Annya's A-Level Media Blog // Mr Halsey

The Lives We Live By Annya Ranshi LOCATIONS INTERIOR INT. LOCATION #1 - DAYTIME Inside a house. In the kitchen area/hallway. INT. LOCATION #2 - DAYTIME Inside an office setting INT. LOCATION #3 - DAYTIME ELLEN’S HOUSE. Hallway and bedroom. INT. LOCATION #4 – MORNING TIME Inside a doctor’s office. EXTERIOR EXT. LOCATION #1 - DAYTIME Street corner, urban environment. EXT. LOCATON #2 – DAYTIME Park bench, open park setting. FADE IN FROM BLACK INSTITUTIONAL LOGO (_____) APPEARS ON SCREEN, SLOW ZOOM OUT TEXT ON SCREEN: 4 INTERTWINING LIVES DISSOLVE TO: INT. LOCATION #1 – DAYTIME Protagonist- RAYE – walks into the location. She walks through the door into the kitchen. RAYE picks up the mail and looks through the pile. She drops all but one on the table and opens it. RAYE (excited expression, reading the letter aloud) Dear Raye… RAYE sto...

Costume What will your characters wear? What is the costume supposed to communicate to the audience? How does this link to your Statement of Intent in terms of creating representations? My characters will be dressed like teenagers, wearing branded clothes, sports brands, and casual wear. The extras,depending on who they are, will wear clothes according to that in order to achieve a sense of realism. It will link to the representations as they won't really subvert stereotypes in terms of the way they dress but instead with their story line. Lighting How will you light your trailer? Day or night? Interior or exterior? If outside, can you use streetlights, shadows, reflected sunlight or other creative techniques to achieve the lighting style you want? If inside, experiment with creative lighting techniques using windows, blinds, artificial lights, phone flashes and more. The lighting will vary from day to night, depending on the intensity of the scene and the actual event in th...

1) Research: Film trailer analysis  Film trailer 1: Narrative and genre How is narrative and genre communicated quickly and clearly to the audience? The narrative is communicated through the music and the different types of editing used such as jumpcuts and tracking shots. The music and sound effects used heightens the tension as it is uncomfortable and commonly used in thrillers, so this is an example of repetition and difference. The audience recognises the conventions such as eye contact and facial expression of the characters which communicates their moods and personality in the situations.  Film trailer 2:   Mise-en-scene What do you notice about the use of mise-en-scene to create meanings for the audience? Think CLAMPS. There are mainly establishing shots which communicate the genre of the film and where the film is going to take place. because there are a lot of overhead shots we can interpret that this is going to be an action film along with the ...

1) Type up your feedback  in full  including the ratings out of five for each category.  WWW: 'Love the title-and a great concept. Narrative development sounds good-the intertwining element is excellent and you've clearly planned it out. Good examples for mise-en-scene. Youtube premium is an interesting idea. EBI: 'may be a challenge introducing 4 characters in the time of a trailer. Images may be better than text. Timing not quite right due to lack of rehearsal. Perhaps needed more research in terms of other coming of age drama films beyond Wallflower. Would distributors of low budget Brit dramas be more effective? Or even Netflix original? Structure jumps around a little' 2) Use this feedback, comments from peers and your own reflection on your presentation to  self-assess  and write a detailed  WWW  and  EBI  for your own coursework concept and presentation as a whole. 3) Write a  paragraph  discussing how your presentation...

1)   Music Video - introduction and factsheet questions 2)  Music Video theory and This Is America analysis 3)  Common -  Letter to the Free  context and analysis 4)  Michael Jackson -  Billie Jean  context, analysis and MM article

Media Magazine reading:  Billie Jean , birth of an icon Go to our  Media Magazine archive  and read the case study on  Billie Jean  - birth of an icon (MM62 - page 20). Answer the following questions: 1) What was the budget for  Billie Jean ? How did this compare with later Michael Jackson videos? this video had a budget of $300000, while other videos like thriller had a budget of $2million. 2) Why was the video rejected by MTV? They didn't want to 'play music by a black guy' because it didn't suit their 'middle America' audience of the time before being threatened by the music producer to be exposed as racist to the public. 3) Applying Goodwin's theory of music video, how does  Billie Jean  reflect the genre characteristics of pop music video? He lip syncs throughout the narrative of the video, and paired with the dancing there is a large amount of performance in the movie style narrative. His costume and character all elude to an a...

Social and cultural context Read this  Billboard interview where Common talks about  Letter to the Free , political hip hop and contemporary American society. Use the article and the notes we have made in lessons (also available above) to answer the following questions on the social, cultural and genre contexts for Letter to the Free . 1) What other projects has Common been involved in over recent years? John Wick, Selma, Suicide squad 2)  What is the 13th Amendment of the American Constitution? The 13th amendment abolishes slavery with the exception of using it as a punishment for criminals. It wasn't long before white people began to exploit the loophole and target black people for minor crimes/ falsely persecute them in order to restore their supremacy. 3) What were the Black Codes? The  Black Codes  were laws passed by  Southern states  in 1865 and 1866 in the United States after the  American Civil War  with the intent and the effect ...