What defines media?

Due to the excessive talk about ITV programmes such as 'Im a Celebrity Get Me Out OF Here', where they find "celebrities" and stick them in the jungle for 3 weeks, and 'Xfactor', where Simon Cowell thinks he owns the world, it made me think about what is and isnt media! Surely media is everywhere. For example, taking a trip in the car, the radio is media. MEDIA IS EVERYWHERE! So how do you know what counts as media, where is the line that lets you know what media is, and what is the opposite of Media? these questions need to be answered...Mr. VS over to you.

Added people and lessons

This week has been more to do with british films than anything else. With Mrs. Francis we have looked at working picture films such as Briget Jones Diary and Film 4 films such as This Is England which was on during the week. On both films we looked to see if they followed Todorov's pattern which, Briget J D did but This Is England fell short at the last hurdle (being the end of the film). We also looked at the types of characters in British films. I choose to study Hot Fuzz with Simon Pegg in, typically British. We had character such as the hero, the father etc, and we realised that the film had each catagory of character.

In tomorrows lesson we are carrying on the planning stage of our coursework and after todays BREAKTHROUGH of having found a cartoon changing programme on the mac's our job will be a lot easier to have frames in comic and some in real life as is the plan. It should be interesting now to see how things fit together.

I have also started adding people onto my blogs.....

Recent media antics!

With Mr. VS:

Today was our first day on coursework. Many ideas were about but we came to the conclusion that we would do an action/thriller in the same style as Sin City. This means we are going to attempt to turn some of the characters into cartoon then from cartoon back to the characters. Although this is going to be a highly time consuming task we feel, in our group, that it will be worth while and the best results will come of it. We expiramented on photoshop today, and had a few attempts at making pete (fellow film maker) into cartoon. This was highly unsuccessful. But as time goes on and trail and error takes place this could turn into the next motion picture. Or not!

With Mrs.Francis:

We have looked at a skins or hollyoaks trailer or episode and analyised the 4 parts. Misse-en-scene, editing, sound and cinematography. All 4 elements were very pronounced in the skins series 2 trailer that i watched. We have also watched East is East and have made noted on the clips that we have seen on youtube to represent how this is a "british comedy". But most recently we have looked at channel 4 films and prodominatly english films with the usual Huge Grant, Simon Pegg effect.

Past few media lessons

We have been filming and edititing alot recently. today we filmed and seen, edited and then put music to it which added suspence and tension to the clipx

Sony - the company with it all

1. Sony has about 95 companies, ranging in size. Some of the largest include:
- Sony BMG
- Song Ericsson Mobile Communications
- Song Pictures
- Sony Playstation

2. History

Masaru Ibuka and colleague Akio Morita founded a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K , which translates in English to Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation. The company built Japan's first tape recorder called the Type-G.
Ibuka travelled in the United States and heard about Bell Labs' invention of the transistor. He convinced Bell to license the transistor technology to his Japanese company. While most American companies were researching the transistor for its military applications, Ibuka looked to apply it to communications.
In August 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering released the Sony TR-55, Japan's first commercially produced transistor radio. They followed up in December of the same year by releasing the Sony TR-72, a product that won favour both within Japan and in export markets, including Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Germany.
In May 1956, the company released the TR-6, It was for the TR-6 that Sony first contracted "Atchan", a cartoon character, to become its advertising character. Now known as "Sony Boy", the character first appeared in a cartoon ad holding a TR-6 to his ear, but went on to represent the company in ads for a variety of products well into the mid-sixties.
"Sony was not first, but its transistor radio was the most successful. The TR-63 of 1957 cracked open the U.S. market and launched the new industry of consumer microelectronics." By the mid 1950s, American teens had begun buying portable transistor radios in huge numbers.”
Since then Sony have become one of the top leading technology company’s with triumphs such as the Playstation, MP3 players and plasma/HD TV’s. In the UK Sony’s started in 1968 when they set up their first offices up, in London. After that they opened their first factory, the first Japanese company to do so.



Diversifying
Since the first tape recorder, Sony have expanded their product range fully. They have diversified so much that they have gone from tape recorders to game consoles. If anything Sony are bringing out too many products.
Here is a list of the main titles of products:
-TV and projectors
-VAIO and computing
-Digital cameras, photo frames and printers
-Camcorders
-DVD and Blu-ray Disc™
-Home Theatre and hi fi
-mp3 players and portable audio
-In car and GPS
-Accessories and headphones
-Reader e-Book
-Recording media and batteries
-Sony Ericsson
-Sony PlayStation

Two Song Media Areas

Song BMG
SONY BMG Music Entertainment UK & Ireland is part of one of the largest music and entertainment companies in the world. It has a broad array of local artists and international superstars, as well as a vast catalogue comprising of some of the most important recordings in history. In the UK Sony BMG organises frontline music companies. In 2006 the RCA and Columbia Label Groups, and in March 2007 also announced a third frontline label, Epic. These three main music companies also release music from many other famous music labels, among them; Jive, Zomba, J Records, Deltasonic, 1965 Recordings, Syco Entertainment and Phonogenic.BMG’s roster of current artists includes Leona Lewis, Will Young, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Dido, Christina Aguilera, Lemar, Foo Fighters, The View, Natasha Bedingfield, Kings Of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Bob Dylan, Pink, Kasabian, The Hoosiers, The Ting Tings, The Script, Glasvegas and Editors among many others.

Song Ericsson

Sony Ericsson is a 50:50 joint venture of Sony Corporation and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson was established in October 2001. Their mission is to establish Sony Ericsson as the most attractive and innovative global brand in the mobile handset industry.Sony Ericsson's press resources section contains recent press releases, the press release archive and the photo library with images of mobile phones and accessories.

adding people!

HOW DO YOU DO ITTT!!!

Nay media

This week has mainly been taken up with work rather than media (facebook). Therefore this weeks diary isnt very interesting! The most thing is used is Ipod which was at least listened to for about an hour a day. The normal facebook checking happened during the week. Mainly starting at around 6. Normal newspaper (sport pages) reading every other day took place. Apart from these two forms of media it was a very media deprived week! I thought id upload my 3 favourite youtube video's to make up for my lack of media dossage!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f7zo5_2gZEI

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k3WhQB7Hq0Q

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wcGNfG6oawI&feature=related

Long way round

Media Studies- Film Or TV Series

Name: Long Way Round (TV series)

Featuring: Charlie Boorman, Ewan McGregor, Russ Malkin, and David Alexanian.

Overview: 2 men.....2 Bikes.....20,000 miles. Setting off from Bulmer Street, London and arriving 115 days later in New York. The two would cover some of the most treacherous terrain that would push them and their bikes to the limit. Crossing over into mainland Europe, they rode through France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada and finally New York where the adventure ends. Throughout their journey they meet different people from different cultures, status and upbringing. During the journey the two and support team (two camera men, doctor, fixer and two producers) have to overcome major hurdles. For example, crossing rivers on the bikes and rebuilding some of the Road of Bones in Siberia.

Classic Moment: For me, the whole series is a classic, but if I had to pick a moment it would be when they had to get the two 4x4’s and another Russian vehicle over a river on the Road of Bones. Calling it a river is somewhat of an understatement as the sheer force of the water almost overturned a ton and a half of filled 4x4’s. This 20 minute drama kept you gripped with your heart pumping, with almost a sense on satisfaction when they finally reached the other side. (which is of course why the producer(s) used this scene.)

Classic Line: “You know Ewan McGregor’s going round the world on a bike like that” – Other bike rider to Ewan at a traffic light.

My Opinion: For me, this is what inspired me to go travelling on my gap year. The way the two explore different corners of the globe, really opens your eyes to the world outside Berkhamsted! It also shows parts of the world that you would never have seen before such as some parts of Mongolia. There are two main factors that made this programme special. Firstly, the relationship between Boorman and McGregor. We saw the ups and downs of the trip that took its toll on their relationship; this gave the series a story within a story. Secondly, is the fact they were on motorbikes rather than cars. This meant that the two were exposed to all the elements so people could relate and identify what the two were going through.

Media Diary..beaut

Thursday!

10'35....facebook on iphone
11'30....library...newspaper
1'30 - 2'00...common room...TV
4'30 - 5'30...radio
5'45...facebook!
7'30 - 8'00
9'00 - 10'00...TV

Friday!

9'00 newspaper
10'00 - 12'30....working internet
3'00 - 4'00....watching film in Business Studies
6'00...facebook
10'00...Bed

Saturday!

9'00...looking at Claires Court rugby results
1'30...facebook
7'00...t.v
8'00...Music at parrty

Sunday!

1'30...facebook
2'30...Chelsea vs Man u
4'30...cricket playoffs
6'00....facebook and an attempt at work

Monday!

9'00 - 11'30...internet
3'00 - 4'15..life on mars in MS
6'00....study
7'00....TV
9'00....Facebook
10'00 TV

Tuesday!

At hospital for most of the day..!

7'00- 8'00 facebook and work


Throughout all facebook or any internet i would have been listening to some kind of music!


Tuesday!

set it up