Media Blog2 - Mr Halsey

1)The budget for Billie Jean was budgeted at $50,000. This differed to his other videos as their budgets were much higher. For example: Thriller's budget was $1million. 2)MTV rejected the video as it 'didn't fit their middle America audience'. 3)Billie Jean reflects the genre characteristics of pop music video. It contains lip-syncing, performance interwoven with narrative, dance routines and high fashion costume. 4)The visuals reflect the lyrics in the video as ultimately, the video is based on fan girls who claim that he/ his brothers are the parents of their babies. Key lyrics are amplified through the visuals. The actual video is about a girl: 'Billie Jean'. We never actually see her as a character however, we are presented with other images of females in general with whom he comes into contact with. For example: the billboard with the women's faces that are displayed or the figure who is already laying in he bed at the hotel. 5)The video features fe...

1) Introduction to TV Drama 2) Capital: Case study 3) Capital: Marxism and Hegemony 4) Capital: Applying Marxism 5) Deutschland 83: Case study 6) Deutschland 83: Close-textual analysis notes 7) Deutschland 83: Postmodernism 8) Industries: The rise of foreign-language TV dramas 9) Industries: The impact of new/digital media on television 10) TV: 750-word exam question

REVIEWS AND FEATURES: 1)POSITIVE POINTS- -"a complicated and brilliant portrait of London life" The Guardian. -"strong performances from a superb ensemble cast" The Telegraph. -"its far more gripping than a drama about the property market sounds" Evening Standard. 2)CRITICISMS- -"an overly schematic tangle of under developed plot lines populated by underwritten characters" The Telegraph. -"it was a disappointment" The Telegraph. 3) 4)The writer says that 'the average house price in London hits £500,000 as Capital's housing market shows no sign of losing steam'. 5)-"housing market and increasing rate of gentrification across London means that Capital's ideas still stand. Reflecting the times, the setting has changed from Clapham to Balham." Standard. -"Capital offers a microcosmic metaphor for London at large." Standard. -"This drama shows an eternal London, riven by inequality and...

SCENE 1: garden/ BBQ scenes (one in East, one in West): Technical codes: Mise-en-scene: Digetic music (East) Costume (soldier uniform/ old fashioned clothing)- East Bigger house- West = shows wealth. Costume~ emphasises East vs West- creates 80s nostalgia; younger generation= casual, dont want to conform to the old, traditional ways. Formal, hierachical- West- most people are in uniform. Representation: East/ West/ Family/ Gender: Family in East= warm, valued, welcoming, poor but happy- Tracking/ steady cam shot follows Martin when he greets everyone. Family in West= traditional- daughter perfoming= traditional. Gender- Martin starts the bbq (West), Mum was organising/ tidying (East) = stereotypical. Gender- Martin places his hat on Anettes head= he is dominant in the relationship. "That Reagan... danger to mankind"- East vs West- coffee (prop)= wealth within the West. Gender= male dominated- historically accurate?, stereotypes reinforced. SCENE 2: Martin...

Factsheet #132 1) It is a film that includes British characters, settings which shows parts of British culture. 2) As a production context, the British Film usually has a varied story. But the Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios have high budgets and use popular celebrities. 3) The James Bond franchise began in the 1960s. 4) Gradually, the acceptance for sex, violence and crime imcreased. There was the idea that the media was losing its purity. 5) British film have explored issues like class, politics, social change and education. 6) Producers usually add in some humour during any type of film as the British audience tend to enjoy this. Factsheet #100 1) There are four parts: cultural context, cultural contribution, cultural hubs and cultural practitioners. The minimum score is 16 out of 32. 2) 3) The BFI is production led. This means that film makers have to sacrifice distribution rights by selling their film to a distribution compan...

1) MARK: 7/15 GRADE:D WWW: Q3 shows a strong opinion and real agreement with the debate. This demonstrates the potential you have in media! EBI: Lacking key knowledge- film regulation. This is the inevitable consequence of not completing the work we set. Lack of depth/ detail and specific reference to the CSP (Chicken). You needed a lot more for Q3 in particular... you didn't address the other side of the debate (funding, commercial success). 2)Q1: 1/2 Q2: 2/4 Q3: 4/9 3)Film festival circuit. 4)It is not important for the BFI to focus on social-realist films as they are low budget; meaning that they are wasting their money on small films which probably won't get much recognition. They should be focusing on the big Hollywood films which will draw in a much bigger audience therefore, they won't be wasting their money. 5) It is important that the BFI to make social-realist films as they contain topics that are considered as sensitive therefore, they are unspoken ...