weekly news #13: arrests following 'terrorist probe'

After all of the palaver surrounding Brexit, with the right-wingers' fear of the proposed addition of countries such...

weekly news #12: 'urgent action' on hiv rates

This week's news comes from Pink News, a UK-based online newspaper targeted to the LGBT+ community. Pink News...

audio and visual codes - moving image

The Body Shop: Jingle Bells (2015) I'm a Christmassy person anyway (I've been begging my boyfriend to let...

weekly news #11: workmen vs bear

(excuse the awful thumbnail picture, it comes from CCTV footage and doesn't at all represent my views on...

weekly news #10 - croydon tram crash

In light of the recent tragedy, occuring less than a mile from my parents' house, I thought it...

coursework preparation: premise, narrative and characterisation

Rather than changing my ideas from last year, I have decided to stick with my premise, and this...

weekly news #9: melania trump's plagiarism v2

I'm writing this after the results of the 2016 election have already been released (and let me tell...

narrative theories

Taking a break from all of the digital analysis, fancy Prezis and walls of text with some good-old-fashioned...

weekly news #8: yet more fashion articles, yawn

The Huffington Post UK is a news source I browse regularly: the articles are often balanced, fair and...

weekly news #7: can we stop with the misogyny?

The media is notorious for finding new ways to sexualise and objectify women - from the countless selection...

weekly news #6: ufo expert found dead

Let me preface this by telling you that I believe in aliens. Not the little green men up...

coursework preparation: analysis of posters

My coursework last year was based around the creation of a teen thriller film, and constructing promotional material...

weekly news #5: clown invasion of the uk

As a child, I suffered with many of the usual fears - I didn't like the dark, heights...

weekly news #4: to hell with tinder!

Oh, how I love the Daily Telegraph. Every so often, there's a jewel among the rough of Conservative...

weekly news #3: the male pill is coming

It's come to my attention that two out of three of my weekly news articles are somehow related...

thriller presentation

On the rare occasion that Barrington wasn't in for our lesson, we found ourselves sat in front of...

weekly news #2: solving cancer?

This article piqued my interest as I was scrolling through The Independent's website. Whether on paper or online,...

sweat vs sex appeal

This Girl Can (2015) is a campaign by Sport England, the body that allocates public funding to sport, as a...

60 second video

Our assignment was to create a video about ourselves. It had to be between 40 and 60 seconds,...

weekly news #1: brock turner

    This story made me angry. Really, really angry.  For a little bit of background information, earlier...
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