Me & Media

Hello,my name is Fernanda Salazar.  Am 17 years old studying in LaRetraite RC Girls School. I am going to tell you what I enjoy doing and what I don’t like. I love doing sports , specially when it involves a team such as football, basketball etc. Bench ball is my favourite. I also enjoy drawing , specially portrayed. Things I don’t like doing is reading unless is a really good book. I think this is because I like to keep active so I cant sit still to read a book. On my free time I don’t really like going to parties or places like that I prefer doing something more relaxing like watching a film. At the moment I'm studying media studies at AS, I really like it because i thin is very interesting.There are a lot of different media types such as films , radio stations, TV shows etc. Media is used for different reasons, It can be used to inform us , entertain us or for socializing purposes. Most people us a variety of them in there daily basis. I use all the type of media throughout my day. In this post am going to tell you about my favourite TV shows, films, radio etc.

FAVORITE TV SHOWS

I  don't watch a lot of TV shows because I don't really have time for them. I usually prefer music or films because they are not long and I can watch them while am eating. The only time I watch TV shows is on the weekend. These are my favorite TV shows

Once Upon A Time

 

This is an American fairy tale drama series. The show takes place in the fictional seaside town called Story brook. The plot of the story is actually characters from different fairytales which are transported to the "real world" town and robbed of their real memories by a powerful curse. Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgGGdHmPZeI&safe=active

The X factor

This is a British music competition where people go and preform inform of the audience and judges. This show helps find new singing talent.

Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnf5mAxJU-0&safe=active

FAVOURITE FILMS

I prefer films more than TV shows or any other kind of media. This is because they are short and get to the point. I like a lot of different type of films , I like comedy , thriller, action etc.  I have a lot of favourite films. These are some:

Breaking Dawn part 2

 Breaking Dawn is an American romantic fantasy and adventure film. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprise their roles, with Mackenzie Foy portraying Renesmee- Bella and Edwards daughter. This is the continuation of Breaking Dawn Part1. In this film Bella wakes up from her transformation from human to vampire, she now has  her new abilities. She also realises that Jacob has imprinted on her child, Renesmee. I really enjoy watching this film because it takes you away from reality. It helps you widen your imagination as it takes you through adventures. I have always being interested in vampire romance novels or fiction novels.
Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xOSoONDpY4&safe=active

Hot chick

 This is my favorite film. Is Amazing. I can watch it countless times and not get bored. The hot chick is basically an American comedy film about a teenage girl whose body is magically swapped with a 30 year old criminal. The films stars Rob Schneider as the criminal, Rachel McAdams as the teenage girl, and her cheerleader friends, who search for her body while dealing with awkward social situations. I love this film because is really funny and is a teen movie.

Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6VEvEwzLLY&safe=active

Titanic

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film. Is a  fictionalized account of the sinking of the Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of two different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship. The film starts in 1996, treasure hunter Brock Lovett and his team aboard the research vessel Keldysh search the wreck of Titanic for a necklace with a rare diamond. They recover a safe and find inside a drawing of a nude woman wearing only the necklace. An elderly woman calling herself Rose Dawson Calvert claimed to be the person in the drawing visits Lovett, and tells them her experiences as a passenger on the Titanic. I absolutely love this film because it gives me an emotional message of the tragedy of Titanic and a love story interspersed with the human loss. No matter how many times I watch this film it will always make me cry.
Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCy5WQ9S4c0

She's the man

 

She's the man is an American romantic comedy film. The film is about Viola Hastings which is a high school soccer player at Cornwall, which has just cut its girls' soccer team. So she decides to  enter her brother's school in his place, pretending to be a male, in order to play in the boys' soccer team. This is another of my favorite films because its so hilarious and it don't have a lot of non- fiction because is a story it can actually happen in real life.

Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKw2FiDrKM&safe=active

Lion king 2

The lion kind II is an American animated film by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is about Simba and Nala's daughter, Kiara, who strongly falls in love with Kovu, a male lion who was raised in a pride of Scar's followers and Simba's enemies, the outsiders. To be able to be together they must overcome the two obstacles that are keeping them apart: Kovu's mother, Zira, and Simba's prejudices against the Outsiders. I love this film because I use to watch it since I was little and now when I watch it is like it brings me back in time. also because it shows love, danger, actions etc.

Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylCi6thmHM&safe=active

GAMES

I don't really like playing games I prefer to do other things. But there are a couple of games I enjoy. Am not the type of person to sit and play games when am free, so I usually just play these games on my Phone when am on the bus going somewhere.

Candy Crush Saga

Candy Crush Saga is a game that was released for Facebook, but then it was released for smart phones. This game is a variation of match-three games. Each level has a game board filled with differently colored candies, and might contain obstacles. The basic move of this game is horizontally or vertically swapping the positions of two candies, to create sets of three or even more candies of the same colour. I really like this game because is very challenging , although the first levels are quiet easy.

Fruit Ninja

Fruit Ninja is a video game. In Fruit Ninja, the player slices fruit with a blade controlled via a touch pad. As the fruit is thrown onto the screen, the player swipes their finger across the screen to create a slicing motion, attempting to slice the fruit in half. Players must slice all fruit. If three fruits are missed, the game ends. Bombs are occasionally thrown onto the screen, and the end will also end if the player slices them. I love this game because is very challenging because you have to be extra quick with your moves so that you don’t miss a single fruit.

FAVOURITE RADIO

I love listening to the radio when am tidying up , relaxing or doing my work. Also when there's no one I always put it on so the house is not to quiet. Here are some of the radio stations I like to hear.

Magic

Magic is a brand in UK radio it usually plays really soft songs which helps me relax or do work

Here are some samples of songs played by magic:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9__6TAVTwtk&list=PLEF7FC84B73103C6C&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGzTyhSX7e0&list=PLEF7FC84B73103C6C

Capital Xtra

Capital Xtra also called , is an urban music radio station. This is another radio station I usually hear when am at home.

Social Network

Facebook            



Facebook is an online social networking service. Facebook allows anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old to become a registered user of the website. I use Facebook a lot because this is a way I keep contact with family and friends

Whatsapp     



WhatsApp Messenger is a instant messaging subscription service for smart phones. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages. I am always using this to keep in touch with friends. Is very convenient because it I can send pictures to my friends or family straight away.

Instagram  

Instagram is an online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr. I started using Instagram just to take pictures and edit them but after time I started following friends and they followed me back so now i use it as a social networking site as well. I usually check my Instagram on the bus and see what friends post.

Youtube    

                                                                

YouTube is a video-sharing website, on which users can upload, view and share videos. Youtube displays a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos. I use this to watch novels or to hear music.

BOOK & MAGAZINES

I don’t really enjoy reading books or magazines. But I have read some and this is because they really caught my attention and they are really good books. Instead of books or magazines I prefer the newspaper which I often read every morning.

Twilight

Twilight is a young-adult vampire-romance. It is the first book of the twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. I loved reading book because it was full of mystery and adventure. It describes everything that happens in details which makes me have a clear image of the story.