Friday, 4 December 2015
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Defining Intertextuality
Media Intertextuality
1. Intertextuality
2. Definition The shaping of texts' meanings by other texts.Notion introduced by Julia Kristeva . >Kristeva argued against the concept of a text as a isolated entity which operates in a self-contained manner and states that: "any text is the absorption and transformation of another" Bit Heavy
11. Intertextuality – Music Videos John Stuarts description of the music video as “incorporating, raiding and reconstructing” is essentially the essence of intertextuality. Using something familiar to the audience may generate both potentially nostalgic associations and new meanings. It is perhaps more explicitly evident in the music video than in any other media form, with the possible exception of advertising (and the Simpsons!)
13. Robert Palmer’s ‘ Addicted to Love ’ (Donovan 1986), alludes to fashion photography and has been parodied many times for its use of mannequin style females in the band fronted by a besuited Palmer. Shania Twain copied it for her ‘Man I feel like a woman’ (Paul Boyd 1999)
14. Intertextuality – Music Videos Robert Palmer Addicted To Love (1986) Shania Twain Man I Feel Like A Woman ( 1999)
15. Intertextuality - Simpsons Almost every episode of The Simpsons contains at least one film reference to a famous film scene. The Simpsons also contains intertextual references to politics, religion – nearly every aspect of social, political and cultural life. The grabs on the following slides are from an episode where the Simpsons referenced Psycho
17. More Heavy Theory In 1968 Barthes announced 'the death of the author' and 'the birth of the reader', declaring that 'a text's unity lies not in its origin but in its destination' - in other words there is no longer such a thing as an original text – very postmodern . This highlights how interpretation lies with the audience – that it is subjective - it is the audience that creates meaning.
18. Something Else to Consider The notion of intertextuality problematizes the idea of a text having boundaries and questions the dichotomy of 'inside' and 'outside': Where does a text 'begin' and 'end'? This again is postmodern
1. Intertextuality
2. Definition The shaping of texts' meanings by other texts.Notion introduced by Julia Kristeva . >Kristeva argued against the concept of a text as a isolated entity which operates in a self-contained manner and states that: "any text is the absorption and transformation of another" Bit Heavy
Every text (and we can insert any cultural object here: image, film, web content, music etc.) is a mosaic of references to other texts, genres, and discourses. </li></ul>More Like It! Where a text alludes to, or references, another text
4. Intertexuality Some texts refer directly to each other – such as in 'remakes' of films, extra-diegetic references to the media / society in the animated cartoon The Simpsons , and many amusing contemporary TV ads. The interpretation of these references is influenced by the audiences’ prior knowledge of other texts.
5. Task The following Simpsons clips make reference to Which important Amercian / International event? Which other popular TV show? Which other British literary genius?
6. Audience Pleasures This particularly self-conscious form of intertextuality credits its audience with the necessary experience to make sense of such references and offers the pleasure of recognition. By referring to other texts and other media reminds us that we are in a mediated reality. This runs counter to the dominant 'realist' tradition which focuses on persuading the audience to believe in the on-going reality of the narrative.
7. Intertextuality and GenreThere are intertextual frameworks (references) at work that are less obvious or direct. The assignment of a text to a genre provides the audience of the text with a key intertextual framework.Each example of a genre utilises conventions which link it to other members of that genre. Such conventions are at their most obvious in 'spoof' versions of the genre.
8. Intertextuality and Genre Intertextuality is also reflected in the fluidity of genre boundaries and in the blurring of genres.In a nutshell, texts provide contexts within which other texts may be created and interpreted.What genre boundaries does The Bill blur?
9. Task List all the intertextual references made in the opening sequence of Austin Powers: Goldmember (Roach 2002) Watch the following clip that summarises what we have just discussed... Any questions?
4. Intertexuality Some texts refer directly to each other – such as in 'remakes' of films, extra-diegetic references to the media / society in the animated cartoon The Simpsons , and many amusing contemporary TV ads. The interpretation of these references is influenced by the audiences’ prior knowledge of other texts.
5. Task The following Simpsons clips make reference to Which important Amercian / International event? Which other popular TV show? Which other British literary genius?
6. Audience Pleasures This particularly self-conscious form of intertextuality credits its audience with the necessary experience to make sense of such references and offers the pleasure of recognition. By referring to other texts and other media reminds us that we are in a mediated reality. This runs counter to the dominant 'realist' tradition which focuses on persuading the audience to believe in the on-going reality of the narrative.
7. Intertextuality and GenreThere are intertextual frameworks (references) at work that are less obvious or direct. The assignment of a text to a genre provides the audience of the text with a key intertextual framework.Each example of a genre utilises conventions which link it to other members of that genre. Such conventions are at their most obvious in 'spoof' versions of the genre.
8. Intertextuality and Genre Intertextuality is also reflected in the fluidity of genre boundaries and in the blurring of genres.In a nutshell, texts provide contexts within which other texts may be created and interpreted.What genre boundaries does The Bill blur?
9. Task List all the intertextual references made in the opening sequence of Austin Powers: Goldmember (Roach 2002) Watch the following clip that summarises what we have just discussed... Any questions?
11. Intertextuality – Music Videos John Stuarts description of the music video as “incorporating, raiding and reconstructing” is essentially the essence of intertextuality. Using something familiar to the audience may generate both potentially nostalgic associations and new meanings. It is perhaps more explicitly evident in the music video than in any other media form, with the possible exception of advertising (and the Simpsons!)
13. Robert Palmer’s ‘ Addicted to Love ’ (Donovan 1986), alludes to fashion photography and has been parodied many times for its use of mannequin style females in the band fronted by a besuited Palmer. Shania Twain copied it for her ‘Man I feel like a woman’ (Paul Boyd 1999)
</l>Intertextuality in Music Videos
14. Intertextuality – Music Videos Robert Palmer Addicted To Love (1986) Shania Twain Man I Feel Like A Woman ( 1999)
15. Intertextuality - Simpsons Almost every episode of The Simpsons contains at least one film reference to a famous film scene. The Simpsons also contains intertextual references to politics, religion – nearly every aspect of social, political and cultural life. The grabs on the following slides are from an episode where the Simpsons referenced Psycho
17. More Heavy Theory In 1968 Barthes announced 'the death of the author' and 'the birth of the reader', declaring that 'a text's unity lies not in its origin but in its destination' - in other words there is no longer such a thing as an original text – very postmodern . This highlights how interpretation lies with the audience – that it is subjective - it is the audience that creates meaning.
18. Something Else to Consider The notion of intertextuality problematizes the idea of a text having boundaries and questions the dichotomy of 'inside' and 'outside': Where does a text 'begin' and 'end'? This again is postmodern
Verisimilitude: what is the definition
verisimillitude is defined as :
- 1. The appearance of being true or real Verisimilitude, in a narrow sense, is the likeness or semblance of a narrative to reality, or to the truth. It comes from Latin: verum meaning truth and similis meaning similar. In a broader sense, verisimilitude refers to the believability of a narrative—the extent to which a narrative appears realistic, likely, or plausible (regardless of whether it is actually fictional or nonfictional).
- 2. An example of verisimilitude is the realistic plot or images of a movie that make it seem quite realistic. The marketing for the original Superman movie suggested “You‟ll believe a man can fly!” and as the audience we did. The world Superman inhabits establishes that he can fly and so feels true and „real‟. The internal logic of the film is never compromised and so we happily accept what we see. In the climax of the film, Superman turns back time by flying the wrong way round the world so fast the world spins backwards. This idea is so preposterous it can barely be believed.
- 4. Example Gulliver's Travels The story is told in a first person singular with an eyewitness account. Readers are directly addressed. The background is of the real world Imaginary characters and places with some real world ‘touch’ Juxtaposition of real and unreal world
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Genre for my Magazine
The Genre i chose for my magazine is IT or more so the internet. Basically my magazine would consist of the internet information with recent updates and about youtube and updates on popular youtubers. The target audience of my magazine would be 12-30 , teens and young adults. This is a very vast genre so anything can be put in the content and will be fun to make and do. This genre will completely open with different things to discover.
Monday, 26 October 2015
October Assessment : Component 1 [25 marks ]
[ due by 3rd November 2015]
need to submit a presentation
genre
narrative
camera shots
mise en scene
type analysis
process documentation
Monday, 19 October 2015
How to Recreate a Poster - Part 1
So Today were going to start to Recreate a famous or iconic film poster.My team was given the task of recreating the poster from the movie The Ides Of March Starring George Clooney And Ryan Gosling
My Team is comprised Of Me,Mehr Khalid And Ertaza Qureshi
We have Divided the work required to recreate the poster successfully into these following roles:
Mehr shall be in charge of taking the photos required to make this possible and edit it together in photoshop
Ertaza shall be responsible for providing a similar times magazinge cover and poster-style to photoshop together
He shall also be standing in for Clooney on the poster whilst i stand in for Gosling and also provide the suits and ties to be used for the photoshoot
We have Divided the work required to recreate the poster successfully into these following roles:
Mehr shall be in charge of taking the photos required to make this possible and edit it together in photoshop
Ertaza shall be responsible for providing a similar times magazinge cover and poster-style to photoshop together
He shall also be standing in for Clooney on the poster whilst i stand in for Gosling and also provide the suits and ties to be used for the photoshoot
Saturday, 17 October 2015
How To Recreate A Movie Poster: The Process Montage
these photos were taken/screenshotted on Mehr's laptop after
the photoshoot and sent to me via Messenger
Friday, 16 October 2015
Preliminary Task: How To Make A Montage
How I made my montage
First I set up the document for A4 international paper, then
I downloaded a background from google and dragged the layer on top of the
document. Then I downloaded the pictures
which described the vlogger genre, where I put various artists which represent
fashion,music,gaming,comedy and more. I saved images of the youtubers and their
logos , to represent that . The vlogger genre represents video blogging thus
youtube is a big part of that , as vlogging all started with you and some of
the more famous youtubers like shane dawson, tyler Oakley and pewdiepie are
from there.
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Camera Shots
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| worms eye |
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| mid-closeup |
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| close-up |
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| Areial |
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| twoshot |
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Photoshoot schedule draft 1
the planned project vlog photoshoot schedule for the cover
date 14.12.2015
time 7:30- 9:23
object to be shot books antiquated technology social media to then be inserted with the logo
purpose and camera setting to create a timeline showing the evolution of social media and technology through the ages resulting in this magazine I used a Nikon D3200 to make the shots and created my own white background for simplicity
Monday, 5 October 2015
Preliminary Task:Magazine Logo Design And Influences
Today i will explain to you the logo of my magazine, and the influences i have taken for it. The influences of my magazine , Project : Vlog came from the magazines and their writers.
TenEighty : written by Paul Neafcy,lydia snapper and poppy dillion.
This is a magazine about youtubers and all the internet culture in itself. Seperate from mainstream media it highlights youtubers.The writers above i wrote about , wrote about fashion and different reviews in the magazine. I like this logo per say since it describes within the logo what it is about with its play button symbol, since it is universally for youtube; thus is all about youtubers.
OH My Vlog : written by Paul lang and Wesley Copeland
This is a British vlogging magazine, where it is solely dedicated to the vlogging phenomenon. Where all sorts of vloggers are stared in like Zoella. The writes above wrote about, they write in depth pages in the magazine. The reason this logo inspires me is, because of its laid back font which gives a feeling of vlogging. Since when you hear the word vlog all you think is, that its going to be homey laid back and one on one with the person in the vlog, since you get to see what that person is in his daily life.
Empire : Ali Plumb, Owen Williams and Kim Newman
This magazine is all about the updates on the movies and the movie culture. Where everything related to all genres of movies are given. The reason why i chose this logo is because of its color since it attracts the audience mostly, and this color will attract them quickly and they will have a look at my magazine. Also because of its bold font.
Total Film : Gem Seddon and George Wales
This magazine is also on the film culture and all about the movies. I chose this logo as a sort of inspiration because of this logos bright and bold font. I would like to have this type of font, since it would attract the audience.
Vortex : Kenny Smith , Paul Spragg , James Goss and Nicholas Briggs
This is a music magazine, and on all kinds of genre. It gives information about music on the different genres in the world. I chose this logo since it has a bold font with a bright yellow color to attract the audience.
Top Gear : Paul Horell, Jack Rix ,Ollie Marriage, James May ,Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond
This magazine is all about the information on cars, and basically is based on the show Top Gear and what will happen it it and regarding the adventures on the show. I also chose this because of its bold font.
Below is my attempts at a logo made in Illustator
The first logo is made using the text tool using the best font(ever) :Baskervillie Old Face
the one below that is made using blob brush tool.
I used it because i wanted a creative homey feel, which would represent that this is a vlogging magazine.
Sunday, 27 September 2015
for those concerned that the magazine research i have done is not relevant
for those concerned that the research i have conducted is not relevant to my chosen genre must understand that my Genre ,about the internet is quite a recently established one and as such there are very few codes and conventions that can be followed and this allows me creative freedom and stylistic choice but however other magazines in the genre such as TenEighty Magazine and Oh My Vlog! have taken their design influence and aesthetics in many ways from the use of vibrant colours on the pages and an attractive cover that doesn't feature a model to the ease of the content page and it simplified interface
as we have no pre-existing basis on which to follow and judge this by it is ultimately up to us to decide what kind of image are we trying to create here and thats what i think project vlog is like: a stylish film magazine but its about the internet ,its technology ,its issues,celebritys,products,production,news,chaos and brilliance
that is why ive chosen to have my majority focus on the film magazines and thats what the other magazines are taking their cues from
as we have no pre-existing basis on which to follow and judge this by it is ultimately up to us to decide what kind of image are we trying to create here and thats what i think project vlog is like: a stylish film magazine but its about the internet ,its technology ,its issues,celebritys,products,production,news,chaos and brilliance
that is why ive chosen to have my majority focus on the film magazines and thats what the other magazines are taking their cues from
Thursday, 24 September 2015
film presentation on media analysis no 1
this is the first presentation I've attempted for film magazine analysis
while it does explain the codes and conventions it doesnt explain it in detail the layout of a film magazine cover
while it does explain the codes and conventions it doesnt explain it in detail the layout of a film magazine cover
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Film Magazine analysis Presentation no 2 :the survey
for the second presentation i have decided to take a survey/questionnaire of the average audience of a film magazine
I've asked various people through the use of social media including family and friends to participate in taking this survey
in this presentation you will not only see the questions but also the results and average expectancy of our average audience
I've asked various people through the use of social media including family and friends to participate in taking this survey
in this presentation you will not only see the questions but also the results and average expectancy of our average audience
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
magazine research:film magazine analysis presentation no 3 : analysis film magazine covers
for the previous presentations i have decided to take a look at various film magazines , their histories and the their codes and convention
in this presentation created a week ago that i only now just discovered i attempt to make an in-depth analysis on various film magazine covers
in this presentation created a week ago that i only now just discovered i attempt to make an in-depth analysis on various film magazine covers
Monday, 21 September 2015
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Preliminary Task :How to use Adobe Illustrator
For this assignment i had to use the adobe illustrator software and its various features such as pen tool in RGB format.
This is my image before illustrator
taken at my great-aunts house in July of 2015 this is the image after using the various features of the Illustrator software like the pen tool to trace my face accurately in order to
fill it in with different colours
This is my image before illustrator
taken at my great-aunts house in July of 2015 this is the image after using the various features of the Illustrator software like the pen tool to trace my face accurately in order to
fill it in with different colours
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| this makes me look like one of those posters from the seventies |
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| i look like im about to sneeze there |
Magazine Assignment Research Update: TenEighty Magazine
Whilst Updating my post And reworking the structuralist layout of my blog i had decided to check Google for news about my favorite Vlogger Alfie Deyes and in doing so i found this magazine TenEighty Magazine an online magazine (with annual print editions) about YouTube and the internet culture and it is Brilliant and its kicking my project on its head
its beautifully designed , has a kick-ass logo,and a user friendly interface
meanwhile looking at the blog in general i have to declare that the content is non-existent ,the interface is crap
and also the assignment is giong as well as an oil slick
this forces me to temporarily stop making posts until i get a handle on the situation
its not all that bad though
my teacher Ms. Alaina Khalid has declared that my class has the crappiest blogs this side of the western hemisphere
but don't fear i have some sage advice for you:
KEEP CALM AND................
Saturday, 19 September 2015
Preliminary Task:Magazine Brief:About Project Vlog/The Content i Want To Write In The Magazine
Project Vlog is a hotspot and party Of Youtube And internet culture; a magazine dedicated to the World's talented video bloggers, musicians, comedians and their legions of fans. Whether it’s a catch-up of the latest going ons or an deep debate of the wider topics, Project Vlog speaks precisely , wisely yet with humour and heart.
Mainstream media doesn’t always understand or fully respect YouTubers and their medium, but we do! Written by a team of veteran media experts and vloggers, Project Vlog will champion, challenge and critique fairly, through reviews,in-depth investigations, opinion pieces and exclusive interviews. We will shine a light on the up-and-coming, reach out and support the community and offer a new platform for discussion.
With our fresh insight Project Vlog is more than just strong, reliable and fun journalism; it is a reflection of the International YouTube community, a publication with its eye on the target and a place to celebrate, debate and discover all that makes this society beat to its own unique rhythm
Monday, 14 September 2015
Simplifying the interface : how to find the relevent posts
i have devised a way that will enable people to find the relevant posts i have made on this blog with regards to preliminary task and etc.
i have tagged each post with labels that when clicked will bring up a list of the relevent posts,
so if you click photoshoot for example all the photoshoots come up
i have tagged each post with labels that when clicked will bring up a list of the relevent posts,
so if you click photoshoot for example all the photoshoots come up
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Why i chose Media Studies ?
I chose media studies since it interest me a lot and I get to learn about all things media. Like how to shoot on the camera which camera angles to use and how to use it. Then i can be able to use the information i have and use it in this subject.
Foundation Portfolio
Brief for Foundation Portfolio
Magazine task ( print )
Main task , The Front page , contents and double-page spread of a new magazine. All images and text used in the main task must be original and produced by the candidate.
Magazine task ( print )
Main task , The Front page , contents and double-page spread of a new magazine. All images and text used in the main task must be original and produced by the candidate.
Monday, 7 September 2015
Hello World
Hello World
People of the inter-webs.
Hello!!!
I'm Hamza Hasan and welcome to my blog where I talk about anything I like from the latest TV shows and movies, to a really Good book and even about sports and the weather.
I am from BCCG A levels A1, I started this blog because i have deep passion for these subjects and i wanted to share my opinion with the world at large. I am an A-levels Media studies, Eng lit. and Business studies student. I want to be a writer-actor when i grow up. I'm a very creative person and have come come up with several manuscripts. I can express myself in variety of manners and am great at improvisation. I'm also not half-bad at the karaoke.
I like to have detailed discussions on movies like their backstories and directors and how the movies are made; i know about different films and tv shows which includes from the UK and US from the old era to the modern one.
This is my introduction post i hope you enjoy this blog.
Later!!
People of the inter-webs.
Hello!!!
I'm Hamza Hasan and welcome to my blog where I talk about anything I like from the latest TV shows and movies, to a really Good book and even about sports and the weather.
I am from BCCG A levels A1, I started this blog because i have deep passion for these subjects and i wanted to share my opinion with the world at large. I am an A-levels Media studies, Eng lit. and Business studies student. I want to be a writer-actor when i grow up. I'm a very creative person and have come come up with several manuscripts. I can express myself in variety of manners and am great at improvisation. I'm also not half-bad at the karaoke.
I like to have detailed discussions on movies like their backstories and directors and how the movies are made; i know about different films and tv shows which includes from the UK and US from the old era to the modern one.
This is my introduction post i hope you enjoy this blog.
Later!!
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