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American Beauty

There is only one picture of the daughter in the first establishing shots, creates a feeling of blinding nostalgia. Non Continuity editing creates a sense of constructed life, represents a structured sense of life. Elevator music as described by Lester... so boring. Daughter is wearing all blue, however, the mother is wearing red. Interesting contrast. Lester is tilting his head to the daughter. True familial love? Beige, white, off white, gold and silver... eloquent but boring.

Red roses in front of daughter and the light is on the daughter. Makes us concentrate on the daughter, in the centre of the shot. Quite basic shot composition creates a sense that this is normal life. Slow zoom creates a sense of intruding in this scene. Fake interest by Lester makes Lester seem quite psychopathic in attitude, creating fake interest to manipulate his daughter into a certain position. Lester recoils in seat, creates a further sense of pitiful uselessness in the character Lester.

Red lipstick on mom, this is more of the mise en scene, using makeup and wardrobe to show who is the most masculine, in charge and the most prominent, in the case of the American flag, it is one of the most prominent and over bearing colours. To further this point is the fact that Lester is far from alpha, murmuring his opinion under his breath, a far cry from the later dinner scene. White wine ~ symbolizes everyday life.

Hand held camera, almost V/H/S feeling, like a home video. Harkens back to the beginning where it records a woman asking for someone to die. All white and blue now mother is gone, symbolizes a lack of dominance in the area except the daughter. Music is melodic, makes him seem creepy but innocent?

News

Daily Mail

Below is an analysis of the Mail Online...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

The Mail Online, and its physical counterpart the daily mail, are more right wing newspapers as a whole and take the form of soft news about celebrities and scandals to attract a lower to middle class audience. This is seen in the side bar on the right with advertisements and news articles showing a general "click bait" title to the stories and advertisements, such as "Furry cute! Hugh Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness and their daughter Ava, 12, take their adorable dogs for a stroll in New York..."

This clearly is formatted in an easy and understandable way, seen in the article to the right. Well written with a low reading age, using typical techniques of a tabloid newspaper to create as wide of an audience as possible. This, however, is the most accessible and popular online news provider, as most people want to ignore the socio-political intricacies of the modern world, such as the reason North Korea is actually doing or the different positions of communism, such as Marxism, Leninism, Marxism-Leninism and Stalinism. However, personally I can't blame them for dong this, as this is the only way to stay a float in a collapsing and failing form of media.

The Mail Online's main revenue is from the ads, this is why the advertisements are much more prominent in this website.

The Guardian

Below is an analysis of The Guardian...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk

The Guardian, with the physical counterpart being named the same thing, are more left wing newspaper as a whole and take the form of hard news, including the political strife of the LGBTQIA+ community and the political instability of the UK and the House of Commons with the weak percentage the conservatives have. This is seen in the general layout of the website, with most stories having less space than before, with only one article being less serious, even though the article exclaims the white washing of media, quite a serious problem as most of the Oscars is conquered by white actors.

This clearly is formatted in a clear way, with an excessive amount of writing as seen in the article to the right. Well written with a high reading age and a needed high understanding of the world, economy and socio-political issues, using typical broadsheet techniques in a compact fashion, named Berliner, to reach a wider audience than broadsheet newspaper could, however, not as many as a tabloid could. There is also a less demanding force of ads n the guardian, that is clear and evident in the two pictures when compared together. Most of the people who read this are probably young, left wing and expect more, as this layout of website is ten times more professional in aesthetic than the Online Mail could ever be.

The Guardian's main revenue is donations, keeping the socialist ideologies alive in the brand

Arabella by Arctic Monkeys

Analysis of Arabella by Arctic Monkeys.

Throughout this video is an overabundance of scantily clad women.

Through out the video is the use of cinematography and editing to make the video seem more amateur than professional, with the idea of the video going backwards mimicking a reel going backwards and stuttering in old home videos, used in the music video Mockingbird to create a sense of familiarity in the music video. Like an old V/H/S tape. I believe this was used to denounce the overly sexual vibes by adding a more family tone, however it can be seen as an uncomfortable mix of both to create a feeling of weirdness on the Directors part.

At about 11 seconds is a woman dis robing her leopard skin fur coat to reveal a tight corset that reveals quite a lot of herself. This carries on for 15 seconds as a man says something with a fuzzed out telephone effect. This could have been done to slowly show the audience what kind of video they are watching, it is however, a woman, I am presuming, of the night undressing with an odd old film, V/H/S type of effect which makes me as a watcher uncomfortable with the video.

At about 33 seconds is an odd scene of a woman seductively kissing a mans neck as he tries to resist, she grabs his face and continues the kiss. This can be seen as the woman being dominant and owning her sexuality, however, with my view on what occupation the women have in this video, I believe it is a man of power which has hired this woman to do this.

It also, through out the the video uses the gaze to represent the lead singer, Alex, in a sexually provocative way, zooming in on his face and body to demonstrate male sexuality, this is just as manipulative as with women as it makes him an object of the band, a sexual token of the band, as none of the band, except Alex, are seen in this way.

At 1:43 you can actually see a topless woman looking into the camera distressed, later on seeing her face as annoyed. This shows a male oriented view of a woman, but instead shows the repercussions of such a thing. None, in this fantasy world.

At 2:20 you can actually see a woman on her knees, looking up towards a man topless. This shows the sexual, carnal desires of the man and the mostly male perspective on what is attractive.

This sort of immagery is seen throughout the music video, as this is a sexual establishment for men.

Mood Board

Representation of Teenagers in the Online Mail

Representation of Teenagers in the Online Mail

This picture shows a teenage with a bottle of alcohol in a position of discomfort, passed out drunk. This shows the audience the irresponsible nature of this teenager, which was made to, within the context of the article, represent all teenagers. This representation of teenagers shows the stereotyped nature of teens within media, seen in all types of media (i.e. Films, TV, News, Video Games, etc.). Throughout the article there is the use of proper language to describe how areas of the Brain thins. The language overall is actually much more advanced than predicted. However,  they are still extremely accessible.

This pictures shows a teenager being giving drugs by a person in a hoodie who is black which is possibly a stereotype of black people seen through out media. This shows the audience first of all that only people who dress in chavvy clothes are the only people who will buy and sell drugs. This representation of teenagers shows the stereotypes of race and different social and economic background. Throughout this article is a professional standpoint on the problem of drugs in school, which is strange.

This picture shows a picture known as a meme, discussing the random nature of a GCSE question. The audience reading this would think that all teens share this opinion and that the teens that believe this are self entitled and should get over themselves, however, this representation of teens was made to force the opinion that teens never take anything seriously and that the use of the meme almost is not just for the current topic of discussion. However, memes are a way to communicate issues through comedy, which has been used by the government during world war one, so this is biased and only guards the opinions  of adults by using this to mock teenagers. The language throughout the article is actually quite derogatory towards the teens and takes a changes perspective on the previous articles, taking a much more passive aggressive approach, being quite biased.

This picture shows a young teenager asleep on his laptop, showing the idea that the teen fell asleep whilst using his laptop. This shows the audience the over dependence teens have on technology and makes the audience stereotype all teens as this. This representation of teens shows the over dependence of technology in our modern era. The language used in this article is once again very simple, but they take a serious approach on the subject. However, this is almost completely trumped by the headings used, creating an immature view on the subject. 

This picture shows four teenager on their phones, possibly friends, sitting together but not socializing in person. This shows the audience the anti-social ways that teens have these days. This representation of teenagers show the how social media is actually anti social from most perspective. The language throughout this article is fair and balanced, for the idea presented. However, it does bash the teenagers a bit too much and stereotypes all teenagers.



Overall, the representation of teenagers in the Online Mail is, surprisingly, balanced. However, the titles with all of the articles, also the headings, are very broad and, to use internet terminology, click baity, which is to increase traffic to the website, this however objectively makes the whole article worse from a teens perspective and any young persons perspective.