Ellie's GCSE Media Blog

 Wednesday 30th April 2025

 how far do the two music videos reinforce gender stereotypes? The first music video is by Taylor Swift called 'The man' In the song, Taylor Swift imagines how her life would be different if she were a man. Presenting a hypermasculine persona which highlights privileges and behaviors often associated with men, while also criticizing the standards women face in society. The song/music video show how men might be seen as "fearless leaders" which whom benefit from social expectations that are sometimes not applied to women. For example, the "man" character in the video is shown being rewarded for his behavior, even though it's disrespectful or harmful. The second music video is by Stormzy called Superheroes, The lyrics are meant to encouragement to "young black kings" and "young black queens" to realise their power and potential.

  Homework! to look at socials screenshot example three examples they use them for personal, voice opinions on topics or issue, interaction of fans

 How do music videos reflect the time in which they were made? Refer to Waterfalls (TLC, 1995) to support your points Throughout the decades music videos has gotten more advanced, the first music video was created in 1894 by Edward B Marks and Joe stern it was called 'The little lost child' it was made by a series of projected still images accompanied by a live music performance of the song.  The music video of  Bohemian rhapsody which came out November 20th 1975 by Queen was first shown on TOTP 10 days after filming, as the song climbed the charts and became the band's first US top 10. In the UK, it went on to hit no.1 for 9 ongoing weeks, a record at the time, using lighting, having 70s hair cuts and stage performance footage queen managed to create a 5mins and 55 seconds of masterpiece. On Saturday 1st August 1981, at 12:01 am Eastern time, MTV was launched with the words "ladies and Gentlemen, rock n roll" spoken by John Lack. played over the footage of the fi...

  Explain how SOCIAL & CULTURAL context has influenced advertising. Refer to the This Girl Can advert to support your points. [5] HINTS: Social & Cultural Context  • how the product reflects what was happening in society at the time in which it was made through its use of media language, genre conventions, representations, themes, values, messages and viewpoints  • how the product reflects what was normal in the time in which it was made through aspects of its production, distribution, marketing, regulation, circulation and audience consumption.  Firstly, social & cultural context is the way people interact with their social groups and how these social groups influence different people and how they develop throughout their lives, Referring to the 'This girl can' advert which is a campaign that was launched in January 15th is to get girls and women regardless of shape, size and ability to get moving, This girl can believes that there's no right way to get ...

  1 (a) Explore the connotations of the costumes of two characters in the BBC Crime Drama Luther. (8) the connotations of Luther's costume in the BBC Crime Drama is   1 (b) Explain how the character John Luther is typical of the TV crime drama genre. (12) One way the protagonist John Luther is typical of the TV crime drama Genre is by the character development, during the first episode it shows how Luther ended up in the Adult psychiatric ward because he allowed a criminal to fall to his death, Luther then shows different emotional states, showing how he cares for his wife even though she wanted a divorce and found someone new. I struggled with this homework