Tuesday, March 8, 2022

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.

Thursday, February 24, 2022

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 cafĂ©, 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.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

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.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

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.

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

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.  



BLOB OPERA

  We had to do a 45 second clip of blob opera