Eve Holness A2 Media Studies

I watched The Riot Club, which was based on the Bullingdon Club, an exclusive and elitist all male club made up of the richest and most well connected students   at Oxford. The Riot Club is an elaborate and exaggerated depiction of the events of the Bullingdon club, which shows the members a really bad light. The members are pompous, entitled, glutinous, snobbish, sexist and ultimately aggressive. It’s a simple plot line that shows members being chosen and then goes on to show them getting out of hand during a pre-planned evening meal. The night ends with them causing GBH to the pub landlord where they are eating. It then shows how the group are willing to sacrifice one of their members in order to protect themselves. The film shows the arrogance of the wealthy establishment and the cracks that appear in their loyalty when their futures are threatened by the consequences of their actions.   I liked watching the film because I feel like it gave me a glimpse of...

I read by The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe – The True Story by Keith Badman. I chose this book because I have always had an interest in Marilyn Monroe and found her captivating.    This is a factual book that looks at the last 2 years of Monroe’s life and the events that lead up to her death. The book is written in an investigative style, almost as if Badman is a detective investigating Monroe’s death. The opening chapter looks at Monroe’s childhood, which I found fascinating. Monroe, actually called Norma Jean, clearly had a very troubled time when she was little and often spoke of the horrible things she endured as a child, but Badman also uncovers some happier moments, and times when she did experience love.   I really liked when Badman describes Norma Jean’s Saturday trips with her Mother, where the two of them would take a walking tour around the streets where all the movie stars lived in Hollywood Hills. Norma Jean would also intently put her little hands and fe...