Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Prince Harry's Birthday Bash

According to http://www.dailymail.co.uk, on Tuesday September 16, 2014, Prince Harry celebrated his 30th birthday with a close group of friends. Seeing that his father and step-mother were out of town, Harry was able to use their residence, Clarence House, as headquarters for the celebration. Not too many 30 year-olds have the opportunity to hold their birthday party in a house the size of a museum.
Prince Harry and Prince William were both spotted driving themselves to the party in their recently purchased cars; Prince Harry in a top-of-the-line Audi, and Prince William in his brand new Range Rover. This information enforces the norm that royalty travels with expensive taste, while contradicting the idea that princes are always escorted by their chauffeurs, seeing that both men drove themselves to the party. DailyMail takes a dig at Prince Harry by suggesting from his past partying nights that he won't be driving himself back to Kensington Palace at the end of the party. The readers are reminded of Prince Harry's wild times, enforcing the idea that he is the less-responsible, younger brother of Prince William. DailyMail clearly doesn't have confidence in Prince Harry's actions maturing with his age. Also, it is said that Ellie Goulding performed at the royal shindig. This lets it be known that the birthday boy has the best of the best performers at his party - just as we would suspect. 

The point of this media is to share the events of Prince Harry's birthday with the pop culture world. DailyMail is successful in doing this by revealing the guests at the party, the location and the performer of the night. While breaking the news of the celebration, DailyMail is still able to input their two cents as to what they think of the event, especially with the insult to Prince Harry that he would not be sober enough to drive home. 

Thursday, September 4, 2014

One Direction Movie Trailer

On Thursday September 4, 2014, One Direction released a short clip of a trailer for their upcoming movie. http://www.mtv.com/news/1920576/one-direction-where-we-are-movie-trailer/
The MTV.com reporter, Christina Garibaldi, reacted to this release very similarly to how a crazed, One Direction super-fan would. She starts the post with informal language like "Seriously," sounding like a stereotypical high school girl. Through this post, the readers are encouraged to clear their calendars for October 11th and 12th - the days they will be spending in the movie theater watching the 1D film over and over again. This implicitly implies that the teen girls believe this band to be more important than anything else they could be doing for a weekend. This piece is completely bias to fans of One Direction. Any person who isn't part of this fandom wouldn't be concerned with this news, much less the enthusiasm displayed by the writer. 

I think the point is clearly made from this article, simply informing fans of the upcoming film. I also believe that MTV.com chose a suitable person to write this article. Garibaldi does her best to relate to the audience by expressing her uncontainable excitement for the mid-October weekend. She uses "One Direction" language to connect to fans by saying "Payno" and enticing them with front row views and exclusive interviews to look forward to. MTV. com was successful in conveying the message at hand in the way that they did.