Stefani's Media Blog

  One key clue to why 'I, Daniel Blake' is an independent film is the limited star cast/ famous actors or actresses. The main actors are Hayley Squires and Dave Johns who haven't be involved in any wide known or mainstream productions. The movie is set Britain, it tells the story of a 59 years old widowed carpenter  who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work. Despite his doctor's diagnosis, British authorities deny Blake's benefits and tell him to return to his job. As Daniel navigates his way through an agonising a ppeal process, he begins to develop a strong bond with a destitute, single mother who's struggling to take care of her two children. The movie's genre is drama, which is mainly viewed in most of the independent films' story lines. Through out the move, the main character meets many challenges, which most of the times are closely linked with realistic situations from unusual  everyday life. The movie intends

By the end of today’s lesson you should understand and be able to define the following terms: Circulation- count of how many copies of a particular publication are distributed  Readership- an estimate of how many readers a publication has  Left wing- support those who cannot help themselves/ idealists and believe in equality  Right wing- value tradition/ believe in economic freedom/ believe that we should all look after ourselves  Tabloid- popular newspapers/ they write short stories using simple language/ they have read masthead and report on politics, international news but mainly tend to include celebrity gossip  Broadsheet- quality newspapers/ the style of writing include long sentences and paragraphs and in-depth analysis/ have higher newspaper content but lower circulation  Answer the following questions using the material sent to you. By what percentage has circulation for the Sunday Mirror decreased? - by -16.3 % Which UK paper had the highest circulation figures as o