Media Studies Blog

PLANNING FOR COMING OF AGE TRAILER 1) What are the locations I have access to... School Home Gym Park Central Cinema Bowling 2) What themes could i cover? Coming of age Dance 3) What music would suit this? Contemporary Pop Dramatic 4) What would the structure of the actual film be? ACT 1- Girl is a dancer preparing for a competition, goes out late at night gets into car crash ACT 2- She is bullied becomes depressed and isolates herself, cuts off most friendships ACT 3- She sees other girls dancing realises she has to live with it and becomes a dance teacher. 5) What is unique about this film? Disability is a theme 6) How does it target; Males, Females and young people? Males= car crash Females= dancers Young People= Use of social media 7) How will you show sophistication in sound? Have the music and speech build up and get very loud then all of a sudden it silences and you hear a heart monitor. Then a slower song comes in. 8) How will you show so...

Coming of Age Films Film Name: Mean Girls What are the themes?:  Friendship, Growing Up, Bullying, Loyalty, Comedy. What are the representations of gender/youth?: That girls are mean, childish, crave popularity. And the men are just prizes almost for the women. What suggestions do the music and titles suggest about character?: The music is quite upbeat at the beginning showing that everything starts of lighthearted. But when 'The Plastics' come on screen the music changes to a a song that insinuates a sex appeal. How does media language make suggestions about the character?: Regina is being carried by other boys showing she's superior to everyone else. Also she is almost always in the middle of the shot showing she's centre of attention and the leader. Film Name:  What are the themes?: What are the representations of gender/youth?: What suggestions do the music and titles suggest about character?: How does media language...

Advertising: Maybelline case study and wider reading  Our second Advertising and Marketing CSP is the 2017 Maybelline 'That Boss Life Pt 1' mascara video advert. This gives us an opportunity to explore the idea of  gender fluidity in society and the media - plus compare the changing representation of masculinity in advertising. Notes from the lesson are here: Gender fluidity Gender fluidity is when gender expression shifts between masculine and feminine. Indeed, gender identity has become a major media and social issue in the last 10 years. Young (and some older) people are increasingly identifying as gender fluid – and some have credited the internet for this change. They suggest that millennials grew up with the internet so can easily find information on topics like gender expression. You can  read more on this view and gender fluidity in this CNN article here . Maybelline 'That Boss Life Pt 1' The Maybelline 'That Boss Life' advert is part of a digi...