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Common - Letter to the Free blog tasks

Social and cultural context 1) What other projects has Common been involved in? He has been involved in the Tribeca film festival. 2) What is the 13th Amendment of the American Constitution? This was bought in to change the basic and most important laws in the united states and abolished slavery after the civil war. 3) What were the Black Codes? Thee were laws bought in to restrict freedom on the African Americans and make sure they were available for cheap labour after slavery was abolished during the civil war. 4) Why do people suggest that the legacy of slavery is still a crucial aspect to American culture 150 years after it was abolished by the 13th Amendment? This is because after slavery was abolished African men were still incarcerated or on probation or parole and were enslaved in 1850 and the united states hold a quarter of the incarcerated people even today. 5) Why was Ava DuVernay inspired to make the Netflix documentary  13th ? She says that her interest was visceral

Music video theory blog tasks:

1) How does the  This Is America  video meet the key conventions of a music video? This video has a performance element which means that the artist is continuously performing within this video and this puts out the suggestion that there is no complete narrative but a message is being conveyed about America how diversity is forbidden to some extent. This video puts forwards the notion of how other cultures in America are attacked and the artist performance allows audiences to engage as a result.  2) What comment is the video making on American culture, racism and gun violence? This video is suggesting that racism is increasing in america and so is violence as certain cultures are not able to relate  with each other and may also mean that this can all be a sense of entertainment but also part of daily conversations on the news. 3) Write an analysis of the video applying the theories we have learned: Gilroy, Hall, Rose and Dyson.  This video could be applied to Paul Gilroy's theo

Film & TV assessment learner response:

1) Feedback: WWW- clearly revised the Films and TV texts which is very positive.  EBI- Revise postmodern terms! Revise marxism and hegemony as this is was one of the weakest aspects of Q3 work on exam techniques like structuring paragraphs and topic sentences. 2) 1) Analyse figure one using the following post modern ideas: blurred in the sense of the film genres which mean that its a contemporary media landscape and sequels and parodies offer inter textual references and audience pleasures that link to steave Neale's theory of repetition and difference. genres are experimented with to establish new conventions. 2) How effective was the distribution and promotion of chicken? chicken struggling to be funded as in global market because it is dominated by media conglomerates. took two years from the film being made in 2014. social media  the posters being promoted were effective in communicating genre. 3) To what extent do the representations in your select

music video introduction blog task:

1) What is the purpose of a music video? The purpose is to sell products that are marketed by the music video and audiences gain full access to this. 2) How has the digital age changed the production and distribution of music videos? The digital age has changed the fact  that now music videos are available anytime to anyone and audiences are able to gain full access as a result. 3) Which three major record labels are behind VEVO? What is VEVO and why was it created? Sony music entertainment Abhu Dhabi media  Universal media group VEVO was made because it provides the official music videos in the UK rather than being provided by a third party it is shared through the advertising revenue. 4) What are the key conventions of a music video? The conventions include movement, narrative, lip syncing, mise en scene, song. performance and intertextuality. 5) How can narrative be used in music video? Give an example of a music video that uses a narrative. Narrative can be used thro