BLOB OPERA

 

We had to do a 45 second clip of blob opera

END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT

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 1. point of veiw shot 

2.black hat,

 very brittish posh voice, 

very good manners,

 always dresses in a suit and an over coat

3. Piggy warren

4. it makes the audience feel very emotional as they are seeing that there is nothing there all because of the war. they would feel emotional as they had just gone through world war 2 and it was a very sad time. steed also salutes to the dead soldiers as if they are standing there which shows that he has respect for the people who died for his country.

5. She owns her own flat with interior that she has chosen herself, She goes by Mrs even though she is not married, she is not scared of the gun when the vicar points it at her, in fact she smiles

When her and steed are in the classroom she makes him sit on a children's chair and she holds a stick and teaches him, Steed also puts his hand up when he wants to ask her questions which shows that she is superior to him.

6. Point of view shot, a point of view shot is a film angle that shows what the character is looting at in the first person perspective, so by them doing these it shows to us that she may be in danger as she they lie about where she is.

7. independent, Smart, strong 

8. the audience feel like they are being talked to and part of the sene as we have non diagetic sound to hear the training of the police, we also hear all of the screams and shouts of the people being arrested. we are also hearing how intense and hard it is to be a police officer as we are seeing people be arrsted but hearing the Chief giving a very important speech.

9. Chief super Robert Vickers

10. PC Jake Vickers, it is the Chiefs son.

11. we can see that it is a modern tv show as Jake says that he is "Gay" there is also a black policeman

MUSIC VIDEOS: MUSIC LANUGAGE

 PREP Explain how music videos use media language to promote their artists. Refer to the pair of music videos you have studied from the list below in your answer.

Our music videos are Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag Avril Lavigne Sk8ter Boi

HOW TO ANSWER: Media language points to consider:

the prioritising of the star / the group; the privileging of the star / the groups in the frame

authenticating the star's performance / the band's performance to show their skills

the use of close ups; lip syncing to camera; eye contact with the audience

 

 

MUSIC MAGAZINES: MEDIA LANGUAGE

 Look carefully at the front covers of MOJO and RNR magazines. 

QUESTION: How far do MOJO and RNR use different media language to create different connotations? (CONNOTATION meaning: an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning.)

Answer on your blog. This is a high-value question and should take all lesson to answer. You can use the class blog search engine for more examples of how to analyse music magazines.

In your answer you should have 2 paragraphs:

• analyse the media language in MOJO and RNR magazine. 'Media language' includes the placement of the main image, the type of photography, lighting, colours, fonts, how busy or restrained the cover is, the layout (such as alignment to the margins), how serious or playful 
• make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the media language is used differently in both extracts to create different connotations. Are there similarities in both covers? What sorts of audiences are they targeting? You could think about MOJO's rock aesthetic of living loud and dangerously compared to RNR's folk, rock, blues vibe. 
• The juxtaposition of red and blue on the Foo Fighters cover creates a more vibrant and expressive character. Furthermore, words like "adventures" and "war" portray them as more brave and determined than the. Furthermore, the serif font, combined with the more'adventurous' language, implies that they have struggled - 'we've been to...we've been to...' emphasises this, demonstrating that they are both experienced and unshaped by their'struggles,' presenting a different but still respectable figure than the RnRcover.
• One of the publications is busier than the other. Because of its numerous cover lines, graphics, and a highly dynamic neon cover mount with a colourful cartoon picture, as well as a very dynamic neon cover mount. RnR also has a lot of cover lines, although they're all justified to the right-hand margin. They are completely white, which gives them a calm, organised, and uncluttered aspect. The cover mount, on the other hand, has no visual movement and is fairly basic and streamlined.
• The colour of OJO is bold, active, and vivacious, particularly in the primary colours of the cover mount, which includes a funny skeleton. RnR, on the other hand, opts for mellow, muted browns with just red as a pop of colour. Despite adhering to genre rules, both publications showcase a celebrity at the centre of aesthetic appeal, and both magazines honour that figure. MOJO does this in an unusual way.
• OJO's colour is bright, lively, and vivacious, especially in the primary colours of the cover mount, which contains a humorous skeleton. RnR, on the other hand, prefers calm, subdued browns with a burst of red. Despite conforming to genre criteria, both publications place a celebrity at the centre of visual appeal, and both magazines pay tribute to that individual. MOJO does this in an innovative manner.
  
  

MOJO COVER DESCRIPITON

This is a Neil Young poster that honours him by placing him at the centre of the image, giving him prominence. Because of his little smile, he is meant to seem kind, caring, and lovely, but not too wild. Because of his long hair, he is made to look hippie and alternative, as long hair is uncommon in guys. The beautiful golden hour sunshine adds to this, emphasising his laid-back demeanour and the casual nature of his music and attitude. Because he is in the precise centre of the screen, the musician is made to look significant, calling our attention to him immediately away and displaying his confidence and pride. There are also beautiful sky in the backdrop which makes the whole scene look much calmer and more peasfull.

There's also blue sky in the backdrop, hinting that he's a cheerful person listening to exciting music. The red/orange lighting on Neil's face is visually appealing since it compliments the red fonts used throughout the magazine. Here's another photograph of an elderly man with a grey beard. Because to the choice of drab colours like grey, black, and brown, as well as the basic lighting and darkening of half of his face, he seems average and unattractive.

The cover is fairly crowded, with a lot of 'right in your face' information. Neil Young is printed in capital letters, emphasising that he is an important part of this publication. The sentences are well-organized and to the side; none of them hide his face; rather, they go behind him, emphasising his significance. Most music magazines have around the same amount of cover lines as this one, although not all of them are as well-organized. "You go with it when the music calls," he explains, exhibiting his calm demeanour and readiness to go with the flow.

"In his own field, from harvest to barn" Because it is a harvest pun, this suggests that the magazine has some comedy. "field of his own" implies that he may be unorthodox, having his own musical style and genre. Because the lighting is yellowish, the main colours are yellow and black, and the typeface is yellow and red to suit the lighting. The accent colours are orange and black since there isn't much of it but enough to catch the eye. This has a cover mount, which is unusual for mojo.

CUFFS: REAL LIFE

 How far does the extract try to create a scene that is portraying real life.

The extract attempts to place the police officers in 'real life' with everyday people in order to make them appear normal and a part of society. This is seen in the locations used. The police officers are seen in a café, in a town centre and on the motorway. All of these locations are seen in everyday life and people go to them or visit them. seeing the police here and not away from the public makes them appear included and part of everyday life and society.

During the chase sequence, a bird's eye view tracking shot displays the many cars, roads and roundabouts in the area of the chase sequence. This is effective at making us feel as if we are watching 'real life' as all the locations are recognisable as real, helping us to draw connections, as we would in real life, with where we may have been and what we may have seen.

However, the extract is unable to fully show real life as it is unable to break certain rules of television. Many things are affected by these rules. For example, due to being broadcast pre-watershed, swearing

or adult references are removed and cannot be shown as younger audiences are not supposed to be exposed to swearing or adult references.

CUFFS MEDIDA LANGUAGE, REPRESENTATION OF CHARICTERS, SOCIAL ISSUES AND CONTEXT

 We watch Cuffs using ClickView and work from the GCSE text book starting on page 5

Non Diegetic Sound- Sound that doesn't exist within the world of film. it is added on after 

cuffs offer excitement and the police working but also comedy within the police force and how they actually feel. 

Simon the duty solicitor (the only other gay character in this episode)

Two shot, Ryan in the shot talking to the lady but making sure that Jake here's the line "we don't care what your parents do" the focus then pans back out to Jake to show jakes reaction to this comment. then a motivated edit to jakes dad in his uniform. 

POPCORN PREP

 What is a two-shot and how can it be used?

A two shot is a shot which frames a view of the subjects. The subjects do not have to be next to each other but the effect will be the same for each time. The shot is used to show the emotional reactions between the subjects. The two shot is often used for romance, tension, and action.

THE OBSERVER TWITER

 

LEGO INDUSTRY TERMS

 

•  franchise- is defined as a film series, or a collection of films, that share the same fictional universe or have beef marketed as a series. these films all take place during the same timeline, in the Marvel Climactic Universe and were marketed as a series of interconnected movies.
• tent-pole production- a big-budget movie whose earnings are expected to compensate the studio for its less profitable movies. In broadcast programming and motion pictures, a tent-pole or tentpole is a program or film that supports the financial performance of a film studio or television network.
• ensemble cast - an ensemble cast is one which is composed of multiple principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.
• conglomerate -  a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, is something that not many people even know of, but it is crucial in understanding where your news is coming from
• vertical integration -  Vertical Integration is when a Media Company owns different businesses in the same chain of production and distribution. For example, a 20th Century Fox owns the studios in Hollywood, they also own the cinemas, the TV channels and the DVD rental shops.

LEGO MOVIE

To children, Emmet would come across as a very heroic, positive, humorous, lively, good character who they can look up to. The line said by Emmet " I'm just a regular normal guy," when he is chosen to be "The Special" shows children that they might think that they are just ordinary people but truly there is special in everyone. The lady with the blue and pink fringe said that "I believe in you," which shows to the children that no matter what, there is always someone who will believe in them. I think that this trailer would be effective as many young children would be very exited by the thought of Emmet overriding the superheroes as he is the chosen one.

The Lego Movie (2014) was given a U rating because it has positive overriding the negative as it is about a hero saving the world from negative forces. The trailer does not show any dangerous or anti-social behaviour, there is no discrimination, drugs, nudity or sexual content. However, there is very mild bad language (butt) and only mild violence which is acceptable within a U certified movie.  

FILM MAKING

Our production company is called Blackjack Studios. We made our logo by first finding a real blackjack board, chips and cards and then started to place the chips over the Blackjack sign. Kai and I then attached a HUE camera to the Apple Mac which allowed us to take photos as we gradually removed the chips to create the imagery of them moving away by themselves. We did not add any extra sound effects to the animation.

To do our table top filming we found many items such as: newspapers, blue prints, images of people, maps, jewellery, post cards, a hat, money, cigarettes, scarf, a business card and top secret files. Oliver held the camera horizontally above the table and moved it around slowly over the items, making sure that nothing but the items on the table could be seen in the video. We wanted the audience to focus on key headings in the newspapers (about the kidnappings), the blueprints, business cards and the top secret files with a police file inside. We paused on these specific items for longer than the others to achieve this effect.

For our live action filming my group and I found a mysterious looking area of the school as the setting for this. Our film consisted of two characters, one of the characters wore a long trench coat and trilby hat and I wore a blazer and a trilby hat. Oliver did the filming and with the camera he followed Luca in the trench coat walking down some concrete stairs then he focused on me with a cigarette leaning against a wall. When Luca reached me we did a transaction: I gave Luca money and he gave me  the business card shown in the table top filming, Oliver continued filming as we walked away and out of the camera shot.

Kai and I edited the film trailer with the production name of Blackjack Studios. We added a song during the table top filming and film opening but paused it during the Blackjack Studios animation to create a dramatic affect. The song chosen was .... we chose this song as we thought this would create an atmosphere of a 1940s thriller and we edited the film into black and white to support this theme. Our film title was No Return, which we thought would be relevant to the table top filming as we focused on the newspaper headlines about kidnapping. Kai and I listed all of our names in the credits: Oliver Max - Camera Man, Toyan Arif - Director, Actor and Editor, Luca Puri - Actor, Kai Wakeford - Editor.  

I think our production went very well, as we achieved our aim of creating a very captivating film opening and we also worked very well together. However, there  were many obstacles that we had to overcome to reach the finished film production. The greatest challenge was that the HUE camera constantly fell off its stand during the filming of the production logo so we had to keep restarting the sequence of photos; another difficulty that we faced was that it was very hard to hold the phone camera straight to do the table top filming. Overall I think that our film opening was a great triumph as we have created a strong film opening reminiscent of a dark 1940s movie which will draw in the audience.

O2 MUSIC VIDEO

I have watched Teenage Dirtbag by Wheats and made a comic using ComicLife in class. It is about a typical high school in a suburban neighbourhood with a caste ranking from bullies to the nerds. 

The plot of this song is about a young boy who is bullied throughout all of high school due to him not meeting the expectations of a typical high school jock boy, he is also always trying to impress a certain girl who is in love with the jock. But this jock bullies all of the people who are not part of his group. Eventually the girl realises how much of a Dirtbag this boy is to everyone else including our main character, and she goes to the nerd at the school prom and asks him to dance.

The reason why the main singer of Wheats wrote this song because of a very traumatic moment of his life when a person died in his town due to suicide in a forest doing voodoo. Wheats was a very young boy when this event happened so not only was this very traumatic for a young boy to hear but also Wheats was also into the same genre of music as the person who died so he was bullied at school for having these same intrusts e.g. he listened to Iron Maiden (Rock Band). 

  

CULTURAL SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The Cold War:

From the Observer, I have learnt that in the mid-1960’s everyone was worried about the Cold War. The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, which began following World War II. People were scared because of the threat of a nuclear war, invasion and a clash of international superpowers.