Q' can locate this magazine easily on a shelve filled with other magazines. Also with this issue being a 17 page collectors special with rare photos will encourage collectors and other readers to buy the magazine. The date which is located in the bottom right hand corner allows people to keep up to date with the magazines but allows collectors to keep all magazines in order.

The target audience for 'Q' magazine is typically people who have a strong interest in music and are aged around 20-45, of both genders. With the magazine being aimed at a generally older audience in comparison to other magazines for example 'Sugar'. The fact that the target audience us slightly older means that the magazine can be a bit more expensive than if it was aimed at just young people as the majority of older people have paid jobs or have money to spare. Also with this audience it allows the magazine to be able to contain more information and can overall write what it wants. The magazine has a very large audience as it is a popular magazine and is suited to all music lovers. 

Peaky B

Peaky Blinders



Peaky Blinders is a crime-drama TV program which is set in Birmingham 1919 and is aired on BBC Two. BBC Two focuses on programmes about arts. culture and drama. This is so that the BBC break out into a audience which is not covered by other BBC television channels.


A negotiated audience enjoy the text but feel it lacks something due to lack of budget that this show has. The reader partly shares the text's code and broadly accepts the preferred reading, but sometimes resists and modifies it in a way which reflects their own position, experiences and interests.


A oppositional response to the text was that it was all style no substance. Again some people blamed this on lack of budget. Also with Peaky Blinders only having 6 episodes a season people feel that character development was rushed and the plots are underdeveloped.
Direct oppositional relation to the dominant code, understands the preferred reading but does not share the text's code and rejects the reading.
A preferred reading on the show is that the people really enjoy the show and like the message that the director is trying to get across. They like the setting, cast and story and overall have no complaints about the show at all

Analysis of Charlie XCX's Song 'Break the Rules'

      

Charlie XCX - Break the Rules

The clothing the girls are wearing is quite revealing and is defiantly not standard school uniform, this to signify the differences between characters in the school (These are the fun kind of people). it is a modified uniform to make the girls look 'sexy' and rebellious. The dominant person is 'Charli XCX' as this is her song, the first scene being with a diegetic sound of the school bell (The school bell represents the end of the school day meaning the girls can now go and have fun) and then shows a crowd of people but within this crowd is Charli (She is being focused on) and we know its her as stands out from the rest of the crowd, this shot is in slow-motion, as she is strutting it expressise confidence  and the camera eventually zooms in on her the shots go from a long shot to a mid shot to a mid-close up this shot is done by using a handheld camera this is used to create the effect that you are actually in the corridor and obviously you are quite shocked by how they are acting so you are staring at them. She and her friends are last to walk out into the corridor showing they have most likely been kept behind from her last lesson for meaning naughty or for breaking the rules (title reference).

the setting is predominantly the school this creates both a sense of place and a mood and it may also reflect a character’s emotional state of mind.
There is a pan shot which goes from the front on her body round to the back so that her bum is revealed, this is to attract a wider audience of both males and females. Women are sexualized now more than ever. While sex appeal was once considered a bonus for a woman, it is now practically a requirement and this is shown in this music video. She is 'breaking the rules' as the song suggests.  The rest of the girls as less attractive as she is, this is to emphasise her, so she is the focus and so she seems more attractive then what she actually is.
The lighting is high key - meaning it features bright colours, for example on one of the scenes the floodlights are on even though it is the middle of the day. The producers want Charli to stand out... a lot.

ITS TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC (X-Factor Analysis)

                                               Scarlett Quinn sings Ain't No Other Man (The X Factor UK 2014)

This X-Factor contestant shows us how the show is constructed so that the show can be the most entertaining. The female shown is very young, beautiful and can actually sing unlike most the auditions that they show. This is shown so that the show has more of a audience for example this attractive girl would attract males to be more inclined to watch. Women are sexualized now more than ever. While sex appeal was once considered a bonus for a woman, it is now practically a requirement if they want to make anything of themselves. In the room auditions which we were shown she originally was part of a duet  with her husband which was quite strange as he was a older gentleman and she is a young attractive female. She is quite popular among viewers as men would watch the show to she her and girls want to be her to impress the boys.
She recently left X-Factor as she was fighting for a place in the judges house's, but unfortunately for her she forgot the words.  

John and Edward (Jedward) are also good examples of how the show is constructed to show the audience the people the are going to entertain. Jedward are two young boys aged 17 from Dublin. Straight away you can see they are very talkative and confident, they are essentially really good crowd pleasers. They engaged a lot with the live audience and they very not threatened by Simon and his comments. People like it when people act cocky and confident in front of Simon as most contestants are scared of Simon and really try hard to impress him. They are chosen not because of their singing talent but because they are a entertaining pair. The way they act is liked by some people, but Jedward also have their critics as some people found them annoying because of how out going they were. But overall these two boys were very entertaining and because of this they gained a fan base which help them get to the final stages of the show