Task 7

Audiences usually go to the cinema on a Saturday or Sunday this is  because this is when children and adults have the most free time.
The top 5 most popular genres are Action, Animation, Sci-fi, Comedy, Drama. The top films in each of these were:
Action- Spectre
Animation- Minions
Sci-fi- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Comedy- Pitch Perfect 2
Drama- Fifty Shades Of Grey
Social media plays a big  part in the audience hearing about films, people can hear about films from averts online that have been spread on big social media sites like Facebook and twitter from friends. The audience prefers to watch US films as these films have the most well known actors and actresses in them so people want to watch them more. The audience really enjoys 3D movies as they are a lot more involved and interactive and they bring something different which makes people more interested therefore they like them. Children are the ones who are most likely to want to go and see 3D films as they attract them more because it is something so special compared to what they are used to seeing. Ways in which audiences watch films can be on DVDs, Netflix and other online sources. People can go to the cinema on their own or even with their family or friends. Most audiences are most likely to go to the cinema on weekends, holidays and evenings this is because this is when people are less busy. Most audiences are more likely to go to the cinema in their own town at their main cinema this is because they will have all the up to date films.

Cutting it-Gender

Women stereotypes

•A housewife image that like to stay at home and cook for their children.

•All women are angry because they are either pregnant or have their periods.

•Women don’t know how to play sports and football is a male sport.

•Women aren’t knowledgably about DIY.

•Women only wear makeup to impress men.

•If you have short hair you are attracted to women.

•Women aren’t good enough to play video games.

•Women are supposed to do as they are told.

•Women are not as strong as men.

•Women are nurses, not doctors.

•Women should have jobs such as secretaries, teachers and librarians.

Men stereotypes

Men do jobs such as construction, engineering, plumbing and mechanics, they are secretaries or teachers.

•Men earn the money for the family at home.

•They don’t look after children by themselves or do any of the housework.

•Men are good at maths.

•Men enjoy outdoor activities such as fishing, golf and camping.

•Men are in charge and are always correct with anything.

•Men have the right to tell women what to do.

•Men should always pay for women when they are out together.

•Men should always propose and be the romantic one.

•Men cant work in industries such as fashion or beauty unless they are gay.

Regionalism

Camera-
Some of the shots in this clip are shown from the view of Doc Martin, this matches the whole clip as in general the audience is following his story and movement throughout the day in his new village. The fact that we sometimes get to see it from his point of view lets us see the difference between the people from him and how he is almost like the odd one out. In some shots seeing from his point of view really puts the audience in the place of him and we can then see the real difference between him and the people he interacts with. Without doing this we might not be able to really understand just how different the people are. We can clearly see that he is more intelligent and is more real than anyone else. Overall the fact that we get to see from Doc Martins view and some points during the clip lets us see just how big the difference is between him who is from London and the people around him.

The camera follows him about wherever he goes thought the whole clip which first of all shows his important in this village and that he has a very high importance compared to the people around him. This could also represent that he overall is more intelligent than anyone else and people come to him and we watch him be in control of every situation that he is in. The fact that he is in every seen really lets us see how he is viewed differently to everyone and they all interact with him in different ways. As we are following him we get to know more about him and how he thinks. From doing this we can tell that he is unsure or even a bit out of control of the things around him which then tells us that he may feel uncomfortable as he is not originally from ere and maybe he is having a hard time adjusting to the new people around him and how the act.

 Mise en scene-

The costumes in this clip lets us know a lot about both the people who live there and also Doc Martin, the workers who are there to help him are dressed in a common plumber’s outfit ready for work whereas Doc Martin is dressed more smart and professional in a suit. This lets us see that the two workers and him have very different jobs. The workers are rough but Martin is completely the opposite, this could be letting us know that because he is from London he Is more on the Business side and more formal and has a high respecting job as people who work in London or live are usually seen as the business type with a serious job. On the opposite side you have the people working for him who are not from London but live more by the sea with fields and in a village. These two workers might have the stereotype of being less intelligent as they might be known to have less important jobs and they might be seen as people who would have more hands on jobs than anything else with a higher importance. It’s clear that Doc Martin would get paid more than the two workers just from how the characters are dressed. Overall from the way that they dress it is clear that because these people come from two different places they are expect to have a certain level of work and therefore the type of work that they have could also be repressing their intelligence and how the man from London must be smart and have a nice job compared to the people who work in a village.

The actors are extremely important as they show how the character is being represented, for example in this clip the workers overall give a don't care attitude towards their work while Doc Martin seems to be the intelligent one who is trying to sort out the problems. The workers seem slow and Doc Martin seems to be quick and more real and down to earth. The workers give this impression by their actions, one sits and eats and doesn't really look bothered and the other one also looks clueless. Because they act in this way we can see that this people don't really care how people see them, this could be because they are too thick to really understand the importance of doing the job right. The reason that I can tell that Doc Martin is more educated and advanced is because of his reaction to the men, he seems angry and confused which let us know that he on the other hand does care how the job is done and he does also care how he looks as he wants things to go right so he doesn't look stupid if they mess it up. The way they all act really shows the difference in how people from different places see themselves and also how they want to be seen. Doc Martin wants to be respected and so he plays how someone who would want to be would so the audience can clearly see that the he is more advanced maybe because he comes from London where you have to be like that as looking in control is very important.

Task 8- technology

Production-
-CGI
-IMAX
-3D technology
-Animation


Distribution-
-Trailers
-Free preview
-Websites
-Posters


Exhibition-
-TV
-Theatrical
-Festivals
-DVDs
-At home
-Web


Exchange-
-Cinema
-DVD
-Netflix
-Amazon
-Blu-ray

Hotel Babylon- Ethnicity

The fast pace of the shots when the people are being told that immigration is here and  also when they begin to hide into the small room shows the struggle and the panic of the immigrants and how they all have been very prepared for this which shows just how serious immigration is being taken. As the pace is fast this overall is represents that immigration is very serious and also just how confusing and scary it can be for the people involved.

The officers had the least amount of screen time compared to the immigrants hiding but because they were in a group it takes away their individual power. The three men at the start who want to invade and search get some screen time but not as much, this shows the individual power they have. They are the first people that the audience sees and then this means that they catch are attention and this gives them power then we also see them near the end which almost if like they open and end the scene because they have so much power. They come in and take away someone which means that they were successful and have done their job, Also the officers  and the immigrants are seen throughout the clip which shows that people who are against and for immigration are always present and its still a current issue.

There are shots of the guests mainly in the start and near the end of the clip however the shots are rare and quick. This could show how people don't fully understand immigration if they have never experienced it themselves. They show the people who sit back and watch like when stories are shown in the media and the audience that reads them, they are always there but they don't know the details and generally don't play a big part in immigration which is why we hardly see the guests of the hotel, to show how the people who haven't experienced  immigration see it, they can be confused and generally just sit in the background and don't play apart in what happens to these people.

Torch Wood

The close up shot of the two men kissing shows the attention that this act is receiving  and how people may see their sexuality as not normal. The audience is forced to watch the two men kiss this means that the audience can't look away and they can't just ignore it. If the people kissing were a heterosexual couple then we would see the whole scene and the close up, but the two men as this time seen kissing would not be normal but doing this close up is showing the audience the message that is trying to be put across is that it can't be ignored and that people should just face it and accept that love is love no matter who it is with and just because you may not see it as right or normal it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. No matter what view you have love cant be stopped so showing it to the audience shows the realness.

The 360 degree dolly shot lets us see the audiences emotions

Blockbuster film research: Inside Out

 

Waterloo Road Exam Practice

In todays class we watched a clip of waterloo road we then did an exam practice using the representation of age. 

 Setting
The clip shows us that it is set in a school which immediately shows us that the age of the characters in this clip will be students at the school which could ages 11-18. Other characters may include older people like teachers. This clip shows the bug difference between the two ages and how the younger ones are rebellious and the teachers have more control. 

 Themes
In this clip I think that the theme shown is power, this theme is carried throughout the clip because the teachers are shown to have the most power this is because they are older and know they are in control. The teachers make orders throughout this clip and the students end up always following the order. Even though the teens are known to be rebellious this just shows how much power the teacher has as they do still follow the order instead of going against it.

 Narrative
A normal day of teenagers in school.

Characters

The characters in this clip have a big range even though the age range for a lot of them are the same, either young teens or adults. Some of the students are rude, nice or just acting like normal teenagers. The main girl is very angry due to people talking about her family and then there is the complete opposite which is the scared boy who she is after. The two charades are played so differently even thought they are in the same age range. This shows us that not all teenagers are the same. This clip shows that age and personality doesn't really match and that just because you're a certain age doesn't mean that you will be a certain way or follow what everyone thinks you should be.

 Camera
The camera also shows the difference in power because of age though the camera. When the students and teachers have a conversation the camera will look down on the students but up on the teachers which lets us know that the teachers have more power than the students.

Mise en Scene

Sound
The sound shows the difference in the characters ages. The students use more slang and the teachers don't which show the adults are more mature and overall have more power again. The teachers talk to the students in a way that makes the students feel as if they are less than them, this again is a way that the teachers show that they have more power by talking down to the students to really state their power.The music turns fast pace when the girl s chasing the boy down the corridor and this show how stressful and fast life can be at that age for the students and just how scary life can be at that age.


Editing
The scenes in the clip are quite fast which can also again show how fast life can be for students and then the drama I the sense can show how drama filled life for teenagers can be. The shots are cut sharp which makes the clip more realistic.


Mise en scene
The costumes include the uniform of the students and the teachers. The students are very untidy while the teachers are more smart which shows the difference in how they want to e seen. The students don't care and the teachers are the opposite and care a lot about how they are seen. The broken camera shows the disrespect of the teens and how they are trouble and try to get away with it which again shows that the age they are at is still one that isn't mature. The  adult is the one to face the problem and to show the kids whose boss and this shows the power difference between the ages.

Coming Down The Mountain- TV Drama

In class we were shown a clip of Coming Down The Mountain and we were asked to analysis it. We watched it and had to link it to the representation of disability.

 For Mise en scene I looked at the actors. When looking at the characters I saw that the disabled brother wearing more baggy clothes which shows that he as a disabled person doesn't really concentrate on the normal things a teenage his age would worry about, they worry about fashion and clothes but he doesn't care how others view him. For props I can see that the disabled brother plays with children's toys and this shows that his mind is still young and still learning. We know that these are children's toys and no one else from the clip including the other teenagers play with them. Even the children younger then him are interested in  more dangerous and older toys which shows that his mind is still really young and he hasn't got the mind set of a teenage which normal stereotypes are moody and rebellious but he is happy and paying with children's toys which also show his innocence. The setting In the first scene we are shown the boys bedroom and one side it is shown to be bright and the other side is shown to be dark. The disabled brother side is more bright and happy while the older brother has more of a depressing vibe. This shows us that even though the younger brother is disabled it doesn't mean that he is sad or depressed and that he is still living his life and seeing the good in things. The older brother is the opposite and he is more moody and rebellious and shows more characterises of the typical teenager, he has no disability but seems to be more unhappy then his brother who does. Overall the bedroom shows the difference in having a disability and not having one and how having one doesn't need to change how you see the world and that it just depends on how you choose to see it.

For sound I saw that in the kitchen scene the disabled boy doesn't think before he speaks. He says ' I need a poo' this tells us the disabled boy is vulnerable and hasn't quite matured as a teenager. Also in the kitchen their parents talk calmly and soft towards the boy with down syndrome. Whereas their parents talk harshly and snap at the other brother. This shows how disable and abled people are treated differently. The voiceover in the clip and the music are contrapuntal. The dialogue in the voiceover explains how annoyed the able body boy is with his disabled brother but he music is calm and soft. During the conversation in the kitchen the abled boy talks a lot more than the disabled boy this tells us that in the real world disabled people don't really have a say in what geos on in society. The diegetic sound of the cutlery clanging against each other and the chars scarping along the floor brings us back to the reality of them being a normal family.

When looking at editing we can look at the amount of screen time that the actors got and what that then says about disability, there are two main characters which are the two brothers. The more able boy has more screen time than the disabled one as the more abled boy is the one telling his views and we are seeing his life with his opinions there for he has more power. Although the abled brother seems to think that he gets the least attention from our point of view we see the opposite and we see more of him and everything is based around him and not his disabled brother. The use the technique of fade in the editing shows how the school day goes on at a nice flow and follows a pattern and is calm, although that's not what you'd expect from the disabled boys life, it shows that disability doesn't have to mix up the flow of your life and although there may be tasks on the way it doesn't stop disabled people like the younger brother from living his life how he likes and his days follow the same pattern as everyone else.

For camera one of the shots was a birds eye shot, this was the first shot, it was done like this to show the rooms structure and their differences on the personalities. We could see both sides and how different they where. We could see the differences of how the brothers think different. Before you even see and know about the disability we see that they are different. This shows that personalities are more important then disability and that its what makes you and not what disability you have. The disability doesn't decided what kind of person or personality you have to have.


 Camera - birds eye view, first shot, to show the rooms structure and their split personalities
- low angles shot when he's about to leave him, to show he's more immature and unworthy
- 180 pan, a tracking shot, the second shot of him on his bed, shows his brain thinking and moving from point to point
- zoom on the boy in bed, to show his purity and how innocent his intentions are
- close up on the bus, changes stress him out and the close shot shows how stressed he is and how he is struggling with the journey home.

Top Grossing Films of 2016

Top 5 and their grossing producers/exhibitors and when they came out. 

Captain America: Civil War

Producer/Exhibitor? : Marvel Studios/Entertainment

When did they come out? : 29 April 2016

Finding Dory

Producer/Exhibitor? :  Walt Disney / Lindsey Collins

When did they come out? : 8th June

Zootopia

Producer/Exhibitor? :  Pixar, Walt Disney / Clark Spencer

When did they come out? : 25th March

The Jungle Book

Producer/Exhibitor? : Walt Disney / Jon Favreau, Brigham Taylor

When did they come out? : 15th April 2016

The Secret Life Of Pets
Producer/Exhibitor? : Illumination Entertainment
When did they come out? : 8th July 2016

What are the big six film companies?

-Warner Bros.

-20th Century Fox.

-Paramount Pictures

-Universal Pictures.

-Sony Pictures Entertainment

-Walt Disney Studios.

Thinking of the school holidays, which films are on general release?
All of the films would have all been released around school holidays. Most of them are aimed at a younger audience this means that the films would be able to get a larger audience to see the films as the holidays are the time that children which is the target audience would most likely watch the films.

What genre of films are there?

Captain America-Action

The Jungle Book, Zooptopia-Adventure

Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets, Finding Dory-Animation

How many are sequels?

Both Finding Dory and Captain America have or are sequels.

How many are blockbusters aimed at a younger audience?

How many were produced by the Big Six?

How many different formats are there? Name them.

What kinds of films seem to be missing?

How many of the film distributors seem to be producers as well?

Who do you think are the target audiences for these?

 

Analysing clips

  Review one:                                                                     

watch clip and use                                                             
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Review two:
Camera-
Frame
Angle
Movements

mise en scene-
Costume
Lighting
Actors
Makeup
Props
Setting

                                                                 
Review three:
editing -
Screen time
Transitions
Order of narrative
Pace
Special effects
sound-
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Review four:
Link to representation

Luther clip

The big 6

The big 6

 

 

Mini Major's

 

 

Film industry

Top grossing films of 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Production company is Walt Disney
Was released on the 16/12/16 - just before the Christmas holidays
Genre of family/adventure

Finding Dory
Production Company - Walt Disney
Genre - Family/Adventure
Was released on the 17/06/16- before the summer holidays

Captain America: Civil War
Production Company - Walt Disney
Genre - Action
Was released on the 06/05/16

The Secret Life of Pets
Production Company - Universal Pictures
Genre - Family/Adventure
was released on the 08/07/16- Just before the summer holidays

The Jungle Book
Production Company - Walt Disney
Genre - Family/Adventure
Was released on the 15/04/16

The big six film companies

All of these top grossed films of 2016 was produced by one of the big six. Walt Disney is a very popular one, as 4/5 of its movies made it into the top grossed films.
The target audience of these is aimed at children and families. I think this because Walt Disney typically produce films for children and families. The genres of these films also give it away as they have the family genre.
These films were released near holidays or in them ,I think this is so when children break up from school more people go to see it because it is a good family day out. More people will be off work and school, with nothing to do.

Representation and textual analysis

 

First half of exam - 1 hour 15 minutes
Textual analysis- camera, mise en scene, editing, and sound.
Representations- Disability
Regionalism
Class
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Sexuality

Second half of exam - 45 minutes
institutions and audience


T.V Dramas

• Game of Thrones
• Breaking Bad
• Sherlock                                                              
• The Crown
• Orange is the new Black 

 T.V Fantasies

• Once Upon a Time
• Charmed                                                                  
• Teen Wolf                                      
• Merlin
• American Horror Story

T.V Thrillers

• Stranger Things
• Breaking Bad                                                       
• Pretty Little Liars

Soaps

• Emmerdale                             
• EastEnders
• Coronation Street
• Hollyoaks
• Doctors
• Holby City
• Neighbour
• Home and Away
• Casualty