Tuesday 29 November 2011

Monarch of the Glen first minute editing


Long TakeTake refers to legnth of time the camrea is running between edits (cuts or transitions). We do not see an edit for a long period of time, this can be used to effectivly slow time. - Long take opens this extract, it effectivly slows time as we notice the surronding of the farm lifestyle which then relates with the stereotype of middle aged/old people working on a farm which is boring and slow.


Cross Cutting with a Shot/Reverse Shot with an Eyeline Match.Cross cutting a cut to a piece of action that is happening at the same time. Shot/Reverse Shot is an editing pattern that cuts to a view of the opposite direction like in a conversation, at Eyeline Match which is where we can see a charecter look in a particular direction which the next shot follows.- There is a Cross Cutting shot with a Shot/Reverse Shot, this link on from the last sequence showing a boy and a girl walking out the house, the Shot/Reverse Shot is behind the boy showing him looking eyeline match to the girl showing their equality which relates to the last stereotype with a relaxed, slow and calm feel.

Thursday 17 November 2011

Paul notes

Paul is a 2011 science fiction comedy film directed by Greg Mottola, written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and starring Pegg, Frost, and the voice of Seth Rogen as the title character. The film contains numerous references to other science fiction films, especially those of Steven Spielberg, as well as to general science fiction fandom.

Directed by Greg Mottola
Produced by Nira Park, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Written by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Starring -  Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen,
Music by David Arnold
Cinematography - Lawrence Sher
Editing by Chris Dickens
Studio - Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Big Talk Pictures
Distributed by Universal Studios
Release date(s) - 14 February 2011 (2011-02-14) (United Kingdom)
18 March 2011 (2011-03-18) (United States)
Running time - 104 minutes

Release date in UK was 14th February , in 2007 Hot Fuzz was released on valentines day too. Paul is an usual film to release on valentines day – not a usual romantic film. 4 days of preview boosting it opening weekend only made in the box office £5.52million.Paul was the firs working Title film made in America but with English cast and crew.

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Regional Idenity

Accents - identify charecter (pitch and tone)
nasel - north
lack of vouls - south (estriy)


Mise en scene - whats in the background/surronds.
London, south east, bins and rubbish - poor area, rough.
 
Cockney
- untrustworthy
- Salesman - car secondhand
- Dropouts from school
- Pregnancys


Yorkshire
- farmers
- Lack of humor
- Stupid
- Flat tweed cap
- Rude
- Inbred


Scouse
- Curly hair
- Old


Leicester
- Chavy
- Slang language
- Crisps


Birmingham
- Stupid (2008 most uniteligent acsent)
- Rural jobs
- Dirty factorys
- Friendly tone


Binary opposites;
City: Depressing and stressful  OR  Vibrant and exciting
Country: Peaceful and relaxed OR Boring and dull.

Friday 4 November 2011

Websites

- Cheaper than advertising on TV. Also 24/7
- Exclusives. - Downloads, Podcasts, Blogs
- Easy to find out about more in free time
- Instant updates
- Viral marketing
- Wider range audience
- Company contact details
- Archieve material
- Awards/Celebrations
- History/About company
- Merchandise


Evaluate Working Title's website commenting on what features make it particually useful or interesting.
Working titles website looks very proffesional, unlike any other british film website. This could be from the influence of its shareholders, Universal Pictures. This would then allow funding and more experienced/professionalweb designers to create the smart look the website has. On the website there are headers to pick from such as; Films, Trailers, News, Features, Theatre and Action!Thisis easy to navigate round the website as you can easily find what you are looking for. Also underneith they have 5 diffrent moving slides of their productions that you can click on to view more of. The website still hold trailers from over 5 years ago which is interesting and good to look at, also its good that company still respect the old and are publisising their older works. Anoherthing that is good about this website is they have a film page for every film which is good for fans as on thatpage their are blogs from actors, film highlights, pictures, exclusives such as poster arts and downloads, film information, news and trailers. This is good for fans as they can easily find out more about a selected film of interest.
I think the website is great, fun and professional.

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Stereotypes

Whats the Purpose/popularity of stereotypes?Relates to audience, audience will understand due to knowledge, some are posative - not all negative and false.

Problems/criticsmKey term - Mediation: The way the Media represent an idea to us.

- Stereotypes overlook th individual
- Place people in groups
- Qualities often exaggerated which leads to a caricature.
Leon Festinger - Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Argued that we resist adjusting our attitudes unless faced with overwhelming evidence against it. Believed that we seek out confimation of our thoughts/beliefes.

The 7 areas are:
- Gender
- Age
- Ethnicity
- Sexuality
- Class and status
- Physical ability/disabillity
- Regional identity

Tuesday 1 November 2011

Doug Bihlmaier



Doug Bihlmaier is the Head of Ralph Lauren Vintage. He is seen as one of the most stylish men in New York. He's the reason you obsess about RRL and the nuances of hand dyed indigo bandanas and hickory stripe chore jackets. His homeless chic look probably costs more than your entire closet.He dresses with an edge and its his own style -'Hobo Chic'. I believe someone would like to be so indicidual and stand out, but maybe not always for the right reasons, is so that people like ourselves can judge and believe what we like, but we are mislead by their appearance so maybe out actions depend on our judgement meaning that a man such as Doug would be treated by people who dont know him, purely how they believe he should be treated by the look of his apperance. Also being a designer and collector for a brand, his own style and charectersistics need to be individual, daring and imagantive so they are diffrent from any other and so maybe Dougs beliefes of this is shown through by his misleading, quirky, apperance.

The Man



- write up notes in class -



This man is called Doug Bilmaier and he heads Ralph Lauren's vintage department. This gentlemen travels the world buying all the great vintage items (frames,books,fixtures etc) that you find decorating Ralph's stores.