Callum S Media studies - long road blog

 Question 1 - Superhuman  Relevant media contexts - UK Gov response to COVID, olympics vs paralympics, disabilities, sexism, racism, stereotypes Themes of sport, positive soundtrack = positive idea of Paralympians, sound of alarms shows the peoples lives are challenging which is also represented by the use of darkness, presented as strong and equal to everyone else. Use of things like blood and common life events like cafe reinforces they are normal humans D&G advert: Expectations of beauty, all white reinforcing stereotypes and the target audience. Women at front and men at the back looking represents Van Zoonen theory of gazing, sexualises the women. Question 2 - Digital technology = website/social media/audience interactions. relate to theories.  question 3 - Include facts of the production and distribution. Say who made it... the effect.. where its set.... the narrative Question 4  Historical context to 60s view of women however women focuses on new ideas su...

 Super human Advert Analysis Fast paced shots - Show the amount of things that Paralympians have to go through Song Choice - Contrasts from the message of the video as the athletes refuse to quit  Use of sounds for effect (drum, screaming, pushing, alarm) shows the challenges Repetition of the footage of the athletes training alone (shows the isolation that Paralympians and people with disabilities suffer with. The scene from the café shows how in some situations and places disabled people aren't accepted or given the same values or privileges as people without difficult. Shows the sacrifices that are made in the scene of the cyclist only being able to face time on a child's birthday instead of spending that time with them due to training.  The dark lighting in most scenes show how dark the process and mentally being a Paralympian is and how draining it can be. It shows someone waking up from a dream. Showing how far the dream potentially can be from reality.  In the...

  Pre-production workbook 2022-2024.pptx Its not completed but i can upload the finished copy by the end of the weekend Pre-production workbook 2022-2024.pptx  - updated version

Riptide and Representation Un Chein Andalou - This film represented gender in the treatment of the women in it, as they get assaulted and cornered and treated as objects during the short film and who should just be willing to be under the control of men. It could be interpreted that the film advocates violence against women due to the amount of violence which is shown and the amount of sexual assault which was committed by the man in the film towards women. This can compare to Riptide as in both media texts, there are similar themes of violence towards women  both in horror scenarios that cause fear, and even though in riptide there is no evidence of men being the abuser or mistreated towards women, that is the impression that is perceived by the audience.  I think Riptide reinforces a patriarchal world view due to the video relating more to how men view women and that they are in control. This can be seen during the scene when the women is being filmed on the sea. The pe...