Abigail's Media Blog

Street Food - S1Ep1: Bangkok, Thailand Street Food, a Netflix original series made by the creators of Chef's Table, is a culinary documentary aiming to educate and inform those with an interest in food and travel. The pilot episode follows the story of a seventy three year old woman in Thailand on her journey to becoming a successful chef. Growing up in a slum, Jay Fai watched her mother sell food at the market near her home. The family wasn't making enough money, and her drug-addicted father often ran away, so Fai became a seamstress in order to provide support and help to put a meal on the table. However, her career was cut short whilst Fai was in her twenties when she lost all of her possessions in a fire. She was working at the time of a stairwell collapse, which triggered fire in which all of her equipment and possessions were destroyed. She then decided to teach herself to cook in order to help her mother's business, and soon began to put her own twist on recipes. ...

One Strange Rock - S1Ep1: Gasp Created by National Geographic and presented by Will Smith, One Strange Rock looks at how planet Earth may be the strangest lace in the universe. The pilot episode features astronaut Chris Hadfield - who spent one hundred and sixty six days in space - discussing oxygen. He shares the story of experiencing a sudden pain in his eye whilst in space, causing it to tear up. Due to the lack of gravity the tear grew and leaked into both eyes, causing momentary blindness. Her was told that there may be contamination inside his suit and so had to flush it out by releasing his oxygen supply. Following this hooking story, the programme then cuts to an astrobiologist in Dallol, Ethiopia, named Felipe Gómez Gómez. His favourite location, Dallol, has toxic air, no fresh water and no forms of life that require oxygen. He has, however, found bacteria living in an acidic lake. He says that without oxygen, life can't grow any bigger than the size of a "pinhead...

Stac ey Meet s the IS Bride s     In Stac ey Doo ley's BBC docu mentary Stacey Meets the IS Brides , available on BBC iPlayer , the journalist visit s Syrian Camps , where radicalized brides of IS fighters are currently residing , in order to gain an understanding of wha t lif e for these women was like und er the reign of the extremist group . Th e documentary gives a raw insight into the experiences of these women as well as th e dangers of th e camp , with Dooley mentioning that she need ed t o hav e ar med guards with her a t all times following the fatal stabbing of one of the camp's female guards shortly before her arrival. The programme aims to educate the British public on how these women came to be IS brides, their experiences and how they live in the c amps following the defea t of the group . This is delivered through interviews with residents as well as clips from propaganda videos and footage from around the camp. While many women are unwilli...

For this assignment, my group - consisting of Devon, Akash, Jonathan, Kaenat, Ramalex and myself - created a music video for a mashup of the songs "Fall Apart" by Post Malone and "Changes" by xxxtentacion, chosen by Kaenat.  This mashup follows the story of a youth with a broken heart, who’s struggling to come to terms with their failed relationship. Colloquialisms such as “you was my shawty I thought” emphasises not only the age of character that the vocalist portrays, but the target demographic for this song. First used in North America, “shawty” is a slang word derived from the noun “shorty”, and is typically used as a nickname by teenage males for their partners, or to refer to an attractive woman. The phonetic spelling of the term also reflects upon the standard American accent, linking to the nationality of the two singers in this mashup. This song also touches on the superficiality of the relationship. The line “all this damn jewelry I bought” suggests that t...