Blob Opera

 OPERA BLOBSTICK

in class we used the blob opera, they played different sounds and we controlled them, we changed the background and filmed them.

END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT

 1. median zoom

2. top hat, long coat, manners, facial expression

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4. when the man pulls a gun at her, she stays calm and just pulls a pretty smile and acts like nothing is wrong, she knows she will be okay so keeps her chill and doesn't freak out. she wears a tight like cat suit to show her femininity but the suit also allows room for her to agent and do all the agent stuff. 

5. POV shot, it gives a point of view to scene and shows other info that are not important enough to be said.

6. she is standing up with the pointer in her hand, telling him what's happening, while he is sitting down in the kids child. she is higher while he is lower in this sence.

7. she listens to what steed tells her and just goes along with it. she can fight and be a strong women. she is not scared

8. there is non diegetic sound which is a soundtrack in the background. also diegetic sound which is the police officer speaking over the scene saying what they do as a police force. they do this so the views get an intro to what the police and what they should expect

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10. Jake he is the son of the chief

11. hes gay and that's not accept in the time of avengers

MUSIC VIDEOS: MEDIA LANGUAGE

 PREP Explain how music videos use media language to promote their artists. Refer to the pair of music videos you have studied from the list below in your answer.

Our music videos are Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag Avril Lavigne Sk8ter Boi

HOW TO ANSWER: Media language points to consider:

the prioritising of the star / the group; the privileging of the star / the groups in the frame

authenticating the star's performance / the band's performance to show their skills

the use of close ups; lip syncing to camera; eye contact with the audience

 

In the music video "Wheatus" it is clear who the main band is. We see close ups of the lead singer, the drummer, the guitarist and the bass guitar. the close up shows us who the main people are in the music video, and who we need to be looking at. Close up shots also allow us to see the lip syncing and direct eye contact of the artist on the camera, when the artist stares deeply into the camera we automatically think that they are the star of the video, which is what we are wanted to know to help promote the artist In "teenage dirtbag" the band is singing but also someone is acting to relate to the words of the song. We again have a close up of the Teenage Dirtbag to show us that this is the boy they are talking about in the song.   We see a panning shot of the band to highlight who is in the band and to show us the whole band itself, these two shots also show us to see the bands skills and what they can do with their instruments, which proves to us that it is the band playing the song. In the shots of the band there is a big crowd gathered around them enjoying the bands music, this emphasises that they are the main important artists in the video. 

In "sk8ter boi" it is made very clear that Avril Lavigne is the main person of the video. We see lots of close ups of her and her actions, she makes direct eye contact with the camera highlighting to us that she is the main character and the artist of this song. Her eye contact can also come across as quite intimidating as it makes it seem as though she owns the place and she wants us to know that. We get panning shots of her and her band while they perform on top of the car, which is also followed by a whole crowd of people around them enjoying their music. We are also presented with close ups of the bands skills, we see each member doing their part, shown by a close up shot. Avril laviegne is lip syncing the song which shows to us that she is the singer/artist. It emphasises to us that this is her music and no one elses. 

 

MUSIC MAGAZINES: MEDIA LANGUAGE

 

Look carefully at the front covers of MOJO and RNR magazines. 

QUESTION: How far do MOJO and RNR use different media language to create different connotations? (CONNOTATION meaning: an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning.)

Answer on your blog. This is a high-value question and should take all lesson to answer. You can use the class blog search engine for more examples of how to analyse music magazines.

In your answer you should have 2 paragraphs:

• analyse the media language in MOJO and RNR magazine. 'Media language' includes the placement of the main image, the type of photography, lighting, colours, fonts, how busy or restrained the cover is, the layout (such as alignment to the margins), how serious or playful 
• make judgements and draw conclusions about how far the media language is used differently in both extracts to create different connotations. Are there similarities in both covers? What sorts of audiences are they targeting? You could think about MOJO's rock aesthetic of living loud and dangerously compared to RNR's folk, rock, blues vibe. 

In the mojo magazine, there is lots of bright, electric colours, which pops out at you and grabs your attention. For example the words "Foo Fighters", which is printed onto the magazine, has a bold red and white colours with a font, they have placed it into the middle of the cover to make sure it has your attention. David Grolh is in the middle of the cover, with his hands reaching as, as if they are holding the words "Foo Fighters". David is shown as quite aggressive as his face is all scrunched up, one eye brow up and he is showing his teeth off to the camera. The cover has many different pictures, titles and statements and this makes it a very busy cover. Towards the bottom of the cover, there is a neon and vibrant green CD cover, this really pops out the reader cause of the neon colours. The lighting is very harsh and bright which presents Dave appear striking and bold to the viewer. The quote 'We've been to funerals, we've been to jail...' presents Dave as very hardcore and brave and also shows how devoted Dave is to his music and how far he would go for it. It makes him seem the bad boy, who fought for his music.

In the RNR magazine, there are lots of neutral colours like brown and white that give a more neutral tone to the cover. Christy Moore has a slight smile on his face and the lighting is very warm and kind presenting him as a heart-warming and loving person. The cover is very plain and nothing exciting or eye catching is on it. The quote 'These days it's yoga, camomile tea and three Our Fathers' shows that Christy is a very simple and basic man who does the everyday things that most people do. In the bottom left there is a simple CD cover with a slight pun of 'Un-herd' which relates to the zebra in the corner and being 'un-heard of'. This presents Christy as kind and funny. This cover is more simple and boring compared to the MOJO one which has bright colours and popping images that catch the eyes of each reader.

 

 

CUFFS: REAL LIFE

 How far does the extract try to create a sense that it is portraying 'real life':

The extract of cuffs tries to portray a sense of real life. they do this by showing the audience that the police officers have a social life. This is shown when Donna, Jake, Brian and Lino are having their lunch and eating in the cafeteria. Everyone does this and it is a normal real life thing to do, it shows the police force are normal people and do normal people stuff. 

Cuffs also shows a lot of digest sounds. they use this by sounds of the public, talking, the tracker, moving cars and police radio. These sounds of Digest portrays cuff as real life and it shows to be more real and true. These sounds happen in everyday life and is not edited in after the scenes have been filmed. This all gives a sense of real life. 

CUFFS: MEDIA LANGUAGE, REPRESENTATION OF CHARACTERS, SOCIAL ISSUES AND CONTEXTS.

We watch Cuffs using click view and word from the OCR GCSE text book staring at page 5.

- non diegetic music (sounded edited in)

- arc pan to show they are looking around (where there eyes go)

-  Jake on first day got; bleed on, spat on, felt up

- salvatlance (wants to find out with who, what when, wants to know everything)

- two shot (two people in the frame)

- soft shoot (the background is fussy to show who to focus on)

- focus pool ( the focus person switches and showed a different person focus, while the other is fussy)

- hard cut (goes straight to another shot, doesn't do transition)

- cross cutting

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POPCORN PREP

 Name 3 different camera movements; explain how they may be used?

soft shoot- this is where the background is fussy and they do this to put a focus on the character.

arc pan- they use this to show the person is looking around and the camera will go where the eyes go.

hard cut- goes straight to another shot with no transitions.

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MOJO: MEDIA LANGUAGE

 

Main splash / image: who is it and does it celebrate the person? How is it lit? Is the singer made to look important? How many other images are there? 

The cover of mojo shows Neil Young. The cover is very well lit and is very colourful which means it presents the person in a good way. Neil is made to look important as he is the centre of attention with a close up shot of his upper body and face. There are a few other images like the one in the bottom left which is a CD cover. This shows that the magazine is advertising Neil's music.

How 'busy' is the cover as a whole?

Are there cover lines (additional articles)? How organised are they? Do most music magazines have a similar number of cover lines (additional articles)?

The cover has lots of things going on as there is a lot of writing on the sides This writing is talking about all the articles inside the magazine. The cover lines are very organised and easy to see, most magazines normally have a similar number of cover lines.

What are the main colours and is there an accent colour?

The main colours are blue and a sunset shade of orange. 

Is there a cover mount and is this typical of MOJO?

This is a typical MOJO front cover as it has a big picture in the middle and other articles/adverts on the side.

LEGO INDUSTRY TERMS

 

• franchise:  A film series, tv shows or film collection that all take place in the same fictional universe and timeline, or marketed as a series. For example the Lego movies and Avengers movies are a franchise.

 

• synergy: where two or more products or organisation help each other and work together to promote a product. an example is Lego movies uses miniature figures that are Lego related.

 

• tent-pole production: a big-budget movie whose earnings are expected to help compensate the studio for its less profitable movies.

 

• ensemble cast: An ensemble cast is one which is composed of multiple actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time. In the Lego movie the ensemble cast is Wyld Style, Emmet, Vitruvius, Lord Business, Uni-kitty, Shakespeare, Batman etc

 

• conglomerate:A media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet. For example Lego land is linked to the Lego movie and is owned by the same company

 

• vertical integration: When a Media Company owns different businesses in the same chain of production and distribution. For example, the Lego movie company owns the movie and the video game too which is in the same chain of production and distribution as the film

 

BBFC MOVIE AGE RATING’S:

The age ratings in order go U, PG, 12A, 12, 15, 18. U is suitable for all views. PG is suitable for all with parental guidance. 12A is suitable for 12-year olds and older to see at cinema, unless with an adult, if the child is under 12 the adult can choose if it is suitable for them. 12 is suitable for 12 and above. 15 is suitable for 15 and above. 18 is suitable for 18 and above.

According to the BBFC, the Lego movie was rated a U, meaning it is suitable for all viewers. This is rated a U since there some very mild bad words, like heck, darn, butt and bum. These words aren’t very bad so can be said in front of children. There is a bit of fighting in the movie. They do kick and punch each other, a few of the Lego heads pop off too. But since it is Lego and not real humans it is not that bad. The fighting is very mild fighting and wont cause any nightmares or scare the children.

 

PEGI GAME AGE RATINGS:

PEGI 3 is rated for all ages, no bad language or anything frightening or views, maybe a mild amount of fighting. PEGI 7 is had mild fighting and can also have scene or sounds that may be frightening for younger children. PEGI 12 has slightly more graphic fighting, sexual posturing can be shown and any bad langue must be mild. PEGI 16 has violence and sexual scene are more graphic, use is bad words are allowed and alcohol and illegal drugs are shown. PEGI 18 has killing and fighting in graphic images and against defenceless characters, explicit sexual scenes are allowed. Alcohol, illegal drugs and gambling are also shown.

The Lego movie video game is rated PEGI 7. This is because it has battles where the Lego characters need to hit each other and then once hit can fall into little Lego pieces. There is mild violence.

 

Task 1: how does Emmet come across? How effective would this trailer be in promoting the film?

emmet comes across as a very chill and calm guy. he isn't anything special, he wants to fit into the crowd and be a ordinary person. He has no special qualities and is a people pleaser so does what he is told with no fuss. He is a bit clueless and does not seem like the type of person to be hero. the hero is normally different and he is not.

the trailer is effective in promoting the film because it shows he theme and lightness of the movie. it shows it is a bouncy and colourful film, with nothing remotely scary or dark in anyway. it shows a repetitive and kid-like song, witch represents the whole movie and shows what its like. the trailer shows the storyline and main characters in it and even what some are like.

FILM MAKING

 Firstly, we chose lots  of pretty flowery Japanese themed objected and they were all out on a table, nicely. we made sure they were very close together, leaving no gaps. we then filmed from close up to make sure you could only see it and not any of the floor or objects around it. we filmed all at once and didn't do any little clips. we filmed as we moved along the table. 

we went on YouTube to find a some track. we found a clam and smoothing Japanese song and added it behind the clip. then added text over the clip to show the title of the movie and who were the main people involved. we used a text that fit with the Japanese theme of the clips. 

we then dressed Maddi up in a Japanese robe, added pearl necklace to her and gave her a red Japanese umbrella. we went up to the back of the mansion steps. we filmed Maddi dropping the pearl necklace on top of a silk sheet which was wrapped round and made to look like a baby was in it. she dropped it down to give the impression, she was leaving her baby behind. we then added this on to the other clips.

after that we made our stock animation. we used a small camera, attached to a bendy stand. we connected the camera to the mac books. then we printed out a sheet of paper that said tiger tails production, words in yellow. we put a jigsaw of  tiger over the words. then moved the jigsaw apart in little photos until it revealed the words below, which said tiger tails production. every time we moved a piece, we took a picture so then by the end there was a video of the jigsaw breaking apart and sliding of the screen. 

once we finished filming, we imported the tiger tails in front of the Japanese clip. we found a tiger roar on the mac book and added it on top, when it shows the tiger. then we were done with our amazing movie. 

 

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS 07.10.21

 First, we watched two opening to movies. They weren't the actual movie, but objects that connect to them and in big letter the showed the names of the main actors in the movie or the main people who helped out  in making the movie. we were given some Japanese objects like kimono, pearls, blossom umbrella, jewellery, fan and flower. we placed all these objects nicely together and filmed it slowly going past all of them. we made sure to show everything but not make it too boring. after we went outside to do filming. we dressed Maddi in the kimono and got her to hold a baby. we went to the back of the mansion to film. We filmed the back of Maddi head and she put the baby down on the stairs. she left it there and then put some pearls on top of the baby. then we started to edit it all togther.

02 MUSIC VIDEO

 i have watched Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus and made a comic using Comic life in class. it is about a boy who wants to belong and fit in. it is about a guy, who is not very popular or well known, no dress sense and is a bit of a loser. he wants the popular pretty girl (who is out of his league) but she is dating the popular jock, who's handsome and buff and good at sport. 

he wants to belong and fit in with all his school peers but he doesn't feel like he fits in or belongs there. he tries his hardest to become friends with the jocks but they just made fun of him and laughed. by the end he gets the girl by just being himself and she likes him back. but then at the end a disco falls on his head. then we see it was all a dream and that none of this did really happen and he goes back to a loser who doesn't fit in.

CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

 THE COLD WAR

From reading the observer from the 1960s, I learnt people were very worried about the cold war. the cold war was a period in time where the Soviet Union and united states were in Politic tension. This started just after world war 2. It is not 100% sure the actual dates when it started and stops but it was around 1947-1991. The reason it was called the cold war is because there was never any actual fighting and big fights, they only threatened and had big arguments. Both sides at allies. United stated was called the western bloc, while the Soviet Union was called the eastern bloc.

The cold war was caused by tension between the two country’s after the war, fear of communism in the united states and also the emerge of nuclear weapons. Both, soviet and the states did not trust each other and were both ready to fight if needed.

when the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. Then later in 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. Then very quickly the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.