Beth Allen(2016) AS Media Studies

Hello Everybody! As a group we were asked to produce a sheet with the information about what we were planning to do for our thriller. Media Don’t Walk Alone- Beth, Grace, Eleanor, Tahlia Working Title – Don’t Walk Alone Movie Length – 1hr 47 minutes Genre – Horror-thriller Synopsis – A girl goes out to clear her head during the early evening hours and finds herself in an open field, where she hears dramatic screams/cries for help. Intertwined with mystery; entangled with darkness and touched by the emotions of people who have passed away. Potential Tag Lines – “Who will prevail, her or them?”, “Ghosts are just made up stories.”, “and can you see that?” Brief Elucidation – The idea of it is to unpredictably frighten and cause discomfort for the audience by showing that once you have witnessed the supernatural you will never be able to get away or forget what you saw. This is because the supernatural world has forced the voices in her head to make both the audie...

Hello Everyone! In class we watched a clip from the film 'Se7en' and then we were asked to look at some stills from what we watched and elaborate on what they show and why certain things were done. Here's just a little bit of information about the film: Genre: Drama/Thriller Director: David Fincher ( Also done films such as 'Fight Club' and 'Gone Girl') Screenplay: Andrew Kevin Walker ( Was also involved with 'Panic Room') The film contains some famous faces as well such as Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow . In this screen grab we can clearly tell the man is involved in the police service due to the badge, we also know he posses harmful weapons. The fact his hand is on the badge makes the audience look at that out of all the objects and it shows he's proud of what he's achieved. In this we see the retired detective (Morgan Freeman, right) speaking with the new recruited detective (Brad Pitt ,Left...

Although I completed this as part of my study of the representation of gender for my AS exam, it is relevant to the my coursework as, in planning for this, I will need to consider how the representation of gender is constructed through the use of camera shots, mise-en-scene, editing and sound. This will hopefully enable me to represent characters in a variety of different ways in my film opening. The Fall textual analysis