My Media Consumptions

My Media Consumptions

Newspapers

• Which daily newspaper do you read? The sun and The mirror as they have stories that am usually interested in.
• What sections of the newspaper do you turn to first,and why? The sections of the sun and the mirror that I read are the sports sections because I believe that the closes thing to fact he rest of paper is mostly gossip and rumours. another reason why I turn to the sports section is because am a sports fan.
• What sections do you never read and why?  The stories that have to do with politics and the government as it doesn't affect me or in my benefit 
• What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? I usually read football stories and crime stories to keep to date on what's happening.
• Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read? I don't buy the newspaper but my does buy newspapers and brings Them home so I get a chance to read them sometimes.

Magazines

• What magazines do you buy regularly,Why?  I don't buy magazines because there expensive but when I go shopping do check football and gossip magazines such as the arsenal magazine.
• What sections of the magazine do you read and not read,why? I only red the sections I find interesting like if a magazine has an exclusive interview with Mesut Ozil or Jack Wilsher then I would read it because am an Arsenal fan.

Television

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television? i spend very little time watching v am mostly on my laptop.
• What times of day do you usually watch television? The times that I watch TV would usually be in the morning and at night .
• What programmes do you like best and why? fresh prince of bell air , sky sports new , day break, Geordie shore, my wife and kids and many more. I watch this programs because there funny and is armed at people teenagers. 
• Do you watch alone or with others? it depends as some shows i watch with my mum such as fresh prince of bell air but certain shows like sky sports news my mum would be interested in it so would watch it when no i else is watching TV. 
• If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch? mostly my  mum as she doesn't get home until like 3 so she would chose what to watch but me and my mum have similar taste so it isn't much of an issue.

 Radio

• What stations do you like best and why?I don't listen to the radio but if I did I would listen to capital FM because it has all the pop stars and latest songs.
• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend listening to the radio? I don't  intend to listen to the radio but if am in the car then the radios on so about 1 hr a week.
• What times of the day do you usually listen to the radio? I don't chose when to listen to the radio but probably when am in the car is mid noon.
• What stations do you dislike most and why? I hardly listen to the radio so I don't really dislike any stations.
• Do you listen alone or with others? usually with others as am in the car.
• Where do you listen to the radio? I listen to the radio in the car en route to somewhere.
• What other activities do you do whilst listening to the radio? i sing/rap along to the songs i like and just chill.

 Cinema

• What films, if any, have you seen in the cinema in the last month? I haven't really been to the cinema lately.
• What films have you seen in other places – for example, through rental, satellite film channels or through video-on-demand? I have seen after earth starring will smith and his son.
• Who else watched the films with you? I watched it with my mum.
• Who decided what films to watch? We decide what we watch depending on which one is the movie and my mum likes modern and action films so its not much of a issue.

 Internet

• How often do you access the internet? everyday of every minute of every second expect when am asleep.
  
• Where do you access the internet? At home, at college or school, or at work? i access the internet at home and at college.
• What are the main sites that you access? main sites that I visit are youtube, Iplayer, 4OD, MTV, sky sports news etc. 
• What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment? the main reasons why I visit those sites are to listen to music , catch up on programs and catch up on latest sports new.
  
• What other activities do you do whilst accessing the internet? I access my other social networking sites such as Facebook and twitter.

Media key words

Media key words.

Credit Block - is a performing arts term used in referring to the order and other aspects of how credits are presented for plays, films, television, or other creative works. Information given in billing usually consists of the companies, actors, directors, producers, and other crew members.

Iconography - This refers to the conventional meaning attached to an image, for example we would expect to see certain items on the screen or poster which would relate back to its genre. This could mean for an action film you would expect to see guns, swords, body armour, etc.

Tagline - A Tagline is a small amount of text in which it adds more of a dramatic effect on the viewer. The concept is to create a memorable phrase that the viewer would remember.

Fame Fatale – Irresistibly, attractive persuasive woman who leads men into difficult, dangerous or disastrous situations.

BBFC - British Board of Film Classification is a non-government organisation which assesses films, DVD and games. They are funded by the film industry and are responsible for the national classifications and censorship of films within the United Kingdom.

Binary Oppositions - The contrast between two mutual concepts like Day/Night, Good/Evil, and Male/Female etc. Binary Oppositions are the things which create conflict and drive the narrative.

Audience - The people who are intended to watch, read or listen to the media..

Enigma code - A question that the audience keep asking but is not immediately answered to draw in the audience. For example if there’s a crime committed and the killers face is not shown it makes the audience want to know who it is and start to make theories of their own to who he/she may be.

USP - Unique selling point or proposition. The attribute of a text or product that is highlighted as being new or unique in the market, something that sets it apart from its competitors.

Protagonist - The character who drives the narrative forward, thought the choices they make and actions they take.

Monochrome - A way of describing paintings, drawings, designs or photographs that use one colour or shades of one colour. An example is a comic book.

C-Costume- The costume for a horror movie was be in contrast to a comedy film.

L-Lighting- lighting in a horror movie would be dark and gloomy whereas in a comedy it would be light and bright to reflect the mode of the film.

A-Actors Expressions – the actor’s expressions are also key as in a comedy film there would be lots of laughing and banter back and forth. However, in a horror movie there would be less of that’s and more of shook, and scared expressions.

M-Make Up- make up for  a horror movie would be like dark mascara on their faces.

P-Props- the type of props that would be used in a horror movie would be ghosts, fake blood etc. In a comedy film the kind off props that I would expect to see would be fart Bags, pranks etc.

S-Setting- The setting in a film is vital as if a comedy fill you wouldn’t want it in a gloomy like a grave yard.

Genre - Is a way to categories different types of media according to its form, style and contents. This categorisation is useful for audiences, so that they know what to expect from the media.

Myth- when the connotation is so well established in society we don’t consider other meaning.

Semiotics- The study of the signs, it asks how the meaning is created rather than what meaning is.

Polyatomic- means that all media can interpreted in different ways. Stuart hall introduced the idea of three 

different reading.

The signifier- the thing that does the communication

The signified- that which is communicated.

Connotation- An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Denotation - The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

why I chose media for A levels ? By Alieu Jallow

there were many reasons to why i chose media as shown in the following;

one reason why i chose media was that it looked and sounded like a fun subject. some of my mates and family members recommended media to me. Another reason why i chose media is that media compliments applied business which is the other A level am doing at Greenford high school. Also when i go to uni it would also compliment sports science and i believe that media would help me be creative. furthermore i wanted to do media because media has a high A level pass rate which helps in choosing a subject to study for two years.
The thing that am looking forward to media the most in the course work which we have to do a two minute trailer and i think i would shine in that half on media, however i i would still work hard on the other 50% of media.