Research, Digiral Dictaphone.

Hunter S Thompson was known to dictate stuff on a dictaphone, this is something which i can do on my own, as i myself has purchased my own dictaphone, this will encapusate what actually happend on the night at the snooty fox (venue). including the soound of the music of the band, the conversations which had taken place on the night, all this will give my peice of work some realism to it. Uploading the information recorded on the dictaphone is something i would do, if i could work out a system of getting the digital information on the laptop without using a USB cable, something which the Dictaphone doesnt have.

Research for media product, Hunter S thompson

Hunter S Thompson is well known to coin the term "gonzo" especially in the world of journalism, it is mostly notable for the reporter being the main character within the story via a first person narrative, this is something that i think i can achieve easily for when i wrtie my own article. Sarcasm and the use of humour through comparisons, metaphors and having funny scenarious throughout the narrative of the story. Alcohol and recreational use of drugs are used rather a lot within his work but for my piece of writing, the usuage of these substances might or might not be used on the night of the gig, this all depends on my thoughts and feelings on the night.

Research for Media Product

A photograph of my local music venue, The Snooty Fox in Wakefield. This is where my media product will be based, I have decided to write about a night out within this establishment and a small music review on one of the bands that will be playing here. Hunter S thompsons work has influenced me greatly thus has made me want to persue this course for my media product.

Neil Leifer, Ali knocking down Liston

Neil was and still is considered one of the greatest sports photographers that has ever been graced within the sports industry. The positioning of ali standing over liston, does show ali's dominance within the boxing world at this time. Ali was also known to be a trash talker and made him a press favourite for it, and this picture does express alis fighting talk, as it does seem he is shouting at liston, many say it was "get up fucker and fight" showing his fighting spirit and his aim for a challange. Sports photography is something that interests me greatly but seeing that i wont be able to go to any sporting events to get decent photographs so the option of creating a piece of Gonzo Journalism is still being the favourite option.

Jim marshall, 1969, johnny cash comment to the wardens.

The man in blacks reaction when photographer, Jim Marshall if he had anything he wanted to say to the wardens at Folsom prison of which johnny was playing a gig at. The picture encapulates the style of rock n roll in the late 60s, of rebellion, breaking the rules, and not playing with the conformist of the norm. His outlaw image can be clearly seen within this picture of his swearing towards the camera, like its towards the audience themselves this can be served as a influence for the punk rock era of not "giving a fuck" attitude to authority.

Noting that i blogged a picture of timothy learys famous phrase of "turn on, tune in, drop out" i thought that it would not be right without blogging my comments on Aldous Huxleys book "the doors of perception" a book that influenced the band "the doors" to take their name from. A book documentaring on the usuage of more powerful drugs like mescaline. The diary like style that its written in is something that i may do for my media product, which is ever more going in the direction of a music review of a local band. 

Bernie Boston, March on the Pentegon. Flower Power

Known as the Flower Power picture. This pictures captures the whole Hippy movement and the motives in a single capture, the army/police standing in form against the unarmed protesters who are wanting peace within the vietnam war. Placing flowers upon the barrels of the guns, does show us how the stereotypes of hippies and their use of "flower power" does derive from and how their anti-war beliefs can be a powerful symbol of the times. Even though iam not wanting to a photography project for my media product, i do want to do a piece of Gonzo journalism based around a major event like these marches, unfortunatly it will be proved rather difficult to gain access to a rally in such a small time period of when this work has to be done thus is making me believe that writing about a music gig, a night out, would be much more simpler and easier to achieve