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

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Camera-
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mise en scene-
Costume
Lighting
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Setting

                                                                 
Review three:
editing -
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Transitions
Order of narrative
Pace
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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.