Cuffs Cast Names:

16.6.21

 1. PC Donna, 2. PC Lino, 3.Jake, 4.Jo, 5.Ryan, 6.the boss (Felix), 7.cheif super-intendant, 8. DI Felix Kane            .

9.PC Misha

10. Mohammad Bangash

11.Benson

12.Nathan 

13. Sian Quirk

14. Cinammon

- Q3. How far does Cuffs adapt police drama conventions to fit its family audience at 8 p.m. on BBC1?

 Q3. 

Cuffs adapts itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm on BBC1. Cuffs is shown before 9pm meaning it has to keep to certain requirements to sustain it’s family friendly viewers. In Cuffs, no blood, guts and heavy violence is shown throughout the series. For example, when the racist enters the shop to find a Indian man he decides to stab him but keeping the programme suitable for all viewers we do not get to see the stabbing actually happen, all we see is the owners of the shops son reaction to stabbing then the blood and the aftermath later on the floor. Another example of how Cuffs adapts police drama genre conventions is how the show does not include any bad language. Throughout Cuffs no sense of swearing or sexism is used making it fit its family audience at 8pm. Keeping the entertainment and the social interaction up throughout the series giving it good adaptations to continue receiving its mass audiences. The programme is entertaining, humorous and fun to watch pleasuring the audience with a crime/ police drama.  

The regulators of BBC, BBC1, S4C, Channel 4 and other broadcasters if Ofcom who control what is allowed to be produced, at what time and on what channel. BBC1 keep to their regulations by involving no threatening scenes or harsh violence. Allowing Ofcom to let them continue Public service broadcasting to ‘educate, inform and entertain’ -Lord Reith. Cuffs to be broadcasted at 8pm, I believe is the right time they should streaming due to it being later in the evening you (will get less youngers viewers watching) meaning less chance of what is shown to be affecting the audience. 8pm is close to the time where violent and threatening scenes are allowed to be shown so Cuffs fits very suitably into its regulations and requirements that Ofcom set. Concluding that, Cuffs does adapt itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm. The genres of these episode include casting choices of both genders including a gay police officer working on side with a straight officer and other women.

Therefore, I conclude that Cuffs does adapt it self well to fit its family audience at 8pm. It’s scheduled to play at 8pm for the audience to be able to watch the programme enjoying it whilst it involves the violence but not showing the scenes. It adapts its police drama conventions well including real life examples of violence that occur today whereas fitting it’s audience at 8pm it doesn’t physically show the violence keeping it suitable for the BBC viewers.

- Music magazines

 26.5.21

• Analyse the media language of MOJO and the BBC magazine. 
• Make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the media language is used differently to fit different kinds of music. (15)

In this mojo magazine you can already tell by looking at the front cover it is a heavy metal/ rock music magazine. It is a dramatic, vibrant cover involving sans serif font to show its seriousness towards the artist and for it's design of the magazine. The cover involves pure, strong colours of red, white and blue with a filled up cover including a CD, many cover lines with it's large recognisable masthead of the word Mojo. The artist (the Cure) is shown in this cover very dramatically, with him wearing thick black eyeliner, strong red lipstick and well as a very white/pale face blending in with the background. This artist is known for creating his rock music and has been around for quite some time making the target audience middle-aged to older people who are into rock. It portrays a powerful, serious tone showing the type of music it is displaying. 

In contrast to this, the BBC music magazine is seen very minimalistic and calm compared to the Mojo magazine. It is a classical magazine involving small pieces about information all in serif font showing it's more formal and informational compared to the Mojo magazine. There is not a lot going on in this BBC music magazine so you get the sense it is aimed at the older audiences who are more into reading and educating. The puff and skyline come of very formal tell the reader what’s inside instead of appealing to its audience by entertaining it. The magazine is more modern and sophisticated reinforcing the sense that the magazine is classical, calm music. 

Therefore, I conclude that this shows the Mojo magazine gives more a sense of 'wild' music involving lots of information and facts to entertain their audience. Whereas, the BBC is more of a practical plain sense giving the readers knowledge of what's include in the magazine. Showing that in these magazines they give very different ideas, values and beliefs included in the magazines. 

- SOCIAL & CULTURAL CONTEXTS in THE OBSERVER 1960s

 24.5.21

How women are seen:

- 'objects' due to them only being seen in the corner advertising sexual objects and lingerie 

- the Queen is shown going to Mourning valley 

- another lady just shown in the corner of the paper making her seen like she is only represented on the paper for her body

- lastly a Woman is 'displayed' with a man having his arm around his shoulders seen as his partner

Representation of ethnicity:

-there is a lack of black people shown in the Observer newspaper

- there is black woman represented with a man showing that they are together and the white can be seen (together) with the black

Overall there is a strong lacking of black people shown in these covers. Majority of these papers involves white people and their stories. 

Social conditions:

-the first paper involves 'lawyers urging divorce by consent'

- the second paper involves not much on social connections/conditions showing they would rather present other things then couples together or divorced

-the last paper involves a photo including two people 'together' but nothing else involving people relationship statuses. 

Photography photo ideas for magazine -

 

03 Brief 1 -

 15.3.21

Magazines: My front cover would be a photo of me taking a photo of something with my headline of 'capture'. With my cover lines of other photographers and info about them. Then my double page spread would be on top tips when it comes to starting photography, cameras lenses, types of photos, abstracts, texture, colour, black and white, famous photographers who inspire me, photos that change the world,  and just the calming and relaxing side of photography.

Cover line ideas: 

Title- 'CAPTURE IT' 

main splash- 'Instant Images'

Skyline- 'photography is a story explained without words'

Famous photographers: 

Dummy titles-

title- Timothy Walkers work with Vogue - find out about Timothy's work with vogue and how he produces his masterpieces. 

Timothy Walker (born 1970) is a British fashion photographer, who regularly works for Vogue, W and Love magazines.

title- David Royston Bailey arts of photography- the photographer behind your favourite bands album covers. 

David Royston Bailey CBE is an English fashion and portrait photographer. Photographs bands like the rolling stones. 

title- Andy Goldsworthy environmentalist- the best nature and sculptor photographer out there.

Andy Goldsworthy OBE is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland.

title- Amamda and her photographing life- go deeper into Amandas life and why she chose photography.

Amanda de Cadenet is an English photographer, author, and media personality based in Los Angeles. She began her entertainment career in the 1990s. 

When opening up my magazine in my double page spread I will have a large image on my left side with small phrases and words linked to photography. Then on the right side have small section with topics of: the nature of photography, top tips, famous photographers, the best parts of photography, different photos and types you can take with a phone camera and a proper professional cameras and lenses, how photography inspired me and how it can inspire my target audience. 

 https://www.adorama.com/alc/how-to-get-into-photography/

03 Creating Media -

 8.3.21

Magazines: I have finally decided that for my magazine I will be doing a title page & a double page spread on photography, how I enjoy capturing an image and taking photos. How the human eye can capture and save a whole image then I will show of my own photos and talk/describe about the creativity of the photos.  

Carrying on with my photography idea I could title my page 'capture it' with a top tips page or how to take better photos and include some of my own nature themed photos I can take myself. Also for my front page design I was maybe thinking of including a photo of me taking a photo almost like a camera through a camera idea. 

My other ideas which I wont be using ⬇:

In my magazine I would talk about netball which is my hobby. I would use photos of me playing netball and other players, describe how I got into it a why I like it so much. My front cover could be an action shot with a few words then after on the double page spread I will go into more detail on the sport and why its my favourite hobby! Or I could use my double page spread for a band I'm interested in and like listening to. I could include their best songs, my favourites and many more. Another idea, could be crime I could talk about crime investigation why its important and all the facts about it.

Online, social participatory: I would make a website on crime or an investigation scene, with DNA scans, facts about the suspects and have a small clip on my own made-up mini crime scene. 

Television: In my programme I would talk about maybe fashion or clothing. The in trends, what makes fashion what it is and why lots of people love it. 

Music video: I would do a relatable song with some lip syncing and cool video transitions. Maybe a sad/heart-felt theme like songs by Adele, Rihanna, Imagine Dragons and many more.