Thursday 30 April 2015

Indépendant Case Study: Peer Assessment

Name of student whose blog you are assessing:
Name of film they have researched:
Belle
Have they covered all three platforms?
Yes 
Examples they have provided from print platform:
Film Posters
Examples they have provided from broadcast platform:
Interview & Red Carpet
Examples they have provided from e-media platform:
Social media links for Instagram, Twitter & Facebook
What institutional information did they find out about the film?
Pinewood Studios Produced the film & Fox Searchlight Pictures distributed the film
What issues did they find in terms of representation in the film they studied?
-People of a White/Caucasian background tend to be presented as mostly racist to coloured people
-The representation of the British aristocracy coincides with stereotypes of a snobbishly lavish lifestyle
What links or comparisons can you find between this case study and Ill Manors?
-Ill Manors and A Field In England are low-budget films whereas Belle had a relatively higher budget. 
-IM and Belle are social realism films whereas AFIE is more of a dramatic horror based on a much more specific narrative. 
Is there anything you can learn from this case study? What could you add to your own case study after looking at someone else's work?
I would add a much more better detailed comparisons like Kishan has done.

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Section B:

Consider how imaginative techniques are used by media products from your cross-media study to attract and maintain audiences. Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms. [32 marks]

The Theory Of Everything:


  • Eddie Redmayne's performance being highly outstanding and very realistic to Steven Hawkins life. 
  • The way he fuses past and future makes this a triumph of sympathetic imagination. 
  • The Theory of Everything keeps you attracted and maintained by how it dramatizes Hawking’s gradual physical disintegration.
  • Posters being elegant.
  • Royal Colours
  • Exaggerated magical skylines
  • Bright stars lighting the actors
  • Interviews with the Hawkins family
  • Behind the scenes footage
  • Trailer being dramatic with elegant, royal, classic british music.
Ill Manors:
  • Album & Soundtrack for promotion - synergy.
  • Radio: Music, Plan B as a artist.
  • Jonathan Ross, Focus on being a director, personal experiences, higher class.
  • Tag London interactivity, attracting whole of London, getting everyone involved, expressing out views like the film.
  • Ted X lecture, different demographics, values, ideologies.
  • SBTV: urban audience, authenticity.
  • Mens Health, focus on health, different approach, new audience.
  • Film Poster, representation of place & setting, street life, typography, brand image, social realism.
  • GQ: mens health, different approach, new audience.
  • Logos, Flats and Council houses being "L" letters.
  • Puking over London with puke being logo.
Introduction:
Imaginative techniques are used by different types of media in order to keep the audience engaged and attracted to the type of platform. Platforms such as E - Media, broadcast and print will be analysed with the cross media study of Ill manors, a field in England and also the theory of everything. Each film use their own imaginative techniques but some have similarities as well as differences.