Timeline- Plan

This lesson we have created a timeline to organise our time management and what we will be doing weekly. I am planning to take my photos next lesson as i have a free lesson. Next week i will plan the front cover and contents page and begin to work on them, i will show my teachers my work to see if it is up to the right standard. I will then get feedback and touch up what needs to be improved. We then have a half term so i will begin to plan my feature article. When we get back to school i will finish my plan and begin to write a copy of the article. I will then hand that in to my teachers so they can see what i need to do to improve  and re-write the article. By the 18th of March i aim to have pieced everything together such as the front cover, contents page and the feature article. Then by the 25th on March i hope to have finished and begin to evaluate.

Exam

We had the exam on Wednesday and I think it went ok, the textual analysis was on representation of age. The extract was from E.R. There was a range of different age groups throughout the clip which made it easier to write about. The clip made the older people seem delusional, however, there were two boys in the clip- one very clever and independent for his age, he was suffering from a life threatening illness, the other was very reliant on his mother and his injury was a bite from his pet. The clip showed that just because they were the same age it doesnt mean they are the same.
      I cant remember the question for Section B exactly but we had to chose a media section to use, i chose film. I wrote mostly about synergy and convergence but i used examples such as Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight Rises and Monsters. I explained how the different films used things such as synergy, convergence and viral marketing to profit from the film and also to promote the film. I wrote about all the different kinds of things such as games inspired from the film, action figures etc.

Revision

For the January exam i have been revising by writing textual analysis on things such as Sugar Rush, Downton Abbey and Waterloo Road. I used class and status and authority to write about. I find textual analysis the easier section of the exam so i am spending more time on section B. However, i have been trying to pick certain things out whilst watching the television such as how the camera angles, mise-en-scene and editing etc present certain things, just for practice as well as writing a response. I then looked over the blog and read through the example questions and wrote notes about it. I wrote a few responces to the questions which are on the blog and i have read over it a few times for revision so i feel a lot more confident with it than i did when we first looked at it. I have also wrote notes on media specific language and definitions to make sure i can use the right terminology in my exam response. I am trying to make myself familiar with Spiderman and Slumdog Millionaire so i am confident to talk about them and use them as examples whilst i am talking about things such as viral marketing, synergy and convergence in the exam.

Band Of Brothers

Last week we watched an extract of Band Of Brothers and had to write an essay on how technical codes represent authority. Different technical codes represented different authority. Camera angles played a major role in presenting authority as the low angles showed who had the most power. Other technical codes such as mise-en-scene played a large role in presenting authority by things such as the outfits they are wearing etc. Today we watched the same extract and talked about what we wrote and what we could improve on, this helped a lot as i need to improve on the amount i write about how editing presents certain things because i find that the hardest technical code to write about. We also looked and another pupils work and said what was good about it and what he can improve on. Looking at other peoples work helps me do better because i can see how to improve my own work and how to approach different technical codes.

Slumdog Millionaire presentation

The website for Slumdog Millionaire uses interactive flash features on the opening page, this shows new technology. Technology is improving rapidly in the media industry. It also has the theme of 'Who Wants To Be A Miliionaire' to match the plot of the film as he is on the show. The website also has links to other pages, this is viral marketing to attract a wider audience. They have a twitter account which allow fans to get more information on the film. Viral marketing has a huge impact on the success of a film as it can be promoted massively by good comments on the internet or it could have negative effects as one persons opinion on a film could effect other peoples choices to see the film. There are also activties on the website, this allows the audience to become more involved in the film as they can play games involving the characters and the plot of the film etc. Interviews of the cast and crew are available on the website too which will also make the audience feel more involved as they can see how the film was produced. As this film is no longer showing at the cinema, the website has a promotion for the dvd and bluray. This will help the film do well after it has been shown at the cinema.

Slumdog millionaire from EmHall

 This is is my powerpoint Slumdog Millionaire.


This is some work i done on Amber Films.

Slumdog

Today we have looked at some information on Slumdog Millionaire, and how it appeals to different audiences and different cultures. I am now making a powerpoint on what i find out from my searches. Slumdog will appeal to different audiences as it varies in culture- it has the Indian music but it has the British TV show which is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. This will attract different cultures as a well known show is a major part of the film but there is also Indian dancing etc which will appeal to the Indian culture.

Finishing Spiderman Powerpoint

On Monday i finished my Spiderman powerpoint presentation by adding information about the viral marketing, because i was finished i then began to find out information about Amber Films, i am yet to include this in my powerpoint. I didnt know that there was a film production company based in Newcastle. In the future i would like to be involved with film and production, so it was good to know that there is a one nearby. I researched Amber Films and found out about the films they have made and ones they are currently making. I also seen that there are ways on the website to help raise money to have a better production.

This is my powerpoint on Spiderman.

Spiderman from EmHall