Font Sheet Homework

Font Sheet Homework

Here is the first slide with my six favourite fonts and a collage of all different types of logos and fonts.

GREEN

Really good piece of work with the right amount of detail and analysis. Well Done.

Music Video Research Task

The first video that I am looking at is very recent, and that is Lily Allen ' Hard Out Here'. The video is stereotypical, sexual and yet again makes the women an object of desire. Also the lyrics are saying it is hard for a girl in the world because the world can be said as a Man's world therefore she is saying that girls are just sex objects and she promotes that in her video, therefore does this connote that this how she acts when not doing videos to get attention and what she wants due to her body?

The mise-en-scene is very sexual. For example the clothing is a latex pair of hot pants and crop top, this means their body is outlined to show the bums and breasts off. There is a clear sign of videos becoming worse and worse. Also latex clothing connotes very sexual or even seen as pornographic, therefore is this what Lily Allen is representing women as to young girls. Is she representing women very negatively towards younger people and just as objects of desire?

The girls have a lot of make up on, this connotes that all girls may only attract men if they are artificial and have to be good looking like the girls in the video whilst throwing their body around. The detonations are that there is a lot of make up, the girls wear small clothing and that it is set in a gold box, this means that girls are there to get the attention and also objects of desire because they invite voyeuristic views. In the real world many men do look for very pretty girls however they would not be impressed with their girlfriend flashing their body about, however this is what this music video is promoting.

There is a lot to criticize about the cinematography due to the extreme close ups on girls shaking the bum, girls slapping girls body's, the way they eat bananas and how they spray champagne over each over. Firstly, the extreme close ups on girls bums is another clear thing that is shown, also this will be very voyeuristic to many older viewers or younger views. Shaking their bums connotes that they are there to be sex toys and attract the men to have sex with them, not what a 12 year old should be looking up to. The girls also slap each others bums which connotes that all girls like to do this and could be seen as an act of a lesbian and also pornographic which is a negative representation for young teens both male and female. Lastly, they spray champagne over each other which could show that they like to have fun but yet very sexually. Due to the clothes they are wearing it makes their body very wet and more attractive to men, this is another sign that girls are just a sex toy and object of desire.

Therefore she is trying to say is that is this the only way girls become successful in life because they are now so heavily criticised if they do not have a good body or looks due to how the media treats girls. Therefore due to the video she shows how music videos are changing and she thinks it has gone to far meaning she starts to make a joke about it, example instead of Robin Thicke's 'Robin has a big 'D' she puts 'Lily Allen has a baggy Pussy' which is making a joke about Robin Thicke's video.

YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THE POINT OF WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO DO>>>

The second negative video is Still D.R.E by Dr D.R.E

The video is set in L.A in streets that are very poor and involves a lot of crime and problems. This connotes that this what black people are like because both of the artists Snoop Dogg and Dr D.R.E, they show how their powerful round the streets and their money, a negative representation of black people. The girls wear very small clothing such as tight hot pants, yet again girls are wearing hot pants to show their bum, therefore is this how they treat girls, as objects of desire to earn money and views?

The cinematography includes close ups on girls breasts and bum, whilst the girl shakes their bum it is a close and in slow motion. The connotations are that these men are more powerful than them therefore they show their body off to get with them, the artist can pick and choose due to his power. Also a girl shaking their bum is very sexual and means that they want sex and it is another representation of black female because all the females are black in the video therefore the video represents the black culture very negatively.

Grading

1/12

C1

You have a number of good points here and have chosen your examples well, but you could do with some more specific examples to help your points made.

T: Use key terminology (VCOP blog) and the technical codes to develop your points further.

Photoshop Homework.2 Hazy Lights

Photoshop Homework. 2

Hazy Lights

Step 1: Under the channels palette on the image press cmd+click on the RGB channel to load the brightness levels as a selection.

Step 2: Return to the layers palette and create a new Curves layer. The selection will automatically be loaded as a mask.

Step 3: Afterwards press Alt+Click on the mask icon on the Layers palette. A black and white representation of the mask will come up over the image. Once you have done that press cmd+m to bring the curves adjustment. This is adjusting the mask you just loaded. Drag the leftmost point on that curve you want to edit to the right, this will black out the brightest white parts of the image. Then click the eye icon on the layer to view the layer as normal. 

Step 4: Select the layer mask icon and blur it by clicking on filter then blur then Gaussian Blur and choose 5 pixels because this looks very professional. 

Step 5: Put a point at around 80% on the curve you want to alter and pull it up this will brighten the area around the light and then the blurry layer will add the hazy factor to the lights or sparks.

Grading


1/12

GREEN

This is a really good piece of work and you have a step by step guide. It is missing a little clarity though, without any print screens.


T: Use print screens to show the process & perhaps consider showing an example that you have made using this tool.

Representation Homework 2

Representation Homework 

First statement : 'In many rap videos women have no identity except as sexual playthings and "eye candy'

I agree with this statement because in many videos such as Blurred Lines, Gold Digger by Kanye West and Still DRE by Dr DRE many of the women are there because they look good and would attract younger men, therefore they are seen as eye candy. Furthermore this will teach young men that girls are just sex toys as the videos get worse and will make them represent the women like this till videos become less sexual. Also having girls in videos doing sexual things will be influenced on the younger generation, this is already happening when Miley Cyrus started to twerk, many young girls are now starting to twerk and it is now seen as normal. However this is not normal for an 11 year old girl to do because most men only come across twerking when they become an age such as 18.

Second statement : 'These images do provide pleasures to some viewers. But the concern is that men may internalise the notion that women are nothing more than sexual objects waiting to be used.'

I agree that the women in the videos give please to some viewers - these are negative images probably being viewed by secondary school students. Therefore, it says that women are nothing more than sexual objects. Therefore an image is created and it could be stereotypical that women should have a perfect body, good looking and is pretty much a man's sex object. In this day and age the concern is that the videos become pornographic because in this modern era with very sexual videos young boys and girls between 7 years old to 10 years old are learning about sex too quickly. Therefore as the videos get worse by 2018 the representation for women would become different from when MC Hammer had video girls. They used to be classy and elegant and now you could call them not classy, fake and flash their body for money. This is all influenced by the Media and most children these days are surrounded by Media. For example, 'Nuts Magazines' have been criticised because they are to accessible for young children because they have not stopped children from looking at their front covers, Music videos are easily accessible on YouTube, there would be no stopping these younger teens and children perceiving the negative approach/representation because the videos are becoming worse and worse.

Third statement : These sorts of images are not unique to hip hop. Objectified female bodies are everywhere. They appear throughout our culture in films, advertisements, television programmes etc. However, within music videos, this is virtually the ONLY vision of women available.'

I disagree that these sort of images are not unique to hip hop. Because in the film Horrible Bosses, Jennifer

Aniston in the film plays are part that she is very sexual towards men, her movement is seductive and provocative and this film was on a 12 rating. Therefore many young children would be able to see what a stereotypical women is now. In the new Gilette advert there are two women in small clothes giving another stereotypical and negative representation towards women. In the programme Geordie Shore the girls are always wanting to pull men and have sex with them, this will tell the younger audience that girls just want to have sex and that to men they are just objects. This shows many different ways where young men can see what women are now represented as. Also, good looking women are now the only vision in Men's music videos because sex sells. The more money the artists make the more girls they will use therefore Hip Hop Honey's will become worse over time till there will be action taken but there is none at the moment.

Will it be to late for when the children become influenced by the negative representation of women and how they should be treated and used?

Grading

1/11

B2

What you have here is really good and you have responded well to the statements. You have used your examples well even exploring other media texts.

T: Try to use key terminology (see VCOP Blog). Pick out some of the technical aspects (Mise-en-scene, editing, lyrics etc) and how they help you come to your conclusions.

Representation Homework

Representation Homework

Does Hip-Hop represent a rigid and narrow version of manhood?

Yes because in many videos men will have a lot of jewelry, good looking women around them, expensive cars and a lot of money. In the 50 cent video he is displaying all that and especially trying to show that he is though and strong by showing off his body a lot. Furthermore 50 cent shows of his money by showing off his cars, expensive jewelry and his expensive clothes many times. Therefore he is trying to say that to get good looking girls you need everything that he displays in his music video. Significantly, a sever amount of times he shows off expensive cars especially in the first scene of the video where he has a Lamborghini, does Donald Trump show off his money? 

The message of the story is that all girls are looking for men with money, cars and expensive clothes, whereas in reality many girls don't look for that - many look for good personality and in most cases looks. Also in 50 cent's video he is talking about a candy shop where he is trying to say something equivalent to a strip club due to the language he is using 'Lick my lolly pop.' This means he is trying to say that all men should have the qualities and privilege's that he desires to get as I have been saying may times to get good looking women. Also the women in the video where little clothing to show their good bodies, many girls show a lot of cleavage and dance very provocatively.

Lastly, 50 cent is inflicting that he will get all these girls not because of money nor cars but because he looks tough and has a muscular build - known as a mesomorph. And he says that all the wimps, weak men who could be nerds will not girls or the money because they need a good body. However Bill Gates can be classed as a nerd but he doesn't have a muscular body or look tough yet is probably a lot richer than 50 cent. This means that pop stars are stereotyped because they always want to look tough and show off their cars but in reality behind the camera they could be very clever and a nerd but don't show that because many people have an image on cars, money and girls in pop music videos. For example Blurred Lines unrated it has girls with no bra on showing off their body and how men who are rich only get them girls.

Grading

1/11

C2

What you have here is good and you have responded well to the question, using examples solidly. 

T: Try to use more examples and key terminology (see VCOP Blog). Pick out all of the technical aspects (Mise-en-scene, editing, lyrics etc) and how they help you come to your conclusions.

  

  

How to color splash in Photoshop

How to color splash in Photoshop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPdMW-3Ohmk

How to color splash for dummies:

Firstly you would want a new layer with an image of your choose, after right click on the layer and select the option duplicate layer. 
Secondly, on the duplicated layer press the eye image so the second layer will not appear then click on the first layer again. 
Thirdly choose the layer which has the image and go to the option on the bar at the top that says image, once you have clicked that choose adjustments and for adjustments choose black and white. Once you have done that simply make the second layer visible and then select the eraser to whilst the second layer is selected. 
Lastly hen you have chosen the eraser tool just click and hold with the eraser the area you want your image to have the black and white and leave parts of the image where you want color.

Denotation/Connotation Homework

Detonation - I see a rainbow going through a triangle, on the other side of triangle its a white line or could happen the other way round. It also has a black background.
Connotation - The triangle could suggest that they may be involved with the illuminati, also they may like colors and like rainbows and transformation, the rainbow changes in to a white line. This could mean the artist is a hipster or indie and may like change because the rainbow changes to a white line.                                                                                                                

 Detonation - I see a bay under water with the band logo in the corner, he seems to be naked and has a dollar with him underwater.
Connotation - He may be naked because his parents haven't dressed him, he also may off jumped in the swimming pool because he really wants the dollar and could get candy with it. The could suggest that the artist was a rich child or always looking for money and now his got a lot of money. Nirvana is something you pursue, maybe he or she has always been pursuing money

 Detonation -  I see a man in a shadow with the word cash above his head.
Connotation - The man may be in debt and that's why he is in a black shadow, also he could be depresses and the word 'cash' may suggest that he doesn't enjoy having cash due to the fame or he wants more cash. This could mean he doesn't enjoy how he earns his money or he doesn't want to be seen.

Detonation - I see four mean walking across a zebra crossing in different color suits down a very quiet road.
Connotation - The men may come from different types of upcoming meaning they are crossing, they also look like a bridge across the road and it may be the lead singer at the front and less important part of the band at the back.

Detonation - I see a coastline, with the sea and farmland with tress, also a lighthouse in the distance.
Connotation - This picture may suggest they like being near the coast and living outdoors, it is also in cartoon meaning it could be made up. Also its very stereotypical with the sea blue and the grass perfectly green, it also has no roads meaning it could be secluded.

 Detonation - In this picture i see lines meeting that form mountains.
Connotation - This could mean that they like geography and like how geographical maps work, also they may like certain mountain areas like the peak district or love living adventitiously.

 Detonation - I see the band AC DC and very faintly back black, and a black background.
Connotation - This could suggest they like dark colors and are Goth's, also they may not want people to know what they are bringing back.

Detonation - I see a Christ cross with a yellow outline and a black background.

Connotation - The band may be religious or indie, due to to many indie's these days liking the Christ cross. They may even do this for Easter Sunday due to Jesus being nailed to the cross. This could mean they believe in God and want to make people see that.

Detonation - I see a young girl with two packs of cigarettes in front of her, also a cigarette in her finger, and has angel wings.

Connotation - This is very weird, the girl is supposed to be a daddy's girl an angel but has cigarettes, this may say that she is not an angel but a devil. This means that the stereotype of a good girl is being challenged and that an angel is not always good, so the artist may have grown up a well behaved person and now is very naughty.

Detonation - I see funky writing with the swear word Bollocks with the band the sex pistols.

Connotation - This may say that they're funky but also do not care what other's think because Bollocks can mean false or don't care, and they trying to say we do not care about our actions and made up stories so here'some music, enjoy

Media Diary

Media Diary

Friday: 

I woke up at 7:20 but my alarm did not work, sometimes technology is not helpful therefore my brother woke me up and we got the bus at 7:56 and I send a text to the bus stop which is using media and found out how long till the bus came. 

I got to school at about and just about survived all my lessons, I used my phone for a little bit to play some games which is also using media, but I rarely used media between school time. However when I got out of school I used my phone to ask my Dad if i was able to sleep round my friends house Jack, and later one.

Later at night we used the TV to watch the super cup final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea where Munich won on penalties. Then after that we used the Xbox to play Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. 

Saturday:

My phone alarm went at 6:50 as I had to wake up early to go to my football training which is Faversham.

Whilst I was on the train I used my phone to send text messages and make calls to Jack because later in the day we were going to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford. After football I used my phone to call Jack when I was back and able to meet him at my house.

After shopping we went back to my house using the DLR, train and the bus where we saw billboards another type of media. 

Yet again we used the TV to watch Geordie Shore and then went to sleep because we were very tired.

Sunday:

I rarely used media today but used my phone to look at instagram and watch Arsenal vs Spurs on the TV, unfortunately Spurs lost:(