English Director - Ridley Scott

My Media World

The modern phone- iphone

Media plays a huge role in everyone's life nowadays. From the internet to high street advertisement media is an aspect of our lives which we take for granted. For example, i have a mobile phone (iPhone 3Gs) and i mostly use it for making calls, communicating through SMS and Facebook, playing games and surfing the web. It is astonishing how one small personal gadget can perform all of these tasks both quickly and simultaneously. To keep in touch with my friends, I use Facebook. You are able to post information on other peoples walls and send messages through Facebook chat. I use the internet for 20 hours each week and 10 hours of TV along with that.

Lost in Translation (2004)

 If i want to see a film, I tend to check the rating of the film on IMDb. If it has a substantial rating then i will either see the production at the cinema or buy the DVD. Recently, it has become more common to digitally download movies, TV programs and music. For films, although it is easier and more convenient, i tend to enjoy the 'cinema' experience which involves a dark setting and a wide screen TV. I have always been a huge fan of films and have a passion for films which have a theme like 'Don't Look Now' by Nicholas Roeg and 'Lost in translation' Sofia Coppola. 

 
Cleverly, if you miss a particular program on TV then you can normally choose 'Catch up TV' to quite literally catch up and watch the program missed on demand. This is a huge convenience for the public who have to work long hours everyday or if someone has a particular event that they cannot miss. 

Technology is changing and developing everyday and media enables us to see this development in an everyday environment.