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Monday, 30 January 2017

Ill Manors review

The film 'ill manors' is a great addition to the ongoing trend of urban and socially real films. The narrative revolves around a young male named Aaron and his friends who are faced with the intense struggles that come with being from economically deprived and crime driven area. The movie is used to add weight to the concept of 'nature versus nurture' and allows the audience to have more incentive thoughts about such matters. However, for example the representation for women as prostitutes and the young girls as being native and mindless human being who are most likely turn out like the older women in the film. Although this contributes to the audience having a more clear understanding of the the character's decisions and overall morals. Nevertheless, this directly reinforced the typically negative stereotypes of under-class women and correlates with the Tessa Perkins theory.
In fairness, the women in the film were shown in a positive light towards the idea of innate motherhood and kinship but this was not breaking major conventions. Although this was great to see, similar to other parts of the film, this does not break many conventions and our previous thoughts and perceptions are intact. I think this is were the aim of the movie is missed, the movie only serves to reinforce stereotypes placed on the youths of today.

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Mise-en-scene rewritten

How does mise-en-scene contribute to the impact of the film?

First of all, the use of the living room is used to play as a contrast with the environment of a car crash which for example may be a road or pavement. In addition, this is used to symbolise warmth and security which is often lost when in a car crash. Also, the whole advert uses a home is a alternative way to show the effects of a car crash.
Secondly, the clothing used in the advertisement for example the young girl dressed in pink. This is not only for identification purposes but to remind the audience about the effects of a car crash on family members and other loved ones.

The use of glitter was an interesting technique as it meant to resemble the internal damages on the body without being explicitly gory. The use of medium close up shots of the actor's facial expressions and gestures was another form of mise en scene cleverly used. This allowed the audience to understand the impact of a car crash without the using shock factors such explicit material and allows the audience to reevaluate and think about the long term effect of a car crash.

Lastly, a dominant representation is are used as the characters presented are white, middle class family in a cosy home therefore no conventions are being broken there. In addition, having one to two children is the most common among most therefore it is another dominant presentation shown and expressed. An alternative representation is the usage of vibrant colours such as pink which has connotes femininity and family-hood.

Media Factsheet- British Industry

1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British.

The obvious answer is to pass the cultural test but British films usually compliment the British citizens and culture. Therefore there would be an indicator e.g set in London or British actor.

2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film?

The biggest difference is the size of industry and this places a big part because Hollywood has higher budget, more studios etc. This allows Hollywood films to splash out tons of money when it comes to film making and producing whilst British films do not.

3) When did the James Bond franchise start?

The James Bond Franchise was founded in the 60s.

The James Bond Franchise is a British series of Spy filnm based on the fictional character of agent called James Bond also known as "007", which originates from a book series from Ian Fleming.

4) What groups are often represented in British film? Give examples of films these groups feature in.

Urban films such as ill manors which conveyed the damaging and cyclical lifestyle of many of our youth today. It was a movie that was meant to give a realistic and alternative view of London teens and adolescents that are constantly given negative outlet in the media.

Media Sheet 2

1) What is the 'cultural test' to see if a film counts as British?

the cultural test is how a film is able to be classified as a british film (four units involved) The film must score at least 19 out of 31 possible points and can receive funding from BFI.

2) Complete the task on the Fact sheet, researching the films listed and finding out what they score on the cultural test: Sweeney, Attack The Block, The King's Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Sky-fall.

Sweeney- 31 ( classified as British)

Attack The Block-31(classified as British)

The Kings Speech-31 (classified as British)

We Need To Talk About Kevin-31 (classified as British)

Skyfall-29 (classified as British)

3) What is the main problem for the British film industry?

The right to distribution films are usually lost when given to distribution company and much of the overall profit due to that too (including cinemas, dvd and other platforms it is sold in). Just three companies (StudioCanal, eOne and Entertainment) control half of all box office income made on UK independent films.

4) What are three of the strengths of the British film industry?

Some of the most successful movies are made here such as star wars, slumdog millionaire, harry potter. This is incredibly good for a growing industry such as the one in the UK.

5)What are the two options for the future of the British film industry?

I think to give up American funding at this point in the growth of the British Film industry is unrealistic and would be a huge downfall but on the other hand, i believe that we should incorporate more films relative and correlates with the British views more. In addition, i strongly believe that films that incorporate more British feel and value will top films that mimic the generic american ones.

8) In your opinion, which of these two options would best safeguard the future of the British film industry?

Similar to my answer above, safeguarding the American funding is the best option due to the size of the industry which could use some help.