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"ill manors" analysis

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Analysing the music video for "ill Manors" by Plan B "This isn't a song that glorifies violence, riots and looting. Rather, it is an attempt to satirise the views of those with greater means when they judge the less fortunate. Although it appears to promote a self-fulfilling prophecy of anti-social behaviour, it is using media assumptions of the current political and economic situation as a lampoon. All in all a very well written song."-YouTube comments The music video starts with the sound of an old dirty truck with it's engine running before the music starts to set the mood and atmosphere the kind of pace they are in, while presenting an exponential shot of the area. The close up shot of Ben here makes him seem more aggresive and threatening towards the audience which carries his idea of being from a council house and violent. Plan-B is best when he writes about social alienation. This song rails against how a whole swath of society has be

The media and me

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The media and m e Music videos Music videos have always been a big part of my life, my music taste usually depended on whether or not I like the music video. It was always interesting to me to see the artistic idea behind the lyrics, and that's exactly what the music videos provided, they let me see the deeper message in the song. I feel like many people listen to music and don't actually understand what the artist is trying to say, whereas music videos show us the hidden meaning in their words.  It has become vital for artists to present their song with a video, sometimes resulting in the video itself becoming viral rather than the actual song. In my opinion one of the most iconic artists with amazing music videos is Sia. The abnormal style of dance was a breakthrough in the world of music videos. However one of my favourite music videos is definitely "Bury a friend" by Billie Eilish, you can really tell a lot of thought has gone into the making of t

The Media Timeline

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The Media Timeline Woodblock printing is invented in Han Dynasty China at sometime before 220 AD. This made China become the world first print culture . 1439: Printing press in Mainz, Germany : The printing press is invented in the Holy Roman Empire by Johannes Gutenberg before 1440, based on existing screw presses . The first confirmed record of a press appeared in a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg. 1605: Newspaper ( Relation ): Johann Carolus in Strassburg , Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation   1792: Claude Chappe invents the modern semaphore telegraph . 1811: Friedrich Koenig invents the first powered printing press , which was also the first to use a cylinder. 1816: Francis Ronalds builds the first working electric telegraph using electrostatic means. 1822: Nicéphore Niépce invents Heliography , the first photographic process. 1822: Charles Babbage , considered the " father of the computer &

Media Languages: Use of Camera

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Use of Camera Rule of thirds: The rule of thirds is a "rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs. The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections. Extreme long shot: These are typically shot now using wide-angle lenses (an approximately 25 mm lens in 35 mm photography and 10 mm lens in 16 mm photography). However, due to sheer distance, establishing shots and extremely wide shots can use almost any camera type. Long shot: In photography , filmmaking and video production , a long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or wide shot ) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relati