Media Revision

Film Posters

Aims

·       To analyse the conventions and design of film posters

·       Focus on the action and adventure culture

·       Use media terminology

Design and conventions

·       Film title is always prominent and usually near the bottom

·       Text is stylised to suit the genre of film

·       Actors names top of the poster

·       Main image can show the basis of film

·       Tag line, teases the audience, raises questions clues of sub-genre e.g. action thriller

·       Release date

·       List of cast and crew if you like the director

·       Expert witnesses mostly newspapers saying positive

·       Age classifications

Media terminology for posters

·       Genre, type of film

·       Audience and demographic, who the film is aimed at

·       Connotation, what images and colours can mean

·       Protagonist, hero

·       Antagonist, villain

·       Narrative, story (tag line can show)

·       Representation, the way anything is presented

·       Stereotype, for comedic effect

·       Unique selling point, standing out or the different  

Unconventional posters

·       Differences, the Truman show has lots of images creating one thing

·       No main image, clues of genre

·       Very little information 

   Why we watch TV?

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          Amusing interesting. Escapism

·        Relationships. Repeat people like there qualities. Celebs

·        Surveillance, questions. Like to know the answers

·        Values. People watch what supports their ideology   

   Discredited

·        Hyperaemic syringe model, watching violent games makes violence. Passive will take and use

   We use media to gratify our needs 

Action and adventure 

Think carefully about how the protagonists are constructed: are they conventional heroic figures?

They are conventional A&A protagonists in the fact they have the convention of being typically good looking, they are also intelligent as they can plan a heist. this shows their skills 

they also show courage and bravery in escaping after a heist. however they are committing a crime but due to these conventions they are almost forgiven. 

Identify the two main nationalities represented and make judgements about how the audience's responses towards them are shaped. There are no superheroes in this extract  but there are definite gender representations, such as a 'father' figure. Also, how is the ‘big city’ represented in this extract?

two main nationality represented are the Italians, who are not doing their jobs as security guards, watching football and smoking instead. this shows laziness. the other nationality is the Americans who are represented. they are shown as handsome, heroic and more intelligent than the Italians. they are therefor the protagonist. we are more likely therefore to side with the Americans.  the father figure in this extract is represented as the older of the men. he praises the men when they do well ans refer to the with "kid". the city is represented very delicate and beautiful. this makes the heist seem bigger and more intense.