DHS GCSE Media Blog - Class of 2020

Exploring the article 1. According to the article, MTV was not as significant in Britain as it was in America. British labels started to commission videos between 1975 and 1980 way before MTV started to.  2. The criteria Emily Caston and her team used was asking the industry panel about works they considered to be landmarks in the development of the form of music video in the uk, both technically and creatively. I however would judge the songs on their popularity and how they changed the music industry into the one we have today. This would include Bohemian Rhapsody, Thriller, Take on me and life on mars.  3. The reason the article says Bohemian Rhapsody is not the first British music video is because a year before Bohemian Rhapsody was released, the rolling stones released 'it's only Rock'n'roll (but I like it) and in 1982-3, David Bowie released 'John, I'm only dancing', 'The Jean Genie' and 'Life on Mars'. The reason Bohemian Rhapsody was ...

A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. The very first people who told us about stereotypes would've been our parents or guardians as they are our first influential teachers. We can also pick up stereotypes in the media and from significant others.  Stereotypes are used to label people and place them in different categories depending on what their personalities and intellect are perceived to be. This is why stereotypes are so negative and damaging towards people. People should have a choice to be what they want to be, look how they want to look and strive to achieve what they want to in life.  Stereotypes are not accurate at all as nobody should have to act or look a certain way. This is why they are so toxic and upsetting towards people. Everybody should have the freedom to be themselves and not conform to an ideology just to fit into society.  The media can create stereotypes as well as challenge ...

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T1. Choose high resolution         Crop don't zoom        Use HDR         Use Photo editing apps        Stand Still T2. The rule of thirds technique is used to compose a photograph to make it visually appealing Rule of thirds can also apply to portrait photography, the highest guideline should be a eye level.    Taken by me

Task 1 Christmas is very much to do with religion as it is a reminder of Jesus Christ and being with family, this celebration is being celebrated all over the world, but can we really call it a tradition anymore when all we do is use it as an excuse to get presents off of our family? Christmas is celebrated differently in different religions, it all changes, even the name, but it all links back to the saviour being born and rejoicing within family. Now, the media has shaped Christmas, it has influenced our beliefs, changed our perspectives. It has created an illusion of marketing and profiting. Big brands create huge advertisements to lure the audience in to buy their products at Christmas. Baubles Trees Phones Laptops Tinsel  We don't need these items, but we want them because the media tricks us into buying these things. We are made to believe that not getting someone a Christmas is rude, when really it's sensible. Prices raise around Christmas, we think we are ...

SOCIAL MEDIA AND MY INTERNET USE! LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To think about how you use the internet and what the implications of this are. Task 1: Keep a log of every website you visit over a 24hr period (don’t worry about search engines such as Google). You may wish to record it like this: Time Website Estimated length of time Device 8.00am Facebook 13mins laptop 8.19am Gmail 6mins Smartphone   Task 2: Create a wordle of the websites you visited. If you visited Twitter more than once then write into your word box as many times as you used it ( http://www.wordle.net/ ) ·                      Post it on your blogger site. I can’t create a wordle because of trouble shooting issues, I have tried to fix it but it doesn’t seem to be making a diffe...