THE LINK TO SLIDESHARE FOR MY EVALUATION OF MY FINAL PRODUCTS IS ON:
http://www.slideshare.net/Bulmershe09/lewis-hyatt-media-studies-evaluation-a2
Monday, 14 December 2009
Friday, 11 December 2009
Shooting Schedule
Walking home and woodlands scenes
28th October equipment needed: torch
Drunken party scenes
21st October
Actors needed: Aaron Gerfen, Chris Grant, Jake Coppuck and Aaron Corbett
School phone scene
29th October
Actors needed: Chris Heather
28th October equipment needed: torch
Drunken party scenes
21st October
Actors needed: Aaron Gerfen, Chris Grant, Jake Coppuck and Aaron Corbett
School phone scene
29th October
Actors needed: Chris Heather
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Saturday, 12 September 2009
The reception theory (media studies theories)
Extending the concept of an active audience even further, in the 1980s and 1990s a lot of work was done on the way individuals received and interpreted a text, and how their demographic (gender, class, age, ethnicity) affected their reading or in my horror film trailers case the way that they view the film and react to it.
As my film will probably be an 18 or a 15 rating, the audience will not be as passive as if it was a pg or even a 12a rated film, this is due to the demographic of the person watching the film and relates back to the earlier theory based on the hypodermic needle theory.
This theory was based on Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model of the relationship between text and audience - the text is encoded by the producer, and understood by the reader, and there may be major differences between two different readings of the same code. However, by using recognised ideas and conventions, and by drawing upon audience expectations relating to aspects such as genre and use of more famous actors, the producers can position the audience and therefore create a certain amount of agreement on what the idea means.
As my film will probably be an 18 or a 15 rating, the audience will not be as passive as if it was a pg or even a 12a rated film, this is due to the demographic of the person watching the film and relates back to the earlier theory based on the hypodermic needle theory.
This theory was based on Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model of the relationship between text and audience - the text is encoded by the producer, and understood by the reader, and there may be major differences between two different readings of the same code. However, by using recognised ideas and conventions, and by drawing upon audience expectations relating to aspects such as genre and use of more famous actors, the producers can position the audience and therefore create a certain amount of agreement on what the idea means.
Friday, 11 September 2009
Evaluation of magazine front covers
One of the conventions that I have noticed throughout my analysis of film magazine covers is that the title of the magazines all have bold lettering which really stands out, out of the two different magazines I have analysed the title which I prefer is the lettering and the colour of the text of the title in EMPIRE.
Another convention that I have noticed is the main character in the main feature film in the magazine takes up a large proportion of the front cover; this is done to show the importance of the character and the actor themselves.
We also see the name of the film halfway down the image of the main character; this shows the viewer the information that they need to know in order to attract their attention to the magazine and reading it.
Throughout the magazines I have looked at I have noticed that the less important films are listed in the bottom half of the magazine as well as the usual features of the magazine.
Something else that I have noticed that I would like to feature in my magazine front cover is the 3d effect that has been used for the Max Payne front cover and a lot of the empire front covers.
Another convention that I have noticed is the main character in the main feature film in the magazine takes up a large proportion of the front cover; this is done to show the importance of the character and the actor themselves.
We also see the name of the film halfway down the image of the main character; this shows the viewer the information that they need to know in order to attract their attention to the magazine and reading it.
Throughout the magazines I have looked at I have noticed that the less important films are listed in the bottom half of the magazine as well as the usual features of the magazine.
Something else that I have noticed that I would like to feature in my magazine front cover is the 3d effect that has been used for the Max Payne front cover and a lot of the empire front covers.
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Analysis of horror film posters
I have noticed that the main conventions of the horror film poster genre are that the edges of the posters are a lot darker when compared to the rest of the poster, this can be seen especially strongly in the Friday the 13th poster, I will definitley be adding this to my subsidiary product.
Another convention I have noticed is the colour of the text,this in almost all of the film posters I have analysed is a dark red colour, this is related back to blood which is especially prominent in the horror film genre, I will also add this to my poster.
Another convention of this genre of poster which I would look to add to my poster is that the centre of almost all of the posters has the main character as seen in the one missed call poster or one of the main focal points of the film be it an item or a place as seen in shrooms and Amityville horror.
Another convention I have noticed is the colour of the text,this in almost all of the film posters I have analysed is a dark red colour, this is related back to blood which is especially prominent in the horror film genre, I will also add this to my poster.
Another convention of this genre of poster which I would look to add to my poster is that the centre of almost all of the posters has the main character as seen in the one missed call poster or one of the main focal points of the film be it an item or a place as seen in shrooms and Amityville horror.
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