Learner Response- Mr Halsey

-Nice engaging starter ans excellent use of humour in delivery- achievement points!
-Good clear opening slide that defines vivendi with clarity.
-History shows research has taken place but for too much text on the slide and you just read it to us! Good question at the end about activistion gets some good engagement with the class.
-Link to COD is good - a important brand
-Way too much text, don't read it to us! in fact, it seems like you're reading it for the first time which is a critical error with presentations.
-There is good information hidden away here but the quality of text and lack of clarity means you are losing the audience.
-It's  good that you have used the headings in terms of control and influence but i fear you have lost some of the key points that we want the class to take away,
-Real lack of preparations and thought behind presentation but somewhat saved by humour and delivery.

www- Good humour to keep the class awake and interactive
Ebi- Practice and have more understanding of the actual information

Advert

Media Language-

The first impression of this advert is something urban or underground as it involves a street artist (Curtis Jackson) that also goes about  the name of 50 cent.

The colour scheme is really dull as it involves black,grey and white but this is effective as it brings the urban side of the advert out.

The advert is split into two images with one involving the rapper 50 cent with a close range shot of him. The other side has a background of finger prints which represents crime and brings out the urban side too. The quote highlights the idea of determination which is inspirational.

Added-
The myth behind this advert is that regardless of your past mistakes, you can not change it so you have to make the most of who you are and what it has taught you. It promotes change and that even if you went down the wrong path, you can still make something of your life.
The dominant reading is to show how much change you can make even if involves a criminal history, so the products are meant to be a sign of making something of your life. The link to crime is most likely to attract a younger audience because that is sort of life that is surrounded around them.
The negotiated reading is important when it comes to this advert. This is because you have to have an understanding of the main person (50 cent) in order to know what change Reebok is promoting. We know the producers intentions is to make something of your past, but for someone that knows who 50 cent is, you automatically assume it is criminal related due to his past and this makes you think that you can still do crime and make something out of it. This is because is a gangster rapper and at those times that is what everyone wanted to be so to see him on a advert like that, it will promote criminal activity.
The Op-positional reading could be that everyone should be a criminal and it is alright to do so as they have someone with multiple arrests for drugs and guns on their advert who still makes music to promote that sort of behaviour.





My Advert-

Firstly the main stand out of this advert is the image of Paul Pogba on the front who is currently a Manchester united footballer who was worth £89 million in the recent transfer window. The two names in bold Pogba x Stormzy suggest two major gifted people teamed up for the presentation of the next upcoming star. The advert is split into two sections, with the left side showing the brands logo and the other of a dominant paul pogba with his crossed arms. The main caption where it says 'First Never Follows' 

Media Consumption

Newspapers

• Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?

   Metro Uk

• What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?

    Sports only because it's the only thing i'm interested in

• What sections do you never read, and why?

Celebrity stuff because they are most likely false information and lies.

• What kinds of stories do you usually read and why?

Stories about football players and if they are available or injured for their next match.

• Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?

Neither, I just pick them up on a train or bus.

• Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?

Not newspapers, just the Liverpool website to feed me information about the players. 

Magazines

• What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why

None

• What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?

None

Television

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television?

I would think roughly about 6-8.

• What times of day do you usually watch television?

Anything after 6pm when i get to relax.

• What programmes do you like best and why?

Eastenders and power at the moment just because the story lines keep me gripped on.

• Do you watch alone or with others? If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch?

Just alone.

• Do you watch 'live' TV or on-demand/catch-up? Do you use any other devices to watch TV (such as laptop of tablet?)

Very rarely i watch live, i mostly used bbc iplayer and netflix.

Radio

• Do you listen to the radio?

Nope

• If yes, what stations do you like best and why?

None

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend listening to the radio?

None

• What times of the day do you usually listen to the radio?

None

• Where do you listen to the radio?

None

• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst listening to the radio?

None

Cinema

• What films have you seen in the cinema in the last month?

Morgan

• What films have you seen in other places – for example, through rental, satellite film channels (free or otherwise) or through video-on-demand?

Honeytrap, All the harry potters and get rich or die tryin are the only movies i can remember watching recently.

• Who else watched the films with you?

No one

• Who decided what films to watch?

Me

• What devices do you typically use to watch films: TV, laptop, tablet, phone etc.?

Tv and Laptop

Online

• How often do you access the internet?

Everyday

• Where do you access the internet?  At home, at college or school, or at work?

Everywhere i go.

• What are the main sites that you access?

liverpool fc, facebook, bbc iplayer and many more

• What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment?

Just information mainly and entertainment.

• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the internet?

Nothing else.

• What different devices do you use to access the internet? What is your primary device for accessing the internet?

Phone.

• What social networks do you use regularly (e.g. Twitter, Instagram)? Why do you belong to these networks in particular?

insta,twitter,facebook, snapchat, whatsapp.

Reflection

• How can you develop the amount and variety of media you consume?
• What will you change in your media consumption habits this year as a result of studying A Level Media?
• List three sources of media (websites/newspapers/apps/TV programmes etc.) that you will start to access this year that you haven't engaged with previously.

nothing else really, i have all the main ones.