Lily's media blog

Question: In what ways can the television industry uniquely convey issues, events and representations? Make reference to  Humans   in your answer uniquely- how is it specialised? lots of genre digital convergence- channel 4 and all 4, website and tv, Netflix, prime, now tv binge series, don't have to wait  24/7 content- endless content and channels- very large audience, have lots of choice  niche product for niche audience- specialised genre and shows to always meet someones needs  funding- subscription, public funding, adverts tv have more money to make tv shows to due to funding from multiple ways  large audience- variety, tailors to all needs  time regulations- water shed  heavy regulation- age eg. 18, 15, 12, PG, U  How are  Humans  and   Les Revenants distributed  to their target audiences? Humans- Channel 4, advert funded, All4 - wide audience  humans- co produced, AMC, channel 4- widens audience, broadcast USA- larger audience   les revenants- smaller audience  Could these s

consider how the combination of elements of media language influences meaning and intertextuality mise-en-scene-  polysemic- invited the audience to make their own views  overtly subverts hegemonic sexualisation of women   film genre parady  bell hooks - inequality and suppression of women  does this video refuse stereotypes and objectification OR does it challenge this  the music video for riptide uses  intertextuality is an important element within music videos to both anchor meaning and create audience gratification. the meaning created can created both preferred and subvert reading for the ideologies and message created from the video.     hegemonic beauty standards reinforced - main character is a woman, has long blonde hair and when ever her face is shown she is always wearing makeup, she is also slim, all of the characteristics fit with hegemonic beauty standards.  in all scenes she is there for presented in a way to highlight her beauty or sexuality, this is most clearly shown

Explore the ways in which representations are encoded through media language in the front page of this edition of  The Daily Mail   colour- purple royal  z line focus  competition- draw audience in- gambling, working class contrasting colours- purple/yellow, stand out attract audience working class attraction- death of actress Helen McCory   tabloid but tried to emulate broad sheet styles and typography through serif font- anchored with royal style symbol- makes the news paper appear more legitimate and taken seriously lack of lexis- use of stand out large titles over story half the paper is adverts- focused more on attracting audience through free stuff over stories  nothing political- all celebrity  ideologies- ring wing, pro monarchy, British values and britishness (anchors- purple)  they are respectful of the monarchy- lexis, sympathetic- emotive language  her prince- no image or name that states who they are- no need to anchor meaning- they are that notable through their titles an

how is black identity encoded in the music video formation by Beyonce? representation - the ways in which a media product constructs the world  formation- Beyonce (2016)  starts off with striking stand out imahe which implies violence or the aftermath of violence (what happened t the new Orleans?- non diegetic voice over )- later revealed she is on a new Orleans police car- intertextual reference to hurricane Katrina  she is seen standing on top of the car, demonstartes dominance and proyest to the neglect and redelctio of inequality in America. symbolic of protest and outrage towards the police-  metaphorical ontop of the police  political commentary- intertextual reference black people felt abandoned.  beats- lgbt dance community in new orleans  new Orleans was also a major slave trade city  reference black communities- religion spirituality, dance expression fashion-> made in binary oppositions- pastor with a chain, break stereotypes  antabelum period- reference time period of sl

 midsommar poster analysis  Explore how codes and conventions are used to construct meaning in the theatrical poster... denotations  connotations 

Identify how media language is used to create meaning in the Escape Room teaser film poster meaning- connotation media language- denotation knee jerk  dark- mystery  red lexis- connotations- danger, angry, warning  all caps, sans serif lexis- bold, eye catching, brightest colour- draws audiences eye, focus  low key lighting- mystery  who's hands?- enigma code- hermeneutic code  dirty hands- damaged and bruised, danger violence, binary opposition to clean cube being held  type writer font tag line- typical in classic code font on computers- online, computer games  mise-en-scene- colour theme: black and red, dark danger no main character, the game (cube) is the focus direct mode of address- 'you're' referencing the audience, they become involved in the product  genre hybridity- action, mystery, horror. red indicting danger and dark typical horror conventions used in the poster. mystery in low key lighting and hermeneutic codes. action in the characters dirty hands, impli

joker - teaser poster Identify how media language is used to create meaning in the Joker teaser film poster meaning- connotation media language- denotation hint image  dole like  cool tones contrasting colours- highlight iconic lips smoke- mystery   horror- conventions- dark creepy, blood and scary  hermeneutic code- blood, violence and blood within the film  the role of a teaser trailer is to make an audience want to consume the product and go see the show- drawing the audience in. this is through enigma- hermeneutic codes (with holding the story is how we tease the audience its being enigmatic drawing audience in through hermeneutic codes and mystery  plan the product draws the audience in though hermeneutic codes such as the smoke composition, this has stereotypical conventions of mystery, also has reference to magic shows and the circus. this links to the joker theme within the show. this creates binary opposition between the colourful stereotypical expectations of a circus and t