Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Monday, 9 September 2019
Summer Tasks
Timeline of Big news and Current events globally
Politics
After Cameron resigned who was running for leadership? Who ran for recent Tory leadership? Who is leader of the Lib Dems?
- Cameron resigned from leadership on the 24th June and was followed by Theresa May who became Priminister on the 7th June
General election results and the rise of Jeremy Corbyn's popularity.
- The general election took place on the 8th June 2017 with the concervative party winning
- After becoming leadrer of the Labour party, Corbyn started various campeigns and talk in order to boost his popularity and ultimatly help him in the future
Royals
2011 - Prince William marries Catherine Middleton. They become Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
2011 - Queen Elizabeth II visits Dublin in the first state visit to the Republic of Ireland by a reigning British monarch.
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee of 60 years since her accession to the throne.
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the London 2012 Olympic Games
2013 - Birth of Prince George, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
2014 - Scottish voters reject proposal by the Scottish National Party to leave the United Kingdom
2014 - End of 4th Afghan war. British forces leave Afghanistan.
2015 - Birth of Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
2015 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest ever reigning British monarch surpassing her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.
2016 - Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday.
2016 - The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union.
2016 - David Cameron resigns as Prime Minister and is replaced by Theresa May.
2017 - The UK negotiates to regain sovereignty from the European Union.
2018 - Birth of Prince Louis, second son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
2018 - Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle. They become Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Terror and Hatered
· Westminster Bridge
Start date: 22 March 2017
Perpetrator: Khalid Masood
Number of Deaths: 6
Non-fatal injuries: 49
Attack type: Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing
· London Bridge
Start date: 3rd June 2017
Perpetrator: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Number of Deaths: 11
Injuries: 48 (21 critical)
· Finsbury Park mosque
Start date: 19th June 2017
Perpetrator: Darren Osborne
Number of Deaths:1
· Manchester
Start date: 22nd March 2017
Perpetrator: Salman Abedi
Number of deaths: 23
Injuries: 800+ (112 hospitalised)
· Jo Cox
Died: 16th June 2016
Syrian war -
Status: Ongoing
Start date: 15th March 2011
The syrian civil war is an outgoing multi-sided civil war in syria fought between the Ba'athist syrian arab republic led by president bashar al-Assad, along with domestic and foreign allies, and various domestic and foreign forces opposing both the syrian goverment and each other in barying combinations
Cultural trends
Films - Top films from 2017-2019
1) Ralph Breaks the Internet
2) Guardians of the Galexy vol.2
3) The last Jedi 2017
4) IT 2017
5) Avengers Infinity war 2018
6) Incredibles 2018
7) Deadpool 2 2018
9) Avengers Endgame 2019
10) Captain Marvel 2019
TV shows -
1) Game of thrones
2) The good place
3) Stranger Things
4) Peaky Blinders
5) The Handmaids Tale
Music -
1) Old Town Road
2) I Don't Care
3) Bad Guy
4) Beautiful people
5) Sucker
Video Game -
1) world of warcraft
2) Apex Legends
3) Mortal Kombat
4) Death Standing
5) Kingdom Hearts III
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Friday, 21 June 2019
Friday, 3 May 2019
Music Video Essay
“Music videos reflect the social and cultural context in which they were made” Discuss this statement through a comparison of the two music videos you have studied. One mv from list A (CBR) and one from list B (DG)
Music videos in general often reflect some social and cultural aspects to them, trying to promote a message or convey an opinion they strongly believe. Both David Guetta’s ‘Titanium’ and Corrine Bailey Rae’s ‘Stop Where you are’ communicate strong opinions and messages about bullying and individuality.
In ‘Stop Where you are’,written by Corrine Bailey Rae and released in 2016, addresses the idea of Carpe Diem or seize the day and to not judge a book by its cover. This is all a popular social topic in todays society as in a world with a lot of technology people can often hide behind screens and not make the most of their life
The video starts with a medium close up of Corrine Bailey Rae herself singing to the camera and looking very angelic, due to light from behind her purposing that she is almost ‘God-like’ and is watching over all the hate in the world and trying to make things right. Contradicting this point, the camera angle being slightly lower than her face and therefore looking up at her. This conveys the idea of her being a more upper class persona and looking down on people. Additionally, she is wearing a bright orange/red dress which typically has connotations of Desire, love, danger and passion, suggesting that she feels strongly about conveying this message and therefore is feeling strongly about it resulting in wearing a red dress.
After that is almost a montage of all the different types of people that get judged and discriminated even down to a dog (due to being a pit bull which is considered a controversial breed). We see a tattooed man with his hands on his head clearly stressed out about something as well as a homeless woman and a un identifiable person (presumably a child). All of these people have their own stories and consequently feel isolated because of what’s happened to them. The main person that sticks out is the homeless woman, the lighting is darker and the camera is looking down on her. Furthermore, creating the idea of judgement as we being the audience are judging her just by assuming she’s homeless. Overall, in ‘Stop Where You are’ There are many cultural and social messages conveyed and how Corrine Bailey Rae is trying to help by sending the message in a song.
Like ‘Stop Where You are’, ‘Titanium’ (written by David Guetta Feat Sia, released in 2011) also promotes a lot of social and cultural context and ideas. The lyrics suggest the idea of not letting bullying get to you. “You shoot me down, burg I won’t fall, i am titanium”. However, the music video suggests that people do not want to accept individuality and people who are more ‘diverse’ feel that they have to hide. This is mainly shown when the boy (Ryan Lee) i walking through the woods and being hunted by the polices almost like an animal. The lighting is very day due to being in night time and therefore is more scary and frightening consequently making us feel a lot of sympathy for him.
Ultimately, both music videos have a lot of social and cultural context and messages which are addressed in their own different ways. ‘Stop Where you are’ uses a lot of different camera angles to show different hierarchy’s where as ‘Titanium’ uses different concepts and lighting in order to convey their messages.
Music videos in general often reflect some social and cultural aspects to them, trying to promote a message or convey an opinion they strongly believe. Both David Guetta’s ‘Titanium’ and Corrine Bailey Rae’s ‘Stop Where you are’ communicate strong opinions and messages about bullying and individuality.
In ‘Stop Where you are’,written by Corrine Bailey Rae and released in 2016, addresses the idea of Carpe Diem or seize the day and to not judge a book by its cover. This is all a popular social topic in todays society as in a world with a lot of technology people can often hide behind screens and not make the most of their life
The video starts with a medium close up of Corrine Bailey Rae herself singing to the camera and looking very angelic, due to light from behind her purposing that she is almost ‘God-like’ and is watching over all the hate in the world and trying to make things right. Contradicting this point, the camera angle being slightly lower than her face and therefore looking up at her. This conveys the idea of her being a more upper class persona and looking down on people. Additionally, she is wearing a bright orange/red dress which typically has connotations of Desire, love, danger and passion, suggesting that she feels strongly about conveying this message and therefore is feeling strongly about it resulting in wearing a red dress.
After that is almost a montage of all the different types of people that get judged and discriminated even down to a dog (due to being a pit bull which is considered a controversial breed). We see a tattooed man with his hands on his head clearly stressed out about something as well as a homeless woman and a un identifiable person (presumably a child). All of these people have their own stories and consequently feel isolated because of what’s happened to them. The main person that sticks out is the homeless woman, the lighting is darker and the camera is looking down on her. Furthermore, creating the idea of judgement as we being the audience are judging her just by assuming she’s homeless. Overall, in ‘Stop Where You are’ There are many cultural and social messages conveyed and how Corrine Bailey Rae is trying to help by sending the message in a song.
Like ‘Stop Where You are’, ‘Titanium’ (written by David Guetta Feat Sia, released in 2011) also promotes a lot of social and cultural context and ideas. The lyrics suggest the idea of not letting bullying get to you. “You shoot me down, burg I won’t fall, i am titanium”. However, the music video suggests that people do not want to accept individuality and people who are more ‘diverse’ feel that they have to hide. This is mainly shown when the boy (Ryan Lee) i walking through the woods and being hunted by the polices almost like an animal. The lighting is very day due to being in night time and therefore is more scary and frightening consequently making us feel a lot of sympathy for him.
Ultimately, both music videos have a lot of social and cultural context and messages which are addressed in their own different ways. ‘Stop Where you are’ uses a lot of different camera angles to show different hierarchy’s where as ‘Titanium’ uses different concepts and lighting in order to convey their messages.
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
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