Sunday 5 December 2010

Media - Essay

Media Language-
When i first watched this movie trailer, I thought it was a "thriller". the reason I thought this is because whilst the trailer is going on, an extract comes up and says something about a thriller. I also thought this was a thriller because it makes it clear because of everything that is going on in the trailer. for example, throughout the whole trailer, there is a combination of "dark lighting" this can connote that this movie is very sad and emotional, possibly scary.

Also, in the trailer, there is a close up of an old man taking the little girl by her arm into his room. this can creates a very big impact on the genre because as he is taking her, her facial expressions are so sad and she looks vulnerable, scared and innocent. this makes us feel her pain and can get us very emotional and sad, however it can get us very angry at what the man is about to do to the poor innocent girl. all these things such as; emotional, vulnerable, disgusting, scary occur in a "thriller" movie.

The sound going on the first part of the trailer is very sad. the creates a massive effect on the trailer because it gets us more into the trailer as we see what is going on in the first part of the trailer is very sad and emotional, and the music just gets us more in to the trailer in that it makes us feel the emotions.

However, people could argue that this film is also a "drama". a film with 2 genres inside it, is called a "hybrid" genre. people could argue that this is a hybrid genre because, in the second part of the movie, the little girl and the person she is working with, are on the run from the men and throughout the whole second part of the trailer there is lots of drama going on such as; running, shouting, threatening, crying, etc.

The sound going on in the second part of the movie trailer also connotes that this is also a drama film. We can tell this because throughout the whole second part of the trailer, there is parrellel sound going on which means a sound that relates to the actual theme that is going on.

Media Representation-
Throughout the whole of this move trailer, men are typically shown as more dominant characer then women. we can tell this is many ways as we watch the movie trailer. for example, at the start of the movie trailer, we see the man in the cafe talking to the little girl asking her to do a favour for him whilst showing her money. this can connote that the man is wealthy and that women are desperate and will do anything for money.

Also in this movie trailer, there is a closeup shot of  the old man taking the little girl by her arm as if he was heading towards his bedroom. in this close up shot, the man is at a higher level then the little girl. this connotes that he is much kore dominant then her and has full conrol over her. In the second part of the movie trailer, the women are on the run from the men. this makes the men look more dominant, because it shows that the women are scared of them and that the men are scary.

In the last bit of the trailer, it shows a long shot of a man holding a gun, shouting at the little girl and her partner to get into the car. he is at a much higher level then them as he looks very dominant and strong whilst they look vulnerable and scared. as this part of the movie trailer is showing, it shows clearly that the man is the more dominant character because of his levels and posture.

Media Audience-
After watching this movie trailer, i would think that is aimed at an age group between 16-40. the reason i think that this would be a suitable audience to watch thuis film is because, there is a lot of action going on throughout the movie such as; violence, horror, blood, guns, etc. if this movie got shown to a younger audience e.g. kids, firstly they would not understand anything going on throughout the movie such as; the storyline, what is going on, etc. also it would be inapropriate for this to be shown to little kids because there to young to be watching what is going on in a movie like this because it is full of disturbing actions.

Also, i think that showing this movie to an audience of 40 would not be suitable. the reason i think this is because, this movie is full of du=isturbing things and has a lot of voielence in it throughout the whole film. showing it to elderly people, they might get complaints from the elderly people because they dont want to be watching a movie that has a little girl making herself to be a prostitue and getting taken advatage of by people their age.

I think the perfect audience is 16-40 because young adults are intersted in these kinds of movies because they are packed out with drama throughout the whole film, and if someone is going to pay to watch a film they want it to be full of drama and action throughout the whole movie. this movie has everything you want in it. It has, violence, thriller, drama, and lots of disturbing scenes. there will be no complaints from anyone watching this film in this audience because it is what they would have wanted to see as it very effective as a movie, and it rare a movie like this will be released because of the disturbing scenary that goes on throughout the movie.

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