The next step in
our critical investigations is to develop our presentations into detailed
academic proposals. You will be given a one-to-one tutorial to help you find
the right angle and issue to concentrate on but first need to develop a blog
post working through the following headings and tasks:
Working title
Include specific texts in the title and either 'how or 'why' or both, e.g.: To
what extent and why are video games such as 'Call of Duty' and 'Grand Theft
Auto’ becoming more violent?
How is deviant youth represented in the
British media in texts such as 'Offender'?
Angle
E.g.: What impact are these increasingly violent games having on their audience?
Is this simply a moral panic of the 21st century or is further regulation
required?
Hypothesis
E.g.: Video games are psychologically damaging for young people, and audiences
have become increasingly desensitised to screen violence.
The youth will
carry on destroying anything in their way, and the government and parents
wouldn’t do anything to put an end to it
Linked production piece
E.g.: Newsnight-style documentary video report looking at the impact of violent
videogames on young people.
MIGRAIN
Apply the Key Concepts to your texts/topic by using the questions from
the Summer Research Project to help you.
(Include at least five bullet point/key concept). Include as many media keywords as you can.
Media
Representations
Is the
representation fair and accurate?
Narrative
The main character
has one purpose in the film which is 'Justice needs to be served at Britain's
most notorious young offenders institute'. The narrative contains two sets of
time line one in the past and one in the present. This is because we're
learning why the main character wanted to go to the young offenders institute.
The sound at the
start was an instrumental and it built up tension till the main character
approached the officer. The instrumental was non diegetic and the police siren
was diegetic.
Genre
The expectations
of the film were that the main character wanted to go the young offenders
institute to deal with personal business. We expected this when the main
character walked up to an officer in front of a police station and attacked
him. When the other officers approached the main character to arrest him
he smiled. He also smiled during his court hearing after receiving his
sentence. In addition, we expected Jakes crew to be the main reason why Tommy's
assaulted the officer. He entered shortly after Jake and his crew entered the
Britain's most notorious young offender’s institute. Jake and his crew walk
around like they're invisible and the prison guards are their pets allowing
them to anything. The expectation of this particular group was accurate.
Media Institutions
Media Audiences:
15+
SHEP
Apply the Wider Contexts (Social, Historical, Economic, and Political) to your
text/topic, including at least three bullet points on each one.
Social:
Economic:
Political:
Britain’s youth are not just more liberal than their elders. They are also more liberal than any previous generation
The next step in
our critical investigations is to develop our presentations into detailed
academic proposals. You will be given a one-to-one tutorial to help you find
the right angle and issue to concentrate on but first need to develop a blog
post working through the following headings and tasks:
Working title
Include specific texts in the title and either 'how or 'why' or both, e.g.: To what extent and why are video games such as 'Call of Duty' and 'Grand Theft Auto’ becoming more violent?
Working title
Include specific texts in the title and either 'how or 'why' or both, e.g.: To what extent and why are video games such as 'Call of Duty' and 'Grand Theft Auto’ becoming more violent?
How is deviant youth represented in the
British media in texts such as 'Offender'?
Angle
E.g.: What impact are these increasingly violent games having on their audience? Is this simply a moral panic of the 21st century or is further regulation required?
Are the youth of
2011 corrupt? Is this due to having a one sided view? Are the Government to
blame? Are the stereotypes of the youth changing for the good or worst?
Hypothesis
E.g.: Video games are psychologically damaging for young people, and audiences have become increasingly desensitised to screen violence.
E.g.: Video games are psychologically damaging for young people, and audiences have become increasingly desensitised to screen violence.
The youth will
carry on destroying anything in their way, and the government and parents
wouldn’t do anything to put an end to it
Linked production piece
E.g.: Newsnight-style documentary video report looking at the impact of violent videogames on young people.
MIGRAIN
Apply the Key Concepts to your texts/topic by using the questions from the Summer Research Project to help you. (Include at least five bullet point/key concept). Include as many media keywords as you can.
Media
Representations
Is the
representation fair and accurate?
Narrative
The main character
has one purpose in the film which is 'Justice needs to be served at Britain's
most notorious young offenders institute'. The narrative contains two sets of
time line one in the past and one in the present. This is because we're
learning why the main character wanted to go to the young offenders institute.
The audience have
no clue as in why the main character assaulted an officer. Throughout of the
film enigma code was created.
The sound at the
start was an instrumental and it built up tension till the main character
approached the officer. The instrumental was non diegetic and the police siren
was diegetic.
Genre
The expectations
of the film were that the main character wanted to go the young offenders
institute to deal with personal business. We expected this when the main
character walked up to an officer in front of a police station and attacked
him. When the other officers approached the main character to arrest him
he smiled. He also smiled during his court hearing after receiving his
sentence. In addition, we expected Jakes crew to be the main reason why Tommy's
assaulted the officer. He entered shortly after Jake and his crew entered the
Britain's most notorious young offender’s institute. Jake and his crew walk
around like they're invisible and the prison guards are their pets allowing
them to anything. The expectation of this particular group was accurate.
Media Institutions
Media Audiences:
15+
SHEP
Apply the Wider Contexts (Social, Historical, Economic, and Political) to your text/topic, including at least three bullet points on each one.
Social:
Social representations
of youth in Britain are they sell drugs or use them or
are involved with gang violence.
Inmates are violent
London riot
Historical:
London riots 1981
London riots 2011
Riots about university
Economic:
Recession
Social groups D
and E
Characters had to
rob a jewellery shop to survive
Political:
Man killed by
armed officer.
The youth dislike
the government or any law enforcement.
Britain’s youth are not just more liberal than their elders. They are also more liberal than any previous generation
Britain’s youth are not just more liberal than their elders. They are also more liberal than any previous generation
Issues/Debates
Select at least
five and say how each relates to your study, using the Media A-Z to
help you think about this:
Representation and
stereotyping is related to my study as the whole film is about the youth
of 2011.The film offender have youth that been convicted for different crimes.
But there's this one male character that doesn't fit
that category. Normally seeing a black male in prison people think that he
has been convicted for drugs, violence, possession of weapons
etc. But this character doesn't seem to fit in that category.
He's black male that went to university and ended up in youth prison.
The stereotype is still there but it is as strong seeing another
black male in prison as this character looks down and gets
bullied by other black males for going university. Also
the audience would assume that the main character is crazy
for assaulting an officer. But they didn't know that he was
working class and had a family to look after.
News Values: The
riots where shown between 6 and 11 August 2011. This due to the officer killing
a black man. The youth struck out by starting riots
in London streets. Generally bad
news has priority over good news. This is because the public are
mainly interested in bad news because it’s something that
they need to know as it may affect them. The riots were seen
as newsworthy as it was shown internationally.
Moral Panics is
created in the film as we see the main character assaulting the officer
and the main character smiles when sentence to prison.
Also seeing the riots break out creates moral panic as the police are no longer
in control. One of the characters kill someone and leave the crime
scene like its normal.
Ownership and
control: This film is all about ownership and control. The reason being is that
everyone is trying to be 'top dog' in prison. The main antagonist is in
control of the prison guards and the inmates as they
all respect him. The protagonist searches for the inmates
that attacked his girlfriend and killed his unborn baby.
Towards the end the protagonist finds out who attacked
his girlfriend and planned a way to take them out.
Theories
Select at least
five and say how each relates to your study, using keywords/specific theorists'
names from the Media A-Z:
Marxism and hegemony: My case study links to this as the youth of Britain have no authority to the law enforcement or anything connect to law enforcement. The youth have less power in society as they are represented and stereotyped in negative ways. Therefore the law enforcement and the media reinforces these stereotypes.
Gender
and ethnicity: In the film offender majority of the characters are males. We
only see two females throughout the film and we see them for a short period of
time. Generally prison, violence, crimes are all liked to males. Males are seen
to play act is films like these. If females acted in the film as inmates it
wouldn't be as tensed. This is because most of the
main characters are rappers and already rap about that
lifestyle.
Audience theories: This links
to my study as I want to find out if the stereotypes of the youth have changes
in the film offenders or the film enforces the stereotypes of the youth. How are
the audience affected by the actions taken by the main character?
Genre
theories: We could tell that the film genre was a thriller. This is because generally thriller genres uses suspense, tension, and excitement as its main elements. The film Offender covers those elements. The film provides the sudden rush of excitement, and exhilaration that drive the narrative.
Research plan (media texts, academic texts and websites)
Media texts
what your main focus will be, E.g.:
Other media texts
London Riots
TV documentaries
Issues/Debates
Select at least
five and say how each relates to your study, using the Media A-Z to
help you think about this:
Representation and
stereotyping is related to my study as the whole film is about the youth
of 2011.The film offender have youth that been convicted for different crimes.
But there's this one male character that doesn't fit
that category. Normally seeing a black male in prison people think that he
has been convicted for drugs, violence, possession of weapons
etc. But this character doesn't seem to fit in that category.
He's black male that went to university and ended up in youth prison.
The stereotype is still there but it is as strong seeing another
black male in prison as this character looks down and gets
bullied by other black males for going university. Also
the audience would assume that the main character is crazy
for assaulting an officer. But they didn't know that he was
working class and had a family to look after.
News Values: The
riots where shown between 6 and 11 August 2011. This due to the officer killing
a black man. The youth struck out by starting riots
in London streets. Generally bad
news has priority over good news. This is because the public are
mainly interested in bad news because it’s something that
they need to know as it may affect them. The riots were seen
as newsworthy as it was shown internationally.
Moral Panics is
created in the film as we see the main character assaulting the officer
and the main character smiles when sentence to prison.
Also seeing the riots break out creates moral panic as the police are no longer
in control. One of the characters kill someone and leave the crime
scene like its normal.
Ownership and
control: This film is all about ownership and control. The reason being is that
everyone is trying to be 'top dog' in prison. The main antagonist is in
control of the prison guards and the inmates as they
all respect him. The protagonist searches for the inmates
that attacked his girlfriend and killed his unborn baby.
Towards the end the protagonist finds out who attacked
his girlfriend and planned a way to take them out.
Theories
Select at least
five and say how each relates to your study, using keywords/specific theorists'
names from the Media A-Z:
Marxism and hegemony: My case study links to this as the youth of Britain have no authority to the law enforcement or anything connect to law enforcement. The youth have less power in society as they are represented and stereotyped in negative ways. Therefore the law enforcement and the media reinforces these stereotypes.
Gender
and ethnicity: In the film offender majority of the characters are males. We
only see two females throughout the film and we see them for a short period of
time. Generally prison, violence, crimes are all liked to males. Males are seen
to play act is films like these. If females acted in the film as inmates it
wouldn't be as tensed. This is because most of the
main characters are rappers and already rap about that
lifestyle.
Audience theories: This links to my study as I want to find out if the stereotypes of the youth have changes in the film offenders or the film enforces the stereotypes of the youth. How are the audience affected by the actions taken by the main character?
Genre
theories: We could tell that the film genre was a thriller. This is because generally thriller genres uses suspense, tension, and excitement as its main elements. The film Offender covers those elements. The film provides the sudden rush of excitement, and exhilaration that drive the narrative.
Research plan (media texts, academic texts and websites)
Media texts
what your main focus will be, E.g.:
The film Offender
Other media texts
London Riots
The government
The stereotypes
towards the youth
TV documentaries
Documentary: British Somalis: A Community Under Siege
London Riots
Black Youth Rise Up: Summer of 1981
The Riots In Their Own Words - The Police
Academic texts/books
(a minimum of five, including author/full title/year, e.g. :)
Academic texts/books
(a minimum of five, including author/full title/year, e.g. :)
Representations of Youth Study of Youth and Adolescence in Britain and America By (author) Christine Griffin - 30 Sep 1993
The Language of the News – 8 May 2007
Internet Links
1. At least FIVE from Media Guardian or Guardian Culture or
another newspaper website.
2. At least FIVE from university websites/academic papers online.
Use Google Scholar as a starting point.
3. Any other relevant sites/articles - the more the better.
Internet Links
1. At least FIVE from Media Guardian or Guardian Culture or another newspaper website.
2. At least FIVE from university websites/academic papers online.
Use Google Scholar as a starting point.
3. Any other relevant sites/articles - the more the better.
