My Media Summer

S U M M E R 

Unfortunately , to our dismay , summer is over ; however , we can still discuss our summer highlights.

Let's begin with Films!

I only got to watch one movie this summer which was "Dawn of the planet of the Apes" which has been placed as number 5 on this Summers top grossing films list. 

With a short and simple summary , I would personally give this movie a solid 7/10. I enjoyed several aspects to this movie , but felt there was some room for improvements. Usually, films begin with a peaceful equilibriem , with some disruption leading to a resolution.  Mark Bomback , the writer and director , followed a different narrative. The film started with a problem , with plenty of actions including resolutions and disruptions which contrasted with each other , leading to the film ending with a slightly sad tone. I found this film to be very emotional as Bomback makes you grow to like all the characters , and in the end , the Apes die anyway, infact , a grown man was crying in the cinema! I really enjoyed this movie as I love science fiction films in general , but I felt like the ending was too abrupt , especially as an audience we felt disappointed that the characters we liked ended up dying. The setting and lighting really set the somber yet warm mood to this movie and I would recommend others to watch it.

Did you watch any movies this Summer ?

SONGS

I am pretty sure you have heard the song 'Wiggle' by Jason Derulo. This song hit the internet pretty fast , people were filming vine videos of their own wiggle dance , as well as tweeting about it. The song is catchy and it has a fun concept to it , but , it doesn't fit the genre of music I listen to at all. It was spread across on social media sites which is how I even came to know about it. I'm not sure I even enjoy the song but it has become so popular and would be rated as one of the best summer songs of 2014 , I do like how the music video itself did kind of show the summer mood which did make it more appealing for the holidays.

I do have one question ... 

How do you fit all that in them jeans?

TV SHOWS

Apart from watching trash tv re-runs such as 'Say yes to the dress' I did enjoy some of the new summer shows that had come out. One interesting show that was released was on MTV called 'Virgin territory' , now we all know this is kind of a touchy , and well...awkward subject to talk about, but the show was actually awesome to watch. The reality series was centred around random young adults who had yet to face their first sexual experience , it was funny to watch because it was really embarrassing for them , but it was also interesting to see how some peoples choices were often influenced by their background. Watching this was a good break from watching 'American horror story' because it was entirely different. If you haven't watched it , check out the trailer here.

WEBSITES

Considering I'm a teenager , the websites I go on are mostly social media sites. Instagram has been a great way for me to connect with my friends as we can upload pictures from the summer and see what everyone has been up to.  I loved watching some peoples attempts at the ice bucket challenge which has been floating around lately , and it was great to see where people went on holiday. 

STORIES IN THE NEWS

Most of the stories you'll find on the news , will be centered around world issues. Such as the whole  debate between Europe and Ukraine. 

"Europe, the feckless sanctioner of Russia; Ukraine the debt-ridden oligarchy in need of US aid to pay its gas bills to Russia. And what of Russia? Putin actually lost effective control of the whole country and has spun this defeat on the Street as somehow a victory over Obama in capturing his own port with masked Special Forces and probably ruining the Black Sea tourist trade in the process. Cry me a river! Sanctions have at least staved off an invasion that spared enough of a Presidential election that even Obama could claim a victory of sorts that the election was accomplished despite Russian provocations (but no invasion -- thank you, sanctions)! Meanwhile, just when Europe should be grateful that it has NATO and the EU to keep it from complete subservience to the same Russian gas pipeline that serves Kiev, its voters seemed to take out their economic frustrations on those same EU institutions. Spare us, at least for the summer."

The points above are from huffington post , which delivers their opinion with a sense of witty scorn. If you click here  , you will read a much different approach to the news. This gives ethical issues such as this , turn into more of a debate , as not everyone agrees and different institutions have different approaches to such headlines. If we all agreed on a solution , then the news would be much simpler and there wouldn't be as much conflict. I do however, like how different institutions state their own opinion in a subtle way , whether its with unbiased articles or posts written with a certain tone. It allows us to register these issues and see them in a different light.

The news this summer was not really centered around Summer itself , which is something I would like to see next year!