Friday, 11 March 2011
Question6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
This is a Wordle of all of the technologies that we have used in our media romantic comedy opening sequence.
Question3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Production companies are responsible for the production of all new media. This company may will also be responsible for the raiing and funding for the whole production and may accomplish this through emissary. There are large and small production companies, for our film we chose to make our own production company 'Bad Seed'. We researched lots of different opening sequences to do with our chosengenre of Romantic Comedy and found that 'mirimax' was a common distributor of Romantic Comedies. We looked at the job roles listed in 'Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging' and wrote them down. Jobs such as Cinematographer, actors, director were displayed. We decided to have our titles in importance order to draw the audience in imediately and make them not want to stop watching as thy already know the main/important names within our media opening sequence.
Question4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
Name: Elenya Grant
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Lives: Sutton
Watches what TV programmes: south park, heartbeat, family guy, american dad, silence of the lambs, songs of praise, antiques roadshow, agatha christie, eastenders, hollyoaks.
Visits what websites: Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Spotify.
Does what when they go out: goes out with friends, listens to music and watches telly.
Listens to what music: Dub-step, R&B, Rock, Hip hop
Wears what clothes: dark colous, unless its summer because then she likes to look summery.
Reads what magazines: OK!, Heat,
Likes/is involved with which subcultures: goes to see bands perform live
Shops where: Asda Tesco Primark oxfam.
Aspires to be: A matress tester.
Has how much spare £££: not a dime.
Likes this particular genre because: she wants to get married soon, and like love films.
Question2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In our opening sequence class is shown in a certain way. The class of both the male and female character differs hugely. The male character which Darren plays is very high and upper class, he works for a big company and gets a large salary. Being rich, and upper class it means he has a nice house to himself, on the other hand there is Emily's character who is a lot more middle class, and is very unorganised, crazy and a bit different. She is shown as clumsy to reinforce the fact that she is middle class, and to show that she is of a lower class than Darren's character. We also used costume to define the classes of the two main characters. We chose to dress Darren in a suit, and look very formal ready for work, whereas Emily's character was wearing a smart-casual outfit.
This is Darrens outfit, which is a suit, which is very formal clothing.
This is Emilys outfit, which is immature and scruffy.
Gender is represented in our media product as very stereotypical. The male character holds a lot of status and power often by the costume that he wears. He looks corporal and professional in what he wears as he wears a suit. Whereas the woman has a lower status, and looks less professional. By looking that way, she appears to have less power and is portrayed as a typical woman, not as important/rich as the male persona.
Both of the characters in our opening sequence are of a white ethnicity, which is stereotypical of a Romantic Comedy film. Most Romantic Comedy films have two main characters that are white. It is rare to see two main characters in a romantic comedy film that are both of a different ethnicity, or mixed racial couples.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Question1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The title of the film:
The title of our opening sequence has a different specific type of font which looks like someones handwriting, and looks like it could have been taken right out of a diary. In a lot of the opening sequences we've looked at which were in some of the opening sequences of romantic comedies we looked at they also had this as it looked like it would have been written by the main character and looks personal to them.
Setting/ location:
The setting is in the characters households and in the surrounding areas, there is some shots of the local area and the two characters walking around the local setting. This is a common convention in romantic comedy films because they often have a personal touch by showing where the characters live and the inside of houses. By giving it a personal touch the viewers feel closer to the characters and feel more involved in the film.
Story and how the opening sets it up:
The opening sequence starts as the two characters are getting ready, and it shows shots of the two characters doing the same thing but in their different ways in their own houses. By showing the two different people doing different things it accentuates the 'opposites attract' idea within this opening sequence. This is a common convention of a Romantic Comedy style film. A lot of films that we analysed and looked at such as Bridget Jones diary, shows the woman in her home in the opening sequence so that we get a glimpse of her personality and by using her home it gives the film a personal touch.
Genre and how the opening suggests it:
You immediately know the genre of this opening sequence as it is clear to the audience that involving a female and male character isn't likely to be a thriller/horror and looks bubbly and fun to watch. By using the boy and the girl character side by side shows that it is going to have an essence of romance later on in the film.
How characters are introduced:
The opening sequence shows the two characters as a typical male character which is very smart and clever and rich. The female character is a stereotypical ditsy, clumsy woman.
The title of our opening sequence has a different specific type of font which looks like someones handwriting, and looks like it could have been taken right out of a diary. In a lot of the opening sequences we've looked at which were in some of the opening sequences of romantic comedies we looked at they also had this as it looked like it would have been written by the main character and looks personal to them.
Setting/ location:
The setting is in the characters households and in the surrounding areas, there is some shots of the local area and the two characters walking around the local setting. This is a common convention in romantic comedy films because they often have a personal touch by showing where the characters live and the inside of houses. By giving it a personal touch the viewers feel closer to the characters and feel more involved in the film.
Costume and props:
The female character is meant to be messy and unorganised, and the male character is meant to be anal and stuck up. The male character has to obsess over little things and is very anal in what he does. He likes to keep things neat and tidy and is very corporal with what he does, he has to look like a stereotypical business man. The female character has to look ditsy and a bit 'out there' she is the opposite the male character, which is a common convention of a romantic comedy, which is the idea that 'opposites attract', two people from two completely different backgrounds meet and fall in love/ get on really well.
The female character is meant to be messy and unorganised, and the male character is meant to be anal and stuck up. The male character has to obsess over little things and is very anal in what he does. He likes to keep things neat and tidy and is very corporal with what he does, he has to look like a stereotypical business man. The female character has to look ditsy and a bit 'out there' she is the opposite the male character, which is a common convention of a romantic comedy, which is the idea that 'opposites attract', two people from two completely different backgrounds meet and fall in love/ get on really well.
Camerawork and editing:
We used split screen in the opening of our film to show the difference between the two characters involved and to show that they are from the two extremes of society. By using the split screen it reinforces the convention of 'opposites attract' by showing that they are two very different people, that are similar in some way.
Title font and style:
The title font and font of the opening credits are meant to look like handwriting, as if it came straight out of a diary/ address book. This relates to the film because the film is called A to Z, and it is based on the male character finding the address book that the female character drops, and that is the main prop involved in the film, so by using the handwriting effect font it shows the audience that someones personal belongings are going to play a big part in the film. The personal handwriting also relates to the typical convention of a romantic comedy, which is that they are normally personal films and you learn a lot about the characters straight away.
We used split screen in the opening of our film to show the difference between the two characters involved and to show that they are from the two extremes of society. By using the split screen it reinforces the convention of 'opposites attract' by showing that they are two very different people, that are similar in some way.
Title font and style:
The title font and font of the opening credits are meant to look like handwriting, as if it came straight out of a diary/ address book. This relates to the film because the film is called A to Z, and it is based on the male character finding the address book that the female character drops, and that is the main prop involved in the film, so by using the handwriting effect font it shows the audience that someones personal belongings are going to play a big part in the film. The personal handwriting also relates to the typical convention of a romantic comedy, which is that they are normally personal films and you learn a lot about the characters straight away.
Story and how the opening sets it up:
The opening sequence starts as the two characters are getting ready, and it shows shots of the two characters doing the same thing but in their different ways in their own houses. By showing the two different people doing different things it accentuates the 'opposites attract' idea within this opening sequence. This is a common convention of a Romantic Comedy style film. A lot of films that we analysed and looked at such as Bridget Jones diary, shows the woman in her home in the opening sequence so that we get a glimpse of her personality and by using her home it gives the film a personal touch.
Genre and how the opening suggests it:
You immediately know the genre of this opening sequence as it is clear to the audience that involving a female and male character isn't likely to be a thriller/horror and looks bubbly and fun to watch. By using the boy and the girl character side by side shows that it is going to have an essence of romance later on in the film.
How characters are introduced:
The opening sequence shows the two characters as a typical male character which is very smart and clever and rich. The female character is a stereotypical ditsy, clumsy woman.
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