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The Sandy Hook Tragedy T he  Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting  occurred on December 14, 2012, in  Newtown, Connecticut , when 20-year-old Adam Lanza  fatally shot 20 children between six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members.  Prior to driving to the school, he shot and  killed his mother  at their Newtown home. After he committed the tragedy Lanza committed  suicide  by shooting himself in the head.  It was the deadliest school shooting to have ever happened in the US and the fourth deadliest shooting to have ever happened in the US.

Warner Music Group Research The Warner Music Group has over 513k followers making it larger than the Universal Music Group which has just over 470k followers on twitter. This makes the Warner Music Group one of the most followed music groups in the world. The group was founded in 1958 and is now worth over $20bn. The CEO of the group is Stephen Cooper and the HQ of the group is in New York in the United States. The revenue of the Warner Music Group in 2013 is $2.87bn. Some of their labels include: -Ed Sheeran -Coldplay -Macklemore -Prince -Micheal Bublé -Pitbull It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third largest in the global music industry, next to Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME), being the only American music group worldwide. Formerly owned by Time Warner, the company was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until May 2011, when it announced its privatizatio...

MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS. Song title and artist:    Stormzy – Big for your Boots Shot Shot type and camera movement: Medium/close up – Shows Stormzy from his waist upwards showing his setting and camera on his eye line as if he is talking to someone where the camera is. Analysis This shows Stormzy saying ‘how dare you twist the truth’ showing how he could be aggrieved with someone in this time in the song. It also shows in the background his ‘crew’ of what could be on his side in the music video. They are all wearing white to show their friendship and how they are backing him up in the scene. This could link to ‘Boyz in the Hood’ in the gang scene where they are in a group and they are always there for each other to show strength and power. Music/lyrics “How dare you twist up the truth” Edit/Transitions Quick transition at end of shot showing the meaning and aggression he has in it. ...