Emma and Rebecca's A2 Media Blog.
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Films that have influenced society
Films that have influenced society
Media affects society in many ways both positive and
negative, although most of the time it is negative. Films such as Kidulthood, a
British drama set in inner West London shows society the negative side of
teenagers as they stereotype them. The characters in this film are portrayed
as being antisocial thugs that behave in a violent manner; the film also shows
some of the characters part taking in recreational drug use. This is showing
adults, parents and grandparents what their younger generations could
essentially be doing.
Kidulthood represents age and gender in different ways such
as the lads act ‘thuggish' or ‘gangsta’, this could be because they look up to
the older lads in the hoodies and want to be like them, this is show with the
use of “blud” and “fam”. Age is shown as they are at the age where they are
taking part in sexual activities; it is also shown when a group of girls bully
and beat a blonde girl up this suggest that being in high school is difficult
and that violence is active in both the boys and the girls. Another negative
aspect to this film is that the parents of the girl that is being bullied is
that they do not realise that she was being bullied until it was too late, this
sends a message to both the parents and the children viewing this film that if
they are being bullied that they should tell someone and for the parents it
shows certain signs of bullying that they can recognise. One of the main
characters, known as Trevor, is pressured in to getting into the world of crime
by his uncle it is clear to see that he is reluctant to do it but due to peer
pressure he does.
Whereas zombie films such as the Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead and Shaun of the Dead influence society as now people dress up as zombies and embrace the fear and concept of them every year on Halloween. These films are not based on reality or true events yet people still choose to believe that it is real. Zombie films feed people needs of being scared which increases the consumption of horror films. Since zombie film zombies have been feature in different types of media such as in music videos such as the famous Michael Jackson’s thriller video. Zombies have also featured in video games such as, The Walking Dead, which also has its own comic book, TV series, Call of Duty also have a game which involves zombies and then there are the Resident Evil games.
Whereas zombie films such as the Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead and Shaun of the Dead influence society as now people dress up as zombies and embrace the fear and concept of them every year on Halloween. These films are not based on reality or true events yet people still choose to believe that it is real. Zombie films feed people needs of being scared which increases the consumption of horror films. Since zombie film zombies have been feature in different types of media such as in music videos such as the famous Michael Jackson’s thriller video. Zombies have also featured in video games such as, The Walking Dead, which also has its own comic book, TV series, Call of Duty also have a game which involves zombies and then there are the Resident Evil games.
Friday 5 July 2013
Analysis of a film promotion website
Analysis of film promotion website
I had a look at Monsters University’s webpage that is
promoting the film which will be released the 12th July. It is made
to look like a real university website showing the recent events of the university, showing their success, and also when to apply to the
university.
The webpages stick to all the colours generally associated
with Monsters Inc. and Monsters University.
The website also introduces the viewer to some of the
characters featured in the film. This is to
familurise the audience to them as some of the charecters will not of been in
the first monsters inc film. I think the use of extra information on the the
teachers from the university is good as it shows what they ‘profecionalise’ in.
I think that
although the film is aimed at a young audience the website promoting it is
quite complex for a child to use. Therefore it will be viewed by children
acompanied by an adult therefore that is why there is a store which they can
purchase memorabillia for their child.
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Evidence of film trailers I admire
Evidence of film trailers I admire
Shaun of the Dead
The zombies in Shaun of the dead are slow moving zombies,
not very intelligent and covered in blood that also walks around with missing
limbs. I believe that although this film is more based on the comedy side it
still follows the codes and conventions of a zombie film.
Again this film trailer sticks to the codes and conventions
of a zombie film trailer as the zombies are slow moving, although they don’t
necessarily eat the living like most zombies do in a zombie film the still have
the need to kill the uninfected. This film trailer is focused on the genre its
self horror unlike Shaun of the dead trailer it has only one specific genre.
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