Prezi about the british film industry

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Practice exam question - Age

" How is the construction of age shown through out the piece?"

During the first twenty seconds of the extract the piece represents teenagers as sneaky and liars. This is shown by the boys in piece trying to hide their mistakes and they look sheepish ans guilty when trying to think of excuses. When confronted by the teacher in the piece the medium long shot clearly shows the boys body language and them having their backs to the camera again reinforces their secretiveness.
In contrast, the teacher addressing the two young boys is represented as old and patronising, as well as rude and sarcastic. This is shown by the close ups on his face to show his snug facial expressions and the pans up his body when holding the camera brings the audiences eye to the way he holds things and carries himself ( leaning backwards onto his hips to suggest he is old). At forty five seconds into the piece Miss Chowdry joins the scene and a medium long shot and panning camera angle give a clear comparison between the ages on screen. Miss chowdry walks towards the boys in a brisk manor which shows she is young and energetic where as the teacher before simple strolls up behind the boys and stands there waiting for attention, which maybe suggests he has more authority then miss chowdry as she only seems to make an impact on the boys through telling them off instead of simply arriving behind them.

Through out this extract the relationship is shown to be stronger between teens and adults then between teens and "elderly" as the boys seem to have a more native relationship with them then with their younger teachers. This is shown again through the camera angles for example at 1 minute onwards with the scene between " mr stack" and his teacher. In this scene the camera angle is always the same medium long shot showing the clear similarities between the two actors and also how they are equal in relationship. The camera angle shows both of their relaxed body language and ease with each other and so suggests that the age difference is not so large. This being said the middle aged people in the piece often stand away and looking over their shoulder to show maybe how they are slightly uninterested in what the students are saying and also when using shot reverse shot in a conversation, mostly the reaction of the teachers faces are shown to suggest their opinion is more important and so they are more mature and knowledgeable then the children.

Lesson questions - 8th of December

On Tuesdays lesson we were doing some exam prep on age representation in media films and programs. WE looked at how teens and the elderly and whether or not the representations are fair/accurate.

1. Are teenagers or the elderly represented more accurately? Why do you feel this way? 

  Personally I feel that the elderly are represented more accurately because generally the elderly have  more influence in the media such as films then young people. Although some stereotypes of old people given in the media are unfair I think that there are many unfair representations of every type of person in media and although sometimes harsh I think that elderly are represented far more accurately then teenagers shown on screen.

2. Which representation is more damaging? Although I think that most groups of people are wrongly represented, personally i think the negative representation of teenagers is the most damaging. This is because many people will then listen to the negative stigma and then will have pre conceived ideas about teens growing up in society today. Secondly, young people do not have much of a voice and so cannot defend themselves when blamed for petty crime and being "thugs".

Gender representation in songs

Lily Allen "Hard out here"


Lily Allen's hard out here is a song that mocks are makes fun of the stereotypes and social norms that girls and women are supposed to live up to. Lily also compares the way in which men and women act and how supposedly if women acted the way men do it would not be acceptable. She talks about how women must be skinny to be considered good looking, or have something like money or domestic skills to offer man. She asks her audience " don't you want to have some body who objectifies you?"  implying that women are objectified but also that they are expected to enjoy and put up with it. Lily also refers to the words inequality and injustice when talking about how women are treated in her song, as well as referring to women as "bitches". Using the word "bitch" represents women and petty, rude, stupid and is a derogatory term as well as this it suggests that is the way women are thought about in today's society.
The music video in itself is shot showing the making of a music video in order to show the misogyny of women in the music industry but also in society as a whole.The music video humorously is shot through the male gaze to show how women are looked at.






Beyoncé "If I were a boy"


 In Beyoncé's if I were a boy the lyrics talk about the things that boys do in their day to day lives, and she suggests how if girls and boys acted in the same way it would be completely different.
The lyrics suggest that women are judged for their actions where as men can do that they want and "kick it" with who ever they want and society accepts this where as women have behave and are not listened too.
Men are also represented as dominant in relationships in this song and also predatory when she says they "chase" after girls for their own "selfish" desire. More over, boys are portrayed as un emotional as they "don't understand" where as women are "faithful" and sensitive..
Beyoncé's song seems to critic the stereotypical norms for both men and women and shows how she wishes she could act the way men do.

Link to filming edits and "first filming task"

filming links:


 "first filming task"-edit 1
the first filming task we filmed in the first week for our media course to start to get the hang of the cameras and how to film a short piece..
my evaluation has been posted previously for both edits that we did of our footage

link to first edit of filming task



"first filming task"-edit 2
once we had edited our piece, we took the footage and added many special effects and strange transitions in order to get used to using the serif software.
again the evaluation has already been posted but the link is below:

link to second edit of filming task

Lesson notes 29th September

Sound and music 

Sound within a media text should:

Reinforce the mood/atmosphere of the scene.

Enhance the audiences emotional experience.

Suggest a characters thoughts and feelings.

Build a sense of continuity.(e.g sound bridges help moving in and out of scenes) 

Key terms learnt:

DIEGETIC SOUNDS- Sounds within the scene, for example a radio playing in the background. the source doesn't have to be shown in order for it to be diegetic.
NON-DIEGETIC SOUNDS- Sounds that are outside the world of the scene, an example of this would be a them tune, voice over or noises outside.
PARALLEL- When the mood of the audio track follows the mood of the image track.
CONTRAPUNTAL- When the audio track contradicts the image track.
SOUND BRIDGES-Sounds that take us from one scene to another