Produce a trailer for a new film of between one and two minutes duration

A2 Media Studies coursework - Critical Evaluation Brief: The task set is to produce a trailer for a new film of between one and two minutes duration. The trailer should clearly conform to or subvert established forms and conventions to make meaning. The product should target a specific audience and should clearly demonstrate the practical use of technical skills and careful planning and show how these contributed to the final production. The accompanying log should also document and give evidence regarding each individual's contribution to the final product. The planning should clearly detail all stages of production such as organisation of time and equipment. It should also show how these measures enabled the production to progress. The final product should be a competent piece of work showing all stages of production and the technical skills and techniques involved in its production. Introduction: Last year's AS production brief was considerably different to that of this year's A2. The obvious reason for this is that the AS production was print-based, whereas this years is Audio-Visual. Whilst both adhere to certain forms and conventions within the media, these forms and conventions are completely different in either production, and so they are not directly comparable in any way. It is also apparent that the A2 level production encourages critical analysis of

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Alfred Hitchcock

O Often regarded with a great deal of admiration, not only by a nation but by subsequent generations, as the greatest film director/maker of all time; Alfred Hitchcock cleverly manipulated his virgin audience and brought about not only a new era but a new discovery in film making. Hitchcock mastered not only the art of making films but also the task of taming his own raging imagination. Through inspiration Hitchcock was able to aspire and infuse tension and suspense, leaving him plausible to receive the title of being the "master of suspense." Born and bred in the east London area of Leytonstone, Alfred was the youngest son of William and Emma Hitchcock. As a boy, Alfred became fascinated by the popular London theatre, which flourished prior to World War I. He found an interest in the stars, the glamour, and melodrama, the brave, the handsome heroes, the pure heroines, the wicked villains, and the triumph of good over evil. However Hitchcock also believed that this picture of reality was as false as it was alluring. Within the conventions of popular melodrama, he explored and exploited in his own films, the themes more often associated and linked to the ghastly unrespectabilites than popular entertainment: loneliness, loss of identity, sexual ambiguity, passivity, voyeurism, the triumph of evil, and the oppressive weight of a dead past. Deliberately, Alfred

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Teenagers and Drugs

NAME = TAHERA BEGUM FORM = 10U TEACHER = They come in different shapes, sizes and forms, and can cost anything from your weekly pocket money to the thousands. As controversial and political as this maybe, as a society we are facing a new age war of DRUGS and all the consequences it brings with it. Our primary aim for the last half term was not only to extend our own personal knowledge about drugs, but also to delve deeper into this issue, and explore the feelings of people involved in this business and the people hurt or effected by it. Teenagers as a whole are seen as a completely different species to the rest of the human race. This is due to all the stereotyping and assumption based on supposedly typical adolescent behaviour. The way society views certain types of people or groups plays a large role, as this image can be a permanent one. One aspect, which has really stood out, is the fact that society always seems to view and label the extremes. What I mean by that is a teenager in many peoples point of view can never be normal or in between. They are either: ROUGH, RUDE STREETWISE, DRUGGIE TYPES or GEEKY, WEIRD, HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS Whichever way you look at both descriptions, they are characteristics, which can outcast you in society, and as a whole has the ability to outcast teenagers, as these are the images they are stuck with. Nevertheless, the

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Stage lighting - A guide.

Stage Lighting: A guide The fully updated, Definitive guide to all aspects of stage lighting for GCSE Drama Introduction The theatre is the oldest form of drama known. Dating back to the ancient Greeks, it still manages to enthral millions of people to this day with its distinctive dramatic style. Despite the advent of film and television, the theatre is still a unique place. Instead of watching endlessly rehearsed, digitally enhanced pictures flash past on a screen, the theatre offers a clear, unadulterated view of acting relying on the actor's skill and initiative rather than just a string of computer generated sequences. This is not to say that film is worse than theatre; rather that the two are different to one another, offering different things to an audience. However, The theatre has one very clear disadvantage over film. Where we can sit through films like the Lord of the Rings and marvel at the splendour of the Shire and tremble at the unforgiving, evil Sauron the same effect is much more difficult to achieve on stage. Of course the actors ability to portray the character correctly is important, and goes some way to transporting the audience from their seats into the story, but this is often not quite enough. Somehow you never forget you are sitting in a draughty church hall with large florescent lights glaring at you! The solution to this problem is to stimulate

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Improving dance performance through an awareness of the effects and implications of an audience

Improving dance performance through an awareness of the effects and implications of an audience NAME: CANDIDATE NUMBER: CENTRE NUMBER: FORM GROUP: PE GROUP: PE TEACHERS NAME: AQA Applied Physical Education GCSE Performer Portfolio: Improving dance performance through an awareness of the effects and implications of an audience AUDIT The activity which I am currently participating in is Dance. We are doing a group dance performance which is based on racism in the world. It is against two teams who battle it out to be the best but then unite as one when someone in their group dies. In this portfolio I am analyzing myself through an awareness of the effects and implications of an audience. The effects and implications of an audience can change a dance and the way in which the performers perform. Effects of an audience The effects of an audience are the way that the performer feels through out the performance due to the way the audience act and respond. If the performer is aware of what the audience is feeling and which part the audience enjoy then the performers mood could also be influenced the audience Nervous: If I get nervous whilst performing my dance; then there is a chance that I may forget my routine. This would cause me to become shy and therefore I would not look at the audience. Shy/Scared: When performing my dance, shyness is a negative

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How did Hitchcock defy Cinematic convention when he Released

How did Hitchcock defy Cinematic convention when he Released "PSYCHO"? "Psycho" was a groundbreaking film of the 1960's which spawned the Suspense-Thriller genre of films we now watch today. But unlike the films before his he took a brave stance in defying the convention of film at the time in many ways. Some of the most dominant being cinema going, cinematography and narrative techniques as well as breaking many cultural taboos in this period of post-war austerity. But perhaps some of "Psychos" success can be attributed to the fact that when Hitchcock unleashed his film on to the general public it was because of the hype his new film had gained through the critics. But even though Hitchcock did use himself as a selling point for his film he was maybe pushing the boat out too far in hiring well known actors, Truffaut said, "I don't care about the acting; but I do care about the pieces of film and the photography and the soundtrack and all of the technical ingredients which made the audience scream... they were aroused by pure film". And this is what and why "Psycho was so good because it evoked emotion within the audience and was a piece of "pure film" which is sometimes hard to find. "My main satisfaction is that the film had an effect on the audiences, and I consider that very important." Truffaut, 1985. This quote shows the impact the film had on its audiences, and that

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Analyse and compare the opening sequences of 'The Bill' and 'Murder City'.

Analyse and compare the opening sequences of 'The Bill' and 'Murder City' All police shows aim at thrilling and exciting their audiences by diverse portrayals of the police and crime. Each one presents the police and crime in their own unique way because each has to be different from the rest in order to attract an audience. For this part of my project, I have chosen two contrasting cop shows - 'The Bill' and 'Murder City' - to help me in exploring and analysing the methods used by the media in entertaining their target audiences via these shows. I shall use the episode of 'The Bill' that went on air on 11.03.2004 and the first episode of 'Murder City'. In analysing and comparing the above two, I shall take a look at their credits, music, graphics, camera work and the introduction of their characters. (1) MUSIC- At the beginning of 'The Bill', we are shown a synopsis of the story from the previous episode so the audience can catch up and understand the order of events. During this recapping, the music of 'The Bill's' opening sequence is played softly in the background. As the credits are shown, the music begins with a heavy pattern to its tune that is repeated at a high pitch. Trumpets, guitars and drums are the instruments used; a siren can be heard in the background. The tune is rhythmic and catchy. The viewers can be drawn by the catchy music without human

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theatre Studies portfolio

AS Theatre Studies Portfolio Devised Drama UN- seen No of words: 3984 AS Theatre Studies Portfolio Aims Our aim is to produce a realistic piece of drama which is amusing through its truthful observation. Our production should lead the audience to believe that we are young people looking for love on the internet, who for many different reasons cannot face real life and real relationships. Thus, in watching this piece of drama the audience should question themselves why we are sometimes afraid of other people. They should also relate to their own lives and be amused by the accuracy with which we perform; they should recognise elements of themselves in our characters. In order for this to work we need to include the audience in our journey as much as ourselves. They need to feel sorry for Sophie, who cannot take her life in her own hands and by the end of the piece feel relieved that at last she finds someone. To produce humour we create increasingly confused situations which should be believable. What we also would like to show is the contrast between the characters (two opposite female characters: shy and self- confident). All of these things would mean that the audience engages with the piece and think about themselves, which will make the performance both entertaining and educative. Research In research for this play, there were many things which I needed to

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20th century innovators of theatre

In this essay I will contrast and explore the key innovations and methodologies of the director/practitioner Peter Brook, and the Polish director/practitioner Wlodzimierz Staniewski and the workings of his theatre company, Gardzienice. One of Peter Brooks methodologies that I feel is key is his use of site specific work. Peter Brook felt a need to try and create theatre outside of 'traditional theatres'. So in the early 1970's he started the experimentation of acting in the street, in hospitals, carparks, anywhere there was a space big enough to hold a production. 'In the early seventies we began doing experiments outside what was regarded as 'theatre'. 'For the first three years we played hundreds of times in streets, in cafes, in hospitals, in the ancient ruins of Persepolis, in African villages, in American garages, in barracks, between concrete benches in urban parks.... We learned a lot, and the major experience for the actor was playing to an audience they could see, as opposed to the invisible audience to which they were accustomed.' This key innovation has helped both directors and actors all over the world, especially actors in third world/war torn countries who either don't have access to theatre buildings due to financial constraints, or who have no theatre buildings due to bombings. Peter Brook encountered a theatre director from Soweto in Africa. This African

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Study the language of home shopping channels.

Introduction For my investigation I have chosen to study the language of home shopping channels. I chose this topic because I thought it would be interesting to investigate the discourse of this persuasive language, as such channels represent a growth area in British television. However to make this method of shopping effective the presenter needs to go into great detail in order to describe the product to its full potential as the audience will know what the product is really like as they can not physically touch it. The presenter aims to obscure the fact that the text is monologic and tries to make it like dialogue. She does this by trying to create solidarity with the audience by using a number of techniques as for example the use of personal pronouns and creating that idea of a group definition. To add prestige and worth to the product she makes reference to royalty. She uses sales talk and collocates to add coherence but most importantly she uses sales talk as a means of persuasion. Aim The aim of my investigation is to examine how the presenter uses persuasive techniques in order to influence the audience to buy the products. The main topics I will be looking at are: * Description of the products * Generic features of discourse I expect the features I will find are quite typical of this type of discourse. It will also be interesting to find out the

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