Practical- intial ideas

I would like to work with Sukhi, Kyle and Zaid.

Initial ideas :
- An thriller revolving around a teen in the wrong crowd
- A comedy

Media awards- analysis

The Bench

The bench used non-diegetic music, this helps create an atmosphere. Also there was a voice over of the main protagonist which assisted in directing the audience about his nature and give a little background on him. The Bench used Tracking shots where the character was riding on his bicycle, which helped as see the speed at which he was going, and helped create a fast pace along with the cuts along with the tracking shots alternating between the three main characters, who were meeting up. The prop of the spliff on the table helped create a more realistic perspective of a teenagers life, and identify with the audience. The costumes were mostly jeans and a hoodie creating a stereotypical teenager look of hooligans. The lighting throughout the whole extract was high key, this helped present the expressions on all the characters faces.  The use of Make-up in the aftermath of the fight scene, helped portray the danger of the man in the suit and at what lengths he would go to retrieve his money, this also hints to his character as merciless and demonic, do to his brutish attack. 

Escape

Escape used cuts throughout their video, this created fast paced, intense scenes. The use of parallel non-diegetic music helped with the atmosphere of the chase scene, as it assisted in setting the mood of the actual chase from the man in the lab coat. The Prop of the flower in the mans lab coat, was a binary opposite of the mans actual character, who chased down the three boys, as he was portrayed as the villain of the extract and, also it adds a essence of humor as it is uncommon to find a yellow flower on a stereotypical villain, and  breaks down the typical view of a villain. Further more, the costumes used by the three protagonists was of school clothes, which shows they could have been in search of some school answers/cheat sheets, which could also be a binary opposition of a stereotypical hero. Lighting was High-key throughout the the whole extract, it helped show the facial expressions on all the characters faces.      

Overall 

WWW- The media awards was decorated and lighted brightly, with low-key light, with filler lights. All the productions were outstanding and memorable.

EBI- the food was unsatisfactory

BBC 1 Profile

The types of programmes that appear on BBC 1 are news based programmes, some sports based programmes such as snooker and occasionally family films. These all revolve around the world and information that concerns everyone. The link/theme is that the programmes are mostly informative and appeal to high brow audience, such as thirty years plus, higher class unisex, wealthy people. the main aim of the channel is to educate and inform people about the world news and provide a service to the wealthy high brow audience.

Teaching- Evaluation

Evaluation

WWW:

-Good use of questioning to get people involved and nice ideas for starter.

-Good clear teaching on the basics.

-Slide on synergy is good

-Excellent history and clear facts.

-Plenary- Excellent targeted questions to show that learning has taken place.

-Excellent handout- given out at the end so people still had to make notes. Good thinking.

EBI: 

-Stater- could be a little more focus.-("Write 3 things you know about the BBC" ) 

-Could say more much more on synergy - BBC sport is a good example of this.

-Funding is crucial- but have you mentioned the license fee? Yes- good. Good to see the commercial side mentioned too but perhaps could have gone further.

-Go a bit further or discuss more on history.

-Make sure people are not confused.

-Important to make sure there are not any misunderstandings before ending the lesson.

Self-evaluation

From my point of view what went well was that I was able to get the knowledge of the BBC that i had researched across to the class, I was confident and didn't read off the board, and maintained eye contact with the class rather then looking at the handout and reading off that. I covered the base of most of the questions that were given for research. The presentation would of been better I had got the class to get more involved in the starter to set up the presentation. Further more to check with them if they are confused and fix any misunderstandings they may have.

Short film extract analysis- Scream 4

Scream 4- Olivia's death scene

The lighting at the start of the extract is high-key, this assists in presenting the facial expressions of the characters, this contrasts to stereotypical slasher genre film scenes. This creates an opposing effect to the movies story line and the genre, this also creates an enigma code of why its so bright in the night time? is there a real villain? As the phone is ringing the Kirby move across the room, where a back light is used on her to show her on the phone to ghost face is the main subject at that point to draw their attention away from their friend Olivia. Further more the movement in to the darker area of the room is joined by serious non-diegetic music to enhance the effect of Ghost faces' dialogue. The non-diegetic music builds up suspense as Kirby goes to open the closet door, which is anti-climactic as the closet is empty, along with this the music drops , this relieves the built up tension and suspense. The scene is moved on to Olivia's house where ghost face breaks out of the closet and commences his attack on Olivia. The use of high-key lighting shows the expressions on Olivia's face, with her screams of anguish and cries for help. The shots used in the slashing scenes are mainly medium shots, which shows the locations at which she has been stabbed. When she gets stabbed in her back we see a close up of her face, where her eyes roll to the back of her head. AS ghost face finishes his prey off he hangs he torso out the window, where the medium shot shows Olivia's bloody clothing.

Still Image analysis- The Wolverine

In the image above there is low-key lighting, this creates a darkened atmosphere to enhance the combat scene. This contrast of light and dark also symbolizes the fight between good and bad, hero and villain. The use of the back light doesn't fully create a full silhouette but still present both characters in a superior light due to the lighting and the low angle shot. The key light is the most influential and helps show the physical characteristics of both characters, increasing the effect of the strength of them, making us perceive them as immortal and above the human race.

Citizen Kane extract analysis

Cinematography is used in many aspects of the extract to create meaning.The establishing shot is a close up of a gate, that slowly pans up towards the top. This connotes a dark and gloomy image, evident from the slow pace, also that it can build up a darker climax within the extract. the sound is non-diegetic, which is menacing music, this connotes that something more sinister is afoot and creating a malevolent feel to the scene. As the extract continues, there is a fade-to-black, to a long shot of a creepy castle sitting in the distance, this can represent the designated scene for the breaking point of what is going to happen, but also surfaces and enigma code of whats the significance of  the castle? why is it used?
The extract moves on to an extreme close up of a snow globe representing that it is winter, as well as Christmas being around the corner. Although it could also suggest that the person holding the snow globe could have an aspiration to have an actual family in the house of the snow globe and even see first snow before he passes away. Then there is a point-of-view shot through the snow globe, this could present that we are looking from the perspective of the protagonist, who is witnessing the last moments of his life.  
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