Print versus Digital News

Print newspapers
Pros:

• Before technology print newspapers already had  a  large loyal and trusted following boosting its attract on readership.
• Its an easy medium to spread awareness about headlining stories 
• Print media is a good way to reach people who may not have access to other mass communication mediums

Cons:

• Headline stories cant be updated until next issues.
• the particular newspaper may not be available to the audience all the time
• The reader of the newspaper must purchase the paper they want to read.
• Newspapers are scoped into targeting a specific target audiences.

Online news

Pros:

• Headlines which happen within the day can be updated immediately onto the internet.
• Online news is free for the audience.
• Its accessible anywhere anytime.
• The audience can read news stories they deem interesting to themselves.
• Less in depth descriptions on news stories.

Cons:

• The internet isn't accessible for everyone.
• Requires the internet to use.
• The audience don't get a vast insight into news headlines being abbreviated and summarised to best fit the audiences.  

Massive Attack Half Term Research

Who are Massive Attack? Massive Attack are an English musician group formed in 1988 Bristol. The Trip Hop genre band consists of 3 members: Robert Del Naga, Grant Marshal and formerly Andy Vowels.

Name their albums to date? Massive Attack debuted their first album Blue lines, released in 1991. To follow up with another album 3 years later called protection released in 1994. Releasing 6 albums in total the following was 1998’s Mezzanine, 2003’s 100^th window, 2004’s Danny the dog produced for the original motion picture soundtrack and finally their final album Heligoland released in 2010.    

Since being signed to Circa Records in 1990 Their career was kick started once the band began to win awards early on in their career

• MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video

           1998,1995 For Protection and Teardrop.

• Brit Award for Best British Dance Act 1996
• NME Award - Godlike Genius Award 1999

Unfinished Symphony

https://youtu.be/ZWmrfgj0MZI


The single Unfinished Symphony was a song produced and released by the music group Massive attack. The music video for Unfinished Symphony was released as the second single from the first studio album blue lines on the 11th February 1991. 

The narrative presented showcases a women strolling through the streets of downtown LA as the entirety of the video is a continuous tracking shot following the women as she paces through poverty of the American citizens. Using Steadicam the music video begins featuring a  gang of rough thugs presented wearing leather jackets, white low cut vests, bandanas and also sporting a stereotypically violent breed of dog to we then pan out to a youth playing with a gun. This mise en scene                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  This is very typical in the American urban district. children are raised through violence and danger. until we zoom to Nelson (the main women) strolling down the path pavement unaware or uncaring of her surroundings presenting drunks, poor disabled living in poverty and bikers. As she appears to be unknowingly seeing the poverty us as the audience are led to understand that the morale is even though we may be unaware of poverty it does still exist and if we look close enough its not transparent. as the main focus is on the women in the backdrop the setting is quite partially blurred showing poverty is sometimes  difficult to see.

The off set is a typical American urban area and with research LA, California. The streets appear dusty and old with poor blocked building along a stretch of attached houses. people are seen selling their goods and working whilst others just sit along the side even homeless or unemployed. The main focus is upon the disabled man with unseen treatment or support using a skateboard as transport. By not affording  health care this shows just a glimpse of poverty in a lot of areas. From the backdrops clothes to their actions we can clearly see this community isn't wealthy but exists through it wanting to be.   

the camera then pans around her side to show her walking away as she moves down a different street. this shows her leaving the scene as she accomplished her propound  aimed to get the message across and as she does its time that she leaves to keep the audience thinking of what they've just watched.  

Radio head
A cyclical structure 

Tite sequences

The Walking dead season 1)
The title sequence commences with a horrific, panic-stickern non digetic sound. The non digetic sound gravitates the tv drama presenting a eerie and sinister atmosphere beginning a strange freakish episode preparing the audience with a supernatural journey.
The camera is blurred and uncapped presenting us with unknown and abandoned with a broken sense of huanity.with the use of dark shadowed lighting abruptly enforces the horror genre with close connections to death and despear.

Our Tv Drama

Unhinged

Characters:

• Denis (Denny)-Undercover cop/Gang Member 
• Ben Billiams Williams (rich/Drug Dealer
• Josh Lannnister      -      Sidemen 
• Luke CJ
• Background Wingmen 

Plot

When Denny (the main protagonist) is given his assignment to go Covertly for the CIA to overthrow a well known and conspicuous drug business he soon realises who it is was running the business. Taking to the streets and pretending to be homeless at a place known for them to do their deals he sets up and waits. 

Title Sequence 

At the beginning of the title sequence 

Stranger Things Clips Analysis

Stranger Things

Clip 1) 

this is the very first scene of the series. we are introduced to the main characters whilst playing a board game. 

Camera: within the clip many different camera movements are used to portray the motion of the scene: 

• An establishing shot embarks us on the journey of Stranger Things as we are presented to our set outside the house before a jump cut to its basement when we are introduced to our main characters.  

• Steadicam is used when panning round the kids who are sitting around a table playing a board game whilst we get a view of the surroundings indicating that the series is set in with retro, vintage equipment. steadicam is a smooth shot of scene presenting us with the setting of he basement. in the basement we have faded lighting, dark shaded areas and clear focus on all the surroundings, this sets the mood for a suspenseful dramatic tv show. 
• Point of view with a low angled shot used from a over the shoulder of one of the boys below the stairs. gazing up at his mum who presents the authority of democracy over the household.

Sound:

• Throughout the entirety of the first clip there is a clearly distinct diegetic sound used when confrontations and discussions are used when playing.
• however there also sometimes non diegetic sound present when background music.

Editing:

• The most predominant editing technique used is cut.  Cut editing a an abrupt transition which jumps from one sequence to another. Cut in this sequence is used to keep the camera close up  to the kids to really evaluate their expression whilst a suspenseful fast paced editing is used to enhance the action going on in the board game so we understand how the children act and behave.
• Shot reverse shot is when one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. in this scene its used when each kid is talking but in doing so cuts from one over the shoulder shot to another.

Mise en scene:

• 80’s retro and vintage props for example the old fashioned bikes don’t look like modern day bikes this makes the audience believes that it was actually filmed.
• Also in parts there is backing music that sounds like an 80’s arcade game.

Clip 2)
in clip 2 we are presented with a grizzled and dark stereotypical sheriff. living life in an old trailer house shows a very derelict and isolated life he lives. smoking and drinking erarly in the morning shows us he lives a very unstable life.

Camera  

Daily Mail VS The Guardian

Daily Mail Vs The Guardian
Task:

• look at five front page news stories from the Daily Mail and five from The Guardian.
• analyse the content looking at the headline, image, language register (tone), any bias or political comment and whether the coverage is negative or positive or not positioned either way.
• How does the news article appeal to the target audience? Consider how is may be relevant to them? Make notes about your chosen content and then write your analysis and add this to your original blog post from the previous lesson.

The Daily Mail (Tabloid) and the Guardian (broadsheet) differ in some aspects however also obtain similarities in layout and content. they both contain plugs to endorse readers and headlines showing most recent news stories which impact a vast amount of people and also master heads to promote their own newspaper. These features are common in all types of newspaper and are traditional conventions of newspapers.
Differences between these newspapers are sometimes content. The Daily Mail generally uses very exaggerated language in their headlines often to portray a racist and one sided view point manipulating the real story to be biased. however, The Guardian are unprejudiced so the audience arent manipulated however are factually telling the truth. Being different types of newspapers Daily Mail a tabloid (right wing) and The Guardian a Broadsheet (Left Wing) size is different as broadsheets and informational  and tabloids small and bulleted.

This devastating headline isn't a controversial topic however is informing a global awareness of annihilation  caused by the natural disaster earthquake affecting many lives. This story is very negative due to its upsetting conduct contrasting those  of the daily mail which in fact focuses typically on political and controversial topics  such as migration the picture is both culturally upsetting but also disturbing for readers however devastating images can make readers buy and look at these stories.

Theresa may is a public figure and British political icon who can impact all our lives so will attract the attention of all readers. being our head of parliament she is constantly plummeted into the faces of the public so this is a big selling point for a news paper being a great marketing target. The word Brexit in the headline is  majorly important and identifiable influencing potential readers be updated upon the latest EU exit. the dominant and powerful statement of the headline shows quite a biased view supporting the conservative party supporting Thereasa Mays actions. this headline and image is very positive developing Britain to once again look as a powerful nation not easy to back down.

This headline is forceful and upsetting for most. as upto 20.3 million families receiving some kind of benefit (64% of all families), in the uk this news can come quite stressing as people may lose houses as benefits decline being very negative. impacting over half of britain this news is very important. the target audience is tose in which are on these benefits typically lower class.  

This is a very controversial topic which pitches arguments and discussion over supporters of all parties. The daily mail here clearly is supporting the vote's to leave the EU. Using hyperbolic language like shackles and freed to exaggerate, emphasizing what being apaert of the EU is like  showing a very biased viewpoint unlike the Guardian. Geing a global and local impact to everyone this news story will easily sell to everyone of all audienecs.  

This news headline presents a very delicate and sensitive topic for most making it very controversial  but enticing people of both views to read. The way in which the headline is worded is very open minded but a statement of may with a biased view. its said quite polite and peaceful however  people will disagree. the image shows a family who in which the person dying will impact. this makes it a upsetting setting emotional for all readers showing happy smiling faces. typically I believe this paper is for people who suffer depression those who have previously been impacted or by empathizing readers. this article being controversial makes it positive for those who agree who want to manipulate views of others and negative for those who disagree.

This Article is typically biased and expected of the Daily mail. its a controversial topic however the headline is worded in such a way that it is very mush against the idea.