FILM C1

 Friday 23rd February 2024

Film industry

do now

warner bros

disney

dream-works

paramount

Franchise-  a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series.

Distributor- someone who is responsible for the marketing of a film

Hollywood major- are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually  

Teaser- It contains little content from the film and is released to entice or tease the audience and increase the hype of the film prior to the release of its trailer.

Montage- a series of short shots or clips into one sequence, often set to music.

Ensemble cast- one in which a performer is assigned approximately the same amount of screen time as other principal performers.

Tentpole film- a program or film that supports the financial performance of a film studio, television network, or cinema chain.

High concept- considered easy to sell to a wide audience because it delivers upon an easy-to-grasp idea

Enigma- a theory related to the efficacy of presenting a story or an advertisement. 

-Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Walt Disney Studios, and Sony Pictures are the big 5 major hollywood studios

- The main aim of a film marketing campaign is to generate excitement, give a little bit away, and excite and entice audiences to actually watch your film.

- The most often used marketing techniques are with posters and promoting it on popular social media apps  

-A film poster needs to convey the theme and content of the film, as well as to promote important information about the film. 

-The difference between a teaser poster and a theatrical poster is that theatrical gives more information about the film.

homework

Wednesday 28th February 2024

Film posters

LO- to analyse the film poster set texts effectively

<----Main image- the image  has many characters in the photo but james bond is the biggest character noticeably which draws more attention to him as hes the main character. Midshot of james bond, shows hes the main character, montage of different characters and settings

colour palette- the blue connotes to confidence and intelligence. contrast between warm and cool colours suggesting theres some sort of fight.

typography-

genre- the genre is represented to be action/suspense

release date- 30th sept 2021

logo-

mise-en-scene - 

Friday 1st March 2024

Film posters

Intertextuality

The montage design where separate images are laid over each other, references previous bond films providing a sense of familiarity, nostalgia and pleasure fans who recognise the link. 

The locations shown in the poster shows the action side of the film. It shows flames that connotes to explosions which also tells the audience that there's lots of dramatic scenes with fighting as guns are shown to. An italian city is shown on the poster also on the other side being a bar in cuba. This shows exotic places which tells us the narrative is different locations with travel involved.

On the poster multiple characters are shown in it but overall you can see the main character

James bond is an action hero

Hes been represented as strength, skill, independence

The women in the film are known as 'Bond girls' who are disposable

In the No time to die poster the streotypes are that James Bond is a very masculine, strong man. He is stereotypically been shown as the historical man. The girls more known as 'Bond girls' have been stereotypically been shown to be very attractive and beautiful. The poster has an extreme high class film franchise. The gender is represented as the men and women being very attractive looking and posh.  They are seen to be as very intelligent also. The representations of ethnicity were both men and women were white and tanned skin colour. The representations of age that they are all middle aged but also quite young characters. The representations of sexuality are all straight.

Wednesday 6th March 2024

HOMEWORK 

In the film poster no time to die the images used have a meaning by the fact that in the poster there are a variety of characters used. In the poster, James Bond is the most noticeable character as he’s the biggest across the image. This has been done to bring the most attention to him as he is the main character and then the rest of the characters are smaller around him. The mise-en-scene used has a view on the film itself, it shows the action involved in the film with flames used which connotes to explosions and shows the dramatic view of the film. There are also different locations shown in the poster which tells us there’s travel and moving around. The layout and design used in the poster is very much advertising to the eye. There’s so much going on in the background which draws attention. This has been done to make the audience has so many questions, which makes them feel the need to find out what the film is about. Overall, the poster has been very thought through to make it very appealing and wanting the audience to find out more.

Friday 8th March 2024 

Film posters 

The film was set in between the 1973 energy crisis. 

1)To give a perspective of an idea what the film is about

2)The gun shows that there's violence and action involved, his costume shows he's a wealthy businessman, the facial expressions show that, the direct address shows hes the main character directly looking at you

3)The golden guns shows the connotations of the title of the film

4)The text has the colour which contrasts and draws attention to all the montage of images

5)The enigma code created are Who is the man with the golden gun

6)The hero, the villain, the princess

7)guns, explosions, violence 

The film poster for The man with the golden gun uses images to create meanings. The images used shows connotions to the amount of action and violence involved within the film. A montage of pictures have been used to inform the audience the style of film. Its very obvious that its a violent film with the guns and explosions shown. 

Wednesday 13th March 2024 

black suit- elegant, wealthy, professional

the colour gold- luxury, success

a power plant- radioactivity, energy

Film posters 

At the start of the 20th century, many film depictions of minority ethnic groups supported the dominant stereotypes of the time- to be pitied, to be laughed at.

STEREOTYPES- the men have been made to look very business dedicated. the women have been shown to be looking stereotypically sexy for the man. the stereotypes have been used to emphasise the genre and action in the film.

REPRESENTATION OF GENDER- the men have guns and been shown to be involved with the drama with explosions. the women have been shown to be attracting the men with little clothing.

REPRESENTATION OF ETHNICITY- All are light skinned or no people of ethnicity.

REPRESENTATIONS ISSUES AND EVENTS- the issues have been shown to relate to the events happened in the world when the film was created with images of power plants.

FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE- the women have been used to be in bikinis which links to sexual attraction towards the men which also links to the male gaze theory.

Friday 22nd March 2024 

posters, social media, premieres, merchandise

trailers and posters

a) 

interviews with cast members.

popular songs used.

b) triumph, range rover, omega, aston martin, tom ford

They had a world premiere at the royal albert hall in London on 28 september 2021.  

Wednesday 27th March 2024 

Exhibition and regulation

They had already published a teaser and made it public on social media.

Exhibition is the process of exhibiting the film across a range of different media platforms.

Historically this used to only include cinema release, but as digital technology evolves so does the way in which we watch films.

Exhibition takes place in the following order-

1-cinema release

2-dvd release, pay per view

3-free to air television

1- 31 days

2- 774.2 million

3- no

4- NYD 2023

5- available on ppv on apple tv, google play, amazon prime, youtube

6- very

Film and video releases in britain are amongst the most tightly regulated in the western world.

Age restrictions are placed on all commercially released films by the BFFC and some are even expected to make cuts or make alters.

1- 12A for both because of moderate violence, infrequent strong language

2- larger audiences meaning more money at box office

3- 12

Wednesday 17th April 2024

Audience appeal 

LO- to explore the uses and gratifications of films.

A 12 rated film meaning able to go and see the film without a parent at the age of 12 and over. 12A means that if you are 12 you will need a parent to be with you to watch the film and anyone below 12 will not be allowed. 

why using media product

-to communicate with people

-watch series/film

Uses and Gratification Theory 

Uses and gratification is a theory from two men called Blumler and Katz that audiences takes an active role in using the media. The theory states that an audience will use a media form for either one of four reasons. 

Personal identity

Information

Entertainment

Social interaction

PERSONAL IDENTITY

-media products allows audiences to find role models and other people with similar values

-use of media to reinforce personal values by coming closer to similar and desired people/products

INFORMATION

-any information can be learned through different forms of media

-the media keeps the audience informed with current events

- people can acquire information from media events

ENTERTAINMENT

-use of media to escape the humdrum of their boring everyday lives

-access media forms to forget about worries and troubles for a while

SOCIAL INTERACTION

-the ability of products to produce a topic of conversation between other people

-media allows the audience to gain an insight into other people's lives

Social interaction is applied to news because it helps with communication and updating people with whats going on around the world. For example instagram gives people the ability to upload there lives and let people know the small and big events going on.

BAND 4

How would they be entertained?

The action brings people to be intrigued to what will happen next.

How would the film promote social interaction?

For the people interested in the film to be talking about what they think about it.

How would the film contribute to personal identity?

It gives the audience role models to what they want to be like.

What sort of information would it give?

Info about the life of a spy.

Friday 19th April 2024

audience appeal 

1- social interaction

2- information

3- personal identity

4- entertainment

personal identity- posters, trailers

information- film posters, fim trailers, billboards, website

entertainment- posters, trailers,  merchandise

social interaction- website, poster, trailers, billboards, merchandise

The audience would find entertainment in the film by the audio that was chosen. It has a very loud sudden noises which tells them its full of action and drama. The action shows from the amount of explosions that are in the film. 

Wednesday 24th April 2024 

Film industry roundup 

images

facts

trailer

they had a villa designed for his retirement

places around the world used a lot

had to build and design buildings

use a lot of cgi generated backgrounds

 

Exam structure 

question 3- a stepped question that will focus on one of the four media industries we will look at.

question 4- a stepped question that will focus on audiences in relation to one of four industries. 

there will be no unseen sources. you will need to use the case studies as examples.

work to one mark- 1 min

Question 3- industry

3a- name one of the companies that produced nttd (1)

3b- briefly explain what a media conglomerate is (2)

3c- briefly explain what convergence is (2)

3d- explain how films use technologies to reach audiences and promote the film. refer to nttd to support your points (12)

work to 1 mark- 1 minute 

Question 4- audience

4a- identify two ways in which media producers categorise audiences (2)

4b- briefly explain how nttd targets audiences (4)

4c- explain why users visit the nttd/007 website. refer to the uses and gratifications theory in your answer (12)