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Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy The discography of British  trip hop  group  Massive Attack  consists of five  studio albums , three  compilation albums , five  remix albums , one  soundtrack album , five  extended plays , eighteen  singles  and twenty-seven  music videos . The group were founded in 1988 by musicians  Robert "3D" Del Naja ,  Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall ,  Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles  and  Adrian "Tricky" Thaws  in  Bristol ,  England . Prior to the formation of Massive Attack, all three were members of British  sound system   The Wild Bunch . Blue Lines 01.  Safe From Harm -  Duration: 05:16  0 2.  One Love -  Duration: 04:48  03.  Blue Lines -  Duration: 04:21 04.  Be Thankful For What You've Got -  Duration: 04:09  05.  Five Man Army -  Duration: 06:04 06.  Unfinished ...

News: Online Digital Publications

Daily Mail - Mail Online ( Daily Mail Publication ) The Daily Mail still use over-the-top headlines to try and intrigue the audience in. In this publication they use the word 'refuses' in all capital letters, to exaggerate the story they are trying to sell to the public. Their ideology stays the same online, which is that they are right wing but they tend to roll with whatever seems to be the more popular view and that way can get more people to click on their articles. With the article I chose they try and get the reader to go against Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), therefore trying to make the Conservative Party look better.   Just like their newspaper, Mail Online chug out unpolished, manipulative and mostly 'fake' news stories, unlike The Guardian who spend more time and money into their journalism to create more complete and truthful news. The Mail Online understand that it is a younger audience who use the internet for their news and so they try and create news in ...

American Beauty - Scene Analysis

Representation  Lester is represented as a submissive and pathetic person, this is shown through his hunched over posture and the way he always obeys to whatever his wife tells him to do. This is the complete opposite to his wife who is a very loud and tumultuous person. She is seen as the master at the table whereas it would usually be the father of the family. However, she has to be quite caring as she took a lot of time preparing a big meal for her family. Then there is Jane, who seems to be the most collected out of all the family, even though she is stereotypical confused and delusional teenager. Mise En Scene The mise en scene in this scene from American Beauty is used to express the personalities of the family. For instance, Lester is wearing very bland clothes, much like the interior of the house, which shows that his life is boring and repetitive. It could also show that he blends in with the house as if he is not there, which would make sense as he stated at th...

Favourite TV Dramas

1. Breaking Bad Mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White thinks his life can't get much worse. His salary barely makes ends meet, a situation not likely to improve once his pregnant wife gives birth, and their teenage son is battling cerebral palsy. But Walter is dumbstruck when he learns he has terminal cancer. Realizing that his illness probably will ruin his family financially, Walter makes a desperate bid to earn as much money as he can in the time he has left by turning an old RV into a meth lab on wheels. 2. Stranger Things Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, who lives in a small Indiana town in 1983 -- inspired by a time when tales of science fiction captivated audiences. When Joyce's 12-year-old son, Will, goes missing, she launches a terrifying investigation  into his disappearance with local authorities. As they search for answers, they unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries involving secret government experiments, unnerving supernatural forces, an...

News Values and Audience Appeal

The guardian is a left wing paper, which means it supports the ideology similar to that of the Labour party. However, The Guardian are much more open to other views especially compared to the Daily Mail. You can see this in the covers I chose where they support David Cameron (Conservative), but also go against him a bit where they said he 'attacked Johnson', showing that they are open to both sides on a topic.  The language that The Guardian uses is much more formal and fair compared to that of the Daily Mail. This is to appeal to their target audience which tends to be middle aged, upper class people. The Guardian's agenda tends to be more 'hard' news and so the viewpoint tends to be more open so that target audience gets a better idea on whatever topic they are reading. The images that The Guardian uses tend to be smaller and more relevant than those used in the Daily Mail. Their headlines are also much smaller and less offensive, this shows tha...

Comparison of Two National Newspapers (The Guardian and Daily Mail)

The Berliner or Compact Format (The Guardian) The Guardian was once a broadsheet newspaper, also known as 'the quality press ', due to the more serious approach that it took compared to other popular tabloids . But due to printing costs, The Guardian has now took on the berliner format. Because of these changes, people have said that the ' quality press ' has turned into more like the popular press .  In the cover of The Guardian you can expect to see much more text (' copy ') than in a tabloid paper. This shows that they put a lot more detail into their splash , probably to try and keep the ' quality press ' reputation that they have. The Guardian is a left wing paper. This means that they usually represent the socialist ideology , which is supporting the distribution of wealth and resources in society. The agenda for their stories focus on economics, politics and 'hard news'. The Tabloid (Daily Mail) The Daily Mail takes...

The Male Gaze In Music Videos

Iggy Azalea - Work Watch Video Here The first 40 seconds of this music consists of various shots of Iggy walking down a road with little clothing and high heels, mixed in with a few shots of burning objects. I believe these shots have been used because they got with the lyrics. Right at the end of this section, Iggy breaks the fourth wall for the first time in this video.  After this it goes into multiple shots of peoples' faces in a desert town staring at Iggy as she walks on by. This can be interpreted in two ways, either it shows off that her confidence and eccentric style goes unnoticed or it shows people are attracted to her and literally shows people gazing at her. However, she takes no notice of the multiple people staring at her and is focused on what's ahead. As the music changes, the scene changes to night and has Iggy dancing along to the music. However, when the music climaxes, Iggy and other dancers are in really revealing clothing and are dancing to the...

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How teenagers are represented by the Mail Online

Teenage dealer, 17, is jailed for a year for selling MDMA to a schoolgirl, 15, who died after taking the drug on a mountain camping trip Shauna Davies, 15, died after being rushed to hospital while out with friends  A cause of death is not clear but the 17-year-old admitted selling them MDMA  Cwmbran Youth Court heard Shauna's friends used camping trips to take drugs The dealer, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was handed a one-year term. A teenage drug deal has been selling MDMA to a 'princess' schoolgirl and her friends shortly before she collapsed and died on a mountain camping trip. Shauna Davies, 15, had been out with friends in Caerphilly, south Wales when she was taken ill - and was pronounced dead after being rushed to hospital. Here, they are trying to tell the reader that not all teenagers are what they may seem and are doing illegal stuff secretly. You can see this through the way they called the girl a "princess" schoolgirl. By usi...