how does your media prodcut represent particular social groups?

Natasha:
plays the roles of one of the school girls who is babysitting her brother. she is abit more outgoing then her friend marie. Natasha has been compared to one of the main characters from Mean Girls, this is because the character we compared her to is one which is outgoing, and seems popular and gets what she wants.


Marie:
Marie is the other school girl who is a bit more sensible then natasha, but also seems to follow natasha and never does anything wrong altough when it does go wrong she seems very worried. Marie is compared to a character from Wild Child who is very sensible, very mature and never wants to do anything wrong but when she does she gets very worried.

Group task

For our group task, we have to create an opening sequence to a thriller film. Before we are aloud to start filming we have to decide what our thriller is going to be about, the characters involved, and what our target audience is.
In my group is Natasha, Marie and Will.
As a group we have to create a group blog, for this blog we all have to upload different tasks. The tasks i did for the group blog are the following:
character profiles
what our audiences are looking for
stalker ideas
our ideas

Blade II

Examine how genre and characters are introduced? what conventions are present? how does the film try and grab audiences attention?what questions are you left asking from the opening sequence?

The main character (Blade) is introduced through a voiceover ecplaining about himself. It shows us when he was born and explains about his strengths.

It also introduces us to another character called Whistler who goes missing and Blade is going to find him.

The clips show several weapons and bullets for Blade to use.
The opening clip ends in suspense, which is when the audience then want to see more as they want to know more.

Some questions which we were left asking: Why is he a vampire?

Why did he need weapons to hunt?

Who attacked Whistler?

Fight Club

For the second opening sequence you analyse, Focus on how the narrative is introduced to you. what clues do you get about the films content- from the opening sequence? how is the narrative introduced?

background music: sounded like club music and then a voice over.
Camera: Fast moving
Lights: lights flash in certain areas, bright colours.

the clip looks like it is showing the inside of someone. the camera moves in various directions, there are flashes of light running through what looks like tubes. Film credits are shown evertime the camera slows down and stops.

Suddenly we see two vague circles and the camera slowly moves in and they become clearer, the camera then rotates and we see a character sitting upright on the floor with a gun his mouth and a character who we can olny see an arm of holding the gun.

Hostage

Task 1/ For the first one- focus on the titles- how does the title sequence give yu clues about the film. Use screen captures to illustrate your point. Analyse colour, fonts, names of filmcompanies etc.

The film companies involved with this film were miramax films and stratus film company.
Film by: Florent siri this was shown to us in bold whit letters on a wall.

When the title is shown to us it is in big red block letters which could indicate to us that it coukd be a murder film as the red could be blood.

All the titles in the opening clip are made in a similar way, Bold font with either white or black background and some have red writing.

Throughout the clip by some of the credits there would be police, it was as if they were waiting for a command but also watching something.

The camera moves on and then your on top of a roof, there are police on top, the camera looks down and there is a street of houses and one is highlighted red, this could be the house the police are watching.

All the clues in the opening sequence make me think that the film is about someone who is being held hostage and the police are trying to get that person out without getting them injured.

Memento

Director: Christopher Nolan

What is the film about?

-Revenge

-physco

-murderer

-unusual narrative structure

-memories- reflections of murder

-starting at the end- everything is in reverse.

How are characters introduced?

-Nervous inexperienced Killer

-prepared and highly focused killer

-significance of suit

-picture of significance

How is Genre introduced?

-Typical Iconography - guns, blood, and bullet.

-Enigma.

What keeps us watching?

-Why is he taking a picture?

-Who is he?

-Who has he killed?

Openining Sequence

Film: Seven

Director: David Fincher

What do we learn about the character/s?

-Police officer

-gun holster- which shows his an officer

-suit- which shows his an officer

-badge- which shows his an officer

-his organised and has a routine in the morning.

-lives alone which suggest his lonely.

BRADPITT CHARACTER

-Could be old guys replacement

-enthusiastic about being a detective

-passionate and laid back

What's the film about?

-About senior officers

-a case that needs to be solved- introduced with an initial crime scene

-the relationship between two characters and how they work as a team.

What will keep us watching?

-what happend with the murdered man?

-what will happen within the 7 days Bradd is there?

-the cast is very well known.

How is Genre introduced?

-Disturbing opening titles - stalker or physcotic

-eerie noises and mystery

-uncertaintity and enigma created- metromome and murder scene

-unnerving music title sequence.