Lil Nas X - Old Town Road: Blog tasks Background and cultural contexts Read this Vox feature and podcast transcript on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road . Make sure you read the whole thing - including the podcast transcript - then answer the following questions: 1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? - "The debate is over whether “Old Town Road” should be classified as country music . Earlier this year, Billboard removed “Old Town Road” from its country chart, which boosted the rapper’s profile to a wider audience while fuelling a debate about what defines country music and who gets to decide." 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? -Lil Nas X is a 20-year-old rapper from Atlanta, his birth name is Montero Hill, but he has been calling himself “Lil Nas X” for several years now. By the end of the year on December 3rd 2018 he released a song called “Old Town Road.” He...
Blinded By The Light: case study blog tasks Background reading and production research Read the following interviews and features on Blinded By The Light : Writer Sarfraz Manzoor on the story behind the film - Guardian Manzoor again on the promotion of the film and audience reaction Variety feature on the best films from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival 1) What is the story behind the production of the film? The story behind the production of the film is about a young boy living in a asian pakistani household where his father makes it difficult for him to persue his dreams of becoming a writer,he gained more confidence on making his dreams come true by the influence of Bruce Springsteen and his music,the movie was set in the 1980s in Luton. 2) What was the audience reaction to the film? The audiences reaction to the film was that some audiences could relate as they migt be living in a similar household,it make have influenced the positively to do whatevr they can and ...
Research and planning blog tasks Create a blogpost called ' Print brief research and planning ' and complete the following tasks to plan and prepare your print work: 1) Find at least five music magazine front covers (either current or former magazines as many have stopped their print editions) aimed at a similar target audience to your project (mainstream music audience) and research music magazine key conventions. For each one, pick out one design idea, convention or image/text style that you could use in your own print work. A few examples to start you off: One feature from NME I would like to use it the celebrity or the artist featuring in the centre grabbing the attention of the audience, c elebrity Features, magazines often feature well- acknowledged artists and celebrities for example Kendrick Lamar fruiting in the NME magazine. This is for the main stream audience that wants to know more about their favourite celebrities or artists....
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