Stereotypes

Age:

• Moody teen
• Young Annoying girl
• Classic Old Grandparents
• Gangsta Teenage boy

Race/Ethnicity:

• Confused Foreigners
• Angry Italian Uncles
• Black Gangster
• White Posh Boy

Disability:

• Stupid
• Less Capable
• Slow Learners
• Dependent On Others

Sexuality:

• Weak Gay Man
• Close Minded Lesbian
• Strong Man
• Weak Woman

The masthead of this magazine is in bold, 3D writing that is sans serif to show the bold strength of the people who read the magazine, it is aimed more towards men due to it being large and dragging in mens attention from the manliness.

The blue, red and yellow colours on this magazine are more male-orientated colours, the blue signifies the gender of male, the red would signify blood or honour, the yellow would signify royalty, all of these are stereotypically values that are important to men.

The layout of this magazine is very cramped but does not go over the star's face, but filling up every other space available. It has high production value due to it being able to advertise and be payed by a lot of artists, making it cheaper to produce and being able to reach more people.

The main image is a medium shot to be able to fit all of the details and writing of the magazine on to the cover, but to still be able to recognise Dave Grohl from a distance. Dave Grohl has a serious facial expression, suggesting the topic about him in this magazine is also a serious topic. There is very standard lighting that brightens up his face and his details. He is wearing casual clothing, suggesting that he is not in the magazine for a special reason. There is also the minor image of the CD case, showing the community of the songs on the CD.

Dave Grohl's cover lines suggests that he is talking about a very emotional and serious topic, being backed up by the last point I made.

Extended Learning

The star on this image is represented as a strong woman that is going against the gender stereotype. On the T-Shirt she is wearing it is showing some adjectives you would use to describe someone from a country that is in political and social crisis, but at the bottom on the one that is not crossed out it has an adjective that would more describe someone who is strong and adventurous rather than weak and in need. She very much goes against the stereotype of a foreign person and looks stereotypically richer than someone that you would expect to be from a poorer country. She looks very relaxed rather than frightened or angered, showing that she is going against the stereotype of a confused foreigner.


On this magazine cover Snoop Dogg is being represented as a rich man with a big house. This is shown by him expressing himself in a relaxed way, this represents the stereotype of a rich guy. He is wearing a chain and some rather dapper looking Christmas clothing, showing that he is rich enough to not care what people think of his clothes and accessories, this also shows the stereotype of being rich. He is holding his candy cane as if he were smoking it, following the stereotype of a rather hip gangster, it could also be interpreted as if he feels good due to the mild look of a smile on his face, showing that he feels young and good.

Representation

L/O: To investigate the ways in which the media represents the gender.

Stereotypically Male Characteristics:

• Strong
• Big
• Tall
• Confident
• Athletic
• Dominant
• Leader
• Brave
• Hard Workers
• Intelligent
• Blue

Stereotypically Female Characteristics:

• Better Thinkers
• Weaker
• Small
• Less Dominant
• More Agile
• Scared
• Worse Leaders
• Angry
• Long Hair
• Emotional
• Pink

Male Stereotypes:

• Macho Male
• Geek
• Skater
• Straight
• Alpha Male
• Gay

1. Who is in the picture?

7 Dapper Looking Men

A topless man with a woman pouring aftershave on him

A baby and a father

2. What is the advert/magazine cover trying to sell/promote?

It is trying to sell suits

Aftershave

Washing up tablets

3. What can you denote?

Dapper suits and rather hot men

This man is not enjoying the chilliness of the aftershave

This is the father of the child

4. What are the connotations in the advert?

They are important men that are very comfortable in their suits

These people are a couple and the woman likes the aftershave

The brand brings families together

5. How are men represented? What stereotypes are used?

Stereotyped as a well dressed, well kept formal male, they are serious

The male is stereotyped as strong and the woman is submitting to him as the weak gender stereotype

The father and child are represented as male by them both wearing blue

6.  Who do you think the advert is aimed at? How do you know?

Upper class men that are important in their job

Young, single men that want a girlfriend but do not smell nice enough

A small family of 4, that consists of people trying to get affordable washing of their clothes

Female Stereotypes:

• Drama Queen
• Mother
• Housewife
• Butch Lesbian
• Lipstick Lesbian
• Dumb Blonde
• Business Woman
• Nerd
• Phone Addict
• Slut

1. Who is in the picture?

4 Women and a Male

Lara Croft

Jessica Ennis

2. What is the advert/magazine cover trying to sell/promote?

Trying to sell the magazine

Trying to sell the tomb raider game series

Trying to promote a drink

3. What can you denote?

The women are attracted to the male

Lara Croft is breaking the stereotype by wielding a gun

She is very concentrated

4. What are the connotations in the advert?

The women are worshipping the male and they find him hot

Lara Croft is a hardened fighter

She is very hardened and strong

5. How are women represented? What stereotypes are used?

The women are sexualised and objectified to show they are gold diggers that want money and fame

Lara Croft is breaking the stereotype of a weak woman and being represented as strong

She is breaking the stereotype of the non-athletic woman

6.  Who do you think the advert is aimed at? How do you know?

Men who find this style of cover attractive and more appealing, it could also be attractive to lesbians

Gamers who enjoy the tomb raider series and heterosexual men

Women who are inspired by Jessica Ennis and want to get strong like her

MOJO Cover:

• The cover is coloured blue which is stereotyped towards men as the more masculine colour.
• Dave Grohl is in fact male and has a hardened face, which is less attractive to females but more attractive in a male fan's perspective due to the fact that he looks strong and bold.
• The font is big and appeals more to a masculine female-orientated man due to the fact that it is large and can be seen as masculine.
• There are no females on this magazine which would show the masculinity of the magazine

I have learnt about the different types of stereotypes today that show men as stronger and women as weaker, some people could find this as sexist which also adds to the predominant fact that males are more attracted to the magazines orientated to them and vice versa.

Music Mag Covers

L/O: To create a music magazine cover showing understanding of representation.

Name: Complete

Peer Assessment by Rhys: You have colours that don't clash so they match with each other. You could vary the background colour more.

I have added a masthead that is in a style that suggests the genre and who the target audience might be. I have featured cover lines and a main cover line that show the features in the magazine. The background is red which signifies darkness and blood, the picture of Kian shows the reader the genre due to Kian wearing dark leather and playing the guitar.
I could vary the colour and variation on the background to add more emotion and contrast to the background. I could refine Kian's hair due to it being imperfect at the moment. I could add more cover lines that are even smaller. I could add a free CD sign on the cover as well.

I have added a free CD sign, I have changed the filter on Kian to make him more stylised and fitting. I have changed the cover lines and the name to make it more relevant to the genre

Cover Analysis

L/O: To analyse the cover of a magazine, linking it to genre and audience

Babyboomers - The generation of people between 1946 - 1964

Diversification - To become more diverse

Audience Address - Addressing the audience

Discerning - Good judgement

House Style - Editing conventions

Intertextuality - When a piece of text refers to another piece of media in the text

Shot type - Mid shot due to it going to his chest.
This is to add to the style of the magazine that will make it require less editing, this will also show who the star vehicle and show the reader if they like them and enjoy the magazine or not.

Star Vehicle - Dave Grohl, rock musician.
Dave Grohl is a well respected artist and will attract more readers in, mainly males that enjoy this music.

Colour Palette - Blue, Red, Yellow. Predominantly male colours to show the reader that it is predominantly for males rather than females, especially in the contents and music style.

Bands/Artists Mentioned - Dave Grohl, Sparks, Ian Dury, Elvis, Cat Stevens, David Gilmour, Nirvana, Lou Reed.
These bands have been selected to appeal to more readers that might prefer these over others so it appeals to a more diverse audience.

Masthead style - Sans Serif, Bold and colourless. Male suited due to these reasons.
The masthead of mojo suggests that the music they present is for hardcore people who really enjoy this style of music. It also suggests that the music is not for the faint hearted. It also shows the masculinity due to the white sans serif font that can be taken as a very manly style that appeals less to females that would like a more orderly masthead.

Main Coverline Style - Serif style that is angled, referencing to the star vehicle and previewing what is in the mag.
The main coverline would suggest that
Minor coverline style - Smaller than main and previews some of the other artists inside.
Puff - Shows the amount of reviews and other facts that are featured.
USP - Free CD
Text placement - The texts wraps around Dave Grohl's face, It tries to keep the colour of the text from clashing.

Magazine Ownership & Regulation

L/O: Research ownership, regulation & institutions involved in music magazines.

IPC Media
Uncut, NME

Bauer Media
Mojo, Q, The Box, Downtown Country, Magic, 4 Music, Kerrang

Condé Nast
Pitchfork

Immediate Media
RadioTimes

Hearst
None

BBC
RadioTimes, BBC Music Magazine, Top of the Pops, Music

Funding and Profit

Sales

Magazines will sell their magazines as a subscription to a reader, they will know the readers location and email address, therefore if they were to unsubscribe, then the media company could message them when a sale is on so that they pay the subscription.

Advertisements

Magazines will try and advertise their magazine in another magazine that appeals to the overall reader that they want to drag in to buy their magazine. They could advertise in other ways that appeals to the reader more. Free advertisement in the publishers other magazines is an option and a very valuable one as well.

O W N E R S H I P

The majority of magazines are published by nine companies but their titles make up nearly 75% of the market. This means they have a massive influence over audiences and their companies will only get bigger as they control most of the market.

Media Regulation & Law

IPSO are the regulation company for media and magazines that came into place after the breakdown of the PCC (The previous regulation company), they regulate and check the content of media and magazines to see if they comply with the code of conduct. They listen to complaints and investigate into complaints within magazines.

IMPRESS are the regulators for more digital media and magazines, they will involve in modern magazines rather than classic ones and attempt to help with the code of conduct for digital magazines. They also work about the public trusting the modern magazines.

Magazines have to follow the editors code which explains what magazines can and cannot do. There are set rules that they have to follow for their magazine to be legal. There are only certain things they can write and certain people they can feature.

The Future Of Magazines

Digitalisation of magazines has greatly affected to industry. Magazines are now created digitally rather than through a press, this is cheaper, quicker, more efficient and easier. Digitalisation has also brought along easier access to the articles.

Magazines that are printed will not survive, not many people will have the effort to buy and collect them. Digital magazines will survive but will not be as popular, there is enough open source information on the internet that people can access for free. 

Genre & Target Audience

L/O: To identify target audiences for a variety of music magazine genres.

The genre for the Clash magazine is underground music. Its target audience is for males and females between the ages of 14 - 32.
The genres included in this edition of the magazine is Rock music, Dabke, Experimental music and Neo-Soul. These genres appeal more to a younger audience due to the lighter and more contrasted colours, and the mixed variety of genres in the magazine. This magazine is more appealing to white, younger people, who are mid to lower class and enjoy social media and being rebellious. This audience is made self-confident people who enjoy being with their friends and doing things they enjoy. The audience for this magazine are explorers who enjoy finding new music that they will get into. They are more disconnected from regular society because they enjoy many types of music and people.



The genre for this magazine is pop music, the artists advertised on this magazine are people who usually make pop music. The target audience for this magazine is for young white girls between the ages of 12 and 26. I can tell this because of the pink and simple style of the writing, it appeals more to the younger girls who enjoy being together and listening to their music. The price for this magazine would suggest that the audience is middle class or upper, being able to afford this magazine  you would have to have a decent job and income. The location of this magazine would be for the UK and for parts of the USA that are more modern. This audience are drop outs who don't usually care about education, they just want to have parties and have fun. They are reformers who are very close minded and only like their own music.



This magazine is a death and heavy metal magazine, the themes of religion and darkness is spread by the crosses and pentagrams that cover the magazine cover. The audience for this magazine are white men between the ages of 25 and 50. They are strugglers with lower income and who have had worse of a life than usual. They are rebels and drop outs that don't obey the law and enjoy listening to their music and having some illegal fun.



This magazine's genre is rock music due to it's artists being more involved in mainly punk rock music. The audience for this magazine is between the ages of 14 and 40, the audience is mainly lower to middle class, enjoying more rebellious styles and ways of living, they are reformers who enjoy being outlaws. They are innovators that like to explore their genre of music. They are white males and females occasionally that live around London or cities in the USA.

Music Magazines & Audiences

L/O: To identify and analyse a target audience using demographics and psychographics.

• The emo youth and goth culture.
• Metalheads
• Bikers
• 15 - 50 years of age
• C2DE Working Class

Demographics:

• Male
• 15+
• Straight
• White
• England
• Single
• C2DE
• Less Educated Than Average
• Working Class Job

Identifying the Audience:

• Gender
• Age Range
• Nationality
• Race
• Political Views
• Social Views
• Mentality
• Culture
• Job Class
• Interests
• Religion

Psychographics:

• The Struggler
• Drop-outs
• Rebels
• Cynics
• Cowboys
• Disconnected

Learning Check:

Demographics is the facts about the people who read the magazine, and the psychographics is what we can assume about their mindsets and thoughts.

Reader Profile:

Rock sound readers would be a group of people who stereotypically only listen to rock or variants of the rock genre. The average rock sound reader would have a friendship group that would be goth or emo like them that they can relate with. They would dress like the particular people dress in the magazine. They are on average over the age of 14 and below the age of 50, they are working class people, typically male and they would prefer to spend their money on clothes and music. They don't have lots of money and live very in a very minimalist environment. They like more classic clothing and technology, they look up to their idols and most likely help them be happier than usual.

Magazine Cover Terminology, Layout & Analysis

L/O: To analyse music magazine covers using appropriate terminology.

1. The masthead is the main title of the magazine, showing the reader what they are reading. The masthead is usually very large and bold so it sticks out more. It is also usually in a colour that sticks out from the background.

2. On both these magazines the mastheads are big and at the top of the magazine, in a font that suits the main audience the magazine is looking for. The main, bold text that sticks out are in white and in black, contrasting the background colour to be more readable.

3. The date on the MOJO magazine is in the bottom right corner of the magazine, along with the price and barcode. The date on the Billboard magazine is under the title under the d at the end. Both of these are place to be visible, but out of the way of what the magazine is trying to show.

4. The main headline on the MOJO magazine is "Dave Growl, the songs that saved his life...", I can tell this because this text is the second largest, the largest being the title, it is in the middle of the screen and Dave Grohl is the main picture for this issue of the magazine. On the Billboard magazine, the main headline is "Katy Perry, inside the court queen of pop.", this is the main headline because it is the same colour as the title, making it look as important as the title, it is also the second biggest and is in serif, making it stand out from every other piece of text on the magazine. There is also Katy Perry as the main picture on the magazine as well, very much suggesting that Katy Perry is the main headline of the magazine.

5. There are 4 cover lines on the MOJO magazine, two on each side, all discussing different artists, and different things about them. They have the artist names in white to stick out and make them easy to read, the stories to go with them are in a different colour that makes them kept apart. The Billboard magazine has 4 cover lines, all on the left side of Katy Perry, they are quite small compared to everything else. They have orange colours for the titles of the stories, the details about the stories are black and stand out.

6. On the MOJO magazine, the writing is big and bold, it is all sans serif to appeal more to a male  audience and is very loud. On the Billboard magazine, there is only one piece of text that is serif, that is the main headline, showing it's importance. Everything else is sans serif and very simple, this appeals to the more feminine audience that Billboard is looking for.

7. On the MOJO magazine there are lots of pictures that fill up the front of the magazine, the overall art of it is very cluttered and there are barely any plain colours that stay on their own. The design is very rough, appealing more to the male audience that they are looking for. The Billboard magazine has a plain background and is very limited in its clutter, it keeps very simple and it is in sans serif to keep a modern look and appeal to the female audience.

8. The background on the MOJO magazine is blue, a stereotypically masculine colour that pulls in men to get them to read it, the colour makes it relate to men so it is much more appealing. On the Billboard magazine, there is pink as the background, which relates to the female audience rather than trying to appeal to the male audience.

9. On the MOJO magazine there is lots of large text that clutters the magazine, showing its masculinity, lots of the text covers up other text. On the Billboard magazine, there is not a lot of text and it is all placed very simply, it very much appeals to the stereotypical feminine audience.

10. On the MOJO magazine there is the main image of Dave Grohl, this suggests to the reader that Dave Grohl is the main feature for the magazine. Billboard magazine has Katy Perry as the main image so that passers by can see who is in the magazine and make a judgement towards if they find it worth reading or not.

11. The MOJO magazine has a free CD that comes with it, included in the bottom left CD case. The Billboard magazine does not come with any free items or accessories.

12. On the MOJO magazine there is a menu strip underneath the CD case in the bottom left of the magazine, this lists the people included in the magazine and tells the reader if they want to read it or not. On the Billboard magazine there is a sort of menu strip to the right of Katy Perry, again listing people featured in the magazine, showing the reader if they are interested.

13. In the MOJO magazine it covers rock, and the many sub-genres of rock which appeal to the male audience. In the Billboard magazine, it covers the more feminine pop music.

14. The MOJO magazine shows with all of its cover features that it appeals more to a male audience rather than a female one, due to all the reasons listed above. The Billboard magazine is more attracted to a female audience due to the reasons above, mainly because of its main colour being pink.

15. The magazines put big names on the covers of their magazines to try and relate to the widest audience they can get, if the artist is more popular, the more people it can relate to, therefore getting more sales.

16. MOJO's main USP is David Grohl, due to him being the main picture on the magazine, this would try and appeal to men who enjoy Dave Grohl, for some people however, the free CD is a very important USP that MOJO uses in a way to get more people to buy the magazine, this is an important selling point because CDs are cheap and easy to produce, but people will find the magazine much more attractive if there is a physical item that comes with what they are getting. The Billboard magazine's USP is its genre, but mainly it would be Katy Perry on the front of the magazine, many people have heard of or are fans of Katy Perry, this helps introduce and bring in people who will buy the magazine and will keep them hooked for a long time.

In-Depth Study - Mojo

L/O: to analyse the target audience for music magazines.

Publisher:

Circulation:

Target Audience demographics:

The Music Industry

L/O: To identify and explain different music genres.

• Grunge
• Hip Hop
• Jazz
• Rock
• Heavy Metal
• K Pop
• J Pop
• Bollywood
• Reggae
• Country
• Grime
• Dance
• Disco
• Opera
• Classical
• Hardbass
• Drum & Bass
• Alternative
• Soundtrack
• Traditional
• Pop
• Electronica
• Techno
• R&B
• Blues
• Chill-Out

Rock

The people who are rock artists typically wear black clothing and jeans, they have a dark look and have odder than usual hairstyles. The artists are typically male bands.

Rock music's beat can vary from fast to slow even in the same song, they usually use electric guitars and drums and are not particularly soft songs.

Rock lyrics are usually about drugs, love, and or life and death.

Pop

The people who make pop music usually dress in what would look trendy to most people, they usually have very refined haircuts. There are both male and female artists.

Pop music usually has a soft beat that people can enjoy when doing daily things, it usually uses soft sounds and some varied instruments. Pop music is highly produced.

The lyrics are usually about romance and friendships, also they may be about money.

R&B

R&B artists wear casual clothes and sometimes suits, the have fairly short haircuts usually. R&B artists are usually black.

R&B music is usually smooth and calm, that you would listen to when you are stressed, they usually use guitars, horns, drums, bass, keyboards and vocals.

The lyrics are usually about love and life, involving problems.

Dance

Dance artists wear very casual everyday clothing in dark colours. They have normal haircuts as well. There are both male and female artists.

Dance music is usually done with electronic sounding sounds. Artists usually use drums, bass, saxophones, electric guitars and samplers. They usually pre record music and then play it and edit it in software.

There are usually no lyrics to dance songs, they are mostly songs that can express the artist's emotions in the music rather than lyrics.

Hardbass

The people who make or listen to hardbass music typically wear tracksuits that are nike or adidas.

The music of hardbass is most times if not always between 150 bpm and 170 bpm. The music uses electronic sounds usually composed in software like FL Studio and sometimes acoustic guitars and accordion.

There are rarely any meaningful lyrics in these songs, usually some words that have influence from the slavic cultures that fit with the beat of the song, sometimes there will be more meaningful lyrics about a certain person, but this is variable.

L/O: To identify and classify audiences.

Hardbass:

The target audience for hardbass is predominantly white people from slavic countries. The age range is from around 14 to 40 years of age. The audience of hardbass is made of people who have interests in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series and the culture of gopniks.

There are currently no official radio stations or magazines for hardbass, there are still some widely popular fan made radio stations on websites and some also some fan made magazines.

There are many popular individual artists who make hardbass, but they usually do not have official photos of the artists themselves, but instead make a logo in photoshop or other editing programs that they use and put on album covers and as their way of being recognised.

Much of the hardbass audience come from slavic countries, many of the artists are from Slovakia, much of the audience are as well. 

Link to DJ Blyatman.

Link to Gopnik McBlyat.

Link to uamee.

R&B:

The target audience for R&B is predominantly for black people from America. The age range would be from around 16 to 70 years old. The audience of R&B is made of people who have interests in chill rap music that are brought up around a working class family.

Radios would include WALR-FM, WVKL, BBC RADIO 1 and more. R&B magazines would include  VIBE, Billboard and Q.

There are lots of popular R&B artists, these include Beyonce, Usher, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys and many more. Popular R&B artists seem to enjoy photoshoots for their music, they prefer to have themselves on the cover.

R&B audiences would mainly include working class and middle class black men and women from America.



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Rock:

The target audience for Rock is usually for white males from the ages of 15 to 60 from Europe. The audience of Rock music would usually be people who can relate to the music and are brought up from a working class family.

Radios would include Radio X, Planet Rock, Kerrang Radio and more. Some examples of Rock magazines would include Kerrang!, ZigZag, Rock Sound and others.

There are many popular rock artists, these include The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Nirvana and others. Rock bands prefer to take photos as a group in black and white.

Rock music would typically appeal to an edgier audience that is between the ages of 15 and 60, mainly white men.

Sound

L/O: to understand how and why sound is used in film

All sound used in a film is known as the soundtrack.

Diegetic & Non-Diegetic Sounds and music
Diegetic Sound = The character can hear the sound.

Non-Diegetic Sound = Sounds that the characters do not hear.

Task 1

Footsteps
Heavy Breathing
Fluttering
Tapping
Key Turning
Door Opening
Screaming
Crunching

Dialogue

Most dialogue is recorded separately and added on afterwards.

ADR (Audio Dialogue Replacement)

Foley

Foley is the reproduction of everyday sounds for use in filmmaking.

Task 2

Creaking
Wind
Thud
Button Pressing
Writing
Pen Clicking
Alien Talking
Cans Dropping
Hat spinning
Screaming
Body getting stuck
Leaves rustling
Branches Breaking
Whistling
Fluttering
Chair Moving
Sniffling
Crickets
Snoring
Plants Being Put In Pot
Punching The Alien

Sound Effects

Task 3

Cracking
Glass Shattering
Explosions
Alien Noises
Lasers
Car Smashing

Music

Helps to add tension, atmosphere, a time or setting.
Silence can also be used for effect.

Analysis
Music - To add tension between the fighters. This adds suspense for the viewers. This is Non-Diegetic.
Hit Sounds - The sounds of hits have been increased to make them sound more powerful. This makes the viewer feel more excited about the fight.
Wind - This makes the swings from the punches sound more dramatic. Used to again make the viewer more excited about the fight.
Spit - The sound of the spit has been increased to show the viewer the reason why he stops walking.
Silence - The music, crowd and noises of the fighters are removed to show the viewer that the crowd is surprised and shocked.
Crowd - This makes the fight seem more intense because the crowd is cheering for the fighters. This shows the viewer that the fight is intense.
Slowed Down Sounds - To show the viewer that time is slowed down. This is Non-Diegetic
Gravel - This tells the viewer what the floor is made out of.
Bottle Cork Being Removed - This Shows that everyone is still shocked because it is the only sound that plays when he is walking away.
Liquid - This shows that the bottle is fairly full.
Internal Dialogue - This is Non-Diegetic and tells us what he is thinking and seeing. This foreshadows what is about to happen.

Mise-En-Scene

L/O: To explore the term "Mise-En-Scene"

A french term meaning what is put into a scene or frame

Setting and Props

Costume Hair and Makeup

Facial expressions and Body language

Positioning of characters and objects within the frame

Setting and Props:

Sci-Fi:
Space Station
Space Ship
Mars
The Moon
Asteroids
Pluto
Galaxies
Battles
Aliens
Lasers
LEDs
Space
Robots

Romantic Comedy:
Love
Villains
Old Times
Villages
Towns
Bright Colours
Women
Men
Children
Newborn Babies
Old Withered Men
Death
Emotions
Candles
Flowers
Rings

Horror:
Dead People
Children Being Brutally Mutilated
Shower Murders
Blood
Torture
Nails
People Being Crucified
Gore
Heads being Chopped Off
Bread
Darkness
Dark Colours
Farms
Abandoned Places

Costume Hair And Makeup:

Committed murder
Unhappy
Divorced
Bad eyesight
Posh
Rich
Serious
Lawyer
Troubled

Facial Expressions and Body Language:
main character
Standing up straight
looks amused

Positioning of Characters & Objects within a frame:
Symmetrical

Lighting & Colour:
Makes character look suspicious

Types of Lighting:
Low-Key lighting - Darker Lighting
High-Key lighting -Bright Lighting


It's a jungle, with an abandoned place. Mr Drake is looking around suspiciously. A lot of green. The scene is quite aged like mature cheddar and suspense building. It is quite Low-Key.


This shows seriousness in the scene and suspense. This is shown by the body language and facial expressions. Sam looks mildly angry. His body language looks quite aggressive. Nathan's facial expression shows him looking disappointed. The setting of the jungle adds isolation to the scene. All of these add suspense to lead up to a large part of the story. It is quite dark to have shade on either side of both their faces. This makes them look suspicious.

Editing

L/O: Understand how the editing of different shots can create and change the meaning of a scene and film.

Editing is selecting, combining and ordering the shots to add meaning and continuity.

Elements of Editing:

Cutting
Transitions
Pace and Length of the shot
Rhythm
CGI & Animation

Cutting:

Cutting on Action (Match on Action)

Cutting on Action is when it cuts to a different position when a character does an action.

Cut Away

Cutting to an insert shot of something and then cutting back.

Cross Cut (Parallel Editing)

Jumping back and forth between two scenes or locations that are happening at the same time.

Straight Cut

A cut from one scene to another with no transitions.

Jump Cut

The camera doesn't move but the scene changes to show time passing most of the time.

Match Cut (Graphic Match)

Cuts from one scene to the other either where the action is the same or the composition is the same.

Eyeline Match

A cut between someone looking at something and then showing what they're looking at.

Shot reverse shot
Used to show a conversation or dialogue between two people

Montage
Lots of different scenes showing a long passing of time.

Transitions

Fade in / Fade out

Dissolving either to or from black or white to show time has passed.

Dissolve

Blending one shot into another.

Wipe

When a scene wipes into another.

Editing has been used to create tension when cutting, in Hot Fuzz when Sergeant Angel is on his horse the cutting is quite slow when everyone is staring at him and then it starts to speed up as it gets closer to the fight scene. In the battle there are a lot of eyeline match cuts to add suspense when they are shooting. The pensioners start to pull out guns and have cuts to the people shooting, they are very short cuts but it varies from scene to scene.

Trailer Codes & Conventions

Genre Conventions

L/O: To implement genre codes and conventions

Action Film

Title: Fatal Retaliation

Actors:
Jackie Chan
Sylvester Stallone
Tom Cruise
Chuck Norris
Bruce Willis
Jason Statham

Director: Micheal Bay

Plot outline:

Two cops (Tom Cruise and Chuck Norris) working together for years have came across their most dangerous Drug Cartel to date. They must fight their way through the cartel's ranks to shut them down and bring peace back to the city of Die Zooziecokhe.

Character Profiles:

Jefferius Maximus The III (AKA: Skinny P) portrayed by a Jackie Chan.

Due to a though upbringing, Skinny P resorted to a life of meth cookery to make money and escape his trailer park house and leave his abused life/wife behind.

Frederic Fartbottom portrayed by Chuck Norris

Coming from humble beginnings, Fartbottom was determined to become a police officer, and he did just that, maybe not always the most smart or serious about his job, he still pulls his weight. However he is now faced with a crazy meth filled lunatic going by the name of Skinny P.

Lee G Richtofen portrayed by Tom Cruise

Rich parents helped Lee G climb to the the top of the ranks in the police force, now a Regimental Sergeant Major, he's highly respected among his peers and always stands for whats right.

Cartel Name: The Funky Line Cartel

Genre Conventions

L/O: To explore genre codes & conventions

War

Genre Conventions

Guns
Explosions
Tanks
Helicopters
Jets
Men
Gun Sound Effects
Something Goes Wrong
People Die

Directors
Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down
Peter Berg - Lone Survivor
Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan

Movie Stars
Tom Hardy
William Fichtner
Ewan McGregor

Movie Posters
Props: Gun, Helicopter.
Setting: Dark, Minimalistic
Setting: Shadow, Dark

Teen Appeals
I think teenagers would like Letters From Iwo Jima because it has a lot of story and action.

Five Ingredients
Guns
Explosions
Tanks
Men
Grenades

Social Issues
Black Hawk Down and Lone Survivor shows the truth of war and how it really is in modern day situation, covering areas like terrorism.

Recipe For War Trailer

Ingredients:

A Main Soldier Character

A Main Terrorist Villain Of Some Sort

Guns

Armoured Vehicles

Explosions

A Middle East Setting

A Problem

A Time Limit

Dramatic Music

Method:

Take some soldiers and the main soldier guy and send them on an operation to extract Osama Bin Laden from an apartment complex and then it turns out that Osama Bin Laden is hanging around in the sewers with the ninja turtles and attempts to nuke the apartment complex in the sahara desert.

Film Genre

L/O: To explore the concept of film genre.

• Horror
• Comedy
• Drama
• Action
• Sci-Fi
• Thriller
• Romance
• Crime
• Musical
• Fantasy
• Adventure
• Animation
• Western
• Mystery
• Documentary
• Teen
• War
• Noire

Hybrid = Combination Of Two Or More Genres e.g. Rom-Com.

Sub Genre = A way of classifying types of film within a genre.

Horror Films

Frankenstein - Monster

Poltergeist - Paranormal

Resident Evil - Virus

Alien - Monster

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Slasher

Insidious - Paranormal

Saw V - Gore

28 Days Later

The Thing

Night Of The Living Dead

War:

Platoon

The Green Berets

Born On The Fourth Of July

Full Metal Jacket

The Deer Hunter

Casualties Of War

Good Morning, Vietnam

We Were Soldiers

Hamburger Hill

Rescue Dawn

Apocalypse Now

Coming Home

The Boys In Company C

Black Hawk Down

Go Tell The Spartans

Saving Private Ryan

All Quiet On The Western Front

The Great Escape

Letters From Iwo Jima

American Sniper

Lone Survivor

Hacksaw Ridge

The Hurt Locker

Pearl Harbor

Kelly's Heroes

Empire Of The Sun

Zulu

Sub Genres:

Vietnam War

Afghanistan War

Somalia War

World War One

World War Two

The Cold War

Iraq War

The American Civil War

Middle East War

North African War

Arabian War

African Revolution War

BBC School Report 2017

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DIRT News Report

L/O: To research and plan and effective news report.

LO: To research and plan an effective news report. 

4th March 2017

 Eden Project hosting the annual world pasty championship

Open savoury: Junior & Professional, categories from the competition.

Eden wishes to celebrate the traditional Cornish pasty recipe (and test out new varieties)

We are gonna interview last years winner Rhys Heath who is supposedly going again this year

Recently the world pasty championship was held at the eden project. This an annual event held event every year to celebrate the tradition of cornish pasty.

Anchorman: Kian Bampton:

The Eden Project are hosting the World Pasty Championship here's our reporter Rhys Heath with more detail

Report

The pasty is a pastry product filled with different ingredients, a classic recipe is steak, potato, onion and swede. Originated from miners who wanted a hot but nutritious snack, Miners never used to eat the crimp, they used to hold that with their dirty miner hands and eat the meat and throw the crimp away to the cornish pixie.

Recently the world pasty championship was held at the eden project and David Timmins got first place in the open savoury professional with a pasty containing steak and kidney meanwhile in the open savoury junior Megan Packer took first place.

This is the sixth world pasty championship that the Eden Project has hosted, and it's incredible how
they're making the Cornwall community celebrate their beloved Pasty. An addition to this years competition is the Gluten-Free category, this is an amazing opportunity for more people to get involved in the event.

Kian:

Thank you Rhys, here's Jamie with an interview on this years winner.

Interview:

Good Morning David, today I would like to ask you some questions about the pasty competition

What got you to enter the pasty competition?

How hard is it to make pasties and why?

Did you enjoy making the pasties you made this year?

What was the atmosphere of the competition like?

What kind of pasty did you make this year?

Do you think you will enter the championship next year?

News Report

L/O: To research and plan and effective news report.

LO: To research and plan an effective news report. 

4th March 2017

 Eden Project hosting the annual world pasty championship

Open savoury: Junior & Professional, categories from the competition.

Eden wishes to celebrate the traditional Cornish pasty recipe (and test out new varieties)

We are gonna interview last years winner Rhys Heath who is supposedly going again this year

Recently the world pasty championship was held at the eden project. This an annual event held event every year to celebrate the tradition of cornish pasty.

Anchorman: Kian Bampton:
The Eden Project are hosting the World Pasty Championship here's our reporter Rhys Heath with more detail


Report
Recently the world pasty championship was held at the eden project and ---------- got first place in the open savoury professional with a -------- pasty containing ---------- meanwhile in the open savoury junior------- took first place in the open savoury

This is the sixth world pasty championship that the Eden Project has hosted, and it's incredible how
they're making the Cornwall community celebrate their beloved Pasty. An addition to this years competition is the Gluten-Free category, this is an amazing opportunity for more people to get involved in the event.

The pasty originated from miners who wanted a hot but nutritious snack, Miners never used to eat the crimp, they used to hold that with their dirty miner hands and eat the meat and throw the crimp away to the cornish pixie.

Kian:
Thank you Rhys, here's Jamie with an interview on last years winner.

Interview:

Good Morning Rhys, today I would like to ask you some questions about the pasty competition

What got you to enter the pasty competition?

How hard is it to make pasties and why?

Do you enjoy making pasties did you make this year?

What was the atmosphere of the competition like?

What kind of pasty did you make this year?

Do you think you will enter the championship next year?

Stop Motion Research

https://vimeo.com/18125967

The story was about objects coming to life and moving around a house at christmas, a vacuum  cleaner goes around and frees objects around the house.

It was created by taking pictures of objects around a house.

They used aerial shots, POV shots, over the shoulder shots and high angle shots.

Make it more seamless because it stutters quite a lot.

In my own animation I will make it more seamless and use a variety of shots and locations.

Shot Type And Angle

Extreme Close Up


Big Close Up


Close Up


Medium Close Up


Mid Shot


Long Shot


Low Angle Shot


High Angle


Establishing Shot


Two Shot


Over The Shoulder Shot


Aerial Shot


POV Shot


Canted Angle


Deep Focus


Shallow Focus

Composition

The rule of thirds is the use of the grid lines to position a photo and the objects in the photo to make the image look more interesting, full and just make it look better.