Soundtrack
The music when the group first enter the tomb is very grand and swells when the you first see the details of the tomb. It creates a feeling of ancient grandeur around the place and makes the audience feel that it is very significant to the story and was once a very important tomb.
The moment that the antagonists enter the scene, the score changes very abruptly, from slow and swelling, to fast paced and pulse pounding. This represents the peril the protagonists are in, as they are oblivious to the impending danger. The music builds up tension and gets the audience on the edge of their seats are they're hearts are racing and they are worried for the safety of the protagonists.
Editing
CGI is used in this extract when Lara lets light shine through the yellow orb. This computer generated ray of light is used to emphasize the wonder and amazement of the artifact. The audience knows that it is very important because of the incredible ray of light that it produced.
This scene also uses slow motion, when Lara falls into the water after being shot with the dart. This slows down the event slightly and allows the audience to see in detail as Lara falls, creating the effect of danger and peril. This also allows the audience to connect with Lara as the see her fall but they want her to survive, so they support her even more.
Mise-en-scene
A huge chest full of golden treasures is one of the main elements of the tomb. It create an effect of wonder around the tomb and references older films from a similar genre, for example the Indiana Jones franchise, where chests of gold like this one were often found by the title character himself. The fact that Lara ignores this priceless chest and goes to look at the engravings shows that she is smarter than her two accomplices, because in general, characters who just want money in films are less smart than the protagonist.
Sunday, 29 January 2017
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Tomb raider question 1
This extract fits the action-adventure genre due to the spectacle created by the reveal of the tomb. before the reveal, the slowly swelling music and lack of lighting or dialogue builds up tension, which makes makes the tomb seem even more spectacular. This reveal creates spectacle because it is so large, the camera pans up at one point to show the audience the ceiling, which is very high up and makes the tomb look enormous. Spectacle is a convention of the action adventure genre as it helps to create incredible set pieces for the protagonist to traverse and for the audience to admire. This is shown in this extract as Lara has to overcome the obstacles eg water, in her way to get to the tomb, which also increases the sense of spectacle that the tomb creates.
Lara Croft is also a very conventional action adventure protagonist, She is young, attractive and resourceful, for example she cuts her arm to lure a shark near her and then uses it to get closer to the surface of the water. This also shows her courage and skill, along with the fact that she manages to defeat the 3 antagonists by herself after her sidekicks are killed. This is conventional of an action hero as they almost always triumph even when they are outnumbered, for example James Bond or Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy. Lara also shows that she is clever by destroying the environment around the antagonists rather than just shooting them, this another convention of the action genre because the protagonist is always smarter than the antagonist.
Lara Croft is also a very conventional action adventure protagonist, She is young, attractive and resourceful, for example she cuts her arm to lure a shark near her and then uses it to get closer to the surface of the water. This also shows her courage and skill, along with the fact that she manages to defeat the 3 antagonists by herself after her sidekicks are killed. This is conventional of an action hero as they almost always triumph even when they are outnumbered, for example James Bond or Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy. Lara also shows that she is clever by destroying the environment around the antagonists rather than just shooting them, this another convention of the action genre because the protagonist is always smarter than the antagonist.
Friday, 13 January 2017
Opening credits
OPENING CREDITS PLANNING
Pyramid films presents
an Inkwell Production
Subject 45
Main Cast
Elena Morris
Jess Traeger
Richie Batey
Alex Mcceshney
Amin Captain
Ross Paul
Written by Ross Paul, Elena Morris and Jess Traeger
Produced by Elena Morris
Edited by Ross Paul
Directed by Jess Traeger
Pyramid films presents
an Inkwell Production
Subject 45
Main Cast
Elena Morris
Jess Traeger
Richie Batey
Alex Mcceshney
Amin Captain
Ross Paul
Written by Ross Paul, Elena Morris and Jess Traeger
Produced by Elena Morris
Edited by Ross Paul
Directed by Jess Traeger
Thursday, 12 January 2017
QI
. Episode 4, Series E
. Quiz show
. Host- Stephen Fry, panelists - Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Sean Lock, Rich Hall
. The relationship between Stephen Fry is like a schoolboy and a teacher; the teacher always tries to teach the right thing, but the the schoolboy interrupts him and says obvious things that are not correct.
. The facts about Mount Everest and the first words spoken by explorers were quite interesting, along with the Mannequin bird than could moonwalk.
. The simpleness of Alan's buzzer compared to the others. The very dry comedy of Rich Hall. The banter between Bill Bailey and Sean Lock. The improvised singing that happens between the panelists. Alan Davies setting off the klaxon twice in a row.
. He recounts the entire story of the man who traveled all over the world and became fluent in English
. They are active because they clap along with the panelists when they start singing
. He is the 'genial fall guy' and answers the questions in the way the audience would themselves have answers, making him easy to relate to.
. It fulfills all three of these ideas as it makes us laugh (Entertainment), teaches us about exploration (education) and tells us how to correctly say mount Everest among other things (inform).
. The audience are positioned as powerless because they have no input on the answers to the questions that are asked, so we can assume that they are not omniscient because they are never questioned.
. Quiz show
. Host- Stephen Fry, panelists - Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Sean Lock, Rich Hall
. The relationship between Stephen Fry is like a schoolboy and a teacher; the teacher always tries to teach the right thing, but the the schoolboy interrupts him and says obvious things that are not correct.
. The facts about Mount Everest and the first words spoken by explorers were quite interesting, along with the Mannequin bird than could moonwalk.
. The simpleness of Alan's buzzer compared to the others. The very dry comedy of Rich Hall. The banter between Bill Bailey and Sean Lock. The improvised singing that happens between the panelists. Alan Davies setting off the klaxon twice in a row.
. He recounts the entire story of the man who traveled all over the world and became fluent in English
. They are active because they clap along with the panelists when they start singing
. He is the 'genial fall guy' and answers the questions in the way the audience would themselves have answers, making him easy to relate to.
. It fulfills all three of these ideas as it makes us laugh (Entertainment), teaches us about exploration (education) and tells us how to correctly say mount Everest among other things (inform).
. The audience are positioned as powerless because they have no input on the answers to the questions that are asked, so we can assume that they are not omniscient because they are never questioned.
Sunday, 8 January 2017
Miranda audience pleasures
I have chosen to analyse the audience pleasures of watching Miranda (BBC 1). I will give specific examples by close reference to episodes and by quotation.
Miranda is mainstream family viewing, aimed at a target audience who would relate to middle class life. Miranda is a TV sitcom:socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations when working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she is around her crush Gary.
A comprehensive review of all four BBC TV channels by the governing trust (July 2014) found that BBC 1 could feel “middle class in focus and target audience" with Miranda cited as an example. They also found that the BBC is falling out of favour with younger people and BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic viewers). The average age of BBC1 viewers is 59, compared with 56 in 2010/11. However, the character of Miranda is also quite like a big child as she is unmarried, always making a fool of herself and getting into trouble with her mother, so I think that audiences such as young adults could relate to her. Audiences also relate to her relationship with her best friend Stevie because their relationship is very similar to the way most people interact with their friends.
Miranda offers the pleasures of the sitcom genre, such as characters that are recognizable that the audience can relate to, who are stereotypes. Miranda's mother, for example, is stereo-typically posh and even draws draws attention to it in the program. Miranda's mother makes us laugh because she is what everybody thinks a posh person would be like and treats her daughter like a piece of property than a person. Miranda's group of girl friends are stereotypes. For example, they are always at fancy dinner parties and talk in a very posh accent. Her girl friends often make us laugh at Miranda, such as in the episode when her friends call her "the Tarzan of cakes". However, in many ways, Miranda is an anti-stereotype because she is not the typical lead actor of a sitcom, she is very tall with short and she is not very lady-like.
There are many points of recognition for middle class audiences in the ways in which the sitcom addresses audience’s lifestyles, concerns, hopes, such as Miranda's conflict with her mother as when she tells Miranda to "not tell anyone you're my daughter". Another narrative strand that makes audiences relate to her is her troubled love life. For example her best friend tells her that she does not have the "allure to attract men with".
Each episode also features predictable running gags such as, for example, Miranda always has a long conversation with her mother. Miranda also always manages to lose her clothing, such as in the episode when she locked inside a park at night, and takes of her top to try and get through a gap in the gates but gets stuck. Stevie and Miranda always compete for boyfriends, such as the episode when they find wallet that was left in their shop. They proceed to go to his self-defence class to try and find him but when he eventually arrives at their shop he leaves quickly then begin to ask him awkward questions. Miranda always embarrasses her friends socially, such as The flashback in episode 6 series 1, where she laughs at the wrong moment during a party, making it obvious that she doesn't know what is going on.
The sitcom addresses audience’s lifestyles, concerns, hopes about relationships. Miranda always fails to explain her true feelings for Gary, such as when she finds out he is going to Hong Kong. Instead of telling him how she feels, she makes up a ridiculous story to explain what she was talking about. She competes with, quarrels and makes up with Stevie, for example, when Stevie tells her that she is not attractive. She gets scolded by her mother, such as in the episode when her mother says "You haven't been blessed by the goddess of socializing"
In most sitcoms, the audience is passive consumer but this show is filmed before a live studio audience. In addition, Miranda establishes a relationship with her audience by breaking the 4th wall. She confides in us, the audience her feelings, saying: "Whatever they (the wiles) are, I've got no idea"
For Blumler and Katz, audiences use media to gratify needs (the uses and gratifications model of audience behaviour). Miranda offers the pleasure of entertainment, escapism and diversion by making us laugh. In particular, both slapstick humour and verbal humour entertain us. Examples of these include: when Miranda kicks the tray of food out of the waiter's hand, when she is taken down by all the members of the self-defence class and when her and Stevie are discussing "The Allure".
Audiences also like to relate to the characters in programmes; I have shown that Miranda offers many points of recognition in its characters. It s also important that Miranda is a likeable character who does not hold grudges. For example, she becomes friends with Stevie very quickly after she says that Miranda is not attractive. Audiences pick programmes with actors that they know and like. It is also significant that Miranda Hart is a well-known comedian.
Audiences tend to favour programmes that support their values and their sense of their own identity. Part of our sense of self is informed by making judgements about all sorts of people and things. This is also true of judgements we make about TV and film characters, and celebrities. The shows we watch, the stars we like can be an expression of our identities. One aspect of this type of gratification is known as value reinforcement. This is where we choose television programmes or newspapers that have similar beliefs to those we hold. Therefore, equally important is the upbeat, comic atmosphere of the show. Despite set-backs such as Stevie revealling that she kept her dog Miranda bounces back by revealling that she kept her's too.
Finally, audiences like to know what is going on in the world (surveillance). This relates to Maslow’s need for security. By keeping up to date with news about local and international events we feel we have the knowledge to avoid or deal with dangers. In a sitcom, the characters face all sorts of situations that we can experience vicariously, some of which are challenging, such as how to act correctly during social events.
In conclusion, Miranda is a successful TV comedy because it satisfies all of our needs. The characters are easy to relate to, it contains stereotypes and it supports our values.
Miranda is mainstream family viewing, aimed at a target audience who would relate to middle class life. Miranda is a TV sitcom:socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations when working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she is around her crush Gary.
A comprehensive review of all four BBC TV channels by the governing trust (July 2014) found that BBC 1 could feel “middle class in focus and target audience" with Miranda cited as an example. They also found that the BBC is falling out of favour with younger people and BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic viewers). The average age of BBC1 viewers is 59, compared with 56 in 2010/11. However, the character of Miranda is also quite like a big child as she is unmarried, always making a fool of herself and getting into trouble with her mother, so I think that audiences such as young adults could relate to her. Audiences also relate to her relationship with her best friend Stevie because their relationship is very similar to the way most people interact with their friends.
Miranda offers the pleasures of the sitcom genre, such as characters that are recognizable that the audience can relate to, who are stereotypes. Miranda's mother, for example, is stereo-typically posh and even draws draws attention to it in the program. Miranda's mother makes us laugh because she is what everybody thinks a posh person would be like and treats her daughter like a piece of property than a person. Miranda's group of girl friends are stereotypes. For example, they are always at fancy dinner parties and talk in a very posh accent. Her girl friends often make us laugh at Miranda, such as in the episode when her friends call her "the Tarzan of cakes". However, in many ways, Miranda is an anti-stereotype because she is not the typical lead actor of a sitcom, she is very tall with short and she is not very lady-like.
There are many points of recognition for middle class audiences in the ways in which the sitcom addresses audience’s lifestyles, concerns, hopes, such as Miranda's conflict with her mother as when she tells Miranda to "not tell anyone you're my daughter". Another narrative strand that makes audiences relate to her is her troubled love life. For example her best friend tells her that she does not have the "allure to attract men with".
Each episode also features predictable running gags such as, for example, Miranda always has a long conversation with her mother. Miranda also always manages to lose her clothing, such as in the episode when she locked inside a park at night, and takes of her top to try and get through a gap in the gates but gets stuck. Stevie and Miranda always compete for boyfriends, such as the episode when they find wallet that was left in their shop. They proceed to go to his self-defence class to try and find him but when he eventually arrives at their shop he leaves quickly then begin to ask him awkward questions. Miranda always embarrasses her friends socially, such as The flashback in episode 6 series 1, where she laughs at the wrong moment during a party, making it obvious that she doesn't know what is going on.
The sitcom addresses audience’s lifestyles, concerns, hopes about relationships. Miranda always fails to explain her true feelings for Gary, such as when she finds out he is going to Hong Kong. Instead of telling him how she feels, she makes up a ridiculous story to explain what she was talking about. She competes with, quarrels and makes up with Stevie, for example, when Stevie tells her that she is not attractive. She gets scolded by her mother, such as in the episode when her mother says "You haven't been blessed by the goddess of socializing"
In most sitcoms, the audience is passive consumer but this show is filmed before a live studio audience. In addition, Miranda establishes a relationship with her audience by breaking the 4th wall. She confides in us, the audience her feelings, saying: "Whatever they (the wiles) are, I've got no idea"
For Blumler and Katz, audiences use media to gratify needs (the uses and gratifications model of audience behaviour). Miranda offers the pleasure of entertainment, escapism and diversion by making us laugh. In particular, both slapstick humour and verbal humour entertain us. Examples of these include: when Miranda kicks the tray of food out of the waiter's hand, when she is taken down by all the members of the self-defence class and when her and Stevie are discussing "The Allure".
Audiences also like to relate to the characters in programmes; I have shown that Miranda offers many points of recognition in its characters. It s also important that Miranda is a likeable character who does not hold grudges. For example, she becomes friends with Stevie very quickly after she says that Miranda is not attractive. Audiences pick programmes with actors that they know and like. It is also significant that Miranda Hart is a well-known comedian.
Audiences tend to favour programmes that support their values and their sense of their own identity. Part of our sense of self is informed by making judgements about all sorts of people and things. This is also true of judgements we make about TV and film characters, and celebrities. The shows we watch, the stars we like can be an expression of our identities. One aspect of this type of gratification is known as value reinforcement. This is where we choose television programmes or newspapers that have similar beliefs to those we hold. Therefore, equally important is the upbeat, comic atmosphere of the show. Despite set-backs such as Stevie revealling that she kept her dog Miranda bounces back by revealling that she kept her's too.
Finally, audiences like to know what is going on in the world (surveillance). This relates to Maslow’s need for security. By keeping up to date with news about local and international events we feel we have the knowledge to avoid or deal with dangers. In a sitcom, the characters face all sorts of situations that we can experience vicariously, some of which are challenging, such as how to act correctly during social events.
In conclusion, Miranda is a successful TV comedy because it satisfies all of our needs. The characters are easy to relate to, it contains stereotypes and it supports our values.
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