The still image is in black and white that represents the era of time the still image was captured. The characters’ distance tells a story between them; such as the man and woman look at each other can represent the affection between them emotional. The man between them two can be a person that is close to both of them however can be jealous of the emotional affection between them two. The setting suggests that they are in America because of the common props used in the still image to represent the American surrounding; such as the American styled car. The facial expressions of the main characters’ in the middle are shocked and confused; which can be caused by a dilemma.

The still image is in black and white which reflects on the time of era the still image was captured. The girl on the bed is hovering in the air which reflects on the paranormal horror sub-genre.  The man with the glasses has shocked and surprised facial expressions which could reflect on the girl tided the bed event. However the surprised facial expressions also suggest he is astonished by the girl floating in the air also the man next to the man with the ignoring out of his mind. The lighting used in the still image is reflecting a shadow of the girl floating which can connate her power in the still image.

The still image of the boys in lying on the floor holding hands reflects on their relationship as friends or family. The facial expressions on the boy on the left is very shocked which can be influenced by his current situation he got himself into. The boy on the right his neutral but surprised facial expressions which can reflect on his acknowledgement of the situation he is in currently. The clothing of both characters’ connate that they both are teenagers that up to no good in society and that the boy on the left may have caused the situation they are in. The positioning of the boys is used when police officers arrest criminals when they are caught. This connotes that the boys got into a situation with the law.

The still image of both characters in the middle reflects their relationship is strong because of the distance between them is very close. The positioning of the characters suggests a forward motion or a journey that they would take together on the ship. The colour behind the characters is warn which reflects the relationship between the characters is strong.

Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies:

The storyline is automatically is suggested by name of the film ‘Get the Munchies’ which the characters journey is based upon also the misuse of drugs is suggested by the Cannabis leaves covering the females breasts. The main focus of the poster is the naked female in the middle of the poster which connate a sexually reference throughout the film. The film name is printed on a Riazl which further connate the misuse of Cannabis. The punch line underneath the film name also connate the misuse of Cannabis, ‘FAST FOOD. HIGH TIMES. ONE HILRIOUS TRIP!’

The genre of the film is comedy because of the punch line suggest ‘ONE HILARIOUS TRIP!’ which connate a comedy film. The genre of the film is also helped by the main actors’ previous films which both are comedies which suggest a comedy element throughout the film actors’ characters. Also on the top of the poster the director’s previous film is a comedy which suggests the comedy element will be in Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies.

The target audience of the film would be teenagers from 12-22 ages because of the misuse of drugs would apply to the generation. The target audience also would prefer the comedy genre of films rather than others because of the poster’s punch line suggesting the comedy element.

The type of shot used in the poster is medium shot so the capture of the main characters and the naked female to connate the sexual reference in the film related to the main characters. The lighting used in the poster is exposing the entire posters’ props to show all the elements of the film such as the misuse of Cannabis and sexual reference. The use of Cannabis leaves covering the naked female’s breasts and Riazl suggest the misuse of drugs.

The Hangover:

The storyline is automatically suggested by the name of the film of a bunch of friends drinking a huge amount until they’re knocked out. The setting of the film is in Vegas because the punch line suggests ‘SOME GUYS JUST CAN’T HANDLE VEGAS’. The characters’ facial expressions suggest confusion or they have stumbled into a major problem. The baby in the poster is odd one out because drinking sessions rarely end up with a baby in possession.

The genre of the film is comedy because the director’s previous work is a comedy suggesting an element of comedy within the film. The baby in the poster also suggests the comedy element because rarely people who have major drinking session end up with a baby in possession.

The target audience would be teenagers from 12-22 because during this time teenagers are experiencing contact with alcohol, which creates a link with the audience. Also the comedy element links with older audience ranging from 25-40 ages who would be reliving their teenage hood through the film of experience with alcohol.

The type of shot used in the poster is medium shot so all the characters’ are captured and their confused facial expressions. The lighting used in the poster is fully lit which could connate the storyline starts getting interesting when the characters experience their hangover. The use of the baby in poster suggests the comedy element throughout the film also the lighting used to light up the poster connate the setting of the film in Vegas.

Chewing gum for the brain?

Why do people talk rubbish about media studies? Why media studies is worth studying?

The Tory party are planning to tackle Media studies subject as they believe that its values are not reaching the public sector working standards.

In the public schools there has been an increase in the Media studies students and the private schools are tackling the media studies subject for the better of the students.

Worthless qualification, which gives false hope to the students taking the subject; said by Harrow Head teacher.

The media studies subject is given a bad view by the mass media.

Students are misleading over the jobs in the media with a media qualification.

Media is a main i9nflunce of the mass of the peoples’ lives.

Top universities have Media studies as top of the list of choice of subject.

Media graduates get jobs in the media sector and higher than other subjects.

The Head of employing companies prefer media students.

Perfecting your media production work.

·         Research and planning

·         Blogging and evidence

·         Ideas and feedback

·         Logistics, equipment and production

Research

·         Look at real examples

·         Keep evidence of all your research

·         Research every angle

·         Conventions, audiences & institutions

Planning

·         Plan for all events

·         Record all you’re planning

·         Show the process of your journey.

Blogging

·         A blog allows you make links with examples and ideas

Evidence

·         Storyboards & animations

Ideas

·         Have realistic plans

Get feedback

·         Get feedback from teachers and peers

·         Record all your results

• The producers of the dominate advert are the Lynx Advert institution.
• The group of people that appear are the wealthy people, women and men with not much financially resources.
• The wealthy people portrayed as greedy people giving away minimum as possible and women are portrayed as sexually items for men and there for providing sexual pleasure. The men lacking financially are portrayed as they can achieve wealthy and reach higher goals with opposite sex by only Lynx.
• The reason why that particular representation was selected was to link most men so they can respond to the advert also giving them belief of achieving improvement with attraction of opposite sex.
• The audience can use their age and life experience to respond to the advert also through other media that give the belief of achieving improvement with attraction of opposite sex through high street products.

Alternative Advert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc7_1HRBYrA

• The producers of the alternative UK advert are the Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut UK Advert institution.
• The group that appear the alternative view in the advert are the Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut consumers and the non-Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut consumers.
• The Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut UK consumers are portrayed by the enhanced chances in traffic by being consumers of Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut; which is represented as the enhancing possession to change your traffic aspect in life. However the non-Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut consumers are portrayed as never improving traffic jam life by speeding up lanes.
• The reason why that particular representation was selected was to link with most people who eat Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut as a breakfast; this increased the target audience and people who hate facing traffic jams.
• As most people consume Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut and hatred towards traffic jams from young age to elder life time so all the audience can respond to the advert because most people consume cereal mainly Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut and they have experienced traffic jams.

The Essex fairytale:-

The production used a trailer approach which hooks the audience very well if devised properly. Their main key technique was the use of a narrator; this technique really grabs the audiences’ attention both visually and by audio. The first shot was the main character with a mid-shot range to get the surroundings of the character. The entire trailer was in black and white which gave the trailer a classic effect. During the trailer there was use of props; mainly the gun which linked to the genre being a U.K gangster film. The clothing of the main character was well dressed in a suit which links back to the genre as well. The directors decided to use disequilibrium in the beginning; which was great to grab the attention of the audience. The trailer contained non-diegetic sounds for example the narrator and the theme song being played at the background.

The night has a thousand lies:-

The production used a trailer approach which hooks the audience very well if devised properly. Their key technique was the use of muti-strand narrative which involved the audience much more. They used the enigma codes which is great to keep involving the audience make them keep thinking ahead. Their also used non-diegetic sounds such as the narrator and the songs; which changed to the scene displayed. The directors deiced to use an equilibrium beginning so they controlled the amount information the audience receives and keep them guessing. Throughout the trailer the shots were mid range and long range shots to keep the background involved which linked with the scene. 

The Dark Knight

The film ‘The Dark Knight’ genre is action, crime, drama and thriller. The film begins with disequilibrium; the ‘Joker’ plans a bank robbery that takes place in the beginning. Throughout the film there is more violent and terrors in the plot however the ending of the film where the Joker is capture by the authority helped by the ‘Batman’. The equilibrium in the film is during the final phrase of the film when Harvey Dent is killed by Batman who saves a little boy’s life also saving the Gotham society from Joker’s terror.

 According to Vladimir Propp’s theory the role of characters in the film are; the villain in the film is the ‘Joker’ played by Heath Ledger. The donor in the film is ‘Lucius Fox’ played by Morgan Freeman. The helper in the film is ‘Lucius Fox’ played by Morgan Freeman. The princess in the film is film is the Gotham city society and ‘Rachel Dawes’ played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The dispatcher in the film is ‘Alfred’ played by Michael Caine. The hero in the film is ‘Bruce Wayne / Batman’ played by Christian Bale. The false hero in the film is ‘Harvey Dent’ played by Aaron Eckhart.