Media Studies

 LUPIN Diversity - main character is a black male Outfit has classy trench coat with tracksuit- shows that he can be sophisticated whilst also casual Looking at the camera which shows power Set in the Louvre Paris High fashion and shopping Pastries such as croissants and pain au chocolat Macarons, Baguettes City of love Designer shops Poverty- class system Jazz Wine Famous paintings such as Mona Lisa Expensive Architecture- louvre, Eiffel tower Crime Racism Amelie Rats Tourism Media context of French films Amelie 2001 Quirky Story about love and happiness La Haine Means 'hatred' in French Day in the life of 3 boys from a poor Paris immigrant neighborhood Face racism About crime and revenge Diverse neighborhoods Violence and pressure Emily in Paris Very stereotypical view of Paris More recent than Lupin Lupin was out in COVID where a lot of people couldn't travel, so it gives an insight into Parisian life. ____________________________________________________________________...

 MUSIC VIDEOS Theorists:  Richard Dyer- stated that celebrities are mere commodities created by larger corporations to target a specific group of people to make money Henry Jenkins- calls lots of media platforms condensing into one the 'technical convergence'. Makes spread of information fast and spreadable Tsvetan Todorov- stories have a certain structure. They start with a status quote, something that happens to disrupt this, one thing leads to another and at the end a new status quo emerges. If the structure isn't there it doesn't feel like a story and just a collection of events. Equilibrium to disequilibrium to new equilibrium Levi Strauss- one way stories build meaning is by creating a series of binary opposites- good vs evil, dark vs light, happy vs sad. 43 music channels to watch music videos THIS IS AMERICA- CHILDISH GAMBINO Released in 2018 Demonstrated the artistsic power of a music video- both as art which makes audiences tghink about cultural ideas and ...