Sony records research

Sony

Ownership

Sony music are an extremely well known music label and a hugely successful and they have artists like James Arthur, Beyoncé, The Chainsmokers and Sia. The label also own lots of different music labels these include, Ministry of sound, Syco music which is Simon Cowell’s label, epic records, Columbia records, relentless and black butter records just to name a few. As well as music Sony are also in other businesses for example they own Sony electronics that sell televisions, projectors, headphones and many more. They also own PlayStation.

 Production

 Sony records produce CD’S and Vinyl’s. They are developing there download system but the majority of the music they are in charge of is sent to streaming websites like Spotify, Dezzer and liked in TV. The total income for Sony just from music including publishing records and visual media was up 8% to 150.2bn yen ($1.49).

Marketing

Sony use a huge range of different marketing methods to make sure that all of their artists new albums get all the publicity they could possibly need. The first marketing method that they use is social media for example twitter, Facebook and Instagram. They use these platforms to promote the new albums of their artists.  They also use TV adverts to advertise their artist’s albums. Sony have not used there my space account since 2^nd October 2008. Sony does have a YouTube channel and they upload videos off their artist’s new singles but also they do other type of videos with them like Q&A’s and other funny videos. The company have a record of doing promotional; TV adverts and press releases to let people know about up and coming gigs for their artists.  Sony currently owns a 75% share in Simon Cowells Syco records. They brought it for £86.5 million in January 2017.  

Distribution and exchange

Some retailers do still sell CD’d of artists that are signed to the record label I’m looking at. For example, Sainsnbury supermarkets sell a range of CD’s from Sony signed artists. These prices range from £5.00 to £15.00. after looking at the website I can’t find any way to download singles or albums from. The main way to buy singles or albums from Sony signed artists is through I tunes and then download them on to your Apple product. Sony has a very big presence on Spotify with a huge number of there very successful artists amongst the top trending on Spotify. 

how is disability shown in coming down the mountain

Coming Down The Mountain Disability Clip

Disability in coming down the mountain

In this essay, I, will be looking at how disability is portrayed through misse en-scene, sound, camera movement and angles and editing in the short clip that I watched form the TV show Coming down the mountain.

The first thing I’m looking at is misses en-scene. The first part of misses en scene that I noticed was that the kid with downs syndrome had a very messy room compared to his brothers which is very tidy and organised with just a few band posters on the wall. The fact that the disabled kids room is messy and very childlike represents disability is because it shows that disabled people’s minds don’t mature as quickly as people who don’t have a disability. The next thing that I noticed was the colours of the two boys room. The disabled boys side was very colourful while the boy who wasn’t disabled had a very dark themed room with lots of black and grey items in it. This represents disability because it shows that disabled people are very childlike and always happy. On the flip side, it shows that having a disabled brother can make you very upset and lead you to a dark state of mind and to a very dark place.

The second area I’m going to touch on is sound. The first area I’m looking at is the soundtrack/song that is on in the morning. The song that is playing in the background while the family is quite a cheery song but the whole family is unhappy and they are all a bit down about everything and the father gets so angry about the breakfast situation that he nearly starts an argument. The second area of sound I am going to talk about is dialogue. The areas where the disabled boy is talking. This represents disability because it shows that listening with a disabled person can be challenging and annoying as it takes them a long time to say what they want to say and it can be very hard to understand them and this can lead them to losing their temper.

The third are I will look at is camera angles and movement. The first shot that I noticed was a bird’s eye view. This is useful in the scene because it acts as an establishing shot and gives the viewers an idea about the room in which the two brothers are staying in. this represents disability because it’s the first time that the viewers get to see the difference between the disabled boys room and the boy who isn’t disabled side of the room. One shot that I really noticed was a medium shot when the disabled boy was on the bus coming home from school on his own because his brother had gone to a party.  This shot shows us just how vulnerable disabled kids can be when they are left on their own or have to do something on their own. 

music questionnaire. Media coursework

I recently carried out a homework task in which I had to do a questionnaire with people my age and ask them for there top 3 recording music artists.

Music questionnaire

1.       All cd/albums that I own?

15

2.       Tally of albums identifying them as main stream or niche?

Main stream	niche
9	6

3.       Top 3 recording artists?

·         Drake

·         Justin Bieber

·         The Chainsmokers

4.       a paragraph explaining to what extent my album collection reflects a more niche or mainstream musical taste?

I would say that my album collection and the style of music that I listen too is varied and is I would say is quite well balanced. For example, I have new albums form artists like Drake, Justin Bieber, The Chainsmokers, little mix just to name a few but I also have albums that aren’t trending right now but are a bit more old school for example I have the kook’s album which is 11 years old and I still listen to that on a regular basis.

10 peoples top 10 recording artists

·         Ellis Lucas- Drake, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber

·         Will Spackman- Drake, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown

·         Jack Sale- Chris Brown, Drake, J Hus

·         Raffy Rice- Drake, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber

·         Liam Rogan- Ed Sheeran, Two Door Cinema Club, Example

·         Ollie Wynn- Drake, Stormzy, JME

·         Will Hawtin- Arctic Monkeys, Two Door Cinema, Club

·         Michael King- J Cole, Drake, J Hus

·         Alfie Sherlock- Drake, Justin Bieber, Arctic monkeys

·         Patrick Garcia- Drake, J Cole, Chris Brown

Artist	Tally (Most Popular first)	Niche or Mainstream	Record Label	Major or Independent label
Drake	8 people	Mainstream	OVO	Major
Chris Brown	5 People	Mainstream	RCA Records	Major
Justin Bieber	4 People	Mainstream	Island Records	Major
J Hus	2 people	Mainstream	Sony	Major
Two Door Cinema Club	2 People	Mainstream	Kitsuné	Major
Arctic Monkeys	2 people	Mainstream	Domino Records	Major
J Cole	2 people	mainstream	Dreamville Records	Major
Ed Sheeran	1 person	mainstream	Atlantic Records	Major
Example	1 person	mainstream	Sony	Major
Stormzy	1 person	mainstream	Not Signed	Independent
JME	1 person	Mainstream	Boy Better Know	Major

Analysing My results

After looking at my results I have found that my top 3 recording artists are Drake, Chris Brown and Justin Bieber. This is no surprise to me as at this moment in time Drake Chris Brown and Justin Bieber are among the best artists in the world and are all dominating the uke and worldwide charts and you will probably hear at least one of these artists. Out of all my 11 artists 10 of them are signed by major record labels/companies with only stormzy who is still independent. This doesn’t not surprise me at all because all the artists and groups that were named are all hugely successful and therefore attract major record labels because they can earn them a huge amount of money and make them an even bigger record label. Out if the 12 artists named in my questionnaire none of them were niche artists. This is no surprise as people my age will mostly listen the mainstream radio stations and streaming sites so the main people that they listen will be well known and mainstream instead of niche and not so well known bands and artists. The majority of my cd and downloaded albums are mainstream acts and are also among the artists that my friends have named in the favourite artists.