Coursework extended brief: the song

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-W-2625-CA-SONG.PDF

TOPICS
Song Lines 
The Song as a Text
Redemption Song
Wondrous Stories 
This is My Song
The Singer not the Song
Cash In. Sell Out.

One of the weirdest things Ive ever seen ... Captain Capitalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzqSzbrtTao

JUST WOW

Marxism and Capitalism

The 1987 film Wall Street's most iconic speech by Michael Douglas playing Gordon Gekko

"Greed is Good"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF_iorX_MAw

In an post modern world; we need to find the streetview route in the Sahara Desert

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/09/google-street-view-camel-camera_n_5957116.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-tech&ir=UK+Tech

Apple's cryptic message hinting about a new Ipad

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/09/ipad-event-apple-october-_n_5957008.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-tech&ir=UK+Tech




is this some sort of joke?!

are they serious? the last launch of a product was only a month ago....
this is just pure capitalism where a multimillionaire pound company feels they need to produce another product that people feel they have to buy..

its a vicious circle of capitalism

Feminism in 21st Century - Celebrity nudes

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jennifer-lawrence-naked-photos-spark-fear-of-mass-celebrity-hacking-9702902.html

now this isnt a new issue, celebrities have nude photos taken all the time and sometimes they're leaked by someone looking to make some quick money or news storm...

the fact it was so many celebrities and from a so called secure location is whats causing the controversy

Laura Mulvey: Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema

She argues that film especially Hollywood is a tool for maintaining patriarchal ideologies.
She also says 'the male figure cannot bear the burden of sexual objectification'

the audience identifies with the main male protagonists and therefore participates in objectifying the female characters

brilliant examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcvlJmCVcI