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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Essay planning


essay planning

Does it conform to traditional ideas about genre?
Intro- made a thriller, does is conform or not?
Soundtrack & foley
Camera angles & shot types
theorists

To what extent does your thriller conform to traditional structures of genre?

My opening sequence doesn’t completely conform to the traditional idea of a thriller. The heroes of thrillers are usually males, however my protagonist is a female assassin appearing as the dominant character. The story line, mise-en-scene, camera shots and soundtrack have stuck to the normal conventional ideas of thrillers, for example there’s slow motion action shots, close ups and sharp quick shot change throughout the sequence.

Lighting & theorist 1
Steve Neale said that genres will evolve over time and adapt, my thriller complies with this statement because although the base of it is the same as traditional ideas of what a thriller should be, there’s still aspects that are different such as the female assassin. Assassins are stereotypical and are often found in thrillers, but they’re mostly men.
The lighting in my thriller didn’t conform to norms because most of the camera shots and locations were naturally very well lit, stereotypical thrillers have dark lighting if any.

My soundtrack & foley



Explanation
Evidence
Argument
Genres evolve over time
Steve Neale
My thriller is breaking away from the conventions thriller genre because my protagonist is a female assassin. In past traditional thrillers the hero has always been a dominant male.
Genres are culture categories
Jason Mittel

Genres are a “set of pleasures”
Rick Altman
Visceral Pleasures- edge of your seat
Intellectual- Puzzling storyline
Visceral & intellectual pleasure is included in my thriller
You can mix genres
Abercrombie
N/A



Exam planning- Genres

3 exam questions. 2 hours 

1 of those questions. -head (theory)
What does this show you about genre?
Horror-
Dramatic music
Lighting is very dark
Bad weather
Angles- show dominance
Old Vampire

Romantic/horror
Mysteries building music
A lot of research/statistics
Dark/cold lighting
Location
Angles- show dominance 
Young Vampire
Been googled
He's castrated- doesn't drink blood

Key words-
Conventions
Steve Neal "genres evolve over time"
Leighmediaa2sectionA1B.blogspot.co.uk
2012 February narrative 

Friday, 10 January 2014

The hustle essay


This clip represents gender and the stereotypical roles society thinks they should play by various ways. Femininity and masculinity adapts within the characters for example props and costumes, stereotypes, location, editing and sound.

Significance of gender
The first character that appears in the clip is the male sales assistant strikes me as a post masculine male because he’s working in retail that is considered to be a job for a female. The way he talks and the vocabulary he uses indicates his archetype is camp, as well as his behaviour and the way he reacts ecstatically to a dress that has just been imported from Paris strongly suggested he’s a camp feminine male or in a stereotypical point of view, he’s gay. The second character to be portrayed is a poor elderly lady, visually she looks like she doesn’t keep up her appearance or possibly cant because of a lack of disposable income. This contrasts between the rich lady with the nicely maintained hair and expensively looking clothing to show the difference in lifestyle and how appearance is important and closely linked to hierarchy. It was noticeable to me that she is very self-reliant because she doesn’t expect her husband to pay for her dress even though it’s for her daughters wedding. Although her self reliance contradicts the stereotype of a woman she becomes submissive when she realises she cant afford the dress, implying she’s the subordinate to the male sales assistant. The camera angles that are used when she is talking are often looking down on from the male’s point of view to show how she is considered the inferior character. When the man is conversing with her they are partly in a close up but you can always see the middle class lady to show contrast of class and gender stereotypes. The middle class lady is well presented in the clip with one of the first close ups being of her diamond wedding ring, white gold watch, perfect hair and make up. This suggests she’s a sex object and stereotypically a housewife with no aspirations; she in actual fact is a scam artist and tricks the male sales assistant by pretending. This means she’s not a stereotypical typical woman.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Camera Shots of Parity


Shot 1- extreme close up of antagonists face
Shot 2- close up of the weapon dropping to the floor
Shot 3- medium shot of the dead body propped up on the floor
Shot 4- medium long shot of the killer being surprised
Shot 5– Close up of the knife
Shot 6- medium long shot of the dead body and the antagonist
Shot 7- medium close up of the antagonist looking around the toilet
Shot 8- close up of the antagonist matched on action into the cubicle of the toilet
Shot 9- close up of the antagonist looking into the mirror
Shot 10- close up of the antagonist having a flashback of the murder reflected in the mirror
Shot 11- close up of the antagonist washing his hands of the blood