Targets

Targets:

• Examples from the British Film Industry must be used.
• Examples from our cast study, Working Title, need to be used.
• Refer back to the question throughout the essay.
• Discuss Audience and Institution.
• Use appropiate terminology in the essay.
• Include detailed points and explain don't describe.

I think the main targets that I need to focus on are; discussing audience and institution and using the terminology we have learnt. I am going to do this by trying to learn more of the terminology associated with audience and institution so that I can include it in future essays. Also, I will try and always relate the essay questions to our topic focus, audience and institution.

Age Representation

Age representation

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Age Stereotypes

Here is a list of obvious stereotypes for teenagers and old people:

Old People:

• dress smartly
• strongly opinionated
• interested in puzzles and crosswords
• prefer things 'how they used to be'
• tend to have illnesses/physical problems
• grumpy
• flatcaps
• don't like young people
• moan a lot
• traditional
• narrowminded
• deaf
• hunchbacked-walking stick
• racist
• stubborn
• sleep a lot
• lonely

Teenagers:

• lazy
• rely on other people/parents
• interested in video games and shopping
• sometimes seen as disrespectful
• take care over appearance
• immature
• gangs
• anti-social behaviour
• rude
• noisy
• modern
• drugs
• outgoing
• criminals
• violence
• sexual
• teenage pregnancy
• sub groups; chavs, emo, goth, geek, greb
• moody
• argumentative

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Let the Right One in

Let the Right One In

Theories

Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-2009)

He came up with the theory of binary opposites, for example:

• Good v Evil
• Black v White
• Tall v Short
• Old v Young      etc.

Vladimir Propp (1895-1970)

He came up with the theory of character roles.

• the hero - the character who seeks something
• the villain
• the donor - who provides an object with some magic property
• the helper - aids the hero
• the princess - reward for the hero, often the object of the villains schemes
• her father - who rewards the hero
• the dispatcher - who send the hero on his way
• the false hero - seems to be heroic initially, turns out to be evil or a red herring

A red herring is a character or object that is introduced as seemingly important. it is then left behind/forgotten/not mentioned again, this character then turns out to have no real importance.

Tzvetan Todorov

This theory was that every story has an equilibrium that is disturbed and then restored.

It has a 3 part narrative structure:

1. equilibrium
2. distruption of equilibrium
3. restoration of equilibrium or new equilibrium

Prezi - Hardware Spider Diagram

Hardware on Prezi

The 'Male Gaze' in a Music Video

Akon - Don't matter  (click on image above to view)

At the begining of the video we get an image of the woman walking out from the house towards the camera. She's not looking at the camera, so we get the idea that she's looking at the man in the video. She produces a 'chocolate box' smile to draw the audience's attention towards her. After seeing her, the male audience have their attention focused on her, and therefore will want to see her again. The rest of the video is focused on her, and she uses many of the other classic looks that Marjorie Ferguson and Trevor Millum suggested.

When she originally walks out from the house, as we talked about before, the female character produces the 'chocolate box' smile, which is described as warmth, where their features are perfect and smooth. This is what is shown here at the begining of the video to introduce us to the character.

She then gets into a car with the male character, and they drive off towards the beach. During their drive, the female character produces the 'super-smiler' look, in which her chin is thrown back, hair wind swept, as if implying that she wants the men to look at her.

Later on in the video, around 1 minute and 45 seconds, the female character is looking back towards the camera with her head titled to one side. Her mouth is shut, almost like it's about to turn into a smile. This is the iconic 'invitational' look, as she is almost suggesting something mischievous may occur.

Throughout the video, the two character's feature in the same image. They're are looking towards each other in a way that suggests that they are in love. This look is known as the 'Romantic or Sexual' look as this shows the love between the two characters in the video. Although it may be romantic, I don't think that it is included to attract a male audience.

This is England '86

Notes:

• Same producer as film, Mark Herbert, but there was a second producer, Derrin Schlesinger
• Shane Meadows directed the 3rd and 4th episodes
• Same characters as film three years on
• Tom Harper directed the 1st and 2nd episodes (not involved in film)
• Written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne
• Warp films/Big arty production for channel 4
• Supported by Screen Yorkshire Production fund
• Co financed by EM Media
• A lot more characters and people involved
• After the Big Brother demise, channel 4 decided to invest an extra £20 million a year into dramas
• How skinheads went to mods
• Unemployment
• Left over ideas from film used
• Warp is a developing company
• Sponsored by Peugot
• Different fashions and styles
• Bigger cast
• More artificial lighting used than film
• More props
• Same humour
• More locations
• Still pre fabricated sets
• Different feel of cinematography
• Post production enhancement used
• Shaun isnt the only main character this time

This is England

Notes:

• £1.5 million budget
• funded by national lottery
• received £90,000 after production from uk film council
• made in 2006
• warp film
• directed by Shane Meadows
• based on his own experiences
• main star: never acted, bad family life, socially deprived area
• filmed in a pre-fabricated set in Sheffield
• props bought on ebay for authenticity
• natural lighting
• element of improvisation from actors
• actors given a creative input
• produced by Mark Herbert
• set in 1983, high unemployment
• skin Head culture focus, trying to change perception of them
• aimed at teenager originally but was given an 18 rating
• montage of England in 1983 shown at the start; Margret Thatcher, Princess Diana, Faulklands War
• working class audience
• British weather humour and fashion shown
• reggae music
• mise en scene; graffiti, iconic, patriotic
• handheld camera work
• no special effects
• slower pace shots than Hot Fuzz

Notes from Disability Lesson

Notes:

• depends on the disability.
• dependant on others.
• brave.
• sympathy.
• awkwardness.
• we feel lucky.
• don't want to patronise them, feel uncomfortable.
• they cant help it.
• unsure on how to behave around them.

Famous Disabled People:

• Heather Mills (1 leg)
• Stephen Hawkins (wheelchair, motor neurone)
• Gordon Brown (1 eye)
• Stevie Wonder (blind)
• Verne Troyer (dwarfism)
• Muhammad Ali (Parkinson's)
• Albert Einstein (autistic)
• Michael J Fox (Parkinson's)
• Motzart (deaf)

Hollywood Films/actors in disabled roles:

• Rainman (Dustin Hoffman)
• Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
• My Left Foot (Daniel Day Lewis)
• I Am Sam (Sean Penn)
• Born On The 4th Of July (Tom Cruise)
• Waterboy (Adam Sandler)
• 50 First Dates (Drew Barrymore)
• Unbreakable (Samuel L Jackson)
• Million Dollar  Baby (Hilary Swank)

Disability representations:

The Male Gaze Notes

Marjorie Ferguson vocabulary:

1. Chocolate Box: half or full-smile, lips together or slightly parted, teeth barely visible, full or three-quarter face to camera. Projected mood: blandly pleasing, warm bath warmth, where uniformity of features in their smooth perfection is devoid of uniqueness or of individuality.
2. Invitational: emphasis on the eyes, mouth shut or with only a hint of a smile, head to one side or looking back to camera. Projected mood: suggestive of mischief or mystery, the hint of contact potential rather than sexual promise, the cover equivalent of advertising’s soft sell.
3. Super-smiler: full face, wide open toothy smile, head thrust forward or chin thrown back, hair often wind-blown. Projected mood: aggressive, ‘look-at-me’ demanding, the hard sell, ‘big come-on’ approach.
4. Romantic or Sexual: a fourth and more general classification devised to include male and female ‘two-somes’; or the dreamy, heavy-lidded, unsmiling big-heads, or the overtly sensual or sexual. Projected moods: possible ‘available’ and definitely ‘available’.

Trevor Millum vocabulary:

1. Seductive: similar to the cool/level look in many respects - the eyes are less wide, perhaps shaded, the expression is less reserved but still self-sufficient and confident; milder versions may include a slight smile.
2. Carefree: nymphlike, active, healthy, gay, vibrant, outdoor girl; long unrestrained outward-flowing hair, more outward-going than the above, often smiling or grinning.
3. Practical: concentrating, engaged on the business in hand, mouth closed, eyes object-directed, sometimes a slight frown; hair often short or tied back
4. Comic: deliberately ridiculous, exaggerated, acting the fool, pulling faces for the benefit of a real or imaginary audience, sometimes close to a sort of archness.
5. Catalogue: a neutral look as of a dummy, artificial, waxlike; features may be in any position, but most likely to be with eyes open wide and a smile, but the look remains vacant and empty; personality has been removed. (Millum 1975, 97-8)

Notes on Female Model



Look: not into camera, distracted/disinterested, dosen't care who is watching

Hair: messy, wet, feminine, sexual, swimming, shower

Legs: open- sexual element

Stance: hands on hips, tip toes, toned legs, dominant, confidence

Arms: stressed, tired, knows she looks good

Lingerie: sexual, feminine, attention drawn to what is being advertised

Body: toned, perfect, too thin?, confident

Shoes/Feet: tip toes, heels- longer legs, skinnier, heels make it more sexual

Notes on the Male Model

Hair: short, masculine, clean

Bicep: muscular

Bar: he has a good grip on it, suggests he has been to the gym

Background Colour: red- poison, sexual, romantic, heat, danger

Necklace: feminine, fashion, personal, religious, shows sensitivity

Tattoo: in a sexual place, wild animal, rebellious

Underwear: tight, advertising product and brand

Hand: in a fist - could show aggression, suggestive

Pubic Area: shaven, clean, appealing, tan lines

Abs: toned, attention drawn here

Body: tanned, sweaty, wet, sexual look

Stubble: manly, masculine, rugged look

Lips: pouting, full, shiny, not manly

Face: strong jaw line, chiseled, high cheek bones

Look: determined, engaging, confident, inviting, suggestive

The Gaze Lesson Notes

• 'The Gaze' is used in film theory to refer to the ways the viewers look at images of people in a visual medium.
• 'The male gaze' refers to the way in which men look at women in a visual medium.
• The fourth wall is a metaphor for the audience and when an actor talks down to the camera as if they are addressing the audience.
• Laura Mulvey came up with the theory of the male gaze.
• She thought that men were more often shown as active and women passive.
• Also, she put forward the idea that the woman is the 'image' and the man is the 'bearer of the look'.

Male Gaze Powerpoint

Representations

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