Tuesday 29 September 2015

Homelessness in London.



*7,500 people sleep rough on the streets of London every year.
*A lot of people end up homeless due to a relationship breakdown, redundancy, poor mental
health, alcohol/substance addiction, domestic abuse etc....

Questions




1.Why do you think there are so many homeless people in the uk?


2.Whats your reaction when you see a homeless person on the street?




3.Do you a friend or relative have any personal experience of homelessness?




4.if yes how did it make you feel?




5.How many family members or friends would let you stay at their house if you went homeless?




6.when you see a homeless person do you help them, smile, offer something, anything, buy them food, stay there for a moment and engage in a conversation?




7.How do you think we can help homeless people in the uk?


Tuesday 22 September 2015

Interview 1 Analysis.



Name of interviewer:

John Snow

Person Being interviewed:

Vitaly Milonov

Context (role and importance of interview):

Purpose of interview:

To gather the opinion of the person being interviewed and why he feels that way about homo sexuality, although I have a feeling that John Snow purposefully got Vitlay Milonov into a corner where he could make an example of what the homophobic mindset is, by using Milonov's own wrds against him    

Question types:

John Snow challenged Vitaly Milinov's points on the way he thinks by bringing up quotes of   

Structure:

Communication Skills:

the interviewer remained calm and collected but stood his ground in an professional manor. 





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Monday 21 September 2015

Kids being excluded.



Over 4,500 kids are permanently excluded from secondary school in Britain every year. This three-part observational documentary series goes inside one of the country's largest secondary alternative provision academies to find out what happens next. With up to 90 kids and 30 staff including teachers, mentors and therapists, the Bridge AP Academy is one of the biggest schools of its kind in the country. All of its students have been permanently excluded or subjected to a managed move from schools across west London, many for behaviour issues such as fighting or verbal abuse.

As much as I want to be hopeful for each and every one of them... It seems like many of them suffer from deep mental and emotional issues that have gone unresolved since childhood and coupled with a troubling home environment I can't see these programs being as effective as they intended them to be. I don't want to call them a lost cause but at the end of the day you can't force a child to care about being respectful, working hard and seeing a future when the only way they know how to cope with their internal issues is through acting out. However, I'm happy for the few see that are able to lead successful and changed lives because of what they learn through the program.

Friday 18 September 2015

Friday 18th september 2015.
The purpose of social action and community media.

  • To bring about local, national and global change.
  • To change attitudes.
  • To raise awareness.
  • To create access to media production for non-traditional groups.
  • To challenge dominant representations and agendas.
  • To create or strengthen community ties.
  • To provide information.
  • To campaign (work in organised and active way towards a goal).
  • To change voting behaviour.
  • To infiltrate main stream media.
  • To build relationships with subjects.

1. Which of the list of purpose apply?
Clip 1)To bring about local change, to create or strengthen community ties and to provide information.
Clip 2)To raise awareness, to change attitudes.
Clip3)To raise awareness.

2. What is this media form trying to tell us or make us do? 
Clip 1)help homeless people.
Clip 2) the greed of large companies can lead to the end of small businesses
Clip 3)understand what kids these days are going through.

3. What emotional techniques do you think they use and why?
Clip 1)photos of homeless men on the streets and the sad music.
Clip 2)the continuos sad sounding piano soundtrack
Clip 3) it feels like he's loosing his sanity.