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Through the website, audiences get an insight of the main characters, we hear about the making of ill manors from them. The website has many features such as important information like the release date and trailer. Comparing that to the Facebook page for ill manors it is a bit more simplistic with less information, less colour and entertainment. Both broadcast platforms are portraying the same message which goes along the lines of 'the working class are not noticed. The values expressed in the talk show would be more moralised, whereas the music video is more explicit involving violence.

Ill manors social media

Learner Response - Seatbelt Advert (GRADE B+)

WWW: Good attempt to apply theory to the text
EBI: Be more specific when discussing media forms/mise-en-scene. Add a paragraph to  Q2 conveying costume/gesture etc.

Q2: The costumes worn by the characters in the video are natural, the father and mother are dressed casually whereas the daughter is dressed in a pink dress wearing wings, this shows that she is angelic and the one who is protecting the family. The gesture portrayed on the characters faces are happy and positive. The expressions on their faces are of happy family expressions. The daughter is seen smiling when the video starts which shows a tight-knit bond between the family. The is a safe home setting, no blood and violence scene is shown to portray how to be safe, this shows a positive side to the advert as even though it is an advert consisting of danger its still shown in a positive and encouraging way.

Plan B Interviews

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/living/men/plan-b-interview

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/07/plan-b-love-directing-art-lives

http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/10/plan_b_ill_manors_was_a_risk_i.html

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/plan-b-my-songs-are-all-about-real-life

Why is this platform being used?

The platform being used is Print media, the reason why this platform is being used is because it is convenient people that travel by tube or bus on the way to work can easily pick it and read it. Men's health magazine isn't expensive to busy and can be bought from various places such as the local newsagents, WHS and a store located near the bus stop or train station. For each of these interviews the same time of platform is being used which is print adverts. Newspapers are usually cheaper/free than magazines when consuming.

Does the articles do more than entertain? How?

Yes, this article informs people as well as entertain. During the article Plan B talks about how he lost weight and due to what reasons. Plan B talks about motivation and change which gave him the confidence to become someone else. As well as inform, this article educates as well, there are a lot of over-weight people in the country and Plan B talks about his regime on loosing weight which could educate those who aren't aware of how to loose body fat. During the end of the interview Plan B talks about passing his lovely suits down to a fat friend which gives the audience a chance for a little laugh which comes under entertaining your audience. In the short-list interview the article doesn't do any more than just inform because me reading the print advert as an audience I didn't feel entertained. The guardian interview was slightly longer for a different audience compared to the men's health magazine the audience for this newspaper is B, C1 and C2 audiences. This interview was more detailed and informing about the film rather than the other interviews, this one included a picture and the character Riz Ahmed.

Does the platform allow the audience to participate/contribute?

No, the platform does not allow the audiences to contribute in any way. This is due to the magazine not having any sort of quiz or competition for the audiences to get involved in. Due to it being a Print media magazine it also does not give the audiences a chance to leave their comments. The newspaper interviews did have any sort of contribution for the audiences to get involved in.

What codes and conventions of print interviews are apparent in the interview?

The codes and conventions used in the print interviews are quotes and realism, the shortlist advert and the men's health interview use quotes from Plan B himself. In the Guardian interview which was the longest interview, images of Riz Ahmed was used.

Is narrative is used to tell a story?

In the men's health interview obviously as it is a magazine to do with men the narrative is used to sort of persuade men to become like Plan B and getting into shape especially as he is a famous person and could sort of be a role model to the readers of the magazine. With Plan B saying it was easy for him this may be used to persuade the readers of the magazine. In the Q interview to help the story he talks about his albums and music and sort of talks in slang which readers of Q may relate to and may understand his message as he is not speaking in a serious tone. In the shortlist interview it has more of a like chilled atmosphere to it as some of the questions aren't the most of serious questions and this narrative may helped tell the story as it like an interview with one of his friends. In the Plan B interview with the Guardian the narrative is used to tell a story in which he talks about his life and growing up and how hard it was for him which is sort of like a story itself. Relating this to the theory of Vladmir Propp Plan B is sort of like a hero and the princess at the same time as when he was younger he needed saving from the hard life that he lived and then became a hero as he saved himself from the hard life and became someone famous, also the villains would be the people that didn't treat him as equals when he was younger and before he became famous. Also relating it to another theory most of his life was disequilibrium up until he started making music and was his equilibrium in which he then became famous.

TEDx Lecture - Plan B

TEDx Lecture - Plan B.

I think Plan B's beliefs are to not judge a book by its cover. He also says to think about what a person might have gone through or been brought up through to be the person they are today. He also believes that society and politics have demonized the youth today as the media just want us to know what they choose, and sometimes not the real side to the story. A prime example of this is when Plan B talks about a story from when he was filming ill Manors. The story was about how a group of drug-dealers were about to beat up Ben Drew and how Drew stood his ground which in turn let another group of drug dealers to come to the aid of Drew. From what Drew tells, the media left out the best, and good, part about standing his ground and just focused of the group of drug-dealers about to "kick [his] head in"

I think the target audience of the lecture is people of the socio-demographic of E, D, C1,C2. This is because Plan B talks mainly about children with backgrounds similar to his. However, I think that mainly the middle class are present at this lecture as The Guardian newspaper organises these lectures and the main readers of this newspaper is the middle class. This group would come under the psycographic of aspirer's as they aspire to know more about situations that are foreign to their own. This is different to the psycographic of Drew's films.

Drew says that the media twist the truth to meet their own gain. He also said that they only tell parts of the whole story as I explained in the above paragraph. This links back to Cohen's theory of 'Folk Devils' and how the media is demonizing the youth into a 'Folk Devil' and how the media is stereotyping he youth into being a pain and a disturbance.

Plan B - Radio Interview

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pvgb9

Lesson Notes :

• Educate , inform , entertain 
• Creative process 
• BBC - Public service broadcaster 
• Single/soundtrack/Album  = Synergy 
• Plan b is promoted 
• Niche - section of an audience 
• Radio playlists = target specific audience 
• Interactivity = call in , text in etc

Plan B first talks about how he is in the making of Ill manors and still doing the finishing touches to the movie by doing little parts within the movie. He also talks about how he is lacking sleep as he is also trying to complete his album which links to the movie called ill manors. His latest single which he also talks about is called ill manors and Fearne then gives a little snippet of the song and then says the song is going to be played everyday of that week so that Plan B is being promoted as well as his movie and his album. This is the difference between radio stations and TV programmes for example as Radio stations are always being played and could benefit the artist more however it is being played to a smaller audience than say someone at Jonathan Ross. 

Letter to Plan B

Dear Ben Drew,
I am writing to you regarding your amazing film ILL Manors, we have been studying your film and music video for our media exam. Whilst studying ILL Manors and listening to your interviews I have been really inspired. I have never really thought about the people with less opportunities to I have, and it’s been a real eye-opener. Whilst watching your TEDx interview it has really inspired me to help someone who has a talent and bring them to the real world the world they haven’t come across. I am writing this letter kindly asking you to attend my school Greenford High School in West London. We are a hard-working school and we would love you to visit our school and help enhance our grades and help us develop as young individuals.

I would also like to congratulate you on your success in ILL Manors, it is an amazing film, it’s not the sort of films I watch but I found it really interesting and different from the usual big budget movies we come across these days.

Kind Regards,

Humera Zaffar Syed.