Spooks - ethnicity representation

How is ethnicity represented in this extract?

This extract represents ethnicity in two very different ways in my opinion. The first is suppose to make the viewers feel hatred and anger at the terrorists featured in the clip. The terrorist group leader kidnapps 2 of the characters, killing one of them, and then in the extract we see him pour fuel over the remaining female captive. We also see him telling the woman that her children will be able to watch a video of her being burned on the internet when they are older. This is showing the viewers that this man does not care who he hurts or kills to get what he wants and making the viewers feel anger towards him. This character is portrayed in a very negative way and makes the viewers feel dislike and anger towards him. However the female terrorist is represented in a very different way. In the clip we see that she has a bomb inside her. At first the viewers would probably think she is a bad character however we see that she has basically been forced to do this attack. It is revealed that this character has had her whole family killed by the British/American army in the war. In the clip we see her say that she doesn't want to do this and starts crying. Eventually she hands over the detonator and tells the MI5 officer where the captive is being held. This character makes the viewers feel very differently to how the other terrorist did. We are made to feel empathy towards her and feel sorry for what has happened to her. It also suggests that not all terrorists are how we would stereotypically expect.

Gender Representation

Gender representation is important in any form of advertisement. The male gender is usually portrayed as tough, brave and muscular. This applies in many advertisments as the company selling the products will want their models or the people featured in the advert to attract the viewers to them and their product. This will also apply to the female gender who are usually portrayed in adverts as attractive and elegant, which will again attract the viewers to the advert and take more notice in the product. Things like phones, ipods, laptops and other gadgets are mainly aimed at the male population as they are portrayed as more "gadget savy" than females. However things like beauty products and things like that would be aimed at the female population. This means that adverts have to attract and appeal to their target audiences if they are wanting to make a successful advert and sell their products.

Magazine History Research

NME

The NME music magazine is one of the most popular and oldest surviving magazines to date. The magazine started off quite slow as other magazines like "Sound" were selling much more copies. However with the introduction of new journalists and a wider range of articles the NME eventually sold much more copies worldwide and survives to the current day unlike its many rivals who folded many years ago. NME adapted by giving its readers more articles, artists and genres of music throughout the years and was written in a way unlike any other magazine. This was the main reason NME remained so popular throughout the years, giving what its readers wanted and offering the widest variety of music articles. Ownership affected the NME alot since the begining. At first NME was not as popular as other leading magazines at that time, however when new people were brought in it eventualy became very popular. Many different articles and information was put in the magazines, however years after the introduction of the NME, the ownership was changed and so was the style of the magazine. The magazine in this ownership became all and only about music whereas before articles covered such things as everday events, politics and news. The writers and journalistic styles were also very important to the NME. The way in which the stories were covered and the way that the articles were wrote were one of the main reasons why NME was so successful and popular. For example at one point an NME edition was devoted to teenage suicide. although it didnt sell very many copies, it was things like these and how they were written which allowed NME to become so successful.

Music Magazine Evaluation

music mag evaluation

Music Magazine

House Style - Music Magazine

Possible Names:

·         Rewind

·         Sound Wave

·         Ultra Sound

Colour scheme for colour swatch:

·         Orange

·         Light Green

·         Black

·         White

Fonts:

·         Hobo sd

College Magazine Questionnaire

QUESTIONNAIRE

·         What bands and artists would you like to see in a music magazine?

·         What is your favourite genre of music?

·         Would you like to read about interviews with artists?

·         Who is your favourite singer/band?

·         Do you buy any music magazines regularly? If so which?

·         How much would you be willing to pay for a music magazine?

·         Do you base your image on a music artist? If yes which?

·         Do you think you belong to a social class like Chav, Mosher or Emo, etc…? If yes state which.

·         What attracts you to a magazine more, the title or the featured artists on the cover?

·         How often would you want a new magazine?

Weekly                     Fortnightly                       Monthly

This is my questionnaire that I created for my music magazine. The questions I included in this questionnaire would give me an idea on what people would like to see in a magazine. Many of the people who I asked to complete a questionnaire for me wrote that they liked Rock, Alternative Rock or Rap music. This then helped me to decide what type of bands and artists to put in my magazine, most of which were Rock and Alternative Rock artists. Also Nearly all the people who filled in my questionnaire wrote that they were more attracted to the artist on the front of the cover than the actual magazine name. This therefore led me to making the photo on the cover much larger and eye-catching than the title and anything else on the front cover.