The Big Bang Theory
The big bang theory is a situation comedy. The show conforms to the codes and conventions of situation comedy as its: set in a place where the characters all meet up to be together for example in this show it is set in the apartment of the main characters, it has a set of characters that are stuck together in a situation from where they cannot escape in this case its the apartment, There is normally a resolution by the end of the show and Events happen during an episode to disrupt the status quo. The show runs in a linear format as everything happens in order. The show is also multi-strand as it often has one main story with another storyline. The narrative of the show is closed and restricted as we find out things along with the character and the show ends with a resolution. What makes this show different to other sitcoms is that although it has new story lines it still contains traits from the previous stories this is because they want old audiences to feel comfortable with the show as well as allowing new audience to watch the show without getting confused, thus allowing for more viewers increasing the ratings of the show. The show targets teenagers. Proof of this would be the fact it airs on e4 a channel made to target the teen range. Along with people with an interest in science to accomplish this it uses witty humour and storyline that people may be able to relate to.
Moral Panics.
0th March 2004 Moral Panics Sarah Thornton, a sociologist describes deviance as anything that is considered not normal within society. Moral panics were first studied in 1963 by sociology undergraduate Stan Cohen. Stan Cohen was studying sociology in Johannesburg, who flew over to England, at the time when there was a he media interest in the mods and rockers. What actually happened was that on a slow news day, there was a fight at a small seaside village which involved mods and rockers. With no other stories, the media circled in on this, and reported it, but exaggerated it greatly. So what was a handful of mods and rockers fighting became several hundreds of them brawling, and causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage. Stan Cohen realised this, and began to follow media coverage. Stan Cohen suggests that the following occurs when there is a moral panic. With the extensive media coverage, by the next bank holiday, police and the media were prepared for another brawl, after building up such hysteria. However, with such extensive media coverage, the mods and rockers went to have a fight again, even though there was no need to, and this is what sociologists refer to as a self fulfilling prophecy. Most of the mods and rockers that turned up that weekend, had no idea why they had to fight, but because the media and most of the country expected them too, as this was what
Stereotypes in the Media.
Stereotypes In every aspect of the media stereotyping is inevitable, especially in advertisement industries and TV programmes. This often occurs by grouping people together by the way they look, their gender, hairstyle, clothes choice, race, sexual orientation and way of life. Often they are given code names/nicknames that split people into clusters, this is necessary within the media as different audiences have to be recognized so that they can be targeted for magazines, programmes and music. Stereotypes act as names that give a clear understanding of a particular person easily and quickly. Many people see stereotypes as a problem as they can: - Single a select group of people out and make them vulnerable to assault from other stereotypes. - Can create wide differences between communities as people see each other as different and believe everything the 'stereotype' has to offer without not even getting to know the person at all. - Takes away the option of representation from the stereotype itself, meaning that the members of said stereotype are grouped together without choice. - Assumptions of other groups can proceed to become realities. - Can validate acrimony, animosity and prejudice. As you can see from this image all models portray a different stereotype. Each stereotype has different traits and tendencies, as you can already see from clothes that the models
SHREK ESSAY
SHREK ESSAY In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man eating beasts. The Prince usually rescues the Princess, they marry and live happily ever after. How do makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse this tradition to reveal the ogre as good and Prince as evil? In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad and write about how film makers of Shrek use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairy tale. In traditional fairy tales ogres are man eating beasts and the Prince usually rescues the Princess and they are handsome and kind. The Prince and Princess get married and live together happily. Ogres are big, ugly and scary and they usually eat men in fairy tales and scare away characters. An example of traditional fairy tales are Jack and the Beanstalk and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. In Jack and the Beanstalk the giant is massive and ugly and he scares away the characters. He chases Jack when he finds out he has been stealing from his house and threatens to eat him. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Snow White is freed from a spell by a handsome Prince and they lived together happily ever after. Language is an important device, and I am going to write about how language can create the impression of good and evil, both in characters and films. The film "Shrek" opens like a traditional fairy story, using the
Shrek Media essay
The film 'Shrek subverts the traditional fairytale. How do the film makers establish the fairytale the non-traditional elements in the opening sequence? The opening sequence should be effective in any film, of any genre, to make the viewer want to watch it. The opening introduces us to the theme and the characters in the film. Additionally, music and setting can make the opening of the film more effective. The opening sequence of Shrek is generally effective because certain things, like the music, make the opening sequence attention-grabbing and appealing. Shrek is a comedic, family film and in the opening when the setting and music change, and it shows Shrek doing his daily routine the film definitely shows a comic genre. There are many different film techniques used in Shrek. These include characterisation, camera angles and frames, colour, copy, voice over, setting, music and sound effects. The setting begins with the original Disney film beginning which is an old book opening and being read. Many things in the beginning suggest a classic fairytale: the book opens by its self; the book is old looking; the story of the princess locked in the tower. These all show a classic fairytale. The book is shown as old because it is brown and stained on some page and has simple pictures, old fashioned style of writing and very few words on each page. This idea of a classic fairytale
Sixth Sense
How does the opening ten minutes prepare the audience for the rest of the film? "I'm going to see you again, right?" An innocent statement from nine year old Cole Sear, played by Hayley Joel Osment, who is a cursed or, some might say, gifted boy with an ability to communicate with people who do not know that they are dead. The film Sixth Sense, directed by M Night Shyamalan, has had a massive impact on the film world. With a budget of $40 million it managed to earn $26.6 million on its opening weekend and earned and kept the number 1 spot in the U.S Box Office for five weeks. It earned $673 million world wide ranking it number 27 on the list of box-office money earners in the U.S. The Sixth Sense is seen as another 'extra' sense other then; sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. This added sense allows Cole to see and communicate with ghosts. There has been a debate of whether ghosts do exist or not, some people believe that they do exist whilst others are not as sure. I believe that there is a possibility of ghosts being around everyday life but the chances of actual contact with them is minimum. The film revolves around nine year old Cole Sear and child psychiatrist Malcolm Crowe, played by Bruce Willis. Malcolm attempts to help Cole through his situation at first not believing that he can see ghosts, oblivious to the fact he is one himself. Once Malcolm believes that
Analyse the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of Saving Private Ryan both shocking and realistic and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film
Analyse the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of Saving Private Ryan both shocking and realistic and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 war film set throughout and after the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. A company of six soldiers lead by Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) must rescue the only surviving sibling of the four Ryan brothers who is stationed behind enemy lines. Directed by Steven Spielberg; Saving Private Ryan is particularly notable for the intense and violent nature of its opening 24 minutes, where it depicts American, Canadian, and British coalition forces landing in Omaha beach. Spielberg chose Omaha beach out of many other landing sites as it was one of the bloodiest battle fields taking the lives of over 15,000 American soldiers. In Saving Private Ryan Spielberg's aim was to bring realism and authenticity into the movie, making the terrors and triumphs of D-Day more than just make-believe. In this essay I will analyse the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of Saving Private Ryan both shocking and realistic and say how effective I find it as an introduction to the film. The first scene in the opening battle sequence begins in a cemetery. In the opening shot there is a close up view of the American flag fluttering in the breeze with sunlight shining through it. This
Of Mice & Men
Every single individual person has a certain fine dream in their life. Whereas, the American dream was to earn money, have a good job and with its salary to get a safe and warm house in a happy life. Likewise, every American had a dream of better life, the hope of a better future. For those who work in ranch, their dream is to collect some money, have a little home and a piece of land of their own. Similarly, in the novel 'Of Mice and Men', the writer named 'John Steinbeck' had also tried to show the American dreams as a play using different characters. Similarly as being an American, each character on the story has different dreams. The novel was published in 1937. There are two main characters in this novel George and Lennie. The story started when two men called George and Lennie make their way down to a clearing beside the Salinas River. They were heading to a ranch to find a job. George and Lennie are poor and migrant workers which travel from one ranch to another to find works and complete their basic needs. George was caring, sharp features, responsible, sensible, defensive, and short temper. "Well we ain't got any." George exploded. 'Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a' mighty..." This shows that he is frustrated and scolding Lennie. Lennie was a huge man, shapeless of face with large, pale eyes, with wide, sapling shoulders. "He walked
oh what a lovely war
"Oh what a lovely war" essay In the play Joan Littlewood uses satirical devices to mock the idea of war. By using these devices she turns something very serious into something rather comical - or sometimes the other way around - . Even on the front cover there is an example of irony; which is where you say one thing but mean something else. The whole play of "Oh what a lovely war" is an example of burlesque with most things in it being rather funny or stupid, even though it is about a very serious thing. The best example of this is probably the actors who are dressed as pierrots, who are melancholy clowns, who can be related to by the audience at the time as they are portrayed as very sad, but now that the war is in the past people can see the complexity of their part as they can change from something amazingly sad to hilarious in a moment. The complexity created by them gives the play a very flexible way in which they can work as they won't offend anyone but they can make it very funny to the people who can understand the underlying plot. This use of melancholy clowns allowed Littlewood to persuade the audience who wouldn't be offended, but for the people who would be offended it would be just a weird and boring play. The title of the play is ironic, as the war it is referring to is possibly the biggest war with the highest death toll ever in history, so saying "oh what a
english media coursework
English media Too short, too tall, too fat, too slim, is Britain ever happy with their bodies. Growing up all children; girls and boys are shown the dream bods that everyone longs to have, faced with them all over adverts, magazines, television it's no wonder that children and adults are forever self conscious and are not always comfortable with the way they look. What happened to 'it's all about inner beauty'? Yes we're all overwhelmed with the slag off articles about whose had the latest botox or breast implants and how none of it is real and its all camera tricks, but does any of that ever come up when your looking at a supermodel on the front of your favourite magazine? My main aim is to see whether the media focuses on surgery and starvation or if they do really believe in real sized people and working with what they already have. There are television programs nowadays that focus on bringing out the beauty that we already have but watching the programs do we feel better or worse about ourselves? One of the major hit series that is currently on television is How to look good naked, although the program does end in giving the woman so much confidence that they are comfortable to take a picture naked and strut there stuff in just underwear down a catwalk throughout the program it offers other beauty tips and women are given great fashion advice for all sizes and
