Weekly News

"Eva Carneiro reveals death threats after clash with Jose Mourinho"

When I read this article on SKY News, I was immediatly interested because although sexism in sport is hugely recognised, I never see it argued or made a big deal out of. 

This article reports how Eva Carneiro, former first team doctor of Chelsea FC, left working with the team after having to TACKLE (HAHAHAHA) discrimination from the clubs manager and other members of the team, of what she believes to be based on her gender. 

The sports medicine specialist stated "It is widely accepted that football has a discrimination problem. I really do feel that way, but I think it is the least challenged form of discrimination"

As previously stated, I definitely agree with Eva. 

Female football players get much less publicity than male footballers and despite her not participating in playing the sport, Eva's story has not recieved a huge level of publicity either. This could possibly be because media (newspapers, news channels) do not want to have to publish articles that could possibly cause controversy against them from a football fan base, as football is a worldwide loved sport and therefore potentially jeopardise their audience, espeicially since Chealsea FC is a professional, premier league team.

AMY

Amy is a documentary film storytelling the life of Amy Winehouse and her life journey. The director, Asif Kapadia, used archived, founded footage of the star and arranged them in order to construct the narrative of the film. 
In addition to using dug up video footage, Asif also managed to get hold of some old voicemail messages. 
Amy's story is told by her close friends, family and people who had been aquatinted with her. This makes it much more personal feeling and increases the realism of the film. 'Amy' is an exploitation of Amy Winehouse's life which many people most likely did not know the real story to. 

Regional Identity - during the film we constantly hear Amy speak about London. This implies she was proud of where she was from and always was remembering her roots. 

Gender - Amy frequently was referred to as vulnerable in relation to her drug abuse. She is also expressed to as weak as she was choosing not to stop. She wanted to do the drugs in order to 'keep up' with Blake. This is a negative representation of women as it insinuates that women do anything to keep males happy. 

Religion - On numerous occasions, Amy mentioned that she was Jewish. This could imply that she is proud of her religion. 

Issues - The film is focused around drugs and reflects the lifestyle of a heavy drug abuser. This could be an urgin for people considering drugs not to do it and represents how dangerous substances are. 





NGL THIS IS TO BE COMPLETED 

Songs I listened to growing up: ain't that just the way - Lutricia McNeal // tease me - Chaka Demus and pliers // flowers - sweet female attitude 

During Secondary School: ignition remix - r Kelly // beautiful girls - Sean Kingston // thinking out loud - ed sheeran

Weekly News 

"Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win ATP World Tour Finals title and seal world number one spot" 

This article, from BBC sport, is covering the success of Andy Murray, tennis player, as he beat his opponent in a final game and became world number 2. 

The article presents that Andy Murray is staying humble as he said "It's something I never expected". This can be seen as admirable because with success or fame, a lot of people seem to act superior. However, this world class sportsman has stayed true to himself and his supporters. 

This article is a strong representation of regional and national identity. Andy Murray is Scottish, however, it is constantly being argued that "Andy Murray is only British when he wins". Implying that when he loses, England Ireland and Wales tend to remind the rest of the world that the tennis player is Scottish and not so related to them. ( https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/34909845?client=safari ). 

However, as he has now won the world champion title, Andy Murray has made Scotland and Britain extremely proud and therefore England Ireland and Wales will want to claim him and express correlations between themselves and him. 

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38046276

GOGGLEBOX

GBBO

Production Proposal

CHOSEN CONTENT: Representation

PRODUCTION FORMAT: Audio Visual 

STATEMENT: "Exploring the representation of young black boys in British programmes with specific reference to Top Boy and Youngers"

I anticipate to make a trailer for a new, urban realism British programme focusing on the life of young 17 year old black boy growing up in the "hood". I aim to subvert my research investigation findings by defeating the stereotypes British black boys face in todays society. i want to still highlight the main stereotypes and conventions seen in many British programmes but overall oppose the typical views on black boys. 

I aim for my trailer to be approximately 2 minutes in length.

The History Of Television

1831 - Electronics started to be experimented with by scientists. People knew very little about electricity.

1862 - Still picture was invented. The Pantelegraph was created by Abbe Giovanna Caselli. Had the ability to transfer an image through wires. 

1873 - Transfer of pictures to signals.
1876 - George Carey anticipates machines people would be able to used in order to view pictures.
1880 - The photophone was invented.
1884 - Paul Nipkow worked out how he can send numerous photos using wires.
1900 - The first television was exploited in Paris at the World Fair.
1924 - John Barid develops the moving picture.
1925 - The public has accessible testing of the television.
1928 - W3XK: first television station. Owned by Charles Jenkins.
1937 - CBS: the first major television network is released. 
1950 - Colour TV is released to the public.
1956 - Wireless remote is released. 
1969 - Neil Armstrong's stepping on the moon is aired globally.
1972 - HBO (Home Box Office) becomes the first pay-tv network in the United States.
1995-97 - Adaption of DVD's.
1998 - 2000 - Introduction to HDTV.
2006 - All analogue terrestrial TV broadcasted are switched off in the UK and scheduled to begin in 2008. Freeview enables analogue television sets. 
2006 - Amazon video is founded.
2006 - 4oD (4 on demand) launched.
2007 - Netflix starts streaming.
2007 - BBC iPlayer launched.
2008 - ITV Hub launched.
2008 - Smart TV invented.
2010 - 3D TV is released.

Scheduling

TV scheduling is the division of specific programmes being broadcasted at certain times. The programmes are allocated to these slots based on many things including the target audience, genre, explicitness and more.

Broadcasters will mainly base when they broadcast shows based on the audience. There are certain times of the day when the producers target audience will not have access to a television or be busy (at school or work), so therefore they will allocate the programme to a time when the target audience will be watching television. An example of this could be soaps, which tend to be watched by working class adults who may use the soaps to escape their reality or perhaps relate to the characters and storylines they see on screen (uses and gratification). Since the working class are likely to be at work throughout the day, soaps air at a later time (7pm – 9pm) when the work day is over.

Zoning is when a channel will show two programmes of the same genre one after another. They will schedule them like this in order to keep a larger audience on their channel. The audience will tend to be fans of the genre so therefore stick on the channel to watch the next programme.

Inheritance is when a broadcaster airs a new or less popular programme on after a highly viewed one with hopes that the audience will continue to be fixated on the TV. This is in hopes to get the newer or less popular show, popular.

Pre echoing opposes inheritance by airing a less popular programme before a popular one with hopes that viewers will watch it during their wait to see the programme they are tuned in for.

Anticipation building is when teasers or spoilers of programmes scheduled to be aired later on in the day are shown. This is in order to attract potential viewers and increase rate numbers.

Hammocking is when a less popular programme airs in the slot between two popular programmes. Similarly to inheritance and pre echoing, the hopes of this is that the viewers stay on the channel and watch the show after watching what they anticipated to and whilst waiting for the next programme.

Weekly News

"Clinton campaign team joins in on mannequin challenge"

This article is reporting Hillary Clinton, former first lady and 2016 U.S Democratic president runner, participating in the trending mannequin challenge. This was a strategy thought of by her team in order to appeal to an audience by using social trends. Furthermore, this would trigger a response from the uses and gratification theory of people speaking to eachother about this, which will lead to Hillary's campaign being further spoken about. 

Social network users have argued that Mrs. Clinton will go to deperate measures in order to attract and audience and many have stated that she tries too hard to act younger and win over youths by trying to relate to them.