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  Contexts- The music video explores the flooding in New Orleans which is a result of Hurricane Katrina. The video also portrays police brutality going on in America by sitting on top of a police car which has connotations of power as her positioning is higher than the police car, the car then sank into the water at the end of the video which could suggest at the end of the day police brutality can be defeated. She also references black children are beautiful without conforming to the western idea of beauty by showing black children one of which was her daughter wearing their hair naturally in an afro. Star Persona- Beyoncé presents herself as a confident women this is done by her making direct mode of address through out the while video. However she is also sexulised in one of the scenes as she is wearing a tight fitted bodysuit which shows her chevage with suspenders which are associated with seduction and romance. Her choice of costume doesn't just reflect her as an artist it re...

  Format of the show Late Night Women's Hour is a podcast on BBC Radio 4  and a spin off  Temes on Late Night Women's Hour There are many themes on the podcast that women can relate to and find interesting, such as 'Not wanting children' this is a topic many young women (25-35) can relate to as that is something they might be considering with their partner. There is also a topic on Love Island that many women would be interested in as it is a big show about love and relationships. Structure and content of  typical episodes  ( interviews, feature pieces, discussion , phone-in , etc.) Each episode lasts between 9-30 minutes long. Each episode contains a special guest that have a good idea about the topic that is getting spoken about or someone that can relate to the topic, for example on the episode of grief one of the guest was 'writer Ambreen Razia' who was grieving for the loss of her mum. Target audience The target audience of Late Night Women's Hour are ...

  Best Thing I Never Had Style of the video- The video is primarily focused on telling the narrative behind the song. This is done by the video showing scenes with Beyoncé (the main character) with her life now getting married to a better man and scenes where it shows the character in her past with her ex partner who did her wrong. This narrative reflects the song as there are many lyrics such as 'bet it sucks to be you right now' to show that Beyoncé has a better partner now and that her ex partner missed out on having her. Star Persona- The video highlights Beyoncé's persona as it shows her as an independent women as she had the courage to leave her ex boyfriend who didn't treat her right and then she found a man who does. This also shows her a positive role model to younger women who may be with a man who doesn't treat them right and could inspire them to leave. Themes and issues in the video- The theme of relationships and love are portrayed in the video, this i...

Key elements of an independent film Independent films have a small budget and often have to be funded by multiple companies. Most of the time they do not contain big stars. The films can be found online most of the time as they are hardly shown in the cinema. They tend to have open ending and contain a deeper meaning. Who is the director and what type of films does he make? The director of the film is Ken Loach, an English film maker. He is known to create films that reflect social issues and promoting social change. I, Daniel Blake is a drama set in Newcastle about a man who has suffered a heart attack and has been advised to stay off work however to get benifits he has to travel thought the Uk, when he is in a job center he meets a women and they become friends so they both don't end up homeless. Is the film low or high budget? The film had a low budget but for an independent film it was high, of 12.5 million however this was partly because it was funded by the BFI Which companie...

  Radio 1 Radio one has a younger target audience compared to the other radio stations with a target audience of men and women under the age of 29, this is because it contains pop music which mainly a younger audience would listen too. We can also tell its aimed at a younger audience as it contains a writing competition for 'young writers'.  The station is inclusive and is aimed at both men and women, we can see it is aimed at men as it contains things that men would be interested in such as 'match of the day' and it contains things women might be interested in such as the 'di salon' podcast for people interested in hair dressing. Radio 3 Radio 3 is aimed for an older audience around the age of 20-30 . This is because the music genre played on the radio is classical. However the station does have elements for younger people as it contains topics about social media which many younger people will have. Radio 4 The target audience for radio 3 are adults 35 and abov...

   Summarise what    podcasting   is and the ways it is different from traditional radio broadcasting for the producers and the audience. Consider the  platforms u sed to promote and deliver podcasts and find a couple of examples. Podcasting is online demand talk radio, you can use a podcast anywhere and can find a podcast on any topic you are interested in from comedy to news. You can access a podcast from apps available on phones for example iphone has its own podcast app. One difference between a podcast and a traditional radio broadcast is that podcast tend to target a niche audience as they tend to focus on a specific topic unlike a radio broadcasting service where they tend to target a mass audience by playing trending songs that the wider audience would enjoy. Another significant difference is that a podcast is pre recorded which gives the person recording time to edit things out if they made a mistake whereas a radio broadcast is recorded ...

 TEXT Genre and genre conventions-  action, superhero and science fiction. A hybrid genre Technical codes-  Narrative Representations-ethnicity  Conglomerate- a company that owns multiple companies involved in the media AUDIENCE Size- large  Active/Passive- passive INDUSTRY PRODUCTION- franchise and conglomeate  PRODUCER- marvel studios and (stan lee and jack kirby) MARKETING BUDGET- $200 million  Horizontal and vertical integration  They made $1.34 million They had a couple of mainstream actors in the movie which would increase the budget for the movie as the more mainstream stars the bigger profit the movie will make. RECEPTION CULTURAL CONTEXTS  `Representation-  Historical- The film title is influenced by the black panther party in the 1960s California