Lesson 8 - Chicken Funding - Independent films have a low budget and are funding by small production studios or the BFI/National lottery, Chicken didn't have this luxury - He couldn't get funding from the BFI or National lottery as they weren't interesting in the film. The only usually provide funding for established directs/producers, or films that are going to be successful or have an impact. - Director Joe Stephenson had to raise the money himself, a micro-budget of £110,000. He had to ask around all his friends and film contacts to put the money together. 6 stages of film-making Stage 1 acquisition : ideas are created or brought, if necessary rights to the story are brought, screenplay is written and financing is sought. Stage 2 Pre-production : Cast and film crew are found, locations chosen and sets are built. This is also the point where budgets are decided and funding it found (if required). Stage 3 Production: The film is shot and filmed. This includes a m...
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Lesson 7 - Chicken CSP Mainstream - Mainstream movies can be defined as movies that cost much to make and are created for profit. ... After their time in first-run theaters, mainstream movies are sold at popular stores. Hollywood and Bollywood movies are usually considered mainstream , and may also be blockbusters. Independent - An independent film, independent movie, indie film or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies. Chicken - CSP overview Chicken is an example of micro budget film making and raises issues around the role and future of national cinema as well as the viability of media products produced outside of the mainstream for niche audiences - Students need to be familiar with the production context and distribution materials including the official website...
Lesson 5 - Theorists Theorists Bathes - Can be applied to any sign, including language and image, to examine connotations and ideology. Draws attention to the naturalizing effect of ideology in any text - this applies particularly to newspapers and magazines, as headlines typically assume a shared view of the world with the readers in order to be easily understood. Neale - Can be applied to any media product that has genre and links together media language, audiences and industries. The concept of genre as a shared code explains how genre can change (e.g. the 'quality' press becoming more like a tabloid) and hybridise (e.g. the middle-market tabloids, such as the mail, that follow both 'tabloid' and 'broadsheet' conventions. Baudrillard - everything in media is a construction of something. Hall - Can be applied to any media product. Applies particularly to the way in which headlines try to fix the meaning of a representation, bot...
Lesson 4 Oh Comely differs from other typical female magazines by the limited amount of series produced. The other mainstream newspaper produce newspapers every day with an incite on celebrities and main focus points such as TV, movies, gossip etc wheres Oh Comely focuses on 'reduced stress and being mindful'. Oh comely aims are different to others by releasing less than others gives time for Oh to write stories in depth compared to the other newspapers with less of a meaning behind the articles. Compared to heat, which influences women to gossip and 'be skinny'. Oh Comely's aims compared to Men's Health differ to due to the different genders. Oh takes a calm approach reaching out to a female audience which is natural and accepting to anything whereas... Iceberg Press Fact File: - Iceberg exists to do things differently. To usher in a new age for magazines and media brands. - Aims of Iceberg (taken from there website) - It's all about the audience, ...
Lesson 3 Comparing Men's Health and Oh Comely Men's Health is clearly aimed at Men hence the title of the magazine yet the font used is more masculine compared to oh Comely. The font is basic and bold, which could have been used to indicate that men need to be attracted to something bold to pay attention, something like Oh Comely's font wouldn't interest the male audience due to how soft and bland it is, it isn't bold it's more natural something done as it is a them of Oh Comely to have thing natural. The font color as well is bright and dark blue, colors commonly associated with males. The cover lines are similar in the way that they are both sort and snappy yet Men's health seems to be more aggressive compared to Oh Comely. In all caps ' BLAST BODY FAT' is eye catching to males as it is bold, short and something of interest to the audience as well. However both of the magazine's models are in the center of the magazine showing focus...
Lesson 2 Analyse the cover... Reference/identify the target audience as well as how the magazine has created to appeal to them. Oh comely: - Teenage female in the center of the magazine, shows the target audience - Bland and natural colors, a normal theme for this magazines - Basic cover line, only one cover line, shows that the issue of the magazine will be focusing on this subject - Facial expression on the model could be a reaction to the cover line, being confused and unsure, this could then relate to how the audience for the target audience is feeling - £5, working to then afford the magazine, quite a pricey magazine. High price could mean that it is being released every other month making, giving it a reason to be more pricey than other magazines -
Lesson 1: Tuesday 4/11/19 Media blog work Codes and conventions of a magazine: Masthead – the name of the magazine Strapline – a line to give more information about the magazine Coverlines – the main articles included in the magazine Lead article – the main article in the magazine Puff – a promotion that adds value to the magazine Left third – The prime space of a magazine front cover Primary image – the main image Oh comely, how do they follow the codes and conventions of a magazine - Masthead - Minimal - image is normally in the center across all newspapers - Young women - Flowery wear