Reflection

Although I did not attend the induction lesson, because i originally did not intend to do Media, I have felt like I have learnt what Media will bring during sixth form. Doing this Bridging Task I have learnt so many new skills that i did not previously know, including how to create a blog, gathering more information for my research, its opened my views of the Media genre and what it includes. I am looking forward to the future tasks Media brings, like creating a Magazine, as my annotations of a Magazine cover has given me many ideas.

My only concerns I have about this course is the fact that I missed the introduction, and did not originally know what this course contains. I have concerns that when the future course's start I will not understand them completely because Media is not a subject I have studied deeply before, however I will do the best i can and not give up.

Guardian Story

Looking online at the Media Guardian my interest went to one article about Twitter argues fourth amendment defense over judge's occupy order. Twitter was ordered to hand over three months worth of messages and other details related to the account of activist Malcolm Harris, who took part in a protest on Brooklyn bridge last October with hundreds of other people, who were all accused of disorderly conduct. When Twitter did not hand over all off Malcolm's messages and other details they argued that all the posts belonged to Harris, and ''it would be violating his fourth amendment right against unreasonable searches if it were to disclose the communications without first receiving a search warrant''.

This caught my interest because Twitter would not usually be associated with court orders. It also shows how far the modern world has come, the fact that courts are using social networking information as evidence.

Twitter Argues Fourth Amendment

Magazine Annotation

TV Drama

                                              

 Revenge

Revenge is an American TV Drama Series, Channel 4/ E4 gives a brief detail of the contents of the series; Emily Thorne has arrived in the affluent Hamptons under an assumed identity to gain revenge on those responsible for wrecking her childhood. E4 Revenge

Summary

I watched episode 1 of series 1, where Emily Thorne rents a house in the Hampton's. Only Nolan Ross, a wealthy businessman knows of Emily Thorne's true identity, Amanda Clark a revengeful women who's farther was framed by the wealthy Hamptonities Victoria and Conrad Grayson for a crime he didn't commit and was sent to prison for life. Emily's first victim of revenge is Lydia, her farther's former secretary, who is having an affair with her best friend Victoria Grayson's husband Conrad Grayson. 

Characters

Amanda Clark / Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp)

Amanda Clark and Emily Thorne are played by Emily VanCamp. Emily is a wealthy women dedicated to charity work. Emily is intelligent and extremely dedicated to clearing her farther's name and bringing down every person responsible for his downfall. 

Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe)

  

Victoria Grayson is played by Madeleine Stowe. Victoria Grayson wife of Conrad Grayson, and mother of Daniel and Charlotte Grayson. The Grayson's are a wealthy family, who spend their summer in the Hampton's. Victoria is a powerful, manipulative and emotionally distant to others.

Nolan Ross (Gabriel Mann)

Nolan Ross is played by Gabriel Mann. Nolan is a wealthy, genius software inventor, computer hacker and the only one he knows about Emily Thorne's true identity as Amanda Clark. He was a true friend to David Clark, Amanda Clark's farther.

My Response

I enjoyed this episode very much, as i watched the first episode it wasn't in the middle of the series so i didn't miss out any information or not understand the plot. It kept me entertained and interested in what would happen next. I would watch the rest of the series.

Useful Links

IMBD - 'Full Cast and Crew'

Wikipedia - 'Revenge General Information'

The Telegraph - 'E4 review'

Media Representation

Research

When I researched the term 'media representation' online I found that all media texts are re-presentations of reality. This means that the producers create their re-presentation of the real world; they show us one version of reality, not all of reality. The producer is looking at how a certain audience would prefer their look into reality, in another words the creator is picking a certain media type so that his audience can get and grasp his topic. 'Media Representation Theory'

My Definition

After researching 'media representation' my understanding of it is that the author creates a piece of work to show his audience what his perception of that certain topic is.

Useful Resources

Resources I Found Helpful

Looking through the Beaverwoodmedia hub the three sources I found most helpful when creating my blog were the following links:-

1. Firstly i found the instructions on how to create a blog, easy to understand and follow.  'How to create a blog on blogger'
2. Secondly i found  'Your AS Media Bridging Unit' helpful as it gives you a look at the tasks we will be doing throughout the year, it shows detail into how to complete the coursework and the marking criteria list required for coursework and exams.
3. 'Brief Introduction To TV Drama' This link is helpful because it gives you a insight into what we will be studying about the different types of TV Dramas, and some of the 'sub-genres' of TV Dramas.