AS Media 2012-13 - Media Text - Specific Examples - MS1

MOVING IMAGE TEXTS

Link HERE to Youtube's 'My Mad Fat Diary" page. Once there you will need to verify you are old enough to watch and then find episode 2.
"Set in 1996, My Mad Fat Diary follows the story of 16 year old, 16 stone Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months.She begins to reconnect with her best friend, Chloe, who is unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months. Rae attempts to keep this information from her while also trying to impress Chloe's friends Izzy, Archie, Chop and Finn."

Episode 2 was originally broadcast on E4, Monday 21/01/2013 at 10pm.
We are focusing on the opening of episode 2 up until the opening credits.
RICH TEXT
Gender - Female
Age - teenagers
Issues - body image & mental health


Link HERE to podcast of "Screen 6" radio programme podcast.
Originally broadcast Saturday 04/05/2013 at 10am. 

MTVUK Published on 11 Sep 2012 (Youtube)
MTV is plucking four boys and four girls out of their Welsh fields and is sending them away to Cardiff to fulfil their dreams. But will the city be able to handle them?
RICH TEXT
Gender - Male & Female
National / Regional identity (Welsh - from the South Wales "Valleys" (regional)
Age (young adult)
Ethnicity (white British)


LINK - Taylor Swift "You Belong to Me" (2009)
RICH TEXT
Gender - Male & Female
National identity (American)
Age (Teenagers)

LEGO® Friends 2012 - TV Advertisement

RICH TEXT

Gender - Female

Age (Children)

Goodness Gracious Me (clip) - "Typical Asian parents" (200?)

RICH TEXT

Gender - Male & Female

Age (Middle Age Adults)

Ethnicity (British / Asian)

Dior Homme Sport (Men's Aftershave TV Advertisiment - 2011)

Gender (Male)

Geordie Shore - series 4 preview (MTVUK - 2012)
RICH TEXT
Gender - Male & Female
Regional identity (Newcastle - 'Geordies')
Age (young adult)

BBC North West News Report - Manchester Hoodies / Youth (2007)

RICH TEXT
Gender - Male
Regional identity (Manchester - "Northeners")
Age (Teenages)
Issues - youth violence / street crime

Littlewoods Summer 2013 - TV advert

RICH TEXT
Gender - Female
Event - "The Summertime"

BBC - 'Eastenders' - clip - "Christian and Syed get caught" (April 2010)
RICH TEXT

Gender - Male
Ethnicity - Asian
Issues - Homosexual relationships (social acceptance)

ITV News Promotional Advert (2012)

Issues - general
Events - general

"Adulthhod" - CD Soundtrack - Front Cover (2008)

Age - Young Adults (urban London)

"Thylane Loubry Blondeau, a 10 year old model graced the pages of French Vogue. Her pictures got the fashion industry starring and also critics ranting. Some see her as going to greater heights in the fashion industry, while others see it as just being too much for a 10 year old." from August 2011 - Link to further article

Gender - Female

Age - Children

"GTA: Lost and Damned" - Games Cover 2010

Ethnicity - Hispanic / Afro-Carribean
Issues - Gang Violence

Gender - Male & Female

"It's a Boy Girl Thing" - Film Poster - 2006
Gender - Male & Female (reversal of stereotypes)

"Expendables 2" - Film Poster (2012)

Gender - Male (confirms stereotype)
Age - Middle-age, Older? (challenges stereotype)
Issues - Conflict / War

"The Oscars" - Television Coverage Advert (American Broadcasting Corporation, 2013)

Event - The Film and Motion Picture Academy Awards Ceremony 2013

"The Sun" -  Front Cover 15/02/2013

Event - Crime, Shooting of Reeva Steemkamp

"Superbowl 47" - Event Promotion Poster

Event - The NFL's "Superbowl" finals 2013  

(back cover)

(front cover)

"Unapologetic" - CD Cover, Rihanna (2012)

Gender - Female
Ethnicity - Afro-Carribean