50Cent poster analysis and Otis Blue

This promotional photo for Reebok sports clothing features rapper 50 Cent with a close up b&w picture of his face, this suggests, along with the comment 'i am what i am' that this photo is very simplistic as is who you are and nobody should change that. The picture of 50 Cent shares half of the page with his quote which is intended to show young people that they can embrace their own individuality. Furthermore the background of the right side is covered in fingerprints taken from someone who is being processed at jail but a fingerprint also represents identity and every fingerprint is unique so this reinforces the quote of embracing individuality. Also the font of the 'i am what i am' is resemblant of tattoo font. Also with the b&w background the text stands out more. 

The preferred reading is of survival and determination as 50 Cent has persevered through a lot in his life but has still become successful similar to the brand Reebok. However the oppositional reading glorifies guns and gang crimes and criminality in general as people often associate 50Cent with this stuff.

This print advert/album cover is for Otis Redding's album 'Otis Blue' which was released in September 1965 under Stax records. Otis redding was a black soul/R&B singer in the deep south of America and releasing an album with his face on the cover wouldn't have gone down well. So as shown on the photo a white blonde woman is pictured with half of her face in the dark and the other half in the light with a blue hue covering all of it. The image is a close up of the womans face and following the theme of blue it is surrounded by blue borders. To the left side the songs featured in the album are listed but is a small basic font to not draw attention away from the woman in the middle. The target audience would be people in there 20's from all over the world as the deep south (at stax in particular) were producing the best music at the time.

The preferred reading of this is 

Media consumption audit.

Media consumption audit

The moment I wake up, before I put on my make up I read a little bit of news. I don't open up a paper to read the headlines its as simple as a few swipes on my phone to access the sky news app. Firstly I would turn to the world news section as i think its most important to know whats going on in the world then i'll flick through all of them apart from the sports section but occasionally i'll purchase the men's health magazine to keep up-to-date with some things. I use the sky news up because its the most convenient and easy to use.

I don''t tend to watch live TV but i could spend 5+ hours a week watching series on netflix and one in particular that seems to take up a lot of my time is 'Dexter' and I like watching it because some parts of it are funny but also serious and leaves the viewer with something to think about. This series was recommended to me by my brother who I watch the 'Brooklyn-99' series with and often end up waking my mum up by laughing. I watch tv series later at night as there usually isn't much time during the day.

The only time I listen to the radio is when i'm travelling in the car and i would turn the radio station to smooth radio or magic. I'm not the biggest fan of modern music and I like soul or motown. I don't listen to the radio any other time as i could stream any music that i need from my phone-without the advertisements.

The most recent films i've seen is 'Straight outta Compton' and the new mission impossible film in the cinema. I would normally watch films on netflix such as 'White Chicks' which i watch quite frequently, although some films aren't available on netflix and I would have to stream them off of a website. The majority of films i watch are on my TV which is connected to my games console.

I have access to the internet 24/7 and the main source of it is at home. My game console probably drains most of the internet allowance. With the playstation 4 I can communicate with my friends via party chat and for entertainment. I also have some social media apps i check several times a day on my phone. 

Why I chose As media.

I chose media for the same reason I chose to study politics and geography, and that's because its important to understand for day-to-day life, also media is part of our lives from the moment we wake up to watch or read the news headlines until we fall asleep listening to music. Subsequently, photography is one of my hobbies and i enjoy using a camera, so the coursework associated with media will be interesting and over the next year i hope to better my skills with a camera and editing the results. I particularly enjoyed studying english language last year and hope to use and improve the skills I have learnt and apply that to media.