Friday, 3 May 2013
What significance does the continuing development of digital media technology have for media institutions and audiences?
What significance does the continuing development of digital media technology have for media
institutions and audiences?
Throughout films the continuing development of digital media technology has a very big impact in big Hollywood films such as The Dark Knight Rises (distributed by Warner Bros.) as digital media technology such as IMAX, websites, countdowns etc helped Warner Bros and the audience in many ways. For smaller films such as Sightseers, it wasn't such a huge impact as smaller films are distributing (Channel 4) to a smaller audience (Britain in sightseers case), although the development of digital media technology such as newer cameras, and blogs to keep the audience updated allows the audience to stay interested within the film.
The Dark Knight rises is part of a world wide trilogy, therefore the audience they are setting out to attract is very wide spread, as Warner Bros distributed it to UK, USA, Australia New Zealand and so on. One of the key things the director of The Dark Knight Rises- Christopher Nolan wanted to focus on was the quality of the film. As he had a huge passion for IMAX, him and his producers came together and decided they wanted more IMAX filming in the film. Going from only using about half an hour of IMAX shooting in The Dark Knight. Nolan wanted the whole film to be shot with IMAX cameras to increase the high definition of the picture. Although the IMAX cameras were too loud to shoot in the dialouge scenes. But from going half an hour from his previous film to now it being just over an hour of the film. This clear development of digital media technology impacted Warner Bros in a positive and negative way, as it negatively cost a lot more, however as it was shown in IMAX cinemas and cinema tickets increased the profit increased dramatically (the positive side to it). And the audience are getting the big high definition to watch the film in to make the film seem more realistic, almost as if they were part of the scene. Contrasting with this however is Sightseers due to the low budget and all of the filming being filmed in the muddy parts of Britain Lake Windermere, (to recreate their childhood caravan holiday) Ben Wheatley (director) focused more on the acting of the filming rather than the quality. The camera was shot in a hand held shot a lot throughout the film, which really emphasized it was a caravan holiday, almost as if someone was filming them. The suited the British audience very well due to most British people can relate to a caravan or camping holiday. The fact that they can actually connect and relate to the film was a bigger quality of the film. And this helped film for because they attracted the audience they set out to attract.
The internet is a big development of digital media technology and has a big impact on the audience and institutions. For example sightseers main characters Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, both had a blog they wrote on daily during the filming of Sightseers. This allowed the audience to know where they were and what they were doing. Leaving a bit of tension and excitement for the film, so that the audience wanted to instantly go and see the film. And for people who hadn't seen this before the film, they could simply go and research back into the film. This helped Film 4 because not only people of Britain could find out about the blog but other parts of the world could, as Sightseers recently has distributed to New Zealand, Australia, and the USA. The Dark Knight Rises went a bit more extreme with using the development of the internet and set up a whole website dedicated to The Dark Knight Rises, due to Warner Bros being a very big wealthy institution they were able to afford such a big advertisement. The website had a countdown with clues on the film. They also distributed different trailers to different sites to allow the audience to tr and glue the plot together. This had a really big impact on the audience to the excitement of the audience. This led to many fans pre ordering their cinema tickets, so Warner Bros had a nice start with money to sit on securely. This worked very well due to the box office of The Dark Knight Rises being $1,081,041,287.Very popular social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook helped both of these films with the distribution, due to the quick development of especially Twitter, children and adults of all ages are now using twitter and also Facebook. It is a great way of advertising the film digitally.
The last way development of digital media technology used in these two films is how the film was distributed, for example by DVD, Blue-Ray, or even streaming. With The Dark Knight Rises the filmed was produced into a DVD, Blue-ray and streaming. On the website of The Dark Knight Rises however you could pre order the film, the advertisement of streaming was advertised. This is a really knew way of watching what film you want on your pc, phone, ipad etc. All you need is to download it. The fact that The Dark Knight Rises shows how ahead of technology they are, Warner Bros is offering all of their customers the best and newest technology around. And for that specific target audience, (superhero, sci fi, people who are into technology) this can be a very exciting thing. Where as with Sightseers, you are only able to purchase the film on DVD or Blue-ray. This is still advanced technology as Blue-ray is higher definition of quality than DVD. Channel 4 as a smaller company couldn't afford or didn't see much point in advertising streaming due to the smaller audience and not really knowing how the film would sell.
Over all these are all a way to show the development of digital media technology of today. And usually if you a bigger and wealthier institution such as Warner Bros then they can use there wealth and popularity to it's advantage and it always benefits the audience. However with smaller institutions such as Channel 4, although they are restricted to what technology they can afford within the film sometimes, they low budget look may suit the film a lot more. For example using IMAX for a film based on a serial killer couple going on a caravan trip around Britain may seem a little extreme and doesn't fit in with the film.
Thursday, 7 March 2013
How do films get investment and funding so that they can be produced
How do films get investment and funding so that they can be produced?
Made in Dangenham
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Three key elements of project development by Stephen Woolley.
What factors do you think motivated the different organisations to contribute to the film's financing?
The script was so well homed, and they worked so hard on it, so it caused great attention. So much research went into the script writing.
Can you name and describe the involvement of different funding bodies?
BBC- Jumped at the opportunity because of the good scripting and wanted to fund the film.
Paramount- Also loved the scripting,
Hanway- They brought on Hanway, to pre sell the film to other countries. They chose whether they wanted to pre buy the film based upon the directors, actors etc.
UK film council-
Sony pictures classic- Strong great reputation
All of these funded into the film because of costing of the production and making of the film. Things such as vehicles and costumes etc, so that they can produce a film that is set in the right era/ period of time (1968). They needed the funding because all of the production is very costly. It came to about 6 millions pounds together.
What impact does the fact that the film is set in the past have upon the cost of the film?
It ha a huge impact because they practically have to buy a whole different environment. Although 1968 doesn't sound very long ago, it is. Times change very quickly. They have to buy things from different style of shoes to a whole new lamp post.
What other elements of film making impact on the budget?
Due to new technology the budget of the film can be cut down. This is because of things like editing and colourisation. We can not edit things to show what we do not want to be shown or we do want to be shown. For example for Made in Dangenham, they would have had to edit out satellites/ any new technology that the 1960s/1970s would not have. And colourisation is used for things like wanting to film in West Ham Stadium but not having the funding to pay for it, we can simply edit it and colourise it to allow it to meet today's television standards.
CASTING
What qualities did the filmmakers want to highlight in the character of Rita?
They wanted Rita to be strong. They didn't want her to be stroppy, just fairly ordinary. Ordinary mother with children, who has to multitask. Someone who could multitask without questioning, and happy to multitask her children, husband and job. Very warm and out going.
How does Stephen Woolley describe Sally Hawkins' star image as having an impact upon casting decisions?
Stephen Woolley describe Sally Hawkins' as having a warm outgoing personality. Someone you want to protect. A very Generous and lovely person, and can't she cannot stop that from coming out in the role. Sally has innocence within her personality which helps with the character Rita because she was pushed into what she has to do, wakening from innocence to Ford and male domination. Therefore the character also needed to be very strong but have all these kinda, warm hearted things about her and Sally fit all of these characteristics.
Why is it important for the audiences to identify with the main character and how might this be achieved?
It is important for the audience to identity with the main character because the film is set in such a different time setting, the majority of the audience may not understand how it was in 1968. So this is down to the personality and acting of the main character, so they can express their feelings enough so that the audience can understand and interact with the film.
THE PRODUCER
What are the key roles of a producer?
A producer does 'everything and nothing'. One of the things you have to be is a catalyst you are the one who takes action with the whole product .They must be independent, good with money/finance and have great control over everything. Usually very hands on.
What are the challenges faced by a producer?
Money is a big thing that is faced by the producer, money only happens if you're making the film. Therefore the producer needs to take action. For example you have to keep everything going, you can see the money coming from all directions but sometimes you may be short, and may think you have it covered until someone is asking for their money. A producer would have to face this challenge and deal with it by getting that money some how.
http://www.filmeducation.org/madeindagenham/stephen_wooley.html
Made in Dangenham
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Three key elements of project development by Stephen Woolley.
- Bringing different people into the circle of developing the film, as he realised you cannot simply jsut go and make a film. He found his co-producer to produce the film.
- He then went to film four and got hold of a contact for a script writer they all liked.
- Once the script writer has accepted his invite to produce the film, he then went on to research the history of the story line.
What factors do you think motivated the different organisations to contribute to the film's financing?
The script was so well homed, and they worked so hard on it, so it caused great attention. So much research went into the script writing.
Can you name and describe the involvement of different funding bodies?
BBC- Jumped at the opportunity because of the good scripting and wanted to fund the film.
Paramount- Also loved the scripting,
Hanway- They brought on Hanway, to pre sell the film to other countries. They chose whether they wanted to pre buy the film based upon the directors, actors etc.
UK film council-
Sony pictures classic- Strong great reputation
All of these funded into the film because of costing of the production and making of the film. Things such as vehicles and costumes etc, so that they can produce a film that is set in the right era/ period of time (1968). They needed the funding because all of the production is very costly. It came to about 6 millions pounds together.
What impact does the fact that the film is set in the past have upon the cost of the film?
It ha a huge impact because they practically have to buy a whole different environment. Although 1968 doesn't sound very long ago, it is. Times change very quickly. They have to buy things from different style of shoes to a whole new lamp post.
What other elements of film making impact on the budget?
Due to new technology the budget of the film can be cut down. This is because of things like editing and colourisation. We can not edit things to show what we do not want to be shown or we do want to be shown. For example for Made in Dangenham, they would have had to edit out satellites/ any new technology that the 1960s/1970s would not have. And colourisation is used for things like wanting to film in West Ham Stadium but not having the funding to pay for it, we can simply edit it and colourise it to allow it to meet today's television standards.
CASTING
What qualities did the filmmakers want to highlight in the character of Rita?
They wanted Rita to be strong. They didn't want her to be stroppy, just fairly ordinary. Ordinary mother with children, who has to multitask. Someone who could multitask without questioning, and happy to multitask her children, husband and job. Very warm and out going.
How does Stephen Woolley describe Sally Hawkins' star image as having an impact upon casting decisions?
Stephen Woolley describe Sally Hawkins' as having a warm outgoing personality. Someone you want to protect. A very Generous and lovely person, and can't she cannot stop that from coming out in the role. Sally has innocence within her personality which helps with the character Rita because she was pushed into what she has to do, wakening from innocence to Ford and male domination. Therefore the character also needed to be very strong but have all these kinda, warm hearted things about her and Sally fit all of these characteristics.
Why is it important for the audiences to identify with the main character and how might this be achieved?
It is important for the audience to identity with the main character because the film is set in such a different time setting, the majority of the audience may not understand how it was in 1968. So this is down to the personality and acting of the main character, so they can express their feelings enough so that the audience can understand and interact with the film.
THE PRODUCER
What are the key roles of a producer?
A producer does 'everything and nothing'. One of the things you have to be is a catalyst you are the one who takes action with the whole product .They must be independent, good with money/finance and have great control over everything. Usually very hands on.
What are the challenges faced by a producer?
Money is a big thing that is faced by the producer, money only happens if you're making the film. Therefore the producer needs to take action. For example you have to keep everything going, you can see the money coming from all directions but sometimes you may be short, and may think you have it covered until someone is asking for their money. A producer would have to face this challenge and deal with it by getting that money some how.
http://www.filmeducation.org/madeindagenham/stephen_wooley.html
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
How does film classification affect film production and distribution?
Film classification is the rating of DVDs, video's, video games,
programmes etc. They decide what rating the film should have depending on what
age it is suitable for. An example of film classification is BBFC. This is the
British Board of Film Classification and two examiners look through
the published guidelines and choose the suitable age rating.
Film classification can affect film production because the
producer of the film has to think what target audience they would like to
produce their film for. They then have to work around this and choose
specific actors, scripting, language etc.; that would suit their target
audience. For example when scripting a 12A film, you would have to
consider if you want strong language used in it; it must be infrequent and not
too much of a harsh swear word. If the strong language was either very strong
or very frequent the consequence would be rating the film to a 15. This would
then not be the original target audience the film set out to produce. This is
why it is important to consider the specific age classification for your film
when producing it.
Film classification can also affect the distribution this in a positive and and negative way. A positive way is that without film classifications, when it comes to distribution the cinemas/shops who would like to purchase the film would know what target audience the film is setting out to attract and this will help the cinema choose if the film is suitable for the most popular customers. But also does it help the cinemas/shops, it also helps the parents, as the parents know whether or not the film is suitable for their child due to the rating of the film.
However a negative affect film classification on distribution is that, if a film is targeted at the rating of a 15 and then the film is not suitable for 15 year olds and above, then the film may not even be able to be distributed because of the wrong rating. And therefore the film will make no money and the shops and cinema etc. will miss out on the option of choosing/purchasing the film to be able to sell.
Film classification has a huge impact of the production and distribution of the film and it can be negative and positive, however I believe it usually has a negative effect as it can prevent production and distribution.
Compare and contrast the Bafta and Oscar winners.
Oscar Winners:
1. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
2. Animated Short Film: "Paper Man"
3. Animated Feature Film: "Brave"
4. Cinematography: Claudio Miranda for "Life of Pi"
5. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"
6. Costume Design: "Anna Karenina"
7. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables"
8. Live Action Short Film: "Curfew"
9. Documentary Short Subject: "Innocente"
10. Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man"
11. Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
12. Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables
13. Sound Editing: "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall" (A tie)
14. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway
15. Film Editing: "Argo"
16. Production Design: "Lincoln"
17. Original Score: "Life of Pi"
18. Original Song: "Skyfall"
19. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio for "Argo"
20. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantion for "Django Unchained"
21. Directing: Ang Lee
22. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
23. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
24. Best Picture: "Argo"
Bafta Winners:
3. Outstanding debut by a British by a British writer, director or producers- Bart Layout (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer) - The imposter
4. Film not in the English language- Amour
5. Documentary: Searching For Sugar Man
6. Animated Film: Brave
7. Director: Argo
8. Orginal Screenplay: Quentin Taratino
9. Adapted screenplay: Silver Linings
10. Leading Actor:Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
11. Leading Actress: Emmanuelle Riva Amour
12. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
13. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
14. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Skyfall - Thomas Newman
15. Cinematography: Life Of Pi- Claudio Miranda
16. Editing: Argo- William Goldenberg
17. Production deisn: Les Miserables- Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
18. Costume design: Anna Karenina - Jacueline Durran
19. Make up and Hair: Les Miserables Lisa Westcott
20. Sound: Les Miserables- Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John warhurst
21. Special visual effect: Life of Pi
22. Short animation: The Making of the Longbird
23. Short film: Swimmer
24. The EE rising star award: Juno Temple
25. Outstanding British contibution to cinema: Tessa Ross
26. The Bafta fellowship: Alan Parker
The comparison between the Bafta and Oscar Winners is:
1. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
2. Animated Short Film: "Paper Man"
3. Animated Feature Film: "Brave"
4. Cinematography: Claudio Miranda for "Life of Pi"
5. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"
6. Costume Design: "Anna Karenina"
7. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables"
8. Live Action Short Film: "Curfew"
9. Documentary Short Subject: "Innocente"
10. Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man"
11. Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
12. Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables
13. Sound Editing: "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall" (A tie)
14. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway
15. Film Editing: "Argo"
16. Production Design: "Lincoln"
17. Original Score: "Life of Pi"
18. Original Song: "Skyfall"
19. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio for "Argo"
20. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantion for "Django Unchained"
21. Directing: Ang Lee
22. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
23. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
24. Best Picture: "Argo"
Bafta Winners:
1. Best film- Argo
2. Outstanding British film- Skyfall3. Outstanding debut by a British by a British writer, director or producers- Bart Layout (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer) - The imposter
4. Film not in the English language- Amour
5. Documentary: Searching For Sugar Man
6. Animated Film: Brave
7. Director: Argo
8. Orginal Screenplay: Quentin Taratino
9. Adapted screenplay: Silver Linings
10. Leading Actor:Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
11. Leading Actress: Emmanuelle Riva Amour
12. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
13. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
14. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Skyfall - Thomas Newman
15. Cinematography: Life Of Pi- Claudio Miranda
16. Editing: Argo- William Goldenberg
17. Production deisn: Les Miserables- Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
18. Costume design: Anna Karenina - Jacueline Durran
19. Make up and Hair: Les Miserables Lisa Westcott
20. Sound: Les Miserables- Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John warhurst
21. Special visual effect: Life of Pi
22. Short animation: The Making of the Longbird
23. Short film: Swimmer
24. The EE rising star award: Juno Temple
25. Outstanding British contibution to cinema: Tessa Ross
26. The Bafta fellowship: Alan Parker
The comparison between the Bafta and Oscar Winners is:
- Bafta have a lot more awards/winners.
- Oscar pin point one person or film in particular. Where as the Bafta's winners are more specific and tell you who exactly did what.
- The certain awards that both the Oscar's and Bafta have are usually have the same winners. E.g. Visual effect: Life of Pi, Cinematography: Life of Pi.
- The most popular winners are on both the Bafta and Oscars list, and usually for the same awards. E.g Life of Pi, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina.
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
FILM CLASSIFICATION RESEARCH
How are films classified?
Films are classified by companies such as British Board of Film Classification. The films that are awaiting to be released are usually classified by two examiners using public guidelines.
Why are they classified?
Films are classified to see whether they are suitable and will be watched by the target audience. By looking things like discrimination, drugs, horror, language, sex, sexual violence. They will also look at how the film is will make the audience feel.
Film classification is a crucial part of film distribution. Why?
It is crucial because it helps consumer make informed choices about the films they see. Also to see whether the film is suitable for a particular age group.
How effective is films classified classification?
It is very effective in the way that parents are able to decide whether a film is suitable for their child, and also the fact that shops cannot sell the films if the person is under aged. However people argue that they focus too much on not allowing to show sex that it avoids the violence that may be shown. Also some parents do not actually take interest in the age restriction and buy films and allow their child to watch films which are illegal for them to watch. There are now film sites where you can illegally download films and children/ young teens can easily access the over aged films. This also applies the movie sites, such as Netflix etc.
Have you ever watched films classified 18 when you were below this age?
Yes, only up until recently, now that I am a lot more free and independent. But as when I was a lot younger, my parent would never allow me to.
Does film classification work for home viewing e.g.DVD, Netflix, LoveFilm, downloads?
No not at all, you have the freedom and no one is there to stop you from watching films unsuitable for you. However on sites such as Netflix and LoveFilm there is available parent control, this would help the age restriction for your child. However I believe that it is unlikely that a parent will go through the troubles in doing this.
Can parents and guardians be trusted to monitor what children are viewing?
I believe they can be. The parents are their child's parent, it is down to them whether or not they want their child to watch films that are not right for their age. I do believe it is wrong for parents to do this as it is illegal. However I think most parents know their child and know what is suitable and what isn't for their child.
Should they have this responsibility? How can they effectively monitor their children's viewing?
I think they should definitely have this responsibility. They are still able to use things such as parent control on computers (for online films), and children are not able to buy films which are rated above their age without a parent with them, and even then it is the parents responsibility.
What do you think the balance between state intervention (film classification) and individual responsibility (no regulation, free choice) should be?
I believe how things are at the moment is the way forward that way there is a restriction on children actually buying films above there age rating, but if the child would like to buy and they have their parents permission then it is up to the parent to make the decision because it is their on child and their responsibility.
Films are classified by companies such as British Board of Film Classification. The films that are awaiting to be released are usually classified by two examiners using public guidelines.
Why are they classified?
Films are classified to see whether they are suitable and will be watched by the target audience. By looking things like discrimination, drugs, horror, language, sex, sexual violence. They will also look at how the film is will make the audience feel.
Film classification is a crucial part of film distribution. Why?
It is crucial because it helps consumer make informed choices about the films they see. Also to see whether the film is suitable for a particular age group.
How effective is films classified classification?
It is very effective in the way that parents are able to decide whether a film is suitable for their child, and also the fact that shops cannot sell the films if the person is under aged. However people argue that they focus too much on not allowing to show sex that it avoids the violence that may be shown. Also some parents do not actually take interest in the age restriction and buy films and allow their child to watch films which are illegal for them to watch. There are now film sites where you can illegally download films and children/ young teens can easily access the over aged films. This also applies the movie sites, such as Netflix etc.
Have you ever watched films classified 18 when you were below this age?
Yes, only up until recently, now that I am a lot more free and independent. But as when I was a lot younger, my parent would never allow me to.
Does film classification work for home viewing e.g.DVD, Netflix, LoveFilm, downloads?
No not at all, you have the freedom and no one is there to stop you from watching films unsuitable for you. However on sites such as Netflix and LoveFilm there is available parent control, this would help the age restriction for your child. However I believe that it is unlikely that a parent will go through the troubles in doing this.
Can parents and guardians be trusted to monitor what children are viewing?
I believe they can be. The parents are their child's parent, it is down to them whether or not they want their child to watch films that are not right for their age. I do believe it is wrong for parents to do this as it is illegal. However I think most parents know their child and know what is suitable and what isn't for their child.
Should they have this responsibility? How can they effectively monitor their children's viewing?
I think they should definitely have this responsibility. They are still able to use things such as parent control on computers (for online films), and children are not able to buy films which are rated above their age without a parent with them, and even then it is the parents responsibility.
What do you think the balance between state intervention (film classification) and individual responsibility (no regulation, free choice) should be?
I believe how things are at the moment is the way forward that way there is a restriction on children actually buying films above there age rating, but if the child would like to buy and they have their parents permission then it is up to the parent to make the decision because it is their on child and their responsibility.
Friday, 15 February 2013
Bafta 2013 Research
BAFTA 2013 RESEARCH
What is Bafta?
The British Academy of Film and Television is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in cinema, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.
What are the awards?
The awards for Bafta are , television, children's, video games, Britannia awards, BAFTA in Scotland, BAFTA Cymru.
Who won what?
Film makeup and hair-
What is Bafta?
The British Academy of Film and Television is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in cinema, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.
What are the awards?
The awards for Bafta are , television, children's, video games, Britannia awards, BAFTA in Scotland, BAFTA Cymru.
Who won what?
- Best film- Argo
- Outstanding British film- Skyfall
- Leading actor- Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
- Leading actress- Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
- Supporting actor- Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
- Director- Ben Affleck (Argo)
- Original screenplay- Django Unchained (Quentin Taratino), Silver Lining Playbook- David O Russell.
- Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer- Bart Layton (director) and Dmitri Doganis (producer) The Imposter.
- Animated film- Brave
- Documentary- Searching for Sugarman
- Film not in english language- Amour
- Cinematography- Life of Pi
- Costume design- Anna Karenia
- Editing- Argo
- Makeup and hair- Les Miserables
- Original music- Skyfall
- Production design- Les Miserables
- Special visual effects- Life of Pi
- Short animation- The making of longbird
- Short film- Swimmer
- Rising star- Juno Temple
Film makeup and hair-
- Les Miserables- Lisa Westcott
- Anna Karenia- Ivana Primorac
- The hobbit- Peter swords
- Paranorman- Sam Fell and Chris butler
- Anna Karinia-Seamus McGarvey
- Les miserables- Danny Cohen
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Project X
Project X
World wide- $100,931,865
Overview:
- Director- Nima Nourizadeh (British-Iranian) commercial and film director and editor.
- Genre- Comedy, coming of age. (American highschool stereotype teenagers).
- Production- Producer: Todd Phillips (American) also known for Due Date, The Hangover 1 &2 etc. Filmed in California and Los Angeles.
- Distributed- Warner Bros (World wide known American media institution). America and UK.
Institutional Factors:
- Target audience- Specifically teenagers but also young adults, boys had more of an interest in the film however.
- Production values- Sound track, costume, set design.
- Distributions- Warner Bros.
Box Office:
World wide- $100,931,865
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Harry potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Harry Potter is a world wide classic with 8 films, explaining the adventures of Harry and his 2 best friends, Hermione and Ron.
Overview:
Harry Potter is a world wide classic with 8 films, explaining the adventures of Harry and his 2 best friends, Hermione and Ron.
Overview:
- Director- David Yates (Second of two cinematic parts) Novel written by J.K. Rowling (very successful author.
- Genre- Fantasy fiction, speculative fiction, children's literature. (For all ages, but probably more suitable for teenagers on wards.
- Produced and distributed- English setting, as produced by the English producer David Heyman, majority of actors are British, clearly set in England, old fashioned England. But Distributed by the famous American media institution Warner Bros. (UK/US collaboration).
- Target audience- Original target audience was for children (novels). Now all the films are mass audience, worldwide audience most popular with United Kingdom and the United States.
- Production values- Set design, location shooting (regular settings, but old fashioned to create the scene of Harry Potter), special effects used (magic used within film to make it look realistic), language, costume.
- Distribution- Extremely wide distribution (American Warner Bros).
Box Office:
- Worldwide- $1,328,111,219.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Case study on Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros is a American producer of film, television, and music entertainment.
Who were the founders?
The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack. The three elder brothers began in the movie theatre business, having acquired a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio in 1903. Founded: April 4, 1923.
In 1927, the release of the world’s first “talkie,” (synchronized-sound feature film), The Jazz Singer, set a character and tone of innovation and influence that would become synonymous with the name Warner Bros. And--as Al Jolson foretold in this milestone movie--“you ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” And since then Warner bros has spiraled on.
Who was the films by Warners Bros aimed at?
In 1995, Warner and station owner Tribune company of Chicago launched The Warner Bros network, finding a niche market in teenagers. The WB's early programming included an abundance of teenage fare like Buffy the vampire slayer, Smallville, Dawsons Creek, and One Tree Hill.
Warner Bros consists of 6500 featured films.
Warner brothers has a variety of films and different types of genres.
For example Harry Potter- based on Harry potter series of novels by J.K Rowling.
But the film was actually directed and produced by a British Directer named David Heyman. However it was distributed by Warner Bros (which is American). All of the actors which played the young teen roles of Harry Potter were British actors. Also all the scenes have been filmed in Britain.
Warner Bros is a American producer of film, television, and music entertainment.
Who were the founders?
The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack. The three elder brothers began in the movie theatre business, having acquired a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio in 1903. Founded: April 4, 1923.
In 1927, the release of the world’s first “talkie,” (synchronized-sound feature film), The Jazz Singer, set a character and tone of innovation and influence that would become synonymous with the name Warner Bros. And--as Al Jolson foretold in this milestone movie--“you ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” And since then Warner bros has spiraled on.
Who was the films by Warners Bros aimed at?
In 1995, Warner and station owner Tribune company of Chicago launched The Warner Bros network, finding a niche market in teenagers. The WB's early programming included an abundance of teenage fare like Buffy the vampire slayer, Smallville, Dawsons Creek, and One Tree Hill.
Warner Bros consists of 6500 featured films.
Warner brothers has a variety of films and different types of genres.
For example Harry Potter- based on Harry potter series of novels by J.K Rowling.
But the film was actually directed and produced by a British Directer named David Heyman. However it was distributed by Warner Bros (which is American). All of the actors which played the young teen roles of Harry Potter were British actors. Also all the scenes have been filmed in Britain.
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Discuss the ways in
which gender is represented in the clip with reference to camera shots and
movements, editing, mise-en-scene and sound
In the extract from The hour gender has been represented in
many ways, women and men have a different but similar impression and these are
shown through camera shots and movements, editing, mise –en-scene and sound.
In the hour women are represented in two ways, one of them
being they take charge and are hard workers, having an important role in the
extract and in their job, but in the end all classes of women worship the men. In the opening scene it begins with a slow tilt from
darkness, then showing a newspaper and then a mid-shot of a women typing on a
type writer. The tilt going up to her face represents the highness of her job.
This immediately shows her as an independent woman who is work orientated and a
hard worker. We know she must be high up in what she works as because she is in
an office by herself, so she has her own office. The mid shot focuses on her
typing as shows the audience that she is working hard. She is wearing jewellery
which shows that she is quite wealthy, this also backs up the point that she
works hard to get her money. An over the
shoulder shot is soon after used by this you can see all the people working for
her running around as she demands people to do as she says. The classy up beat
non-digetic music represents her gender as it goes with the pace of her walking,
it makes her seem in charge as she marches around as if she owns the place. She
is dressed in a bright blue dress which is tight fitting this shows her sophisticated
look and she stands out as everyone needs her because she knows the ins and
outs of the job. Women are also represented poorly as the class changes, there
is a clip where the women is waiting outside in the cold for the men, it is
cold and dark outside as it is a night setting and you can see rain on the car,
also the sign on the wall said OPEN LATE. The women are willing to go going out
and wait in the cold and rain to wait for men, representing they worship the
men. Also later on in the clip there is three girls waiting to assist the man giving him what he would like. They all run after him offering him food and drink.
Men however are represented in a different way, as well as women they show they are in charge of what is going on, however have dominance over the women. In the first minute there is any men to be seen, this represents of the importance of there job that they are not the ones running after people but in the office doing the more important things, well that is what the audience thinks. One clip following is a cut in close up of the men pouring alcohol out and laughing having a cigarette this represents how relaxed then men are as then cross cutting was used to show the enjoyment of men having back to the camera scene of people working hard. This backs up the fact that the men are being lazy rather than responsible as they are able to relax unlike the women. The next clip shows the man lying down in his arm chair, the non-digetic sound cuts off as she walks into the room of the man laying down, this represents the importance of men as it just focuses on him and his voice rather than any other distractions. As TV presenter turns up late this shows that he doesn't care because he knows people will be nice to him still. As he enters the building, women are constantly throwing themselves at him offering for help, this show the desirable and attractiveness he has towards women. a mid shot or long shot is shown at him usually within the extract so we are able to see that he is holding a cigarette and in a suit, the fact that he can run around with a cigarette shows he is important because he knows no one will question him.
In conclusion this shows that women are in charge up until the head man arrives, the men still have dominance over the women. The women are the hard workers however. This is all shown through mise-en-scene, editing, sound, and camera shots and movements.
Men however are represented in a different way, as well as women they show they are in charge of what is going on, however have dominance over the women. In the first minute there is any men to be seen, this represents of the importance of there job that they are not the ones running after people but in the office doing the more important things, well that is what the audience thinks. One clip following is a cut in close up of the men pouring alcohol out and laughing having a cigarette this represents how relaxed then men are as then cross cutting was used to show the enjoyment of men having back to the camera scene of people working hard. This backs up the fact that the men are being lazy rather than responsible as they are able to relax unlike the women. The next clip shows the man lying down in his arm chair, the non-digetic sound cuts off as she walks into the room of the man laying down, this represents the importance of men as it just focuses on him and his voice rather than any other distractions. As TV presenter turns up late this shows that he doesn't care because he knows people will be nice to him still. As he enters the building, women are constantly throwing themselves at him offering for help, this show the desirable and attractiveness he has towards women. a mid shot or long shot is shown at him usually within the extract so we are able to see that he is holding a cigarette and in a suit, the fact that he can run around with a cigarette shows he is important because he knows no one will question him.
In conclusion this shows that women are in charge up until the head man arrives, the men still have dominance over the women. The women are the hard workers however. This is all shown through mise-en-scene, editing, sound, and camera shots and movements.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Discuss the way in which the extract uses camera shots, editing, sound and Mise-en-scene to construct representations of relationships.
In the extract from the TV drama, cutting it relationships are represented in various ways, however the two main types of relationships are how close the couple are and the other main type of representation used to show relationship is secrecy. Contrasting from a loving, warm hearted relationship, to a closed and hidden background to the other side of the relationship. These are all shown through Mise-en-scene, editing, sound and camera shots.
The relationship of the couple seems to be very close and this is shown clearly in the opening scene to the extract. Opening with a mid shot, so the audience have a clear view of the couple as they sit in the back of a taxie. They both look very pleased, as the women leans her head on man smiling, this shows that she is comfortable with him and happy to have his shoulder for hard times. As he then leans into kiss her hand. The mid shot shows both of their expression and this is what the audience wants to see as this shows that they are happy and able to comfort one another, showing signs of how close they are. The next clip follows on straight from that shot is a cut-in of the womens hand reaching out to her husbands hand, the camera focuses on her wedding ring then to his. Through this we see the commitment in their relationship as they are married to one another and willing to spend the rest of their life with each other shows that they are so what 'soulmates', a special bond between them. The camera movement used from her hand to his was pan, the camera slowly moved from right to left showing both wedding rings. The slowness of the camera represents the steady long life they will be living together, as it focuses on the marriage they have. It represents there long future ahead of them. As she is in the hospital talking to the doctor cross paneling is used between her in the hospital and her husband sitting waiting outside, this represents although they are apart they are still thinking of each other and with each other in there minds, and this shows that they think of each other a lot because of there close relationship. In the same seen there is non digetic sound which is a love song, this represents how the couple are in love and this shows the close bond they have.
The other way relationship is shown in the extract is secrecy. Although the opening cab scene does show the closeness of there relationship, it also shows secrecy as they have a conversation about there relationship going well this time round, this shows secrecy as the audience have no idea what they're talking about, and this represents the past hidden relationship only the couple know about. During this conversation cross paneling closeups are being used to show the expressions on each other faces, as they both listen to one another they are looking away from each other not showing there real emotions, this shows they are trying to hide there emotions from one another for some reason. A bit later on when the women is sitting in the doctors room, the non digetic music covers over what the doctor is actually telling the women, this represents that either something bad has happened that she doesn't want the audience or anyone to know or it could be a lead up to a good surprise. This builds tension up for the audience and too have to wait and see what is going on. This is also a build up to when she has to tell her husband the secret not even he knows. Slow motion is used with a tilt camera moment, as the doctor is closer the private, confidential files that everyone wants to be revealed. The slow motion is building the tension on to emphasize how long everyone has actually been waiting to find out the secret. The tilt of the camera could represent her death as if the files could be life threatening and she would be going to heaven. This is also another secret she could be hiding. The doctors office is a very confidential place so this again represents the secrecy being held throughout the extract as we are not aloud to know.
Over all, their relationship was split between the closeness between them and the secrecy shared between them. And this is all shown by mise-en-scene, editing, sound and camera shots and movements. They are all important as each other in this extract as they all suited for a specific effects.
In the extract from the TV drama, cutting it relationships are represented in various ways, however the two main types of relationships are how close the couple are and the other main type of representation used to show relationship is secrecy. Contrasting from a loving, warm hearted relationship, to a closed and hidden background to the other side of the relationship. These are all shown through Mise-en-scene, editing, sound and camera shots.
The relationship of the couple seems to be very close and this is shown clearly in the opening scene to the extract. Opening with a mid shot, so the audience have a clear view of the couple as they sit in the back of a taxie. They both look very pleased, as the women leans her head on man smiling, this shows that she is comfortable with him and happy to have his shoulder for hard times. As he then leans into kiss her hand. The mid shot shows both of their expression and this is what the audience wants to see as this shows that they are happy and able to comfort one another, showing signs of how close they are. The next clip follows on straight from that shot is a cut-in of the womens hand reaching out to her husbands hand, the camera focuses on her wedding ring then to his. Through this we see the commitment in their relationship as they are married to one another and willing to spend the rest of their life with each other shows that they are so what 'soulmates', a special bond between them. The camera movement used from her hand to his was pan, the camera slowly moved from right to left showing both wedding rings. The slowness of the camera represents the steady long life they will be living together, as it focuses on the marriage they have. It represents there long future ahead of them. As she is in the hospital talking to the doctor cross paneling is used between her in the hospital and her husband sitting waiting outside, this represents although they are apart they are still thinking of each other and with each other in there minds, and this shows that they think of each other a lot because of there close relationship. In the same seen there is non digetic sound which is a love song, this represents how the couple are in love and this shows the close bond they have.
The other way relationship is shown in the extract is secrecy. Although the opening cab scene does show the closeness of there relationship, it also shows secrecy as they have a conversation about there relationship going well this time round, this shows secrecy as the audience have no idea what they're talking about, and this represents the past hidden relationship only the couple know about. During this conversation cross paneling closeups are being used to show the expressions on each other faces, as they both listen to one another they are looking away from each other not showing there real emotions, this shows they are trying to hide there emotions from one another for some reason. A bit later on when the women is sitting in the doctors room, the non digetic music covers over what the doctor is actually telling the women, this represents that either something bad has happened that she doesn't want the audience or anyone to know or it could be a lead up to a good surprise. This builds tension up for the audience and too have to wait and see what is going on. This is also a build up to when she has to tell her husband the secret not even he knows. Slow motion is used with a tilt camera moment, as the doctor is closer the private, confidential files that everyone wants to be revealed. The slow motion is building the tension on to emphasize how long everyone has actually been waiting to find out the secret. The tilt of the camera could represent her death as if the files could be life threatening and she would be going to heaven. This is also another secret she could be hiding. The doctors office is a very confidential place so this again represents the secrecy being held throughout the extract as we are not aloud to know.
Over all, their relationship was split between the closeness between them and the secrecy shared between them. And this is all shown by mise-en-scene, editing, sound and camera shots and movements. They are all important as each other in this extract as they all suited for a specific effects.
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Analysing camerawork in a documentry
1. Camera shots which were used in this documentary:
- Point of view shot- Used various of times throughout documentary.
- Cut away- From going from real life clips back to Katie being interviewed.
- Pan- Moving along with what Katie is doing.
- Crane- Angle of footage.
- Zoom- Into picture s of katie.
- Cine-verite- footage of inncident.
- Framing- Into picture.
2. Does the camerawork add to the authenticity of the documentary?
Yes, it creates sympathy for Katie, involving slow movements of the camera, zooms into before and after pictures. Creates audience to feel and understand how brave she actually has been.
3. Does the documentary draw your attenion to the presence of the camera operator or does it attempt to conceal it?
The majority of the camera operater is very conceal as there is only slight movements. But certain things like zooming into picture is there to draw attention to what has happened.
Analysing camerwork in an action clip
1. The types of camera shots used in this is:
- Point of view shot- when the women is looking at James bond. The camera glances at her then him.
- A cutaway- when James bong gets to the top of the digger.
- Pan- When filming James Bond run across the digger.
- Tilt- When he first steps onto the digger.
- Dolly shot- When the women is in the car being filmed.
- Zoom- When digger goes into train, only slightly.
- Depth of field- Digger and train.
- Hand held- When James Bond is working the digger.
- Steadi cam- Used variously throughout clip.
3. The effect of the camera shot choice is that it can make you feel like you are there and doing everything with them, because you have such a perfect view of everything. Make the audience feel alot more involved because you can see more that the actor and if not that then the same. It can build suspense and create the mood and setting. It tells you what is going on and where it is all happening.
Discuss the way in which Some Girls uses camera shots, editing, sound and mise en scene to construct representations of generations.
The extract I will be looking at is an extract from Some Girls. The story is about a group of 4 teenagers who are best friends. Who are finding themselves and helping one another through the typical teenage life. In this extract Viva (one of the main friends is the main character). It is a comedy series. The extract includes split generation, one being the teenagers, and the other being adults (parents). This is what i will be looking about, generation.
(Sorry this paragraph includes both editing and camera shots)
The beginning of the extract is mostly made up of closeups and extreme close ups, this shows what the typical life of a teenager must involve, putting on makeup, doing hair, on their mobile. It is all a vital roll in showing the audience that there is already a clear division of teenage generation. The very fast wipes and fast cutting movements of the camera represents the fast lifestyles the teenagers are living in and how quickly there moods are changing from going closeup of one of the friends dramatically crying to then a mid shot of them jumping and dancing to the music. Where as as soon as the first adult is brought into the extract, it automatically shows the audience who is boss. As there the camera moves from a two shot back to over the shoulder shot. Using fast cutting movements showing the girls automatically go in a orderly fashion line and then immediately follow the teachers instructions. This automatically represents that adults are in control and although we have seen the girls as free living and doing as they please, when an adult is involved they follow instructions.Then as Viva finds out news she is very unhappy with, she storms out of the house, a 4 shot is used here showing Viva moody teenager face. As her dad sits on the floor with her brother playing video games. And the step mum relaxing. This represents the matureness that Viva has thinking she is able to move out but then the same shot with her father sitting there with no care, like he is the teenager.
Mise en scene is used at the beginning of the extract as she applies her make up, doing her hair and putting on her uniform. We do not see Viva without her school uniform on and if we do she is wearing her pe kit. She has prefect badges on her blazer and this shows how responisible she really is even in the first 20 seconds we know this. So we know she is mature for her age. As she is doing her hair and makeup it shows that she cares about her appearence as she always has her hair perfect aswell. This shows that she takes pride in how she looks being a typical teenage girly girl. The extract begins with the sun hitting her face in the mirror, this lighting shows that it is the morning and she has prioritys in life to want to go to school, this is then backed up with when she says 'Noway will you catch me having a baby. Soon as i've finished sixth form i'll be off to uni'. This represents that she wants to aim higher than the rest of generation as overs are having babies at her age but she wants more than that. Also as she packs her banana in the morning she then hands it to the young mum because she hasnt had food. This represents that she should be the mum as she is paying the role of a mother, shows she is sensible and caring. Comparing all that to how her father is. Our first insight of him he is sitting down on a big one seater sofa, which should show he is 'man of the house' and makes all the rules. However we see other wise, as he is lounging back on the chair, wearing no shoes, jeans, and a opened shirt with a vest underneath. This should represent the responsible working adult however as we see he is playing a game on his mobile phone we think other wise. Viva says to him 'Would it kill you to make me a snack already' sounding very demanding, but his response was'I'm not prepared to take that rest' not even glancing at Viva. This shows that her and her father have almost swapped roles, as he is acting like he is the teenager slouching on the sofa whilst playing a game. And Viva comes in and puts her school bad on the work top to show she's had a day of work. However the Vivas step mum walks in with her floral dressing gown on and sits on the sofa demanding her to do things. This shows that her step mum is higher than her and as she is also Viva PE teacher as the warm up shes telling them what to do which shows her higher status in society.
Sound plays an important role in this extract to represent the generation differences. As the extract begins with an up beat, fast, energetic and modern song. This shows that the teenagers are very fun and energetic towards life, and don't want to do anything but party, as the song is a up beat dancy song. Video game noises are used as Viva walks in and out of her house, these noises back up the fact that he father is playing video games and not being responsible for what he has to do. The noises are loud so it shows how he uses them to block out noise and how stuck into the game he is rather than caring and taking interest in his own daughter. There is a long classical note used as Viva's step mum takes her towel off her head, almost like it is a sexual part of the film to show her attractiveness and importance. However it end with a short sudden noise to surprise the audience that it is in fact not a beautiful lovely step mum but a old teacher from her school. Putting sound into this bit shows the importance of her that she get her own little bit in the extract. It is then followed by with a song called 'Fuck you' this represents her mood and how she is a teenager, she is not young and cannot use swear words, she thinks of her self being mature and responsible enough to use them. This also show her anger toward the other generation because the power of the older generation has led to her having to move out.
The extract I will be looking at is an extract from Some Girls. The story is about a group of 4 teenagers who are best friends. Who are finding themselves and helping one another through the typical teenage life. In this extract Viva (one of the main friends is the main character). It is a comedy series. The extract includes split generation, one being the teenagers, and the other being adults (parents). This is what i will be looking about, generation.
(Sorry this paragraph includes both editing and camera shots)
The beginning of the extract is mostly made up of closeups and extreme close ups, this shows what the typical life of a teenager must involve, putting on makeup, doing hair, on their mobile. It is all a vital roll in showing the audience that there is already a clear division of teenage generation. The very fast wipes and fast cutting movements of the camera represents the fast lifestyles the teenagers are living in and how quickly there moods are changing from going closeup of one of the friends dramatically crying to then a mid shot of them jumping and dancing to the music. Where as as soon as the first adult is brought into the extract, it automatically shows the audience who is boss. As there the camera moves from a two shot back to over the shoulder shot. Using fast cutting movements showing the girls automatically go in a orderly fashion line and then immediately follow the teachers instructions. This automatically represents that adults are in control and although we have seen the girls as free living and doing as they please, when an adult is involved they follow instructions.Then as Viva finds out news she is very unhappy with, she storms out of the house, a 4 shot is used here showing Viva moody teenager face. As her dad sits on the floor with her brother playing video games. And the step mum relaxing. This represents the matureness that Viva has thinking she is able to move out but then the same shot with her father sitting there with no care, like he is the teenager.
Mise en scene is used at the beginning of the extract as she applies her make up, doing her hair and putting on her uniform. We do not see Viva without her school uniform on and if we do she is wearing her pe kit. She has prefect badges on her blazer and this shows how responisible she really is even in the first 20 seconds we know this. So we know she is mature for her age. As she is doing her hair and makeup it shows that she cares about her appearence as she always has her hair perfect aswell. This shows that she takes pride in how she looks being a typical teenage girly girl. The extract begins with the sun hitting her face in the mirror, this lighting shows that it is the morning and she has prioritys in life to want to go to school, this is then backed up with when she says 'Noway will you catch me having a baby. Soon as i've finished sixth form i'll be off to uni'. This represents that she wants to aim higher than the rest of generation as overs are having babies at her age but she wants more than that. Also as she packs her banana in the morning she then hands it to the young mum because she hasnt had food. This represents that she should be the mum as she is paying the role of a mother, shows she is sensible and caring. Comparing all that to how her father is. Our first insight of him he is sitting down on a big one seater sofa, which should show he is 'man of the house' and makes all the rules. However we see other wise, as he is lounging back on the chair, wearing no shoes, jeans, and a opened shirt with a vest underneath. This should represent the responsible working adult however as we see he is playing a game on his mobile phone we think other wise. Viva says to him 'Would it kill you to make me a snack already' sounding very demanding, but his response was'I'm not prepared to take that rest' not even glancing at Viva. This shows that her and her father have almost swapped roles, as he is acting like he is the teenager slouching on the sofa whilst playing a game. And Viva comes in and puts her school bad on the work top to show she's had a day of work. However the Vivas step mum walks in with her floral dressing gown on and sits on the sofa demanding her to do things. This shows that her step mum is higher than her and as she is also Viva PE teacher as the warm up shes telling them what to do which shows her higher status in society.
Sound plays an important role in this extract to represent the generation differences. As the extract begins with an up beat, fast, energetic and modern song. This shows that the teenagers are very fun and energetic towards life, and don't want to do anything but party, as the song is a up beat dancy song. Video game noises are used as Viva walks in and out of her house, these noises back up the fact that he father is playing video games and not being responsible for what he has to do. The noises are loud so it shows how he uses them to block out noise and how stuck into the game he is rather than caring and taking interest in his own daughter. There is a long classical note used as Viva's step mum takes her towel off her head, almost like it is a sexual part of the film to show her attractiveness and importance. However it end with a short sudden noise to surprise the audience that it is in fact not a beautiful lovely step mum but a old teacher from her school. Putting sound into this bit shows the importance of her that she get her own little bit in the extract. It is then followed by with a song called 'Fuck you' this represents her mood and how she is a teenager, she is not young and cannot use swear words, she thinks of her self being mature and responsible enough to use them. This also show her anger toward the other generation because the power of the older generation has led to her having to move out.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
What roles or jobs are there in TV drama?
Director- The person take overall responsibility for the creative, visual and sound aspects of a production.
Producer- oversees the entire production and brings together all the different elements and people.
Production manager- The person who manages the production budget and schedule.
Script editor- The script editor works between the writer and the producer to make sure the story crosses from paper to the small screen effectively.
Script continuity- To ensure each scene continues on from the previous one smoothly it is up to those working in script continuity to keep on top of the filming.
Researcher- Supporting the producer, you'll contribute ideas, contacts and sources, as well as interviewing possible contributors and writing briefings and reports.
Runner- Usually the first break in the TV industry, simply run around helping people with things like helping out with production, photocopying, any little things that need to be doing are done by the runner.
Make up artist- Although makeup artist may not seem like a huge deal in TV dramas, they can hold a huge role in making the drama as realistic as possible. Creating the right image for the character, and even make up to show injury's, illnesses (how the character is feeling).
Stylists- Stylists dress the characters in the correct clothing to show their characters personality, this gives the audience a good idea what the character is like before even speaking.
Prompt- If you forget your like the person is there to show you what you have to say.
Actors- Plays the roles of the characters.
Director- The person take overall responsibility for the creative, visual and sound aspects of a production.
Producer- oversees the entire production and brings together all the different elements and people.
Production manager- The person who manages the production budget and schedule.
Script editor- The script editor works between the writer and the producer to make sure the story crosses from paper to the small screen effectively.
Script continuity- To ensure each scene continues on from the previous one smoothly it is up to those working in script continuity to keep on top of the filming.
Researcher- Supporting the producer, you'll contribute ideas, contacts and sources, as well as interviewing possible contributors and writing briefings and reports.
Runner- Usually the first break in the TV industry, simply run around helping people with things like helping out with production, photocopying, any little things that need to be doing are done by the runner.
Make up artist- Although makeup artist may not seem like a huge deal in TV dramas, they can hold a huge role in making the drama as realistic as possible. Creating the right image for the character, and even make up to show injury's, illnesses (how the character is feeling).
Stylists- Stylists dress the characters in the correct clothing to show their characters personality, this gives the audience a good idea what the character is like before even speaking.
Prompt- If you forget your like the person is there to show you what you have to say.
Actors- Plays the roles of the characters.
Friday, 12 October 2012
Exam
Compare the way two TV dramas construct representation of
gender.
All TV dramas have different characters shown to the
audience in different ways, whether they are a humorous character or where just
an evil manipulative character, the characters personality and how they are
represented to the audience can vary very much in TV dramas to create the
scene. The two TV dramas I will be looking at are Hustle and The killing. Both
show large differences but again similarities to show the representation of the
gender in the TV drama.
Camera shot play a key part of any type of TV to show the
audience who is being watched and maybe why. In the TV drama Hustle the drama
begins with a medium close up of the man Dexter, showing the glorious gold
surrounding him in his large office. A stereotypical women ‘Blonde and blue
eyes’ struts in but only to be able to hear her footsteps to but the camera is
still on Dexter. This shows that the her as a stereotypical woman in heels,
ready for business, but won’t show her as it leave the audience in suspense in
who is making their way to the desk. A cut in extreme close up of the business
card saying ‘Gold Hard Cash’ is shown for about 3 seconds, then the camera
slowly makes its way up to the ‘sexy blonde’s’ face. The slow movement of the
character represents the sexual attraction Dexter has towards women that come
to his office as he pays a lot of interest towards her and delicately looks up
the top half of her body and finally her face is revealed. Once the woman’s
face is revealed the camera is automatically put back on Dexter, a medium close
up with his wide eyes showing, as the camera hovers backwards and forwards/
zooming in and out. This represents almost a cartoon figure of a man finding an
attractive lady very appealing. As If eyes are about to fall out. The camera
then being put back on the women as she knows Dexter is attracted to her, she
using her looks at her potential and raising her eye brows, the camera is on a
medium close up. This is to show the audience how attractive she really is so they
can understand the reaction of Dexter. He then goes into a fantasy dream where
the camera shot is a point of view shot, this is as if Dexter is watching over
her as she rolls around in the ruffled silky gold fabric. This shot represents
the how men are supposedly higher up than women but is as the images of her are
repeated next to each other with her smiling at the camera, it shows that the
attractive women has taken Dexter’s gold and won her status over his. Her
smiling represents she knows how easily she can get Dexter wrapped round her
little finger. The scene ends in a medium close up shot of both characters
separately, and then a mid-shot of the other women. This represents the power
of the stereo typical beautiful women can use their looks to overcome other
women’s status’ to get where they want in life. As the other woman chucks her
pen down it shows she has no competition against her purely because she has no
way of beating her.
However in the other TV drama I looked at similar/ or the
same camera shots were used but in very different ways. In The Killing the
camera view begins with a point of view shot, this is used almost the whole way
through the clip. Unlike Hustle which point of view shot was used as a man
fantasying over the women and the women taking charge knowing her looks are at
her advantage to win her job. The Killing’s point of view shot is to set the
eerie atmosphere, that someone or something is watching her; leading tension
the whole way through the clip. The beginning of the clips begins with a
mid-shot point of view as the women looks very confused in what exactly is
going to happen. The camera slowly moves backwards as she walks. The slow
movements of the camera represent the danger she is letting herself in for. The
next shot is a wide shot this but the camera is angle on the floor looking up
at her through the hanging meat. This represents that trouble is on its way, as
something is looking through dead meat in a point of view shot, but her not
looking over at the camera, therefore she is unable to see the person. This
shows the advantage the other person has compared to the woman. Almost as if
she should be crying out for help by this point. The angle being focused below
her represents her being higher up and fierce in what is going to happen next.
As the shot moves to a behind shoulder shot, of the trolley being shoved at
her, this shows the strength of the other person has as she was almost knocked
over it. But then again as she pushing the trolley aside and with even more strength,
show the anger of her at this point. She behind shoulder shot is used whilst
running as the camera shakes from side to side to create the effect to the
audience that they are running behind, almost part of the chase. The clear shot
of the man dressed in all black and showing that she cannot catch up with him
shows that men are dominating and she is struggling as a woman. As they make
their way into the club a point of view shot is done to show the panic of the
search to find this man. But the extreme close up of other people’s faces in
the club represent the loosing of the women. But as she continues and a
mid-shot of the mysterious man dressed in black shows that she is catching up
and winning her higher dependence over the man. As she continues to run a what
looks like an abandoned part of the club and wide shot of the women down a
corridor is shown. The shot emphasises the how long the corridor actually is
and this represents the emphasis of the chance of her winning over the man.
However the extreme close up cut in of the black door handle, as she find a
door to go through, creates the tension of the scene. Creating the audience to
think ‘has she finally found him’. The camera is on the handle for about 3-5
seconds, this creates tensions to what could be lurking behind the door. The
shot represents how long she may have long to live, or how long she has until
she has caught the hooded man. The shot with wide shot with both characters in
show the man in standing higher up than the women. As he hits her round the
head, the camera hasn’t moved, and she falls to the ground. The camera shot
again doesn’t move. This shows that the man has won the chase, and he is more
dominant than the women. It represents no matter what’s reinforced earlier on
men will always have high ground/ be more dominant than women in society.
Something else that is important in TV dramas is mise en
scene. This includes the characters, what they wear, what makeup etc. In the
hustle Dexter the man is shown as a typical cockney business man. His fake
cockney accent represents he has tried hard to get where he is today. Maybe
suggesting when he was younger he was not a typical ‘ladies’ man’ and wasn’t
accepted by the people he knew. So now he is a ‘try hard’ putting on a strong
cockney accent to fit his business character, which he thinks would be more
appealing for women. He wears a purple Shirt with gold tie, with quite a few
gold accessories on him e.g. earring, ring, watch. This represents his wealth, however the
clashing in colours of purple and gold represent the clashing of his cheap
looking (covered in cheap looking gold jewellery e.g. watch, ring, earring.) to
what his business actually is, he earns a lot of money but what he wear clashes
being he looks cheap (identity and business clashes). He is also bald which
doesn’t seem very appealing to women at all; this could show the ageing of
himself. With a grey/black beard on his chin. His shows he’s not as young as he
makes out by going after younger women. He has no respect for women really, as
he hasn’t even spoke to the attractive women Emma. Yet he pays a lot of
interest for her. However with the other women in office he doesn’t even look
at her when he asks for a cup of tea. Is demanding and rude.
Ciara Singleton, Unfinished.
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
How are social groups represented in a music video?
How are social groups represented in a music video?
In the media social groups can be represented in many different ways, through text, images, the clothes they wear, their behaviour. But in music video's all of this can be seen at once, the few minutes that they are being filmed. The music industry is very big, therefore there are various of different types of styles of music to suit the particular/certain audience the band, singer etc want to attract. So, social groups are formed in music videos. This could be shown through class, race or gender.
One social group which we as a audience see alot of in music videos are, Rappers. The men are represented as rich 'pimps' covered in head to toe gold and diamonds. They are represented as irresistible to women although they have little respect for the women. They show that they are irresistible by the showing the wealthy side to their lifestyle, filming their music videos in big mansions, with glass and crystal expensive furniture, and girls prancing round it nothing more than just their underwear. They are stereotypically usually known for being black gangster rappers. And if they are not in their huge million dollar houses, they are simply in the streets of rough rural areas of America; from where the majority have originated from. This represents the violent and criminal sides of the rappers, showing the audience that they are tough. They are represented as gang cultures when the music videos are set out on the streets. Usually wearing extremely baggy clothing, (jeans low down, trainers, and t-shirt and hoodie with chains). What they wear really show the audience what they are representing, as they are not from a rich high achieving background the majority of the time but have worked their way up to the top but still stay loyal and represent their home towns by filming their music videos there.
Women can be represented very differently depending on who is in the video with them. If women aren't actually artists and are simply just models in the background, they are represented as a piece of meat for the male side of the audience to drool over. As they prance around in their underwear, they are being represented as sex objects and in a very derogatory manor. This is for people to be attracted and listen to the song and could end up really liking the video. Not only is it what the women do in the music videos but its is also the lyrics of the music video, they have raunchy lyrics and the women are they support what the music is saying as they use their body and face to attract men. e.g. in the video Strip by Chris Brown, he sings about girls in a sexual way but the women are represented as backing up what he is saying and represented as an easy target.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SUC8vTEYYg
However in some other music videos women are shown as very independent inspirational women, who are role models for teenagers, and women in today's society. Showing the complete opposite to what the other women in the other video's such as rap video's as i was just previously talking about. Some music videos can be very inspirational and show people what is right. In these music videos women are represented as a modern day women, independent and capable to do everything herself, working hard to get what she want and what she deserves. Helping others around them. E.g. Beyonce Knowles new single I was here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41qWJ6QjPI
The video begins with a title showing how Beyonce wants to inspire people around her, and then as she walk onto the huge stay whilst millions of fans scream for her apperence, the light hight lights her curvaceous body, this represents her as a real women who is showing how women should be, the light shining on her creates the idea that she is the perfect role model. She stand up right and strong to show her dignity. The music video is not just on her but on others who are suffering around the world, this really emphasises the fact that she represents kindness and selfless. She also sings with a strong powerful voice to show the power of the lyrics that affects the rest of the world. The camera flashes on the audience from time to time to show that she has infatuated the audience.
Another type of sterotype is rock bands. Rock bands are represented as a living life to the full and not caring about anything but 'sex, drugs and rock and roll'. The music video usually consists of just simply the band, lights, and the stage with a excited enthusiastic crowd. The grungy rough, covered in tattoo's appearence, represents the rebelious lifestyle they live. They are represented as just to have fun and live life drinking and parting. They are not represented as the most wanted lifestyle for parents wanting the children to live, however all teenages want to living life like there's no tomorrow. The stomping around, heading banging, and the violent strums to the guitar and bangs on the drums, represents the aggressiveness and anger being let out through their music. The lighting on the stage with just no scenery but the instuments and wires running across the stay for techinical reason represent the simpleness of their music, using only music to entertain their audience. E.g. Reckless by You me at six.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmrmencS8GM&feature=relmfu
However in some other music videos women are shown as very independent inspirational women, who are role models for teenagers, and women in today's society. Showing the complete opposite to what the other women in the other video's such as rap video's as i was just previously talking about. Some music videos can be very inspirational and show people what is right. In these music videos women are represented as a modern day women, independent and capable to do everything herself, working hard to get what she want and what she deserves. Helping others around them. E.g. Beyonce Knowles new single I was here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41qWJ6QjPI
The video begins with a title showing how Beyonce wants to inspire people around her, and then as she walk onto the huge stay whilst millions of fans scream for her apperence, the light hight lights her curvaceous body, this represents her as a real women who is showing how women should be, the light shining on her creates the idea that she is the perfect role model. She stand up right and strong to show her dignity. The music video is not just on her but on others who are suffering around the world, this really emphasises the fact that she represents kindness and selfless. She also sings with a strong powerful voice to show the power of the lyrics that affects the rest of the world. The camera flashes on the audience from time to time to show that she has infatuated the audience.
Another type of sterotype is rock bands. Rock bands are represented as a living life to the full and not caring about anything but 'sex, drugs and rock and roll'. The music video usually consists of just simply the band, lights, and the stage with a excited enthusiastic crowd. The grungy rough, covered in tattoo's appearence, represents the rebelious lifestyle they live. They are represented as just to have fun and live life drinking and parting. They are not represented as the most wanted lifestyle for parents wanting the children to live, however all teenages want to living life like there's no tomorrow. The stomping around, heading banging, and the violent strums to the guitar and bangs on the drums, represents the aggressiveness and anger being let out through their music. The lighting on the stage with just no scenery but the instuments and wires running across the stay for techinical reason represent the simpleness of their music, using only music to entertain their audience. E.g. Reckless by You me at six.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmrmencS8GM&feature=relmfu
Monday, 8 October 2012
Audience Theories
Over the course of the past century or so, media analysts have developed several effects models, ie theoretical explanations of how humans ingest the information transmitted by the media texts and how this might influence (or not) their behaviour.
- The Hypodermic Needle Model
This was the first attempt of audience theories and was suggested from around the 1920's. Attempting to explain how mass audience might react to mass media. It suggests the audience passively recieve the information transmitted via a media text, with any attempt on their part to process or challenge the data. This theory was developed in an age where the mass media was fairly new- radio and cinema were less than two decades old. Governments had just discovered the power of advertising to communicate a message, and produced propaganda to try and sway people to their way of thinking.
Basically, the hypodermic needle model suggests that the information from a text passes into mass consciouness of the audience unmediated, ie the experience, intelligence and opinion of an individual are not relevant to the reception of the text. The theory suggests that as an audience are passive and heterogeneous ( a diverse in character or context). This is still quoted during moral panics by parent, politicians and pressure groups and is used to explain why certain groups in society should not be exposed to certain media texts, because they will watch certain things (e.g. sexual or violent behaviour) and will act it out themselves.
It is almost like a needle (media) is being pushed and the poisonous contagious substance (what we see, read etc in media) into our head so we copy and repeat this in today's society. - Two-step Flow
Paul Lazarsfeld, Benard Berelson, and Hazel Gaudet analysed the voters decision making processes during 1940's presidential election campaign and published their results in a paper called The People's Choice. Their findings suggested that the information does not flow directly from the text into the audiences minds but is filtered through 'opinion leaders' who then communicate it to their less active associates, over whom they influence. This diminished the power of the media in the eyes of the researchers, and caused them to conclude the social factors were also important in the way in which audiences interpreted texts, this is also known as limited effects paradigm. - Uses & Gratification
Explained earlier on in blog. - Reception Theory
In the 1980's and 1990's a lot of work was done on the way individuals received and interpreted text, and how their individual circumstances (gender, class, age, ethnicity) affected their reading.
Encoding- Putting meaning into something
Decoding- Working out the meaning of something.
This work was based on Stuart Hall's encoding/ decoding model of the relationship between text audience- the text is encoded by the producer and decoded by the audience, and there may be major differences between two different readings of the same code. However, by using recognised codes and conventions, and bt drawing upon audience expectations relating to aspects such as genre and use of the star, the producers can position the audience and thus crate a certain amount of agreement on what the code means, This is known as preferred reading.
Sunday, 7 October 2012
Conventions of a TV drama
What set of rules, codes and formulae does TV drama follow?
- Scripted, fictional narrative.
- Central characters.
- Often continuous story lines.
- Often familiar settings.
- Key themes.
- Verisimilitude (relatable, realistic settings, characters and story lines).
- Could be a one-off/ special, mini series, serial.
- Serials can be progressive story lines, continuing from week to week and developing across a series, or can be self contained each episode, despite featuring the same characters and settings.
- Distinctive style of directing/ shooting.
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