Beth Allen(2016) AS Media Studies

In lesson we have been looking at how disability is presented in film and TV and how this may effect how people with a disability are viewed in day today life. We looked at a clip from the hit TV Drama 'A Touch Of Frost' staring David Jason. We made some notes on the clips and then corrected each others in Green pen, here are a copy of my notes: A Touch of Frost: Ability and Disability The representation of ability and disability is shown through the way in which the police treat Billy throughout the clip. At the beginning when the cut away from the long shot, being when the police are chasing him, to the close up shot, of the Billy being caught by the police, shows the police hesitate when they realise he is disabled and they drop him lower because of his disability because it’s not the usual suspect to commit a crime. This can also be shown by the fact that Billy looks scared and disorientated when the police start chasing him, making the audience emphasize with hi...

Thrillers contain many different essences that show the audience they are about to watch a thriller: Political Thrillers: these often portray the idea that the protagonist is set to save the day and keep the government ,which employs him,in a stable condition. these can sometimes be based on real life events and sometimes have hints of a conspiracy thriller in them. 'The Hunt For Red October' is an example of a political thriller.       Spy Thrillers: The hero is generally employed by the government to be their agent and is violent to either protect or get what the government wants. These can often have elements of both political thrillers and conspiracy thrillers.     Military Thrillers: The protagonist is typically in a uniform and works against the enemy whether alone or in a team and ends up succeeding against all the odds. A good example of this 'Saving Private Ryan'.        Conspiracy Thrillers: A con...

This is our one page pitch video, I wasn't at school at this time so it was the other three girls in my group who put it all together!     The group were really clear in what they wanted and knew what they wanted to speak about and get across, they made the points from what we had all spoke about and communicated very clearly.

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

Hello Everyone welcome back!   I was asked to use art of the title to explore a title sequence and see what was good about it and how different things used had different effects on the audience's.  I decided to look at the title sequence for 'Nerve' which shows many different social media platforms. This shows a Microsoft Word effect which creates a certain sense of familiarity to the audience and makes it relatable from the very beginning. By doing this it could catch their attention as it infers it may be based in recent day so they can relate. This shows many different adverts flashing up on the screen uncontrollably, showing that a virus or something may be involved in this film and maybe someone loses control of their social media, promoting a worry for the audience as the media and especially social media plays a huge part in the everyday lives of a large majority of the population. This looks like the cut out of a news paper article showing...