The Fall & Luther Comparison

In The Fall it uses many camera shots such as close-ups, long-shots, pov shots, god perspective shots and tracking shots. The editing of the camera angles matches the pace of the slow narrative. The mis en scene of this series is dark in tone and is much more serious then luther. Furthermore, in the fall the villain is shown to be more attractive, normal and human rather then just a evil and unattractive person with no regard for life, this is due to the villain being revealed to have a family with two young children. This somewhat makes the audience sympathise with this villain however, the audience still have to see him as a villain due to his violent acts and crimes that the audience know he has committed. Luther also uses close-ups, long-shots and tracking shots. however, instead of it being slow paced, the editing follows the action the character is in and is fast paced. Also, unlike the more humanely portrait murderer in the fall, in Luther the villain is shown to be a heartless person who has no regard for life, she is intelligent, deceptive and is more discrete with her crimes rather the killer from the fall who is not discrete and is more aggressive and direct rather then plotting his murder to try prevent him getting caught. In Luther, the actor Idris Elba is the main protagonist of the story being the investigator, this is iconography as he is a well known respected actor which will draw an audience in to watch it. In the Fall, iconography is shown mostly through the murderer in this show, this is because he is the well known actor Jamie Dornan who is commonly regarded as being handsome, which again relates to the idea of him being the unexpected villain of the story.

TV genres intro

TV Genres - 

Action -

An action story is similar to adventure, and the protagonist usually takes a risky turn, which leads to desperate situations (including explosions, fight scenes, daring escapes, etc.).

Adventure - 

An adventure story is about a protagonist who journeys to epic or distant places to accomplish something.

Comedy -

Comedy is a story that tells about a series of funny, or comical events, intended to make the audience laugh.

Crime -

A crime story is about a crime that is being committed or was committed.

Drama -

drama is a genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone, focusing on in-depth development of realistic characters who must deal with realistic emotional struggles. 

Fantasy - 

A fantasy story is about magic or supernatural forces, rather than technology (as science fiction) if it happens to take place in a modern or future era.

Historical - 

A story about a real person or event.

Horror -

A horror story is told to deliberately scare or frighten the audience, through suspense, violence or shock.

Mystery -

A mystery story follows an investigator as he/she attempts to solve a puzzle (often a crime).

Romance - 

A Romance is a emotion-driven stories that are primarily focused on the relationship between the main characters of the story.

Science fiction -

Science fiction is similar to fantasy, except stories in this genre use scientific understanding to explain the universe that it takes place in.

Thriller -

A Thriller is a story that is usually a mix of fear and excitement.

My favourite genre is horror as i enjoy being frightened and afraid (thrill seeker). This sense of danger is thrilling. Or science fiction because its very captivating and interesting to understand the fictional universes created using science. My least favourite would be romance as it bores me and does not give me any sort of satisfaction as i am not able to relate to the characters situations. 

In film production, the pre-credit scene is the section of the film which is shown before the opening or closing credits are shown.

Charity Advertisement Analysis

Save the children ad

The visual codes used in the ad consist of the way the girl changed in her apparel and physical state in each shot, the shots represent the days of the year in seconds, this is seen in how it begins with her birthday and ends with her birthday. Furthermore, in each second of shot her appearance changes in some way as she gets more depressed throughout mentally whilst also physically becoming more dirtier and her clothing and hair becoming more distressing. The Audio codes heard throughout the ad are very effective as it gives us subtle quiet tones in the beginning of the ad with happy tones such as a children laughing and a warm-family atmosphere which then progresses to darker tone sounds of screams and explosions which contrasts against the beginning and slowly twists the story, disturbing the viewer making it more impactful mentally, positioning them to actually care as it gives them a glimpse of what their home could be like and what it could turn into such as in the ad, however, near to the end when the viewers realise this is actually happening but instead in Syria, which in turn then makes them realise the irony of the situation and their fear in the possible outbreak of war in their home country and how this is already occurring in Syria and the ads persuades them to help support the cause as if they were supporting their own country in the possible case of a war outbreak.

Radio Industry Overview

Commercial/Public Service - Commercial radio service can be national, local, global or independent and is usually funded by the amount of views or listeners that tune in to their station. Public service are license funded and contain no commercials because of this, an example of a public service radio organisation would be the BBC.  The Station profile is the identity of the station, this means the visual aspects of the station such as their logo, their cross-platform marketing and their scheduling.

Speech-based radio summary- There are multiple genres of radio stations, such as discussion, call-in, news and documentary. Each of these genres use different types of conventions to appeal with the listeners, such as a presenter, contributor, studio or outside broadcasts. A prominent radio organisation example would be the BBC. The identity of the BBC is that its a public service radio station which means its funded by the government and the public with licensees and subscriptions, its purpose depending on the multiple varying radio stations in the BBC, consists of news broadcasts, music, interviews, sports etc. The BBC's cross-platform advertising consists of billboards, posters, celebrity promotion, audio announcements and TV advertisements.

The multiple stations of the BBC consist of multiple radio stations, the audience for these stations are such as radio 1 extra, radio 4 and radio 5. The station radio 1 extra is a speech-based radio station, focusing and specialising urban music,  most of which include interviews with upcoming UK musicians/rappers, allowing them to perform on the station live by doing a freestyle on a chosen beat of the host, whilst also talking about their career and how they begun their love of creating music. The target audience for this station would be for mostly younger listeners interested in urban music. In  Radio 4 broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word/speech-based programmes including the news, dramas, comedies, science and history. This station would be for those who like to be entertained and thrilled so this could be for any age, young, middle aged and elders can listen to this station and find something they take a liking too. Radio 5 is a radio station that specialises in the live BBC news, phone-ins, interviews and sports commentaries. This station would be for those who are mostly interested in sports so that would be a younger audience mostly however, there are a lot of middle aged people that enjoy sports television as-well.

radio 1 extra logo

radio 4 logo

radio 5 logo

Late night woman's hour

This is a podcast of sorts that airs on BBC radio 4 during the night time. The host Lauren Laverne talks with guests about different topics and has funny conversations. Lauren Laverne is a English radio Dj, model, television presenter, author, singer and comedian. She is 40 years old and her target audience consist of mostly of women of middle ages, this is due to the late time it airs and also because the podcasts usually focus on topics that have to do with women and women rights, this consists of videos on hair, women's activism and social stigmas and struggles with life such as break-ups. The podcasts covers serious topics when it comes to women rights however it be very comedic times with the guests when talking about topics that aren't so serious such as ages, this comedic/light-hearted tone can also be seen mainly in the vibrant colours seen on their main website. 

Film trailer idea

Film name: Static

Film Tag line: dead signal 

Trailer story line:

• anonymous link sent to group of students through social media.
• hacker/spirit with guy Fawkes mask takes over their devices discretely after students unknowingly download the sent link.

• Students phones begin to act strange, becoming slow and producing a slow gradual growing static sound.
• Some students attempt to buy new phone however, static sound is still produced on the new device. Due to this most of the students just turn their phone off.

• When students are alone their phones turn on by themselves and the static sound grows stronger in a quick succession, becoming louder and louder until the screen becomes white and a image of the guy Fawkes mask appears on the screen.
• (2 possible death outcomes) The static from the phone then causes them to collapse and have a seizure. Alternatively, anonymous individual appears behind the student wearing the guy Fawkes mask and then proceeds to murder them using a knife.

Summary:

Fatal link sent by a crazy, mentally unstable hacker, downloads virus and causes students phones to go haywire, ruining their lives and producing a static signal driving them insane resulting in their inevitable death.

Films of inspiration:

• The Ring
• Scream 
• Unfriended 

The Genre of the film is a Horror.  

The Target audience of the Film is 15+ because there are students that are 16 years old in the trailer.

The settings that will be used are college, park and the alley way (next to Danny's chip shop) 

Secondary Story (Fay's Class)

Star returns to Coulsdon

Fuse ODG returns to Coulsdon to visit his former college to give inspirational speeches and useful advice to the college students. At the end of his visit he performed one of his songs Antenna, Million Pound Girl, Dangerous Love and TINA. Fuse ODG talks and explains to the students how to be motivated for lessons and key advice how to succeed in life, he also gave a insight into his past at Coulsdon college and how he struggled greatly with keeping up with all the work and the depression that developed  however, he reassured the students by explaining how he overcome this situation and how they can overcome it too and succeed if they ever find themselves in a similar situation. He then ended the visit to the college by showcasing the awards he obtained after switching his life around and succeeding in his academics as seen in the picture, he then finally performed a some of his most popular songs, exiting and entertaining the students, leaving the visit on a positive note.

Straight Outta Compton Marketing Campaign Analysis

The movie 'Straight Outta Compton' can be seen as a independent movie despite the huge following and fan base behind the story of the film. The age demographic would be teens and adults due to the history and following of the rap group of N.W.A and each individual artist/actor, also gender would be any who are interested in old school hip hop and the culture of music and pop in general. The budget of the film was only 50 million, much lower then most films which is why i decided to label it as independent. Genres that can be associated with this film can be music, history, crime, drama and  biography. The plot of the film is about a new rap group N.W.A who create there first studio album, 'Straight Outta Compton', this album then creates controversy with its brutally honest depiction of life in Southern Los Angeles. The films characters consist of Jerry heller(Paul Giamatti), the groups manager and as for the group themselves, it consists of Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr), Dr. Dre(Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E(Jason Mitchell), DJ Yella(Neil Brown Jr), MC Ren(Aldis Hodge), we follow these characters through the music industry, acquiring fame, fortune and how they now hold significant place in the history of music. From the characters you can see the film consists of well known and respected actors which could bring an audience in themselves as well as the films story/plot. The film is set in 1988 which could also appeal to an audience that appeals to vintage visual aesthetics.