How does the director of "Friends" use the opening titles to promote a successful situation comedy and encourage the viewer to continue watching?

How does the director of "Friends" use the opening titles to promote a successful situation comedy and encourage the viewer to continue watching? .Introduction You need to explain how "Friends" is a very popular television programme. State some facts about the show: how it is shown every English speaking country in the world, how videos and DVDs of the show are popular and that the cast get paid huge amounts of money. Also say something about who watches the programme. State that in this essay, you'll be addressing the question above. The programme "Friends" is one of the most popular television programmes in the world it is shown in... 3. Genre Explain what genre is and say what genre the programme "Friends" is. Give other examples of American situation comedies and British Situation comedies such as only Fools and horses. Now say why this genre is and of programme is popular with the public and why people enjoy comedies so much. Explain why "Friends" is so popular with the public. "Friends" is a situation comedy and this is a popular genre of television programme. Other examples of situation comedies are... 3. The opening titles Two paragraphs Explain why the opening titles of a programme are important- they need to grab iur attention if we're going to watch the programme. How do the opening titles of "Friends" grab our attention? Also say a little bit about the

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Chicken Run media essay

Chicken Run media essay Wallace and Gromit eat your heart out there's a new chick in town! Chicken Run, directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park is a sensational clay animation. A new piece of cinematic excellence to be added the title 'a classic', with its side-splitting humour, astounding action and stunning stop motion Chicken Run is a film well worth watching. I can guarantee you won't be disappointed! Enough about how good the film is; what is it about? Chicken Run is an all round great film for all the family. Ever wondered what chickens dream about? More chicken feed? A bigger coop? Not in the case of head chicken Ginger; all she wishes for is freedom for all the chickens at Tweedy's farm! On her countless attempts to escape she has been caught by Mr. Tweedy on every occasion. Suddenly, out of no where, appears a radical rooster (Rocky) who claims he can fly! Ginger is convinced her prayers have been answered and Rocky is the key to their freedom. Meanwhile Mrs. Tweedy has a monstrous money making plot to make her chickens into pies! The chickens are in a race against time to get themselves out of this foul situation! I am going to enlighten you into how the film makers use Mise-en-scene, language and character interaction to create Good and Evil amongst the characters. For all you newcomers to the film industry this means through the use of: Lighting, sets/props,

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A Night To Remember.

A Night To Remember It was the day of the concert. The lively atmosphere around the arena was only beginning, being there early before, I saw the transformation of the what seemed to be spacious hall, into a jam packed stadium, mocked with nothing but up for it Geordies and music lover alike. As the lights sparkled above the stage, the huge amplifiers buzzed, vibrating the seat in which I had suddenly risen from. Announcements through the loud speakers were cropping up every minute, adding to the anxiety, whilst the crowds poured in, creating a carnival like atmosphere, despite still being an hour away form the main performance. Market stall like shops were beginning to unfold around the perimeter of the seated area; hats, shirts, jumpers you name it were being sold to the public with the name 'Stereophonics' sprung across them, mean while the more 'intelligent' of us crammed ourselves down to the front where the party was just starting. By the time fifty five minutes had passed, although it had seemed like days, a small acquainted girl, who when turned around looked at least thirty, noticed smoke effects coming from the ground of the stage as the florescent lights illuminated the entire audience which had now filled almost to the brim shouted "its begun!" Silhouettes of the and member, Stuart Cable and both Stuart and Kelly Jones appeared on the giant screens of paper

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A comparative study of how women are represented in popular music videos from the 80s to the present day.

Lydia Mawdsley A comparative study of how women are represented in popular music videos from the 80’s to the present day. ________________ In this diachronic essay, I will be looking at two key texts, Madonna’s ‘Burning up’ (1983) from the 80’s era, and Rihanna’s ‘Rude boy’ which is a more recent text from 2010. I will be looking at whether or not the representations of women in popular music videos have changed over time, or if in fact they have always been there, but are more so exaggerated in recent years. The hypothesis I intend to prove is that the representations of women in today’s society stem back to, and are extremely relatable to those created in the 80’s, meaning that the representations thought to be modern and controversial have actually been around for a long time, only they are more exaggerated and accessible in today’s society, with the latest stories of what the most popular celebrities have been up to, put in front of us on a daily basis through media texts such as social networking, the internet, newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. I will prove this hypothesis by closely examining my secondary research, finding out facts and figures, along with public opinions based on the matter, and analysing each of my key texts. This study will show how the representations have been similar throughout time, but the impacts upon society

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Discuss the issues raised by media ownership in the production and exchange of media texts in the music industry.

Jessica Perry Discuss the issues raised by media ownership in the production and exchange of media texts in your chosen media area. In this essay I will be writing about the music industry. The music industry is dominated by 'the big three' being three major conglomerate companies: Sony, Universal and Warner Music. There used to be four majors however EMI collapsed and split into subsidiary companies that were taken over by Sony and Universal. The major labels own many subsidiary labels too, the 3 majors try and have the widest reach possible therefore their subsidiary companies focus on niche tastes as well as mainstream. According to a Music and Copyright report published in 2012, the majors accounted for 74% of physical and digital sales globally, this means that they operate in an oligopoly where a few companies dominate and control the market. I will be focusing on 1 major and 1 independent record label. The major being Sony, a Japanese transnational conglomerate with their headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Sony has subsidiary companies such as RCA records, Epic records and Syco music and big artists such as Beyonce Knowles, One Direction and Justin Timberlake. As Sony is heavily involved in cross-media ownership such as Sony Pictures and Electronics, if there is a risk within Sony's music industry, the risk is spread across and the company can still focus on other medias.

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Explore the importance of narratives in Ed Sheerans Music Videos.

Explore the importance of narratives in Ed Sheeran’s Music Videos. The Objective of all narratives within a music video is to sell the artist and the music they produce. Over time, music videos have changed dramatically, rather than simply showing the artist singing, modern day videos have developed in depth narratives and storylines that grab the target audience attention. Music videos tie in with Richard Dyer’s theory that stars are commodity, the narrative is in place to entertain the target audience making them more likely to buy the music and products of the artist. From examining Ed Sheeran’s music videos we can learn a lot about him as an artist and a person. The main point of comment is that Ed is often not seen in the video or plays a cameo role within it. From this we can infer that the artist ideology is not centred on star image and the main focus is on the music produced. Furthermore, in many of his videos he expresses things about himself either through lyrics or narrative. Released in July 2011, ‘You need me, I don’t need you’ shows many of the codes and conventions seen in the typical Ed Sheeran video. However the content of the video is not typical at all, in fact it is a unique music video first that has not been in any other. The video is an illustrative representation of the lyrics as 17 year old British actor Matthew Morgan signs the lyrics

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The Fairground

Feeling the Fairground Fun! The people were standing inquisitively outside, queuing up to enter. It was extremely hectic waiting to get in; people hung around like ants in a ruined colony. The public handed over £2.40, to get their tickets, so they could go to the magnificent fairground. The entrance was narrow like a cannel footpath and people instantly caught a strong waft of burgers and chips. Stalls with food and drink were selling candyfloss hanging down from the top, it looked like pink, chewy clouds and the trickling of the drinks made people thirsty. The children around were jumping up and down like a herd of kangaroos, as they were waiting to eat. Everyone crushed the fine emerald blades as they moved along the grass. Mild screams echoed from round the corner, there were miraculous rides. Hearing the increasingly powerful screams, you could tell the public were thunderstruck. By 2 o'clock the sun started to sway around the fairground as if it were a swing of light. There was a good atmosphere and as the people queued for rides, it made them over excited and there were noises of cheering, shouting and clapping! When people where whirling around on the merry-go-around their heads span round like spinning tops and when they came off they needed to rest! The background music was pop music and it interested all the little children to start shaking their hips and get

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Let Him Have It Essay.

8th June 2003 Let Him Have It Essay The Film was made to make people feel sorry for Derek Bentley by making us think he's the victim. It made people sad for him. I felt sorry for him because he didn't deserve a death sentence and that the coppers just wanted to blame someone. They use lots of different ways to manipulate us. Manipulation means, with skill to influence by unfair means or cunning. E.g. to give a false appearance to. They manipulate us before we see it by the pictures on the front cover. There are 2 men from the film there. One is called Christopher Craig who in the picture is wearing black, looked pale. Gangster style hat, a smirk, light shiner one him holding a gun. This already makes us thinks that he is the bad guy and not to trust him and he is the cause of trouble. The other character is Derek Bentley who is smaller than Craig, Appears younger, innocent and vulnerable. He has a scared expression contrasted with Craig because the light shines on Craig. Derek looks weak a bit and also as if he is in trouble for something he didn't do. The film is biased in some ways because Iris Bentley helped Peter Medak, the films director to make the film. She would have given her point on view of Derek. She might have made it out that Derek is the innocent one and he was pushed into doing things, because of his illness. The film also uses the effects of music, Camera

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My Autobiography.

My Autobiography In this talk I'm going to discuss three of my childhood memories. These things are very special to me and I've treasured them mentally and physically throughout my life. I'd like to start with a book, this book is called 'Better days'. The moral of this book is to never give up trying in life, it describes a boy's childhood. The boy is called Tom and he was abused by his family, he was brutally beaten and his parents treated him like filth. But one day he thought that life was about happiness and dreams so he decided to stand up to what he believes in. Unfortunately his wicked parents did not agree and he continued getting beaten. This fragile and disturbed boy wanted to be a teacher, he wanted the opportunity to help children with their education and most of all he wanted to teach children that life is like a drop of rain, you can see it for a moment but eventually it goes. Throughout the story it describes Tom's feelings towards others, he was a kind and considerate person, even to his parents but most of all he never stopped believing in hope. This story stays close to my heart because it shows that anyone can be who they want to be, but the only way to live that dream is to stick with it and never give up. This story is also an inspiration in my life and it has taught me to never give up believing. Now I'm going to describe a song which to me feels

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Elastic Band Experiment

While doing the experiment we had to be aware of safety first. We first had to make sure that no one was sitting down while doing the experiment because if something happened they would have less time to move. We also had to make sure that the bags were under the bench otherwise people might trip while doing the experiment. For the safety of the others the experiment was conducted in an open space away from the people. To make the experiment a fair test I had to make sure that the clamp is absolutely straight because if it is crooked I won't get the same length of each elastic band. I had to make sure that all four elastic bands were at the same length and the same shape so that we get a fair results. When we did the experiment with two, three and four elastic bands we had to put a metal rod underneath all the elastic bands and place the weights right at the middle of the rod (this is because if we put it at one side of the rod, the rod will be crooked and the measurement for each elastic band wont' be accurate). We put the rod because it would become easy to note down the length of the elastic band. Also the experiment would be more accurate because if we had no rod the elastic bands would have to be tied together and therefore all the elastic bands would not be of the same length. It would also be hard to measure the length. Method We started of by getting the clamp

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