Ill Manors- Ted X Blog Task

Ted X Lecture- Plan B

1) Key points on Lecture:

• Kicked out of school at year 10
• Went to PVC
• Felt unimportant to society
• Saw music as a powerful tool
• Newspapers are presented incorrectly to Plan B's perspective
• Make an album to reach out to kids
• Wants to be a father figure to them
• Giving back to the community

Plan B mentioned throughout his lecture that there are so much potential in youngsters even if they are not well educated. He mentioned a short anecdote about a five boy's who he auditioned for a role in Ill Manors, he could only take one, the person who ended up losing out actually got a placement (soon after) for leading role in a T.V show known as 'Top Boy'. This made him notice that even though these kids are from broken families, there is still potential and skill that resides within them and he wants to get that message across to as much of these kids as possible. Towards the end of the lecture, he gives his e-mail out so that it ensures that any kid in that situation can get guidance and help from him personally.

2) Beliefs and political view points as well as ideologies (of Plan B)

Plan B is not a fan of the current government system (at the time of the recording of the Ted X lecture). He believes that the system isn't there to protect and help the youth but rather for the rich. The rich are being focused more at this point in time and Plan B feels ashamed of this and wants the estate children to have a say- a voice. He believes that the government is contradicting themselves in to saying that they are going to support the youth however, make things worse for them. In addition, Plan B states that these children have no where to go because their is not enough finding in council estates as well as the community centres (where the youth can hang around).
Plan B also thinks that the rich people (those at the top of the political hierarchy) do not listen to those at the bottom who are essentially their society. Those with power are controlling and trying to overthrow those with less power which is what Plan B strongly disagrees with.

3) Target audience

This Ted X lecture is meant to be targeted for the youth that are effected by the governments poor actions upon them. The children who have suffered a lot before the riots and after are those who Plan B is trying to reach out to. In addition, Plan B wants his words to come across those who are second in the hierarchy (the adults). This demographic is full of people who are mature and understand the world around them. As an artist who raps and makes music that these people sitting in the crowd don't usually listen to, he is trying to express the youths words through his Ted X talks as he is mature and understands how to communicate in such a way. He wants to show how people who come from a struggled life, can become successful no matter who they were before. He uses the power of his past to convey his message in this way.

4) Media portrayal in Plan B's eyes

Plan B rants on about how the is designed to manipulate society into thinking a certain way. This is similar to the hypodermic needle model where society are forced to believe the media and think in a certain way rather than thinking for themselves. in this case, the media is trying to portray the youth as 'violent' and as 'scums' which the majority of society believe now days. Plan B goes to give proof of this when he delivers a short story to a news company about his encounter with a gang when shooting Ill Manors. The news company decided to leave out the end of the story to make it seem as if the youth are violent and aggressive to people. Plan B argued that the press are there to collect stories and twist the story that will best serve their audience rather than what it actually is.

As an act of oral panic, the way that the news companies portray the youth is a way to create moral panic. The London Riots was a form of moral panic as there was a lot of rebellious actions and a lot of injured people which cause the streets of London to call for serious action on penalties and precautions for those that tried to harm and those who were innocent. A moral panic that much of society is afraid of is that youths and youngsters will run the streets of London making it less safe and becoming more out of control however, this hasn't and is less likely to happen.