Monday, 29 September 2014
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Monarch of the Glen Re-Write
As a representational issue Age is
portrayed in many different ways such as camera, mise-en-scene, editing and
sound. In this essay I will talk about how they are portrayed within each
factor in this extract.
Camera plays a very important part in
highlighting the issue of age. In one scene we can identify that if you are
older you have a higher position of authority. This is represented through
camera in one particular scene. In this scene we see the young girl ‘Amy
arguing with her elder guardian. The reason we can identify that this issue is
when Amy is talking the camera angle is always facing downward and when it
turns to the elder man the camera is always angled up. This is representing
that because Amy is younger than the man she is thought to be lower than him.
Another moment regarding camera is when Amy crashes
her fame and then her family come running to her. The camera is always positioned
so it shows the elder ones to be more forward. This highlights that because the
elders are more upfront and because the younger ones are sort of behind, to me
it suggests because the guardians are older they will face their problems
rather than hiding like the younger ones do.
Moving on to mise-en-scene there are many
moments within the extract where this is used to represent age. One of the main
parts that I picked out was the characters that where in the background of this
shot whilst everyone was working. This stuck out to me as a good use of
mise-en-scene to represent this issue. In the background of the shot you can
see that the younger workers are working with heavier objects and working
alone, whereas the elder workers were struggling and having to work together.
To me personally this is trying to portray that younger generations of workers
can handle more physically challenging tasks compared with the older generation
which I personally think creates a negative stereotype to people older than
myself.
Another part of mise-en-scene that I picked
up upon was some of the props and colours in Amy’s bedroom in the scene where
Amy runs away from home we see props such as a lot of teddy bears and quite
bold colours such as red an yellow. I think this represents what some people
think 16 year olds and this generation is. By the use of mise-en scene I think
it is trying to demonstrate that our generation is very bold and outgoing (by
use of the colours) but we can also we quite immature (by use of the props)
Editing also helps with highlight a
representational issue. In the majority of the scene I noticed that a lot more
screen time was given to the older main characters rather than the younger
ones. I believe this is trying to show that the older you get the more you have
to say and this is shown by the editing because they are giving more screen
time to the older actors in turn I guess giving them more dialogue.
Sunday, 21 September 2014
Blueprint Pictures Research/ The Riot Club
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| Blueprint Pictures Logo |
Blueprint Pictures is a
boutique TV production company based in Dublin. Specialising in high quality
entertainment and documentary series, Blueprint Pictures was founded in 2002 by
Producer David Blake Knox. Blueprint Pictures was founded in 2002 by David Blake Knox. The
company has produced a large number of high quality programmes in a wide range
of areas, but with a particular focus on original arts and entertainment. In
2004, David co-directed, co-produced and wrote ‘Imagining Ulysses’ - a
multi-award-winning feature-length documentary about James Joyce's novel.
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| The Riot Club Film Poster |
The Riot Club is 2014 Birtish Drama
Thriller film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade, based on her
2010 play ‘Posh’. The Riot Club has been described as fictionalised wersion of
the Bullingdon Club, although Wade has said that ‘The Riot Club’ is entirely
fictitous. The films stars Max Irons, Sam Calflin and Douglas Booth. As main characters Alistair and Miles drink too
much and see the worst of aristocratic snobbery, they have to decide if this
life really is for them.
The realease date for this
film is September 19th 2014 and the budget for this film is not yet
known. As the film because increasingly popular we will find out more facts.
Lionsgate Research/ The Hunger Games Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1
Lionsgate
is the leading independent producer and distributor of motion pictures,
television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment,
video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. Its prestigious and prolific
library of nearly 12,000 motion picture titles and television episodes is a stable
source of recurring revenue. The Lionsgate brand name is synonymous with
original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe. Producing
pictures such as the hunger games, Texas Chainsaw and Kick Ass.
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| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1 Poster |
The Hungers Games Mockingjay- Part 1 is an upcoming 2014 American sci-fis adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the first of a two cinematic parts based on the novel Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games Trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins. Produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate. The films starts Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and many others. It is the sequel to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and will be followed by the concluded entry, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2.
The budget for this film was $250 million which was shared with part two shared with Part 2 and the release dates for the films is November 20th 2014 for the UK and November 21st for the US
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Wednesday, 17 September 2014
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