Reflection on my Media Bridging Unit

When I first got handed the bridging Unit I was dreading it as I knew it would be alot of hard work, especially because I had know idea how to even begin creating my own Blog, as its not a website I have used or come across before. However when I realised the amount of support from the resources given to me ,I stopped panicking and calmed down. As I was reading through each Resource I found them very useful in making me understand the work more clearly, therefore I was able to enjoy making my own Blog and experiencing new websites. My favourite part about the Bridging Unit was writing and researching about my favourite TV Drama. It was fun, interesting and different from my other bridging Unit work which was mainly to write about a topic that didn't really interest me. So it was nice to do something practical/visual.

Magazine Annotation

TV Drama

Summary

Six young people, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

A Comedy series based in Manhattan about 6 young friends, in the struggle to find success and happiness in life, but it is never that straight forward, is it?

Genre: American Sitcom

Channel: aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004.

Produces: Marta Kauffman and David Crane

Cast: Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green

         Courteney Cox portrays Monica Geller

         Lisa Kudrow portrays Phoebe Buffay

         Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani, 

         Matthew Perry portrays Chandler Bing,

         David Schwimmer portrays Ross Geller,

Friends Theme Tune 

Season 1

The first season introduces the six main characters: Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross. Rachel arrives at Central Perk after running away from her wedding to her fiancé Barry and moves into her best friend from high school's (Monica’s) apartment with her. Ross, who had a crush on Rachel since high school, constantly tries to tell her that he loves her, while his lesbian ex-wife, Carol, is expecting his baby. Joey is shown to be a bachelor and struggling actor, while Phoebe works as a masseuse. Chandler breaks up with girlfriend Janice (Maggie Wheeler), who frequently returns in later seasons. At the end of the season, Chandler accidentally reveals that Ross loves Rachel, who realizes that she feels the same way. The season ends with Rachel waiting at the airport for Ross’ arrival from a trip.

        

Hers a sneak preview of Season 1 episode 24: The One Where Rachel Finds Out 

Rachel Green - 

Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green, a fashion enthusiast and Monica Geller's best friend from childhood. Rachel first moves in with Monica in season one after nearly marrying Barry Farber whom she realizes she does not love. Rachel and Ross Geller are later involved in an on again off again relationship  throughout the series. Rachel dates other men during the series, such as an Italian neighbour, Paolo in season one, her client Joshua Bergin in season four, her assistant Tag in season seven, and Joey Tribbiani in season ten. Rachel’s first job is as a waitress at the coffee-house Central Perk, but she later becomes an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's in season three, and a buyer at Ralph Lauren in season five. Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma and at the end of series 10 Rachel realises it has always been Ross she loved.

Ross Geller-

David Schwimmer portrays Ross Geller, Monica Geller's older brother, a paleontologist working at the Museum of Natural History, and later a professor of paleontology at New York University. Ross is a sweet-natured man of good humor, although he is often clumsy and socially awkward. Ross is involved in an on-again-off-again relationship with Rachel throughout the series. Ross has three failed marriages during the series: Rachel, Emily, and Carol, a lesbian who is also the mother of his son, Ben (Cole Sprouse). His failed love life is potentially due to his paranoia and jealousy in relationships and his divorces become a point of humor within the series. He and Rachel have a daughter by the end of season eight and they confess that they are still in love with each other in the final episode

The Term Media Representation

Representation refers to the construction of any medium of aspects of reality such as people, places, objects, events.

The term refers to the processes involved as well as its produces. For instance in the relation to the keys of identity- class, age, gender and ethnicity. Representation involves not only how identities are represented or constructed by media but also by people whose identities are also different. 

 The media can be very bias and offend stereotypical in creating certain individuals identities.These are presented through different types of media such as magazines,news,TV and radios .For example how young teenagers are represented in Films. " Into the Hood" suggest that all teenagers wear hoodies and hold a criminal record. We know that this is not necessary true but it is how the media construct this identity that makes us think that way . 

Three resources I found useful and why

1) The first resource I found useful was "How to create a blog on Blogger". The video was extremely successful at clearly explaining step by step in how to create my first blog. This particular resource was a way of visual learning , the video itself wasn't dull and they managed to keep it short and simple. 

2) The second resource I found helpful when creating my blog was the "Introduction To TV Drama". This link cleared things up for me as i was still unsure of what the task was asking me to do , but due to the clear detailed information i was able to understand and carry out the work

3) The final resource i found useful was the "Annotating A Magazine Cover" . This recourse helped me explain the use of key term when analysing a magazine over and also showed me how to present my work.