Cheyenne Joseph // UCA Television blog

For You, Dear Friend - Anthony Anaxogorou I decided to go ahead and take a look at the artist's original version of the poem as I wanted to gain a greater understanding on the pace as well as the overall tone of the poem. Although we must interpret it into our own ways I found it very helpful to have a starting point to base my understanding from.  From this I gathered that he intended the piece to be quite, slow, moving but also having sudden alternating paces through out due to the run on words that is used. It was interesting to see that I interpreted the poem in a similar way to how he has presented it here. Another understanding that I gained from this was (although hinted in the poem) is the person he speaks of is black. If I want to create something that makes sense with the poem then I must include a black woman who represents the "friend". It would seem odd if I strayed away from this as it may not fit. So this is something to take into consideration w...

Anthony Anaxagorou  British born Poet and Writer First young poet to win the London Young Mayor's Poetry Slam with his poem "Anthropos" Made a number of radio and television appearances including a live recital on BBC London Radio Looking at Anaxagorou work I decided it would be a good idea to browse Anthony's work to get a greater feel on what style of work he usually creates and I came across a few interesting pieces;  If I Told You The Master's Revenge For the girl who asked what I was thinking  Imagery The first thing I noticed about Anthon's work is the use of powerful yet subliminal imagery that he pairs up with his words. The pictures illustrate what he is talking about but it is not so literal so for that moment you are left to make the link or interpret it into your own way. When looking at "For the girl who asked what I was thinking" I noticed that this imagery differed from the other sli...

DIGITAL NEWS CRITICAL ANALYSIS Introduction This critical analysis will discuss the online news channel Face Value and it’s relation to News as a whole genre. Topics such as brand development and audience research will be discussed in order to explore the news genre. The reasons and implications of our decision making process for Face value will be explored whilst analysing and comparing with the conventions and methodology in television news production. Concept/ Brand Development When creating a brand or new concept, there are a variety of factors to take into consideration. “The style, structure and very look of the programmes are needed to underpin their reliability and impartiality” (Chapman, 2009: 219) as Chapman states, it is important to consider all elements as they have an equal part to play in order to have the desired effect when creating a news piece. One of the reasons branding must be carefully considered is that it must be appropriate to the ta...