Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Applying Fiske to The Inbetweeners

After observing Fiske's theory I can understandably relate it to the Inbetweeners. 

T.V Drama centrally concerns the representation of the characters, usually through stereotypical characteristics. E.g Jay lying about his sexual conquests to impress his friends and Will wearing glasses coining him as the 'Uncool Nerd'.  The use of stylistic conventions allows the audience to develop a sense of familiarity with the programme's characters and possibly being able to relate to their characteristics; as all four characters are diverse, but the generic stereotypes are understood by the mixed audience of adults and young people. 

As opposed to Althusser's idea that the ISA are prominent in society or in the Media this is seen through the adults and older generation. The Inbetweeners almost conveys a role reversal of this, making the youth seem to be the dominant ideology. In S1Ep3 Simon is seen taking a driving test, his Middle Aged female instructor begins to touch and attempts of seduce Simon, however his naive and nervous personality sees him as a victim. This role reversal essentially mocks the adult generation as the character of the instructor is seen as attempting to dominate the youth but not succeed, and Simon's innocence over rules this as the T.V Dramas incentive is to show the life and friendship between four teenage boys in suburban London, using the real experiences of the writers and directors. Furthermore, making it humorous and a positive representation for young people as it does not portray them in a way to create a stigma about the youth. 

Applying theory to Harry Brown (Adorno and Althusser)

Harry Brown is a film created to provide a negative representation of young people, thus reinforcing the dominant ideology; Harry Brown (representing adults) and The Police. 

The audience can grasp a sense of realism which can be seen trough Adorno's theory of repetition of realism and sameness. The footage shot in Ayelsbury Estate depicts a realistic outlook and essentially the behaviour shown by the youths who like there; this is shown mainly through Noel. Therefore, we can understand through using real life locations we can almost feel threatened an fearful of the behaviour being demonstrated to us, therefore inforcing a negative portrayal of the younger generation. 

Moreover, Althusser's ideology surrounding the ISA can also promote Harry Brown's violence as being justified I the film, despite the fact he, like the youths takes part in murderous activities. Harry Brown reinforces the dominant ideology due to being represented as a 'hero' who eradicates the danger and violence created by the young people, bringing a sense of moral code back into his area of residence. This is frequently shown in the film as there are several occasions where there are over the shoulder shots of Harry looking over the violence. This use of camera allows the mature audience to side with Harry ie to feeling encouraged by his position on the estate. 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Media created by young people

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ZmM7zPLyl 

'Why I hate school but love Education'
- Has over 4million hits
- By British teens, and is in spoken word form
- Viral success on social media: Facebook/ Twitter 

Monday, April 21, 2014

Making is Connecting

Making is Connecting:
When you put materials you make something new, you make something innovative and you make something different.

Creativity begins with people, new ideas and new forms of doing things connects people, it fuses people together when you've made something and want to put it out into the world.

when you make something, you put it out into the world, fusing you in the world, participating in the world and becoming part of the environment.

The internet in modern day has now created a big part in connecting. Social networks and other platforms on the internet bring people together that don't necessarily live close to each other.

John Ruskin: Criticised for loving these quirky art sculptures, the reason he liked them was the originality, the unfinished pieces show a makers productivity, 'the spirit of a maker', someone that wanted to show something to the world and did it.

Motivation: People like to have the sense of themselves within the world, being part of something bigger, making themselves known to possibly produce an impact in the world, being recognised: someone that likes to contribute to world in knowing something.

Example of Media by Young People



Swearing upon swearing, but i can't lie, I have a soft spot for Ayy Online. His videos are crude but I guess it is relevant to what we are doing as it does show a teen reacting to news about another teen (or child) getting pregnant.




This video also gets me everytime. Nothing better than pranking your dad to think he got burgled, and of course, filming the results. Great acting skills btw.

Examples of Media by Young People


 Singing about love  
Singing about a girls beauty which is really nice
 
 singing

Example of media products by young people