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Nabil Mishima
15-09-09, 17:37
Hello, today I got my first assignment for media.
The brief says I need to write something about my favourite media hero.
What is a media hero? I know we at Capcom Europe aren't the fountain of infinite knowledge but I'm stuck and to any media students past, present could you give me a few ideas?
I like music so I would write about my fav singer, but does that count as a media hero?
I like Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac's Swtich show and those are the only 2 I know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I don't/haven't taken media, but the answer would of course be Charlie Brooker.
Nabil Mishima
15-09-09, 17:48
Is he/she well known? I never heard of this person. What's his occupation?
He used to write for PC Zone(?), he wrote a column in The Guardian for a few years(a comedy-type piece criticising the TV schedule), he co-wrote some programs, he wrote, directed and produced Dead Set(that Big Brother zombie spin-off thing), he hosted and wrote Screenwipe and Newswipe(satirical comedy shows making fun of the TV schedule and the news respectively) and he hosted and wrote(?) You Have Been Watching(a rather recent quiz show on Channel 4 again about TV). He alwso had a satirical website called TV Go Home, and has released books compiling some of his columns, etc.
Otherwise no. None of my friends really have a clue who he is...
And and he's producing a one-off Gameswipe about video games.
Nabil Mishima
15-09-09, 18:08
Ah! So a writer could be a media hero? From what you're saying, writers for magazines could be appropriate.
Ah! So a writer could be a media hero? From what you're saying, writers for magazines could be appropriate.
It's a form of media. So yes.
Nabil Mishima
16-09-09, 15:51
Can a singer be part of the media?
Sure.
Elite, have you ever read letters from a timewaster? If you look on his site, you'll see a few other things (don't know if you mentioned peep show), but DEFINITELY get the book, it's possibly the funniest thing I've read.
Media = newspaper, TV, radio(howard stern is cool :D)
I really dont know if singers are media, sure, they are often in the media but i dont know if they are the media, if you know what i mean.
Elite, have you ever read letters from a timewaster? If you look on his site, you'll see a few other things (don't know if you mentioned peep show), but DEFINITELY get the book, it's possibly the funniest thing I've read.
I have. I was in stiches with laughter. Definitely not a book to read on the train :p
And and he's producing a one-off Gameswipe about video games.
Yep thats right, I know a friend whose helping him out with some old gaming footage for it
Yep thats right, I know a friend whose helping him out with some old gaming footage for it
Sweeet.
thezombiemessia
16-09-09, 16:35
Charlie Brooker is awesome, though for me he is only a recent discovery.
I will have to take the time to find his books.
@ Nabil:
Could you be more specific about what your assignment says?
A Media Hero could be anybody that you find to be a hero within the media, or it could be somebody that the world generally sees as a hero within the Media.
Or it could be somebody that the Media helped elevate to the status of Hero...
Either way, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, TV, Film, Music, Videogames, Internet, Radio...these are all types of Media. Some broadcast, some print, others a mixture.
Elite, have you ever read letters from a timewaster? If you look on his site, you'll see a few other things (don't know if you mentioned peep show), but DEFINITELY get the book, it's possibly the funniest thing I've read.
I haven't. Link me up, please. :p
@TZM: HMV have two of his compilation books(Screen Burn and Dawn Of The Dumb) for the 3 quid each.
Nabil Mishima
16-09-09, 16:45
Charlie Brooker is awesome, though for me he is only a recent discovery.
I will have to take the time to find his books.
@ Nabil:
Could you be more specific about what your assignment says?
A Media Hero could be anybody that you find to be a hero within the media, or it could be somebody that the world generally sees as a hero within the Media.
Or it could be somebody that the Media helped elevate to the status of Hero...
Either way, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, TV, Film, Music, Videogames, Internet, Radio...these are all types of Media. Some broadcast, some print, others a mixture.
My brief says that I need to find out abot what that person has done in the past, why they are good at their job. So i was going to do a singer but the brief said not to write about an actor seeing as that would be performing arts more than media.
thezombiemessia
16-09-09, 16:51
So somebody that works within the media, but not an Actor or Singer.
Ok, yeah, it's probably best to find a Writer, TV Presenter, Radio Presenter, or somebody similar.
Go for somebody that you view as a hero, and explain why you view them that way, and why they are good at what they do.
Nabil Mishima
16-09-09, 16:57
Man this is tricky, I don't really know any TV presenters, but I do know Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw from the BBC switch show. If you could consider that media. Looks like I'll have to go with them.
thezombiemessia
16-09-09, 17:07
If you don't know any TV Presenters, then go for a Writer or Radio Presenter..?
Writer - Nespapers, Magazines, Books
My personal media hero would be Tim Lovejoy, TV & Radio presenter, love Soccer Am and Something for the weekend, plus 5 live ;)
I guess just pick someone on tv, radio, newspaper that you admire and that you can easily write at length about. With most of these projects its important you like the person and there's a strong reason behind it. The deeper the past they have the better though, depends how long the essay has to be.
With Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac they've done TV and radio. If you like them, best to stick with them as you'll enjoy it more.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Timewaster-Letters-Robin-Cooper/dp/1843171082
Robin Cooper is a pseudonym
Nabil Mishima
17-09-09, 09:30
Cheers for all your help guys, but wikipedia doesn't have enough info on Nick Grimshaw but has plenty on Annie.
Phone them up
Edith Bowman is on now, and you know how much she loves Grimshaw.
Nabil Mishima
17-09-09, 16:02
Phone them up
Edith Bowman is on now, and you know how much she loves Grimshaw.
Huh? You can phone them?:blink:
I don't know who is Edith Bowman.
Another Radio 1 DJ. You might not get through, but you could have a go.
Nabil Mishima
17-09-09, 16:32
Another Radio 1 DJ. You might not get through, but you could have a go.
I'll keept hat in mind, thanks Soop;)
draconacticus
18-09-09, 14:21
Sure.
Elite, have you ever read letters from a timewaster? If you look on his site, you'll see a few other things (don't know if you mentioned peep show), but DEFINITELY get the book, it's possibly the funniest thing I've read.
You know, that book was quite funny, but it was a bit of a rip off of "The Defence Diaries of Morgan Petty" which was written in the olden days. It's a collecton of letters a nutter wrote trying to buy a challenger tank to protect Number 4. Privett Drive during the cold war. Well worth a read, the replies are priceless.
Huh? You can phone them?:blink:
I don't know who is Edith Bowman.
Im just wondering why youre doing a media thing when you have no clue who these people are? lol They arnt obscure, just weird that you have no idea who they are
Nabil Mishima
18-09-09, 15:31
Im just wondering why youre doing a media thing when you have no clue who these people are? lol They arnt obscure, just weird that you have no idea who they are
Something to do isn't it? XD
Seriously though when my ICT tutor denied me a place for lvl 3 ICT. I had nowhere to go then she recommended me media.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Timewaster-Letters-Robin-Cooper/dp/1843171082
Robin Cooper is a pseudonym
Aaaaaaah. I think I found that, but I didn't think it was the same thing. Cooooool. Ta.
Something to do isn't it? XD
Seriously though when my ICT tutor denied me a place for lvl 3 ICT. I had nowhere to go then she recommended me media.
Then my suggestion, Nabil, would be that you read and listen to as much as you can. Go, Nabil, you can do it ;)
And dont use wikipedia, no college/uni institution will accept references from a site which anyone can edit (even if studies have said its pretty accurate)