Libaan's Media Blog

INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCE Ownership and Franchise Give summary of company who owns the product and a summary of the history of the Assassins Creed franchise : focus on key narrative elements, genre, recurring themes and USP of franchise as well as range of consoles and individual games in franchise. The company Ubisoft owns the franchise, the idea of 'Assassin's Creed' originated from a Prince of Persia sequel concept. The AC games usually follow a certain pattern, the Assassins vs the Templars, the assassins are seen as good while the Templars are seen as evil, although sometimes the line between good and evil is quite thin, the game is quite good at questioning your moral code, especially in the recent ones. The games, from AC I - AC III, Desmond Miles is the protagonist and sacrifices his life to save the fictional world. The audience develops a connection with the main character, seeing him go from an impulsive child to a calm and collected assassin who sacrifices his life

Analyse the representation of gender in the music videos for "The Man" by Taylor Swift and "Riptide" by Vance Joy ( 30 marks / 800 words minimum) Both "Riptide" and "The Man" represent gender in a unique way. Riptide weaponises the indie genre to show how women in our society are mistreated in a inventive or innovative way. While in The Man, Swift shows how easy men have it in our society, and how difficult women have it even though they do the same things. Taylor Swift's "The Man" is regarded as a pop song, while "Riptide" is seen as an indie song. However, Swift takes an indie-like approach to her music video, by concealing her identity and appearing as somebody else. Riptide intentionally sexualises the woman in a bikini during the beginning. By covering her face and focusing on her body, it shows how women only hold value in our society (or in media in general) because of their bodies and not their mind, which is wron