BBC News
The presenter is dressed smartly and is sat very formally and he keeps a straight face throughout.
They use Green screen, and make the background bold and bright so that it is easy for the audience to read and interact.
The introduction has a lot of impact on the audience it is upbeat and keeps the audience interactive with the music.
The news stories that the bbc have are, Lybia, Car bombing attack in the usa 2 british involved, protesters and the cathedral, the homecoming in mistrata, the BNP and snow fall in the states.
during the report we saw filming on a mobile phone sent into the BBC by the member of the public, in studio and on location interviews, press confrences and threshold.
The sports story they used was Formula one as it was the first formula one that was in india.
The final story is about the snow in america it is not inportant in us but may interest some people and it is important to include other countrys.
Channel 4
Monday, 31 October 2011
Friday, 14 October 2011
Super Size Me
The different types of film making that they use are:- Interviews- helps us see things from different angles and understand peoples point of view.
- Opinions- Why that think things like obeisity happen.
- Scientist interviews- why things like obesity happen.
- Animational clips- ronald mcdonald advertisment clip.
The Interviewees in the extract 'the toxic enviroment' are:
- Jacob Sullum- reason magazine.
- John robbins- journalist and writer
- William J Klish- Medicine doctor
The relationship between the voice over and images are:
- The voiceover talks about the issues and concerns in america, while the picture shows the issues and concerns that are being brought up in the voiceover.
- There are alot of images of McDonalds and voiceovers that discribe the truth behind McDonalds.
- The voiceover compared the fast food addiction to the addiction of smoking, the images show that this information in most cases are true.
Super size me has two modes:
- The participatory mode- this is because the director participates in the film.
- The performative mode- the film maker is emotionally attached to the happenings in the film.
I think that the documentry is aimed at all people but i think the film maker is trying to get the point across mainly to young adults and children so that they are aware of the possible effects and can prevent the worst from happening. I think it is however aimed at ages 10-20 and mainly male but females too. Most documentrys can be suited to all genders and ages however in some cases it maay be directed at a certain genre or age, for example sport may be directed manily at males and fashion at females.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Kidulthood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdoKD4gTQ2c
The Kidulthood poster shows the 7 main characters and just by the poster you can already tell the character personalitys, the poster puts across that the teenagers are in groups of gangs, and it shows that violence is involved because of the baseball bat that one of the characters is holding, the outfits that they are wearing shows the stereotype that many teenagers are put across as, eg untidy.
I think that they chose the title Kidulthood because it is a play on words about how the characters are kids but are trying to act like adults before their time, it gives the audience an impression that they are about to see kids acting like adults.
Setting the tone
Many people think that a playground is where kids are playing games and chatting to friends, however, the film puts across what an east london playground is like, as they scan round the playground you see all the things that you dread to see, smoking, fighting, shouting, the effect that this has on the audience is that they start to see during this scene the characters personalitys.
The tension/aggression is conveyed through the body language and facial expression of each member of group because they are always looking down or have a scowery look upon their face and they walk around with a bounce in their step. It is easy to identify the 'outsiders' because they are the ones who are not in large groups or are being picked on by large groups, they show within their facial expressions that they are insecure about themselves and are unhappy.
The tension rises as Sam is looking for Claire, the film maker builds tension by adding in earey music and fast camera movement between the two characters, the actor who plays Sam adds expression to the characters face to make it seem like he is angry.
The soundtrack adds to the feeling of tension because it is a fast, two bea tune, it is very simple and helps describe the similarities between all the characters, which is that they all live in london.
The character 'trife' comes across as the guy who helps everyone but acts hard to fit in to the lifestyle that they all lead. The first time you see him, he appears to be loading a gun this acts against his good guy image but he starts to show the other side when he stands up for Katy in scene one.
Representation of young people
The main stories with in the film are Alyssia's pregnancy, Sam, Claire, and Jay love triangle, Katy's death, Sam killing Trife, Becky and Alyssia's way of getting money and Katys brother wanting to kill Sam. Some of the stories can be related to like teenage pregnancy,love triangles and suicide.
During the film you see many activities such as fighting, shopping, sex, drugs, drinking, partying and travelling.
The language that they use is street and at some points hard to understand, the characters mainly use slang and it represents how many of the youth today speak. The incident where trife is accused of stealing the hat is used to show how many people in this society do not trust or believe young adults or kids these days.The director uses this scene as a way to show that youth are not trusted as much as they should be.
There is a small amount of adult characters in this film, you see one teacher at the beginning of the film and he comes across as scared of the children, you see Katys father but he doesnt pay much attention to Katy even though she has cuts and bruises over her face, after that you are introduced to Katys mother who is a little more concerned about her daughter, these characters are flashed in and out during the scene where Katy kills herself and are the last people you see in this particular scene but you do not see them again. Throughout the film you see other adult characters but for brief moments, you meet Sams mum, Claires mum, shopkeeper, taxi driver, security guard and shop assistant. The main adult character is Uncle Curtis, you first meet him in a van and talking to Trife and then you see him torturing a man in his house. All the adult characters are good influences exept for Uncle Curtis.
I think that the way that young people are representated within the film is only correct in some places, i do not think that they represaent all young people within these characters, however in the print media for example the poster shown above it shows the clothing and the poses that the majority of young people do, i think that the representation is more correct within the poster than within the film.
I think the reaction from someone around the age of 50 or above may believe that the characers where based on the 'kids' on the street of london, i think they would be shocked at certain aspects of the film for example the age of the characters and of some of the events they get up to at that age, i think as a young person i would have to make the comment that this is a small majority of the society we live in and mainly occurs within the less unfortunate parts of the UK and the world.
I think the film putss across that the male gender are more violent than the female gender however also shows that the females are very keen to also get involved and standout amongst others, throughout the film you see alot of peer pressure that the characters have to undertake, the film does not single out any race however does show some characters as being more fiesty and willing.
I think by letting youngsters watch this film it is showing them possible actions of the events if they were willing to get invovled with something similar, however in somecases this may encourage young people as you do see the teenagers getting items such as money which could be intising to young people.
DOCU-DRAMA
A docudrama is a film or television show which combines the fields of documentary and drama. One might call a docudrama a non-fiction drama, with a focus on real events and real people presented in a dramatized way. In addition to being filmed, a docudrama can also be written; in written form, the docudrama began to emerge in the latter half of the 20th century in the world of people like Truman Capote and Norman Mailer, with film following suit.
I reseached gang culture and crime in west london and my results were that in west london alone there is 169 gangs, per week around 50 teenagers are arrested for knife crime, gun crime in west london has gone up to 89% in a decade,i think that Menhaj Huda has potrayed the real London throughout the duration of the film, the producer has stereotyped each group of characters, he has created each gang or group to a high standard from the weak and unhappy like Katy, to the bullies like Shaneek and Sam, the popular girls Alisa and Becky, and the main group Trife, Jay and Moony.
The following articles have been found in various papers and magazines and are about gang culture and crime.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-warned-that-rioters-could-target-2012-games-2351562.html
This article is about how the 2011 riots could effect the 2012 olympics if gangs decide to target the games.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2232158/Gang-culture-has-replaced-family-life-among-teens-warns-police-chief.html
This article explains how many youngsters have replaced family life with gang culture and violance.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288838/Girls-NINE-lured-gang-culture-drugs-sex-violence-sweeping-Britain.html
This article explains how children as young as 9 are involved in gang crime, drugs and violence.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223193/Culture-violence-Gun-crime-goes-89-decade.html
This article explains how the gang culture and gun crime have got higher in the last decade.
Other tv documentrys or films on gang culture and crime are:
The film Kidulthood is very different to the film Aileen because, Aileen is a documentry whereas Kidulthood is a docu-drama, the codes and conventions of a documentry consist of:
The Kidulthood poster shows the 7 main characters and just by the poster you can already tell the character personalitys, the poster puts across that the teenagers are in groups of gangs, and it shows that violence is involved because of the baseball bat that one of the characters is holding, the outfits that they are wearing shows the stereotype that many teenagers are put across as, eg untidy.
I think that they chose the title Kidulthood because it is a play on words about how the characters are kids but are trying to act like adults before their time, it gives the audience an impression that they are about to see kids acting like adults.
Setting the tone
Many people think that a playground is where kids are playing games and chatting to friends, however, the film puts across what an east london playground is like, as they scan round the playground you see all the things that you dread to see, smoking, fighting, shouting, the effect that this has on the audience is that they start to see during this scene the characters personalitys.
The tension/aggression is conveyed through the body language and facial expression of each member of group because they are always looking down or have a scowery look upon their face and they walk around with a bounce in their step. It is easy to identify the 'outsiders' because they are the ones who are not in large groups or are being picked on by large groups, they show within their facial expressions that they are insecure about themselves and are unhappy.
The tension rises as Sam is looking for Claire, the film maker builds tension by adding in earey music and fast camera movement between the two characters, the actor who plays Sam adds expression to the characters face to make it seem like he is angry.
The soundtrack adds to the feeling of tension because it is a fast, two bea tune, it is very simple and helps describe the similarities between all the characters, which is that they all live in london.
The character 'trife' comes across as the guy who helps everyone but acts hard to fit in to the lifestyle that they all lead. The first time you see him, he appears to be loading a gun this acts against his good guy image but he starts to show the other side when he stands up for Katy in scene one.
Representation of young people
The main stories with in the film are Alyssia's pregnancy, Sam, Claire, and Jay love triangle, Katy's death, Sam killing Trife, Becky and Alyssia's way of getting money and Katys brother wanting to kill Sam. Some of the stories can be related to like teenage pregnancy,love triangles and suicide.
During the film you see many activities such as fighting, shopping, sex, drugs, drinking, partying and travelling.
The language that they use is street and at some points hard to understand, the characters mainly use slang and it represents how many of the youth today speak. The incident where trife is accused of stealing the hat is used to show how many people in this society do not trust or believe young adults or kids these days.The director uses this scene as a way to show that youth are not trusted as much as they should be.
There is a small amount of adult characters in this film, you see one teacher at the beginning of the film and he comes across as scared of the children, you see Katys father but he doesnt pay much attention to Katy even though she has cuts and bruises over her face, after that you are introduced to Katys mother who is a little more concerned about her daughter, these characters are flashed in and out during the scene where Katy kills herself and are the last people you see in this particular scene but you do not see them again. Throughout the film you see other adult characters but for brief moments, you meet Sams mum, Claires mum, shopkeeper, taxi driver, security guard and shop assistant. The main adult character is Uncle Curtis, you first meet him in a van and talking to Trife and then you see him torturing a man in his house. All the adult characters are good influences exept for Uncle Curtis.
I think that the way that young people are representated within the film is only correct in some places, i do not think that they represaent all young people within these characters, however in the print media for example the poster shown above it shows the clothing and the poses that the majority of young people do, i think that the representation is more correct within the poster than within the film.
I think the reaction from someone around the age of 50 or above may believe that the characers where based on the 'kids' on the street of london, i think they would be shocked at certain aspects of the film for example the age of the characters and of some of the events they get up to at that age, i think as a young person i would have to make the comment that this is a small majority of the society we live in and mainly occurs within the less unfortunate parts of the UK and the world.
I think the film putss across that the male gender are more violent than the female gender however also shows that the females are very keen to also get involved and standout amongst others, throughout the film you see alot of peer pressure that the characters have to undertake, the film does not single out any race however does show some characters as being more fiesty and willing.
I think by letting youngsters watch this film it is showing them possible actions of the events if they were willing to get invovled with something similar, however in somecases this may encourage young people as you do see the teenagers getting items such as money which could be intising to young people.
DOCU-DRAMA
A docudrama is a film or television show which combines the fields of documentary and drama. One might call a docudrama a non-fiction drama, with a focus on real events and real people presented in a dramatized way. In addition to being filmed, a docudrama can also be written; in written form, the docudrama began to emerge in the latter half of the 20th century in the world of people like Truman Capote and Norman Mailer, with film following suit.
I reseached gang culture and crime in west london and my results were that in west london alone there is 169 gangs, per week around 50 teenagers are arrested for knife crime, gun crime in west london has gone up to 89% in a decade,i think that Menhaj Huda has potrayed the real London throughout the duration of the film, the producer has stereotyped each group of characters, he has created each gang or group to a high standard from the weak and unhappy like Katy, to the bullies like Shaneek and Sam, the popular girls Alisa and Becky, and the main group Trife, Jay and Moony.
The following articles have been found in various papers and magazines and are about gang culture and crime.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-warned-that-rioters-could-target-2012-games-2351562.html
This article is about how the 2011 riots could effect the 2012 olympics if gangs decide to target the games.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2232158/Gang-culture-has-replaced-family-life-among-teens-warns-police-chief.html
This article explains how many youngsters have replaced family life with gang culture and violance.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288838/Girls-NINE-lured-gang-culture-drugs-sex-violence-sweeping-Britain.html
This article explains how children as young as 9 are involved in gang crime, drugs and violence.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223193/Culture-violence-Gun-crime-goes-89-decade.html
This article explains how the gang culture and gun crime have got higher in the last decade.
Other tv documentrys or films on gang culture and crime are:
- Ross kemp on gangs
- The Loomis gang
- Why we bang.
The film Kidulthood is very different to the film Aileen because, Aileen is a documentry whereas Kidulthood is a docu-drama, the codes and conventions of a documentry consist of:
- Voiceover
- real footage
- Natural sound and lighting
- characters talking not voiceover
- Staged
- Sound put in after exept for characters talking
- Unatural lighting.
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