Media - Mr Bush

Two Extracts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApID1SbqcMQ

This film is called New york city time square. as soon as this extract starts, there is a long shot being played with a very busy town and some people are even running. when i saw this straight away i came across violence or guilt. the reason i thought this was because, new york is a rich country and with people people running around, its either they're in a hurry to get somewhere, or they have done something wrong. As the clip goes on, we then see men dressed up like soldiers, using binoculars to look for people, this was a close shot. i think that the close shot of the soldiers connotes that the are the most important out of all these people and that they are better then everyone else. this shot also made me think that violence was present in this clip because you have soldiers looking for someone, or maybe something, and they wouldnt be doing it unless it was a valid reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDxHumpCu0&playnext=1&list=PL6A4A125417B02015&index=44

This Move was made in the 1990s. It is called Mysterious Skin. this was the film scene of the film and as soon as this film starts there is a long shot with a shadow coming towards the door. straight away this builds up suspense that this may be about voilence or maybe be a thriller/horror. As the scene goes on, it shows a close up of a man holding maybe his partner or his dad etc. the man being held is clearly ill by his skin which makes sense because the movie is called "myseterious skin". they do a close up shot of this to try and get us feeling emotional, like he is, and by doing this, they added abit of "emotional" music to try and get us in that mood.

Four Film Stills

This is a poster of Mary Poppins. As you can see in this poster, Mary Poppins is "higher" then all the buildings and houses. this conntoes that she was a very special woman and that she was someone to look up to as a woman. also back in the day, people didnt have enough money to afford rich things, and she is wearing very posh clothes in the poster, this signifies that she is a very intelligant and successfull lady.

This as you can see, is a poster of a vammpire. straight away we can see this, by looking at her facial expressions. they use a medium shot in this poster so that you can see what she is doing, but also what is going on around her. given that we see "darkness" and trees with no leaves, we can straight away understand that this lady is a vampire.

This film still is taken from a movie called "get smart". a medium shot is also used in this film still. i think they have done this because, as you can see the facial expressions on both characters are "eager", "worried" and "anxiuos". this gives us an idea that they are either on the run or trying to do something dodgy. an i think that the medium shot is perfect for this because it shows them in rich clothes which connotes there guilt.

This film still is a "long shot". the reason i think this is because not only can you see both characters full bodies, buy you can also see what the atmosphere is like around them. i think that the long shot is suitable for this because the atmosphere around them is dark and scary, and with a gun pointed at one of the characters faces, it all blends in well. 

HollyWood Notes!

Hollwood - Sound Film In The 1920's

When sound film was intoduced into hollywood in the 1920's, a constant speed was required for the sound which was 24 frames per second. this was because it was the slowest speed which meant is was the cheapest which allowed for sufficient sound quality.

The Vitaphone system was first embraced by Warner Brothers.  In August 1926, Warner Brothers introduced the first Vitaphone film Don Juan.   Don Juan was the first mainstream film that replaced the traditional use of a live orchestra or organ for the soundtrack. However, in Don Juan there was no dialogue in the film.

Media Homework - Mr Bush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxR4AweLeXE

Mr Bush - Homework

Film noir was created by French film critics. in 1946 a man called Nini Frank noticed a trend of how 'dark', downbeat and black the looks and themes were of many American crimes and detective films released in France to theatres following the war.

Film noir films were old films. so this meant that they were mostly shot in 3 colours, grey, black and white. most film noir films were about horror/thriller but also mixed in with abit of love. most film noir films showed the "dark" and scary side of human nature. film noir was most famous for the fact that it builds up lots of excitement because it could build a exciting suspision that any time in the movie you can experience a rather "dark" or "horrid" side to the characters in the movies.

film noir consists of high key lighting and low key lighting. high key lighting is is where there are more/lots of filler lights in the scenes and more realist shadows that can build up suspision. low key lighting is where there are lots of lights throughout the scene. this creates lots of dramatic intensity. low key lighting was used commonly amongst film noir movies.



This is an example of a film noir movie. as you can see this has lots of lighting throughout the picture. it shows a woman with a gun, a dead man on the floor with blood on him and a man standing behind the dead man. this creates lots of dramatic effect because you have seen as evil side to a woman, and this is what film noir movies mostly consist of.

I think this movie has a "low key lighting" effect to it because, there are hardly any shadows, there is lots of lights in the picture, and that is what low key lighting is. also i think this is low key lighting because, low key lighting builds up lots of dratic intensity and when you look at this picture straight away you think the movie will be excciting because there is blood, horror and evil inside it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm_PK2Fpu9c

This is an example of a film noir movie. the reason you can tell it is a film noir mkovie is because, when you loo at it, it shows you an old fashioned movie. also as you weatch the video the lady is on the phone to the man acting all innocent, however when she closes the phone and looks at the lady next to her, you sense a evil side is occuring to her, this builds up a dramatic effect.

I think this film also has low-key lighting because, there are no shadows in the scene, there are just lots of light which makes the movie "glow" in a way.  in had a bit of "high-key lighting" in it when it showed the man talking on the phone to the woman. the reason i could tell this is because, he was in a dark room and there was a shadow occuring in the scene to make it exciting.

Media Work - Mr Bush

this poster is a film called white chicks. i chose this poster because i think it is very effective as a front cover of a film. it has lots of bruight colours such as; blue, pink, white and gold. this can symbolise that is is a comedy genre because usually comedy is all about fun and makes people laugh. i also think this is an effective front cover for a movie poster because you cant see lots of detail in the poster, but yet what you see, gives you an idea of what the movie might be about. i think that this film is a successful comedy movie and was very popular when it first came out. some people still watch it now.

I think that this movie is a classical example of a verry successful action movie. when we first look at the poster, it doesnt look that exciting because it only has a picture of a man and the name of the film/movie which is called "scarface". however, when we say the name scarface it sounds exciting because things like, blood, violence and action come into our heads, and this is what people like to see in a movie. especially teenagers. this movie is an old movie and is still very popular amongst us as consumers. it has a lot of action throughout the whole duration of the movie and is a film that you can watch over and over again.

i think that this film is a classical example of a horror movie. the reason i think this is because, you can tell straight away as soon as you look at that poster, that there is going to be lots of scary things going on in this movie. the reason you dcan tell this is because, the film name is called "scream". straight away this makes us think of something horrific, like someone is getting tortured or something. also in the poster it shows a scary mask in the background, and you can tell that in this film, this man with a mask is going to be torturing and murdering people.

Media Homework - Mr Bush

i have chosen these 2 posters.

the first poster is a film called "forgetting sarah marshall". as you can see it says on the poster this film is a comedy so straight away we know the genre of the movie. in the poster it shows a very good looking women hugging russel brand.  it also shows another man in the background looking very sad so straight away we think that this ovie is going to be funny. i think that this poster is capturing and eye-gripping because it has bright colours and comediers are one of the most popular genres.

the next film poster i chose was "the matrix". the reason i chose to put this poster up because it looks gripping and engaging as soon as you look at it. it shows four characters in wierd costumes, and by looks of it, it looks like there on a mission. also the word "matrix" makes us think of something flexable or useful and in this case, the actors are very flexible and useful. another reason why i chose this poster is because it is an action movie and "action" is another very popular genre these days.

in my opinion, out of these 2 film posters, i think the most gripping and most effective is "the matrix" poster. the reason i think this is because the genre is more popular as you get more action is an "action" movie than you do in a comedy. also the film poster is more detailed,in a way that the characters hav props on them to make it more excited, e.g. glasses, weapons and wierd clothes. the poster is very detailed, it shows rain which signifies that this movie is going to have some "dark" moments. finally i think that the name of the film makes it exciting as when you pronounce the word "matrix" is sounds very exciting.

Media Homework - Mrs Wigley

Media texts are profit motivated. consider this in the lights on TV. what issues does this raise?
If media texts are profit motivated in the lights of television it might raise a few issues. nowadays the internet is becoming so popular that more percent of people watch through the internet rather then the television. so if the TV are trying to make a profit out of getting people to watch television they will loose many consomers as the internet is free to watch and is also very simple to get too.

Even though the television say they will provide educational needs for those in school/college etc the internet have lots of revision wedsites that are also free. so if the televission are thinking about making profit of us as consumers they will just loose so much more customers because the internet is already winning.

Media Notes

i think that the first person speakin was very detailed in what he was saying. he talked about how under-rated media was around the world and how people only get high grades in it because it is an easy subject to learn. but he made us understand that all that is false and went into a good amount of deatail about it. i really enjkoyed his speech and it gave me a better understanding of media.

the next person to speak was another man. he was talking to us about movie trailers and showed us lots of trailers or film openings from previous students doing media in A-Levels. this helped me because our coursework is going to be createing our own movie trailer and by watching lots of different previous trailers i got a sense of what to do for my movie trailer and how i am going to create it.

the third person to talk was a lady. i idnt really understand what she was saying because she talked about ghosts and i didnt really understand why. i thought that it was a boring speech and i didnt learn much from it.

the last person to talk was another man. i thought that this was one of the best speeches of the day. the reason i think this was because he explained media all around the world and brought in 3 p[eople working in the media. they talked about what they did in the media industry and let us ask questions. this helped me gain a better understand of life in the media and made me think about life choices for my future,