Media Studies

Assignment 1 - The Theory Of Films - Auteur Theory Tim Burton Tim Burton was born in 1958 in California. His first film was made in 1971 meaning he’s been making films for 47 years now, and he has directed around 38 short and feature length films, some of his most notable works being “Alice In Wonderland”, “Beetlejuice”, “Edward Scissorhands”, “Sweeney Todd” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Tim is known as an Auteur filmmaker due to his signature dark and gothic approach when creating a film, whether it’s meant to be dark or not. This style has become instantly recognisable by his huge fanbase through the narratives, characters and even colour schemes that he uses in his films. Usually, he chooses to give at least one character in every film a dark past or appearance which can set a slightly unsettling atmosphere for the audience, but at the same time makes all his characters very loveable for their strange traits, even adding elements of comedy to a lot of his darkest ch...

Assignment 1 - Purpose of Music Videos In this report i am going to discuss where people watch music videos today and how that has changed in recent times, how music videos increase the income for record company, and how music videos are used to promote a particular song, album, a new artist or promotion of an artist’s change in musical direction, and synergies with another media sector. How people watch/consume music videos today Today, the most popular way to view music videos is through Youtube. Since it's breakthrough in 2005, music videos from almost every artist whether they are contemporary or from decades ago have been uploaded to the site. According to Business Insider UK, the one with the most views is currently Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" which has 5.6 billion views. They are also free for anyone to view, and all of these points indicate how Youtube is the easiest, most accessible way to view music videos today. The first ever way to view music videos w...