Finlay's A Level Media

The Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html The Mail's layout is fairly similar online to its print version. They both contain a lot of adverts of the front/home page and they both feature a large, often sensationalist, headline with image/s to support the article. Both the print and online version contain copy that is just a taster of the full article. The big differences are that the online version contains more plugs for stories on its homepage than the printed versions front page. Also the online version is a lot more update due to it having the ability to add and update stories whenever necessary. The purpose of the extra elements online are to make the paper more interactive. It is also to make it easier to use as some older people struggle with technology so the paper still wants their older readers to be able to access the news when printed papers stop being produced. The news values in the Mail a...

Stranger Things Stranger Things is an intense, thrilling series about a group of friends that go searching for their friend Will who mysteriously disappeared without a trace. This is one pf my favourite TV dramas due to its gripping plot. It constantly left me with questions and I couldn't stop watching until I'd finished the entire series. It very deservingly became one of the most talked about TV shows last year. The show and its actors won four awards and was nominated for many, many more. Hype is now building up once again for the show as series two is being released on Netflix on 27th October 2017. Broadchurch Broadchurch quickly became one of my favourite shows when series one was released back in 2013. It came as no surprise to me when it returned for a further two series. It is the story of Detective Inspector Hardy (David Tennant) and Detective Sergeant Miller (Olivia Colman) and their str...

Representation: Within the scene, Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is presented to us in a very negative way. He is seen to be a 'loser' that isn't able to stand up for himself and appears weak. This is seen when he is belittled by his wife but doesn't do anything about it. Lester appears disengaged from not only his family but also from himself. The relationship between him and his family seems nearly non-existent, as suggested when his daughter tells him that he hasn't spoken to her in months. Lester is also represented as depressed. His attitude and personality make it appear as though he has depression. Another way that Lester is presented is in a childish way. He acts submissively, like a child would, and excuses himself from diner, grumpily, by saying 'I'm going to get some ice cream'. This is a childish thing to do.  Lester's wife, Carolyn, is represented as old-fashioned, powerful and dominant. She appears to b...

Newspaper Layouts: Broadsheet Layout (The Guardian) - The Guardian has adapted the format of the traditional broadsheet and adapted it to cope with print costs. The size of the paper has decreased to nearly half the size of a traditional tabloid . It has adopted a new format called the ' Berliner ' through a process called ' tabloidisation '. Tabloid Layout (The Daily Mail) - This is the traditional  tabloid layout. It is half the size of the traditional  broadsheet layout and contains 'soft' news rather then 'hard'.  Tabloids and broadsheets both follow similar codes and conventions . The both have mastheads , headlines, and images as well as copy. The broadsheet has more plugs than the tabloid and the broadsheet has an advert. The main noticeable difference is the size of the newspapers.The content is also different, which you can see from the headlines on the front of the papers. Broadsheets ...

Analysis of a music video -  Bon Appétit - Katy Perry This video starts off with Katy Perry being covered in plastic, it is later implied that she is, metaphorically, the 'meat' and the men that enter the room and surround her are going to 'eat' her. At this point of the video she is wearing a revealing, beige leotard. This is provocative as she is being carried around wearing only a revealing outfit the same colour as her skin.  The next section of the video sexualises Katy even more. Now representing a piece of chicken, she is being rubbed and massaged with flour by a large group of men. During this she is looking down the lens of the camera (breaking the fourth wall) and smiling. This creates the impression that she is enjoying being touched by all these men and is taking pleasure out of it. After the metaphor of Katy being 'cooked' begins to subside, she is then 'served' to a group of people at a restaurant as their main cou...

1 . Why's THAT in the test? Britain's stressed out teenagers complain about the impossible GCSE questions they couldn't possibly have prepared for The images in this article are examples of Twitter posts created by teenagers after their  GCSE examinations. It creates the impression that all teenagers were having these feelings and thoughts towards the exam questions. It makes it seem as though teenagers all had a pessimistic view towards their exam. It tells the readers of the article that teenagers are full of negativity. Positive words and phrases: None. Negative words and phrases: s tressed, annoyed, bemused, dumbfounded, fuming. These words are stereotypical for the representation of teenagers because they are negative. In the media, especially news, teenagers are portrayed very negatively.  2. Father-of-three, 31, was burned alive when two teenagers threw a flare into his car as he slept in it while waiting to see his children The image used in the article is ...