Dhurata - Media blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

  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 t ranscript - then answer the following questions:  1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? Wether the song should be classified as rap or country or a hybrid county rap genre.  2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? He came to fame through the song going viral on tiktok and before that he was an independent artist. 3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? It's about challenging the stereotypes people often believe about the American cowboy and country-western music in general . 4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? Because it  wasn't getting recognised as a country song people thought it was to do with race and the fact that lil was x was challenging stereotypes in his song. 5) How does Charlie Har...

  This week's work requires  Media  Factsheet #69: Music Video . You'll need to log in to Google using your Greenford Google account to access this.  Read the factsheet and answer the following 10 questions: 1) What is the purpose of a music video? The purpose of a music video is to sell products, the most obvious  of which is the song featured in the video. However, other connected  products are also marketed by a music video. For example, the  album the song is featured on, the film the song is part of the  soundtrack for, an upcoming tour by the artist and merchandise like  t-shirts. 2) How has the digital age changed the production and distribution of music videos? The development of new media technologies meant that music  videos, and the songs along with them, were more widely available  at any time. Videos could be uploaded to video hosting sites like  YouTube and viewed using portable media devices. 3) Which three major...