Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960's (1960 - 1965) There was a vast change in popular culture from the 1950's to the 1960's. The changes
Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960's (1960 - 1965) There was a vast change in popular culture from the 1950's to the 1960's. The changes of culture in Britain began to occur in the late 1950's, when everything was still seen as adult and outrageous behaviour. This change can be seen through the statement of one lady: "In the 1950's, daughters tried to look like their mothers, in the 1960's, mothers tried to look like their daughters," taken from the information booklet. This dramatic change in culture, from fashion, radio and TV to going out, art & architecture and peoples opinions, had a massive impact on Britain. The changes in were enormously down to the increase in employment and money that people were receiving. One very important aspect of the sixties, which became extremely clear, was a total lack of respect for the traditional ideas and values. Fashion in the 1950's was extremely different to what it was soon going to become. The 50's saw figure hugging clothes, with very little skin being revealed to the world, with women's essentials being headscarfs, turbans, basic military style suits and the sturdy wedge shoe of wartime Britain. At the beginning of the 1960's there were only a few signs of the major developments that were to take place in Britain. Fashion in the 1960's became more short skirts and straight dresses, showing off the
7. Assess the role of the mass media in Britain during the inter-war period
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Produce an extract from a documentary series, or current affairs programme to include studio presentation, interview and either theme tune or jingle.
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To what extent was the BBC in the 1920s the personal creation of John Reith?
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The fundamental problem of layout planning for assembly is to determine the minimum number of stations (workers) and assign tasks to each station so that a desired level of output is achieved.
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A Scripted Piece
(SFX - a real smoothly romantic music playing in the background) Annc. The first thing a man notices when he walks past a woman is if she smells attracting. Man. Oh (holds), what is that beautiful smell...(acting the lines if he had never felt some thing so good) it smells gorgeous! Wom. Why (really surprised), thank you...(like she has just seen the man and he is stunning) you smell beautiful too. (Trying to chat him up) Man. No, I mean it; it smells so attracting... it's making me wanting to drop at your feet. (So serous and in is tone sounding like he is interested in her and him is almost dropping to her feet) Wom. (An intrigued little girlish giggle) Well... Man. Do you want my number... here please take it! (Desperately like he really wants her.) Annc. Always get what you want... (With the tone of his for of saying that it really works) Attraction, watch the male reaction. The radio advert that I will be analysing is about a "Free Bridget Jones' Dairy when you buy some Max Factor make-up." I found this advert on Yorkshire Coast Radio, it was broadcast on one of their popular shows "The Wind Down Zone." This show begins at 10pm and plays songs to relax you. The advert is a storyline that starts off by "Dear Dairy, I was shopping..." and carries on when the actor sees the offer and the voice over explains the deal. This advert is aimed at
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