Monday 10 November 2014

Analysis of 3 movie trailers.

1/ Fast And Furious 7 

Genre: Action

Narrative: The storyline is basically based on a group of members who are highly trained, professional and successful. They attack a armed truck to save a kidnapped woman however in a diffrent scene at the time one of thier members get annihilated in a planned accident. Then, the whole group investigate and try to reveal the person that is behind all of this... This is a tense, action packed narrative which perfectly fits into the action genre. 

Characters: The characters are in a group which forms a really powerfull gang of members which fight to get revenge based on the death of a charcter who had very important role in the movie. The main hero: strong, fearless, brave and willing to push every limit to reveal the person responsible.

Iconography: There is tonnes of typical icongraphy of the action genre such as: A car chase, gun-shots, heavy duty weapons, explosions, drifting, drag racing, customized superior vehicles, jumping from the bridge to the edge of the car, technology and many more. These are all typical to the action genre - in link with the narrative, we can confidently say that this is a action film.

Setting: Firstly, the setting of the movie is based in a cargo plane where all of the cars of members are set to parachute out into a sandy countryside where they have a typical car chase against a armed truck. It has a iconic setting as later on in the scene there is a bridge where one of the charcters is on the edge nearly about to fall. There are clearly action sequences on roads, off bridges and in other settings that suggest action.


2/ 21 Jump Street 

Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime

Narrative: Two training cops are set on a investigation in a local college as their aim is to bust the dealers to find out information about drugs. While they are at the job they realise that if the join in with the 'cool' kids, they may lead them to the drugs but it gets turned over as the cool kids wan't them to be part of them. Although their boss had told them not to be doing drugs, alchol or anything that will cause exclution but they disobey him. This is a hilarious, action filled narrative which partly fits into all the genres such as comedy, crime&action.

Characters: The main characters are a team of two members who stick together to find the dealer. They are basically the hero's as their aim is to bust the student/teachers who are involved in this situation and the villian is a typical 'cool' college boy who lacks in focus in college but pays full attention into illegall&unpositive things.

Iconography: There are many types of typical icongraphy of the action and comedy genre such as: Vehicles blowing up, explotions, gun-shots, jokes, funny dialogs&movements, violence and the list goes on. 

Setting: This movie is mainly set in a local college as they join to find the supplier of the drugs that has been causing lives. Firstly, the two cops who are under over start off at the police department where they do months of training before they go on a real investigation undercover. There are also other series of events such as house party's and diffrent locations in the US.

3/ Paranormal Activity 5

Genre: Horror 

Narrative: A regular citizen moves into mexico city with his closest mates when he starts to experience unusual activity occuring with his neighbor who live directly down to him. After a couple of day's when he just let go of that he went and bought himself a new camera as he had a passion to take photo's. He literally took his camera everywhere and recorded every word and action him and his friends were up too. Suddenly the death of the lady happened in the hands of a man and it got caught on his camera...

Characters: The main character in this movie is the man who moves into his new apartment with his new camera as he is the victim. Also, his friends also have important roles in this movies as they accompany him on every journey he travels while experiencing terrifying activity. 

Iconography: This movie has many types pf typical horror icongraphy such as: Blood, ghosts, dead people, scary sounds, pop up's, darkness, dark atmosphere, unusual activity and so on.

Setting: This is mainly based in the activity of the main characters home including the apartments surrounding him. There are various scenes where he is out and about exploring with his new camera such as the park or just visiting local attachments.


Thursday 6 November 2014

12 Years A Slave

What film have you chosen: I have chosen the film 12 years a slave.
Why have you chosen this film in particular: It seemed interesting and it had postive feedback from reviews on IMDB.
 What was the film studio or production company behind your chosen film?: 20th Century Fox Film Production.
Who was the distributor for the theatrical release of the film in the UK?: Entertainment One.
What genre dose your chosen film fit into?: Biography.
How can you tell it fits that genre?: Because it is based on a story of a real person.
Is your chosen movie a sequel?: Well not really but the book had been released before the movie came into production.
Are previous films of the writer mentioned in the trailer?: Yes.
What was the UK release date for this movie?: 18th October 2013.
When did the first trailer appear on YouTube for this movie?: July 19th 2013.
What other examples of marketing?: Cinema ads.
Rating?: The public have rated this movie 8.2 out of 10 which is fantastic as anything over 7 means that this movie is worth watching. I was going through some reviews that viewers had left on IMDB.com which were mostly positive as they all enjoyed watching it.
3 quotes from reviews: "I literally couldnt rise up from my chair". This clearly shows and tells us that this movie is astonishing and one of s kind as the reviewer emphasised on how deep the movie was. Quote 2: " 100% amazing". This shows that the reviewer was totally satisfied with the movie and they loved watching it. "It was okay". This means that the movie was okay but they could have done a better job to mame it better. Overall the reviews are mostly positive.
What was the movies budget?: $20 million dollars.
Opening weekend gain?: $30 million dollars.
Total gross?: $188 million dollars worldwide.
Other movies with the same director?: Shame, 2011. Not exactly similar to 12 years a slave.
Main star?: Chiwetal Ejoifor.
Are the stars or the director or writer mentioned in the trailer for the film?: Obviously.

Thursday 9 October 2014

Assignment 1 feedback learner response

      
Teacher feedback 
  • Good title + image 
  • No planning documents 
  • 2 sketches&planning sheet 
  • Add cover lines + main flash to cover
I will make sure that I have completed my document sheet, two sketches and the planning sheet. Also I will add more cover lines as well as a catchy main flash to my cover.

Wednesday 24 September 2014

Media analysis - GTA V





Language 
The first key convention that tells the audience that this advert is the GTA logo which is widely recognisable worldwide. The title, console logo, background image, the age restriction&the company producer are all key conventions of this video game. The very popular PlayStation branding will be immediately recognisable worldwide to the target audience.

Institution
The video game was produced by Rockstar games and Rockstar north which is available on multiple platforms such as PS3&Xbox 360. The game was originally produced for PS3&Xbox 360, but as they saw there success rise rapidly (Charting number 1 whilst winning numerous awards of which awarded game of the year in 2013., Rockstar decided to soon release the game on newer generation consoles such as Xbox one, PS4&Microsoft windows.  

Audience
The target audience for this video game is obviously targeted at higher ages such as 18+ as there age restriction is 18. A extremely wide range might apply to teenagers and ages between 18-28. As not many older ages are into video games.

Representation
The representation of this video game cover is exclusively based on action and violence. Tthis gives us a clue, it tells us that this game is widely filled with violence so the target audience may think that this video game is action packed. Also, with the very well known company Rockstar, games like GTA are known worldwide so it will be cached by the target easily.  


   

Monday 25 August 2014

Summer Research Project

Key Information

In my blog I will be discussing about BBC News. BBC news is broadcast on the channel BBC news.
BBC news is broadcast 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The scheduled timing of broadcast can be found on the BBC website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnews/programmes/schedules - the schedule for BBC news differs every day so there aren't any specific time slots; other than BBC news at 6.00, 13.00, 17.00, 18.00 and 20.00. There is a long list of presenters who present on the show, not all of them can be listed as it will go on and on, therefore I will list a few who work regularly: Anna Ford, George Alaghia, Natasha Kaplinsky and the list goes on. On average 256 million people of the public watch BBC news on a weekly basis - this is a figure which has risen by 7% within the last year. BBC news won a Peabody award for Newsnight in 1997. Also, they won the international Emmy award for news. The following picture below is the logo for BBC news.
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                                I will be showing a short clip of BBC news from YouTube below.




More information on BBC news.

BBC news was first launched on 9th November 1997. BBC news is owned by BBC which is then owned by HM Government. BBC news is famous for international and worldwide news. The channel logo is shown as above. A YouTube trailer advertising a show on the channel which will be shown below. BBC news main slogan is "Britain's most watched news channel". During the news broadcast, weather coverage is also included. BBC news has 3,500 employees of which 2000 are journalists.  



Target Audience
BBC news channel is aimed at many audiences such as children, adults, elderly&teenagers. BBC news is mainly aimed at middle aged people as a large slice of audience towards BBC news are middle aged people.
The average age of the audience for BBC news is around 32. The gender of which watches BBC news is fairly balanced.



Three separate editions of the programme 

Day 1 news stories

1. Rotherham sexual harassment against children.



















2. Russian troops deployed in Ukraine.












3. Rooney named new England captain by Roy Hodgson.













I think that the editors of the programme put the main news stories in this order by putting them from most important to least important. The first news story was about 1,400 Rotherham children who got sexually harassed between the years of 1997-2013 as no action was taken towards . Secondly, Russian troops were deployed in Ukraine as Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko accused Russia for deploying their troops in the east of his country. Finally, Wayne Rooney has been named the new England captain by manager Roy Hodgson.



Day 2 news stories


1. Journalist killing in Syria,
 video was taken to show beheading of a US reporter.
















2. Justin Beiber charged with assault


Justin Bieber









3. Celebrity leaks 'no breach' - Apple




I think that the editors of the programme put these news stories in this order by putting them from most popular&read stories.


Day 3 stories


1. Beheading will not intimidate US.


2. Ashaya's mother 'cried and prayed'.


Ashya King








3. British Ebola patient discharged.


I think that the editors of the programme put the stories by putting them from most serious&important to less serious&important.




Wednesday 2 July 2014

News presentation.

1. National topic: The world could soon be "cast back into the dark ages of medicine" unless action is taken to tackle the growing threat to resistance to antibiotics.

2. Green-ford topic: As off next week year 10's are off to work experience as year 7-9 have enrichment week with 29 amazing events.

3. London: In London an average price of a house is worth around 400k due to population over crowding.

4. Sport topic: Barcelona will begin negotiations with Liverpool on Wednesday over a deal for the reds striker Luis Suarez .

5. Funny. Crowds gathered around a woman as she gave birth to a girl outside Primark in Birmingham city
center.


Green-ford topic - We chose this topic as the year 10's are leaving for work experience and other years (7-9) have enrichment week.

National topic - we chose this topic as the news occurs to most of the world and this news story is very serious as antibiotics could get cancelled.

London topic - we chose this topic as London is the main city of England and many viewers would be interested.

Sports topic - we chose this topic as football is one of the most watched and loved sport in the world. Football fans would enjoy knowing information of recent matches and current affairs regarding that particular sport. 

Funny news - we chose this story because it was very unusual and quite interesting as a woman gave birth in public.

We broadcast these stories in this order (national, green-ford, London, sport, funny) we put these stories in this order because firstly national news occurs to everyone in the whole world. Secondly we chose the Green-ford news as it is our community. Furthermore we chose the London news as we are currently in London and it is the main city of England. After we chose the sport topic as many sports fans would be interested to know scores of matches and current affairs regarding sport. Finally, we chose funny news as usually the new is very serious and sometimes depressing so we ended it in a unusual and quite interesting way.

We made sure to have our script to the right length by writing down the main points of the news story an by having a couple of sentences for each story.

We made sure that every story was clear and easy to understand by choosing the main points.

We made sure that this broadcast was professional by making sure that the reporter had learned all the lines correctly. Also we made sure that reporter spoke in a clear and slow voice so the viewers could catch everything that they were saying. 

My role in the group was the editor, I edited the sentences of the articles in our script to make it clear and easy to read.

I would rate my groups ability a 4, as we worked together to produce a great news report.

Our group could have worked more effectively by giving a vote for the most wanted role.

If I was given another chance to re-do this, I would have made sure the reporter had more time to read the lines and memorize them properly.