Note Taking

In today's lesson we watched roughly a 5 minute clip from Gavin and Stacy and in preparation for a essay we took notes on it mainly focusing on the mise en scene of the clip, As we were taking notes I found that I was writing and taking my notes all over the place so it is hard to find were i made my points on different things when preparing to write an essay. To solve this problem in the future I am going to make a different heading for the aspects of mise en scene and put my notes under them making it easier to find my points!

Coronation Street - Northern Stereotypes

In the last few lessons we have looked at regional identity and focused on the North, south and countryside. I have decided for this post to focus on the North, Coronation Street is a perfect example for Northern Stereotypes and it is very popular and known by all even if you do not watch it, like myself!!

The sterotypes that stand out at me are the cobbled streets and that they dislike the rich. The dislike the rich stereotype is because although I dont watch it from what I see and hear and have ever heard anyone who is successful is generally not liked or made out to be bad in someway, This leads on to another stereotype which is that they always moan and whine an example of this is when they think they are hard done by liek not being as well of as everyone else!

Big Drinkers is a stereotype I always would associate with nearly all soaps and coronation street is no different, every episode will involve a scene from a pub and on the odd occasion a fight will occur due to some "very big drinking".

From what I see in corronation Street thier is always friction between certain people which makes me think that character have fitted in with another stereotype which is that they speaking thier mind because they dont care what other people think which is another sterotype!

Paulo Nutini

Paulo Nutini

Paulo Nutini is one of my favourite music artists, this is because i find that alot of his songs make you feel good about yourself and forget any problems you have, my favourite song of his is "new shoes" because of its catchy lyrics and upbeat tune, in the song he sing about putting his "new shoes on" but in my opinion it makes me think that it is talking about him starting a fresh like a new life/beggining for his old Shoes (life)