Questions 3.1 Page 128

1) List 5 media sectors and one leading profit making company for each sector?

• TV-SKY
• Newspaper-The Sun
• Radio- KISS FM
• Film- Film 4
• Magazine- Mens Health

2) Name 2 independent music companies?

• Big Brother
• Universal Racords

3) Why is some music downloading illegal and some illegal? Some music which youdownload you can have free but you have to pay for all media dowloaded. As the origin isnt making any money from it.

4) Who owns the british Board of Flim Classicification? -

5) Name three organisations that own british newspapers?-

6) Why does the BBC have no adverts? The TV licence

7) What is OFCOM?-

8) What is MP4? Type of media fomat that allows to play music, video and pictures

9) Why does the sound regualy go on big brother? As they want to keep the best bit for the hour show the day after and to prevent any swearing.

10) Who owns channel Five?-

11)What happened as the result of the Hutton Report??

12) What do magazine make most of their money from? Adverts which are inside the magazine

13)Who owns your regional ITV channel? ITV east

14)How do website that offer free content make money?By advertising

15) Who deals with complaints about adverts?-

16) Which is the biggest film industry in the world? Hollywood

17) Who decides for age classifications on video games?

18)Which media company do you pay the most money to?BBC

19) What is an RSS feed?

20) Who are BARB what what do they do? They decided what content is allowed to be realsed to viewing.

Cutting it

• BBC drama
• 4 Series 2002-2005
• Set around hairdressers in Manchester

Stars Amanda Holden, Sarah Parish and Jason Merells.

It follows the life of partners of love and businesses. Set in the middle of Manchester, they plan to open a hairdressers salon but too their amazement Allies Ex partner and father to her aborted child has already brought the desired location of their new salon.

And he has opened with his new partner ( Amanda Holden)

The scene where she is walking across the road and gets knocked over turns out to be she could be pregnant but turns out to be ovarian cancer and she is actually recovering form it. Hence the trip to the hospital.

British Film VS Hollywood

Mean Machines (2002)

Starring: Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Danny Dyer. This British film is the English version of the American Classic the Longest Yard. The Principle of the film is the big shot, famous sportsman goes out drink driving and get caught and gets sent to prison. The Head of the prison wants the superstar to help coach the guards sports team. He declines the offer and sets up his own teams and organises a match between the guards and the inmates. The convicts being the winners.

The budget of the Mean Machines was £2.8 million and was directed by the unrecognisable director Barry Skolnick. This has been his only film and there was a bit or controversy over why such an inexperienced director should take part in such a big project.

The Longest yard (2005)

Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Renoylds and Nelly. Their gross profit of this film was $190,320,53.

The director was Peter Segal, he directed such others such as

• Get Smart
• 50 First Dates
• Naked Gun
• Anger Management

There were many mixed reviews about the Mean Machines a lot of people just said it was a money making way of an American idea but then again they were all American who said that! However it was made in the way to make it its own story, unheard of director and little budget.

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Production Tips

G321 Preliminary Task

Diegesis: The sound heard in a moving image can be split up into two categories. (Digetic and Non Digetic). Digetic material is that which exists in the world of the texts itself, so the characters are aware of it as well. E.g. background music and thunder.

Non Digetic music its purely used for the effect of the audience. E.g. voice over’s or atmosphere music. There can be some type of sounds which are both. E.g. the characters thoughts, they are aware to the audience but not heard to the other characters.

Micro and macro origination: To shoot the appropriate material we need to use the micro-macro stagey. To create the appropriate genre or style of film for a fictional film you need to consider the type of camera shots, music, style of titles, dialogue, and the setting. Instead of diving straight into filming it’s important to plan what you’re going to shoot and storyboarding.

Camera work and framing: Holding a steady shot should be used with a tripod unless your making a realist documentary where hand held camera is used for effect. Zooming is very rare and best to avoid unless you want the appearance of amateur footage. The rule of thirds is useful for framing shots. Combining the shot types and distances is essential to the ‘language to the film’. E.g. is long shots to mid shots. As far as camera angles are concerned is depends of the power and neutrality of the character.

Mise en scène : Mise en scène is all about the atmosphere and continuity. So its very important to chose the type of lighting, props and location to create verisimilitude (believable word of the text) Simple mistakes made are costume, make up, and haircuts which can have effects on the film.

Lighting: These are some tip which can make your film more professional, with a very low budget film.

1) Use natural light- sunlight, shadows, in mist, through rain.

2) Use cheap and artificial light- as long as we have carried out risk assessments, use candles firelights, torches.

3) Create colour filters- you can easily shine light through coloured liquids, vases, ornaments.

4) Position the light source for effect- lighting a scene from above, below or an obscure way.

5) Ultimately lighting a scene is a scientific purpose. Massey describes the equation in helpful clear terms.

Once you have explored what your light sources can provide, experiment with interaction of light with the objects in your frame.