The document discusses how the media product draws inspiration from real music videos and albums in its forms and conventions. It summarizes how the product takes visual elements like quick cuts, split screens, and flashing colors from Beyonce's "Countdown" video. It also replicates the use of graffiti walls from Cheryl Cole and close-up shots from Azealia Banks. The product mimics album layouts including four edited images on the cover inspired by Little Mix. The back cover and website draw from Adele and Rita Ora respectively. Images compare elements copied from other artists alongside the original work.
The document discusses how the media product draws inspiration from real music videos and albums in its forms and conventions. It summarizes how the product takes visual elements like quick cuts, split screens, and flashing colors from Beyonce's "Countdown" video. It also replicates the use of graffiti walls from Cheryl Cole and close-up shots from Azealia Banks. The product mimics album layouts including four edited images on the cover inspired by Little Mix. The back cover and website draw from Adele and Rita Ora respectively. Images compare elements copied from other artists alongside the original work.
The document discusses ideas for a music video that were inspired by analyzing videos made by other artists like Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Tinie Tempah, Cheryl Cole, and Azealia Banks. It notes that simple videos with split screens and cuts can be effective without telling a story. It also mentions using a graffiti wall background, different wigs, and lip syncing scenes. Shots from Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj's "Beauty and a Beat" video of self-shooting and using one location are cited as influences.
This document discusses new features in Java 8 including lambda expressions, default methods in interfaces, stream API improvements, and removal of PermGen space. Lambda expressions allow implementing functional interfaces more concisely. Default methods allow adding new methods to interfaces without breaking existing implementations. The stream API was enhanced for filtering, mapping, and collecting data from collections. PermGen space was replaced with Metaspace for allocating class metadata.
The document discusses using surveys to improve aid in fragile states, using The Asia Foundation's experience conducting surveys in Afghanistan as a case study. Some key challenges of surveys in fragile states include unstable environments, lack of information, and weak local capacity. The Afghanistan surveys aimed to inform policy, understand public opinion, and build local research capacity. Challenges included developing culturally appropriate questions, sampling inaccuracies, and disseminating results safely. Innovations included training local interviewers of both genders and modifying sampling methods to interview women.
This document summarizes the key topics covered in the book "Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja" by John Resig. It discusses how JavaScript can be used as a functional language by treating functions as first-class objects, and covers topics like the "this" keyword, closures, private variables, partial application of functions, and cross-browser development techniques. The goal is to understand advanced JavaScript concepts and create reusable code that works across all browsers.
The document is a worksheet containing 10 multiple choice questions testing English vocabulary knowledge. The questions cover topics such as types of food including fruit and dairy, occupations, family relationships, and locations of objects. Students are asked to choose the correct or most appropriate answer from the given multiple choice options to complete each sentence or question.
