02 MUSIC & NEWS: Q.8 THE OBSERVER

PREP
To revise the 'media language' question, you focus on the layout. It is a quick and easy question, worth 5 marks and only 2 examples needed. Please copy the question onto your blog and write the 2 examples taken from the recent Observer online. The answers below will help you.


The Observer online newspaper uses a dark blue banner at the top of the page, this is here in order to connote a sense of formality and soberness. Telling the reader that the Observer takes the news very seriously and will tackle topics head-on, to bring you your daily news. As well as this the colour is also resembled with calmness, almost as if the newspaper is welcoming you, telling you to stay. Reminding you that you can see what is happening around the world from the comfort of your own home.


The main page of the website is well ordered, again telling the reader that the Observer takes the news very seriously. The page has a white background, this is used to show modernity and order. Like the blue banner, white is a very calming colour. This means the reader is not rushed into the page and able to explore it at their own speed. There is limited use of photographs allowing the page to not feel cluttered.

Messages and Values Q.9

1. The major use of newspapers is to offer a sense of knowing
what is going on in the world.The Observer knows that its readers are serious and interested in international affairs. This is evident in hard news articles about the state that the government is in, Brexit, Yellow Vests in Paris, Donald Trump.
2. The Observer meets its audience's need for a range of cultural, sporting and artistic news. It provides these with...The Brit awards.
3. The Observer does not shy away from 'difficult' issues that could make uncomfortable reading, such as...Brexit, the actions of the police in Paris.
4. The Observer has sections which are designed to appeal to
different types of readers.The Observer reflects the diversity of its readership in articles on...Schools and education would be aimed at teachers and parents, politicians for those concerned about the country's sate.
5. Newspaper readership can still be used as a symbol of one’s


social identity. The term ‘Guardian reader’ connotes a certain


type of social attitude and The Observer similarly reinforces


a set of social and political attitudes, and thus identity, in its


representations. For example, Observer readers like to think


of themselves as open-minded and this is reflected in the


Observer’s practice of allowing both sides of an argument


equally to be put when the newspaper is clearly on one side


of this argument. There is an example of this in....Dag Hammarskjold, showing opinions


5. The entertainment function of newspapers may take the


form of humour. It may take the form of diversion into


a celebrity world of ‘glamour’. It may take the form of human


interest stories in which readers are invited to sympathise with


the subjects of the article. Newspapers further offer games,


puzzles, crosswords and the like. At the higher end, sections


such as the New Review in the Observer may offer the pleasure

of extremely well-written think pieces and literature reviews. An example of this is... A recap of the Brit awards, this is a form of entertainment and glamour.

Music video Q2

This video is documentary style mostly hand-held camerawork, de-saturated colour and fast-paced editing.

- Avirl
This video has saturated colour, more controlled camerawork, slower-paced editing.

- Wheatus
This video consists of mostly montage shots.

- Avirl
This video has more developed editing with cause and effect.

- wheatus
In this video, the singer values rebellion, which is seen in the narrative.

-Avril
In this video, the singer values 'fitting in', conformity, albeit to an oppressive system, which is seen in the narrative.

- Wheatus
This video is set in LA, a big city, with its connotations of street credibility.

-Avril
The mise-en-scene of this video is American suburbia with its connotations of conformity.

- Wheatus
This video is intertextual in its narrative (=it makes references to high school drama).

-wheatus
In this video, the singer performs to camera.

-Avril
In this video, real locations and 'everyday' costume for the performers connote a sense of naturalism.

- Avril
In this video, there is a sense of linear narrative (a story is told, in the order it unfolds).

- Wheatus

PREP 02 MUSIC & NEWS question 5: How is media language used to reflect the genre conventions of a music magazine? Make bullet points below the magazine cover.

• the stars take up a majority of the cover
• modernity in the sans-serif
•  pug in the top right 
• glorifying the stars  "ALL SAINTS"
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Exam prep

In the beginning of the scene, we get a slow upwards pan of Brighton's coastline. This allows the viewer to become familiar with where the show will take place. The camera then hard-cuts to a pan of the beach hinting at where the action may be taking place. It then cuts to Ryan in the car with a close-up shot of him, introducing him to the audience. As the two men are attacking one another the audience is shown a reaction shot of Ryan, we are able to see the stress on his face and are able to understand how he feels in this situation. 

Music Magazine Cover

When creating this cover I stuck to red and white colour theme as I felt they were opposites. Red is a bold and violent colour, where white is a pure and calm colour. This gives diversity to the cover as a whole. I got some inspiration from looking at other students covers, I liked how Alex Bond used a diagonal line in the top corner of his Cover I felt that it would be good to include something similar. 

Mrs Mann, if you have any problem with viewing the picture let me know and I will try to fix it. 

Genre Conventions in Soap Operas

Here we are shown the title sequence, this gives a naturalistic feel to the show as the animation is very cluttered and messy. As if it was made by a child creating a scrapbook.

This shows who the target audience is, rebellious teenagers. As you can see that they are messing around with their food, showing that they find entertainment in messing around which most teenagers do.

The show shows that it is meant to be as if it were real as you can see that the table is a mess, and even badly drawn children's drawing on the wall. This tells the audience that there won't be any false aspects of the show.

To stick with soap opera conventions there is always a problem and a resolve, each problem can lead to another problem which is then solved in the next episode, thus keeping consistent viewers.