Tuesday 28 October 2014

Representation of Disablilty

Driving Technology for the Disabled Disability - Stereotypes
Vulnerable - Can't defend themselves as easily
Incapable - Can't work
Unintelligent - Disability holds them back
Unattractive - Not seen as normal humans
Lonely - People don't like what they see
Marginalised - Seen as less of a human, insignificant





































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Disability in TV Drama
Walt Jr - Breaking Bad - Cerebral Palsy
Artie - Glee - Wheelchair
Layla - Tracy Beaker - Cerebral Palsy
JJ - Skins - Autism and Panic Attacks
Becky - Glee - Down Syndrome
Tony - Skins - Brain Damage











Disability in Film
Forrest Gump
My Name id Sam
My Left Foot
The Ringer
Sky Kids
Daredevil
Of Mice and Men
Rain Man
Born on the 4th July
The Green Mile
My Sister's Keeper
Fight Club
Donnie Darko
The Kings Speech

Tuesday 7 October 2014

The Gaze












Throughout the music video it shows multiple times women in bikinis performing moves associated with orgasms and intimacy. The woman that is shown the most throughout the music video, is not there because she is a singer, she is there because the artists or the person that chose what goes in the scene has chosen her as she is attractive and because she will be seen as a sexual object by the audience watching this video.


After seconds the audience is shown a glimpse of a woman in a bikini showing her body whilst looking through a jungle like set, this is who the video is mainly shot about as she is what most men are attracted to. By this woman not wearing much clothing, the audience are supposed to look at her as an object instead of a person, as this then has the male audience intrigued.


At 1 minute 10 seconds the woman is shown to be looking back at the camera down the lens, this suggest that she could be looking at the audience enticing them or creating a relationship between the audience and her. As she looks back, background seems to be romantic as there are candles on the wall and it seems to be dark, which creates a sexual atmosphere between the audience and her.



In these scenes the woman in the green is shown placed on her own whilst dancing seductively to get the audience to concentrate on her as the song plays, this suggests that she is only supposed to be there because she is attractive as she plays no part in the story of the song. In the scene where the two women are showing up against a pole wearing clothes that are revealing and seem to be performing a sort of seductive pole dance. One of the dancers pulls her swimsuit out but then lets it go, this suggests that she is teasing the audience


 In these scenes the woman that was previously dressed in green is now shown to be in a princess Jasmine from Aladdin, it shows her in the minimum amount of clothing that would be allowed. In the scenes in the bedroom it is showing multiple women in their lingerie, and two women go into the bedroom with a man. The lighting in this scene suggests some sort of sensual mood lighting as they are in the bedroom and it is quite dark.







Throughout the final scenes, at the party there does not seem to be many men there, mainly women, this suggests that song is directed at the male population. Also within the video there does not seem to be any men in it except for the artists, this suggests that the artists wanted women to be there for the purpose of being attractive and to be seen as objects instead of people. When in the room smoking there are woman in not much clothing suggesting that they are objects, also  they seem to be surrounding one man.









Monday 6 October 2014

World War Z

 


Pre Production
- is the film an original idea, a remake, a sequal or an adaptation (or a combination)?


World War Z is an original film
who is the director?  
Marc Forster, he has directed film such as 'Machine Gun Preacher' this is not the same as World War Z as it did not have a large budget or the correct qualities to be counted as a blockbuster.
which studio(s) are making the film? 
Paramount Pictures are one of the companies that produced The Avengers, they were founded in 1912 under the name Famous Players Film Company but then in 1914 they changed to Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures is owned by Viacom (Video & Audio Communications) which is an American global mass media company. Skydance Productions also produced this film. Skydance is a film and television production company inside of Paramount Pictures therefore is owned by Paramount Pictures. Skydance was founded in 2010 by David Ellison.
- what size budget did it have? 

The budget was $190,000,000, although when the film was green lit the budget was $150,000,000 until the producers realised that it would not cover. 
- which 'stars' signed up to be in the film?

Brad Pitt is the only actor that is classed as an 'a-list' celebrity, this is why the film is classed as a blockbuster.
- how long did it take from 'green light' to filming commencing
20th June 2011 - 4th November 2011


Production
- where was it 'filmed'

UK England Scotland Wales, Malta, Hungary, USA
- how was it filmed (3D, 2D, CGI)?

2D and some CGI was used
- any problems it faced
The film producers did not notify Hungarian authorities that they were shipping guns there, the charges were dropped on 10th February 2012.





Post Production
- does it rely on special effects?

World War Z does not rely on special effects although it does use it, as the zombies need make-up to look realistic, the costumes for everyone involved, and some of the sets will have used CGI and set designers.
- what sort of special effects are used?

Computer Generated Imaging, make-up, costumes, set design
- was 3D added AFTER filming?

- did it require any RE SHOOTS

October 2012 - 3 December 2012