EbonyDay -Unsigned Artist

Ebony Day has been voted the first ever unsigned winner of MTV's Brand New Artist of 2013. She is very successful for somebody who is not yet signed, she has many follows on twitter and many subscribers on you tube.

Music Industry Introduction

Hannah-Socal Class

Upperclass










Above are 4 collages of the different social groups represented in the clips given, this is to evidence that I can divide people into different classes and show the mes en scene, camera and editing used for each class.

Whilst watching these videos I have noticed that upper class people are shown to have more of a powerful status and more dominance over the other classes, this is shown through their costume, location and camera angles used. The costumes that upperclass characters are wearing are very posh and look expensive. The women usually have long dresses on, mostly old fashioned or vintage looking whilst the men are seen in business wear, such as suits to show authority and to give an impression that they work in high class high paying jobs. The props used would also show this as the men would be carrying a briefcase or paperwork and the women a lace umbrella which to show delicacy. Stereotypically the upperclass would live in a big house in the country side portraying how much money they have. Another location they could be shown in is an office as this is associated with their work and the jobs that they do. Regarding appearance, every person within the upperclass society is seen to be very 'perfect' with not a hair out of place and groomed to perfection. The sounds used in scenes with these people would be soft and the soundtrack could be something like jazz, the voices would also play a big part in showing that they're upperclass as they would be posh and well spoken showing that they are well educated. The editing would be slow pace and the camera smooth rested on a tripod and always from to show their life and to almost make people envy them as they would have prominence on screen as they are the dominant stereotype.

The middle class is the stereotype between upper class and working class so they need to be shown this way, next to the upper class they would be looked down upon so high angles would be used but to the other two stereotypes low angles would be used as they are looking up to the middle class society. The costumes worn would vary, they would still look smart but have a cheaper look to the outfit as a whole, it could be made from a cheaper fabric and not be as furnished as the upperclass society but they would be dressed alot nicer than working class or underclass. The middle class would be seen in locations such as big houses but also seen working daily as they need to be shown as 'normal' or working class too. The editing for this stereotype would also be slow pace and there would be family shots where all of them have the same prominence but it would be edited with cuts to show the two sides of the family. As this is the inbetween stereotype it has been more difficult to define as whats going on in each scene determines how they are portrayed.

The working class stereotype that are low paid and hard working they are shown in a family unit, they are not educated as well and are often seen as incompetent and stupid. The camera angle used would be a high angle looking down on these people and the edit a fast pace to show everyday working life. The sounds used would be a common accent using limited vocabulary, there would also be Foley sounds such as hammers and saws, chains rattling and the noises of construction sites and hard labour working areas. The costume would be a work uniform usually a hard hat and hivis vest showing that they working for a living, Shots would be composed so that there are family shots in a small house where the parents would have more prominence and be dominant over the children as they are less educated than them.

Underclass are considered the scum or society and would have high angles used on them the whole time to show that everyone is looking down on them. They would be dressed in dirty old clothes usually tracksuits making them look 'chavy' and are usually seen claiming benefits as they do not bother working. They would be living in a small house or flat with quite a few children they also are poorly educated and speak alot of slang there could be soft gently music to make you feel sorry for these people but they are most likely seen as vulgar and the villain, this creates conflict which is key in TV drama. They would have the least prominence on screen with fast pace editing and quick uneasy camera pace to convey their daily lives.

This is my essay plan for my mock exam

Mock Exam

After watching the clip the first stereotype I identified is underclass. When Merlin comes into the shot he looks as though he is up to no good he is sneaking around a room that is clearly not his and places a bottle on the desk to which he then discovers objects such as a voodoo doll and a book of some sort which all looks very expensive. One of the first things that becomes clear that Merlin fits into this stereotype is the clothes that he is wearing; they are old, outdated and look almost like rags or old cloth, making him look rough and poor, fitting into the underclass stereotype. Whilst Merlin is snooping around the room he is shocked when a lady comes in, she is wearing a beautiful purple dress; the complete opposite of Merlin, this contrast of these two outfits really show how different and poor Merlin looks in comparison to this lady. As the lady is approaching the room there is eary music playing that seems to get more intense the closer she gets, which gives the impression that he is scared of her making her dominant the dominant one. Once in the room she asks Merlin what he is doing there to which he stammers and stutters a reply implying that he is nervous and vunerable, which is another quality of the underclass society. Once he leaves the room he goes out into the market where the pace picks up and an establishing shot is composed where Merlin walks through the market and Arthur is in the background, this give the audience the impression that something is goign to happen. Arthur then begins to shout things at Merlin leading the scene into shot reverse shot which is used to show conflict in the conversation. As the fight continues Merlin ends up in the dirt of a the market floor and low angles are used to again show that Merlin is submissive and looked down upon.

Another stereotype that is shown is upperclass, this is shown mostly in two characters within the clip. The first is the lady that catches Merlin in her room, although she is only in the clip for a short amount of time there was many aspects that made her seem as though she fit into this stereotype. Firstly I noticed her costume, she was well groomed and wore a purple dress that looks very expensive. Her accent is also very posh and well eductaed, she seems very forward and wasnt afraid to question Merlin about his where abouts even though she is a woman and so is supposed to be submissive and the one that is looked down upon yet in this case she is the dominant one. Also the eary music that is played in the background of this particular scene becomes more intense and gives the impression that she is to be feared and is dominant over Merlin. Whilst Merlin is in the room the scene cuts away from him to the lady and back again which makes the clip seem jumpy adding to the impression of dominance to the scene, whilst in the room the lady has prominace and is the one leading the shot.
Arthur is also upperclass. He has a well educated voice and talks down to Merlin, he is seen wearing body armour and looking royal, with people working for him, which shows expense that is considered a quality of upperclass society. He is also carrying weapeons which could be considered fallic objects, as Merlin isnt carrying anything Arthur throws him one of his weapeons which could imply that he is showing off. I noticed that shot reverse shot is used again here in conversation and then again in confict along with longshots to show the full body language and then close ups to show the expression on their faces. Another way in which Arthur is seen as superior to Merlin is the way that the camera is looking down on him in the dirt and cuts away to Arthur standing over him, he has more prominance and screen time to show this superiority. Lastly the soundtrack over this scene is fast pace and upbeat creating suspence and tention during the fight. As Arthur is shown as dominant and superior he fits into the upperclass stereotype.

Another stereotype that I identifed in this clip was working class. The working class are portrayed in the given clip as servants or market workers, they have the jobs that no one else wants. They are dressed poorly in old clothes and most are wearing headscarves, they don't seem to care about their appearance as although they look clean nothing really stands out to say they try with how they look. They are surrounded by market stools and things to sell, mostly every day essentials such as fruit veg and cleaning items. The floor around the market is dry and muddy, everything around them is surrounded by dirt and dust, so they do not have a good work environment. During this scene you hear people talking and the hustle of working life, these are all foley sounds add in afterwards, but as the confrontation happens between Arthur and Merlin happens the background sounds seem to stop showing that they are important and they should have everybody's attention. There is no real camera techniques focusing on the working class of people as they are not the main focus of the clip and are in the background, the camera pans across the market and shows them as a unit.

Overall I think after watching the Merlin clip it is clear that upper class have all the power, as although at one point Merlin was winning the fight Arthur still comes out on top as Merlin was easily distracted, the contrast of the costume between the classes also makes it clear that the upper class are the superior stereotype. I think that the stereotype of underclass is challenged throughout this although Merlin is submissive he gets very sarcastic and rude towards Arthur who is upper class and meant to be looked up to.

Rosie - Social Class

SOCIAL CLASS - PREP WORK

Firstly i created various different colleges in order to show representation of the 4 different social classes. I then looked into the different social class and found out how they use different techniques to show off the particular stereotype. 

After watching the videos given to me and looking into a few different clips myself i found out that upper class people are shown as powerful and dominate by using low angle shots, smooth, calm tracking can also be used in order to show that the upper class character is in control and mature. The costumes and locations would be expensive and posh when looking at upper class people, the location would give off a high class profile, on some occasions the location would be set int he country side. The costumes of the upper class men would be suits or other smart clothing, for women they would usually be wearing long classy dresses. Sound for upper class people would be portrayed in there voices, the educated class would be well spoken and maybe even have a posh accent. Edits for this particular class would be smooth and controlled to show sophistication within the social group. 

Working class people would be shown in a busy location, weather it be a office, building site or another working environment. The costume of these particular working class people would be plain and simple,  and in some cases maybe even a work uniform to enhance the 'working' status. The camera would vary depending on the situation, however if you was showing the working class next to lower or underclass people they would have a low angle, if a upper class character came into shot the working class would then be shown as submissive and be shown to have less power by a high angle shot. The editing could contain fast pace cuts, in order to show the busy working day or a working character. 

Middle class people are in-between the upper class and working class stereotype, therefore they could be portrayed in many different ways. depending on the situation the point of view, angles and prominence would vary.

Underclass people are shown as submissive by using high angles. the way that they are portrayed by their costumes also give them the lower class feel, the costumes always look 'chavy' and inexpensive. Some may see the underclass people are vulgar this is because of the location that they are placed in, dirty background and filthy clothes are to make them seen unclean and not as healthy and important as other classes. 

SOCIAL CLASS - MOCK EXAM ESSAY

This is my essay plan; 

The first stereotype that I found when watching the Merlin clip was ‘underclass’. Through out the clip the underclass stereotype was shown to be submissive, weak and powerless. The clothing the character was wearing were dirty, ragged and cheap looking this reinforces the underclass name he was labelled with, the location is also very important, when the underclass boy, Merlin, was shown in the large expensive building he looked extremely out of place and unwanted, then when he stepped into the market scene he become much more fitted in and relaxed this backs up the underclass stereotype as a market is seen as a busy, dirty cheap place to be. The first piece of dialogue we hear Merlin have is shown in a darkened room, Merlin stutters and is unconfident when he speaks this insinuates that he is uneducated or he fears the upper-class lady that he is speaking with, both of these fit in with the underclass stereotyped characteristics. When Merlin is speaking to the upper-class lady he has less prominence than her showing he is less important and has less power than her. Merlin is also portrayed as being meek and unconfident, to start with Merlin does not have his own weapon this shows that he is uneducated in fighting, this is also backed up when he is thrown the weapon and we hear a loud clang as he drops it on the floor. During the fight scene it is extremely fast pace this shows confusion and that Merlin is out of control, he doesn’t know what he is doing and therefore is shown to be lost and weak, lastly he is shown through a high angle when he loses the fight this portrays him as being powerless and submissive to the upper-class boy who wins the fight.

There are two different upper-class characters in the short clip of Merlin. Firstly there is a young lady, who is wearing a long expensive gown this makes her seem important and powerful which are traits of the upper-class stereotype; the lady is also placed in a large, grandee looking building to enforce her power status. When the upper-class lady speaks her voice is soft yet assertive, she is also well spoken which leads you to think she is well educated, these traits are all there to suggest that the lady is upper-class. When speaking to Merlin in the room of the large building, the upper-class lady is given more prominence, which means she holds all the power over the underclass boy. The second character that is shown to be upper-class is the young lad who has a fight with Merlin, he is educated in fighting and is also well spoken, the young boy has power over Merlin (who is in the underclass region), the upper-class boy laughs and mocks Merlin which shows that he doesn’t not fear him and in fact he holds all the power and is dominate. The upper class boy pulls out a weapon and starts waving it around, the clanging of weapons shows that the upper-class boy knows what he is doing and also holds power over anyone he wants not just Merlin. Throughout the different scenes the upper-class boy has prominence to reinforce the fact he is more powerful than everyone else, even during the convocation between himself and Merlin the upper-class boy has more screen time during the shot reverse shot cuts. During one of the last scenes of the fight, a over the shoulder shot is used in order to look down on the underclass boy Merlin, again showing that upper-class characters has much more dominance and power.

Working class people are shown for a split second, during the Merlin clip. Firstly the short screen time they are given shows that they are not important and not cared about, the working class are shown as failures but hardworking. As Merlin changes scene the atmosphere noise changes completely, there are people shouting, boxes banging and animals clucking; all of the different Foley sounds that have been placed over the clip of the working class people enforce the hard working, stereotype of the working class. The characters shown to be the working class are dressed in dirty, ragged clothes they are placed in a busy location surrounded by market stalls, baskets and animals this again makes the working class stereotype stick. The camera sweeps past the market stalls at a fast pace showing that they are not worth much prominence and this shows that they do not have not much power.

After looking at the different stereotypes portrayed in the Merlin clip I can see that the power is all within the upper-class region and they have much more dominate than any other social class, this creates conflict as the upper-class characters do not like to be challenged or robbed of their authority. In this clip we can see that the upper class are very protected of their power and they do not like to be made a joke of are stripped of their power.  Overall the stereotypes that are portrayed in this clip are reinforcing the general expectations of social class however during the fight scene the stereotypes are challenged slightly when Merlin brings magic into the situation, during the time Merlin is cheating with magic there are a few high angle shots on the upper class lad to show him as being submissive, as soon as Merlin stops using magic the power is restored within the upper class and the stereotypes are being reinforced.

IMPROVEMENTS;

My taget from my last essay was to get straight to the point and not babble on, so to improve my analyses and to improve on terminology in all areas. 

After reading trough my essay i believe that my first target is massively improved and my essay is all important information i have not waffled on. I think that my terminology has improved as well, compared to my pervious essay this is a great improvement however i think if i practise more and keep on revising i could improve it even more before my final exam comes. 

 

Age - Homework

Mature 

Mature means you are fully developed physically and mentally. You may been seen as a adult or 'grown up'.

Words to describe 'maturity' are:
Sensible
Aware
Knowing
Together
Intelligent
Wise
Complete
Grown-up
Developed
Prepared
Sophisticated
Old
Trustworthy
Polite
Boring
Organised
Experienced
Adult
Formal
Up-tight

Immature 

Immature means that you are not fully grown or developed. Some see immaturity as a lack of wisdom, and associate this with youths. 

Words that describe 'immaturity' are:
Playful
Out of control
Juvenile
Childish
Inexperienced
Kid
Youthful
Undeveloped
Unsophisticated
Young
Innocent
Childlike
Naive
Simple
Spontaneous
Laid-back
Noisy
Annoying
Out of control
Enthusiastic
Submissive
Vulnerable