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.
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
I watched the film trailer to Shaun of the dead; I admire
this as it is a horror comedy. At the beginning of the trailer it starts off
with news reports warning whoever it is watching that they need to pay
attention as it is for their own safety. I think that this is a good aspect of
the trailer as it has already attracted the attention of the audience as they
have been instructed to ‘pay attention’. The idea of the trailer switching from
the news report to a scene with zombies in but still having the narrative of
the new report and then back to the scene again to see the news caster on the
TV before being introduced to the two main characters sat down watching the TV
has a good effect as it is showing the audience what the character are being
warned about. In a way the trailer for Shaun of the dead feels a lot like a’
how to survive a zombie apocalypse guide ‘ which I think is a good thing as it
make the genre of the film quite clear and is interesting for a film trailer.
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.
I admire this film trailer as it starts of all nice and sunny
showing how calm the surroundings are and how the village is enjoying a nice
sunny day at a baseball match which is interrupted by an infected man. It then
goes to show the audience that the characters in the film have notice a
difference in the infected personnel this is portrayed with the next scene
being in an examiner’s office with a woman replying to the doctors question
“what is wrong?” she replies “I don’t know. Something’s not right.” This is a
crucial clue in what is about to happen in the film trailer. The trailer then
goes on to show how ‘the crazies’ are infected such as the repetition of
sentences, the fading out almost ‘statue like’. Then nearing the end of the
trailer is where all of the action is, such as feeling the sheer panic the characters
are feeling, the infected killing people close to them such as their own family
members in house fires, the loss of signal for mobile devices, the military
killing people and explosions. The use of writing in-between adds effect, such
as ‘this is only the beginning’ makes the audience think that there is more
action to come when watching the whole film. The use of the song Mad world
doesn’t fit in with the scene it is being played with as the scene is hectic
and full of panic, although the song could relate to the title of the film ‘The
Crazies’ as the infected have gone ‘mad’.
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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