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MIGRAIN: Reading an image - media codes

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  -ReeBoK 50 cent advert: -Technical-- There's harsh monochromatic lighting from the top of the shot, highlighting his intense and stern facial expressions. Its a staged shot that directly addresses the audience, the two images could be representing a dual identity and the collage aspect addresses the past and future. -Verbal-- The anchorage text takes over the majority of the space, the O's could symbolise gunshot wounds as 50 cent is famous for receiving, drawing in his fan-base. The quote directly reflects him metaphorically and physically and the tagline displays how he isn't willing to change and hes set in his ideologies. It may be a limited edition line of shoes that increase the amount of buyers, it may make the audience feel that they're missing out if they don't buy it or that it may give him the same wealth and fame that he has. -Non-written-- His serious facial expression links to his identity and environment, dull colours links to a bleak and exhaustive...
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MIGRAIN: Semiotics blog task

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  Part 1:  English  by Tarun Thind analysis Watch (or re-watch) the short film English by  former Greenford Media student Tarun Thind and then answer the two questions below: English  from  Tarun Thind writer | director  on  Vimeo . 1) What meanings are the audience encouraged to take about the two main characters from the opening of the film? To avoid stereotyping people and to understand that people should always have the opportunity to speak freely. 2) How does the end of the film emphasise de Saussure’s belief that signs are polysemic – open to interpretation or more than one meaning? The ending reinforced this belief as the audience may of had a range of interpretations of what type of people the main two boys were and what their goals are, the audience could've held the belief that the boys wouldn't speak, not couldn't. Part 2: Media Magazine theory drop - Semiotics  Greenford Media department has a subscription to  Media Magazine ...
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My media consumption

Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read? What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? What sections do you never read, and why? What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read? Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others? Magazines What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not? What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why? Television Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television?          7-10 hours. What device do you use to watch television?          TV, phone and laptop. What times of day do you usually watch television?          Mornings and evenings. What programmes do you like best and why?          Anime or animated series'. Do you watch alone or with others?  I...
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First Blog Task

1 )  Why did you choose A Level Media Studies? I needed to find a third subject after english literature and psychology, I was choosing between history and DT but then I'd found media on the greenford website and it seemed perfect. 2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)? No. 3) If you answered yes to Q2, what grade did you achieve in GCSE Media? What coursework task did you complete? What would you say your strengths and weaknesses were in GCSE Media? 4) What grade do you hope to achieve in A Level Media? An A or A*. 5) What are your current thoughts about your next steps after A Levels - university, apprenticeship, work? I hope to possibly find a degree apprenticeship for english or media or have a gap year and take an internship in a media firms or companies for experience. 6) What do you think the biggest MEDIA story of 2025 has been and why? Trump inauguration, world wide tariffs, deployment of marines in Washington and LA or Am...
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