Common stereotypes - Luther:

Camerawork

The two characters within this clip from Luther are male and female. There are various stereotypes which are used daily on each of these types of gender, many of these are shown within this clip through the camera, sound, mise en scene and editing. The camera work used within the clip indicates straight away where the two characters stand within the hierarchy. This is portrayed by the low angle shots consistently used on the male, and high angle shots used on the woman. The reason for this is because a low angle shot represents a character as being in power, and near the top of the hierarchy, whereas a high angle shot indicates that the character has some sort of weakness in comparison to other characters, this is typical of a common stereotype as men will usually have more power over women. However the establishing shot of the woman may indicate that she has more to offer, and that she is more important than you think.

Soundtrack

Throughout the majority of the scene a soundtrack is used in the background, this slowly builds up and develops more and more tension between the two characters, this shows that the genders are clashing together in a negative way and creates a very tense atmosphere. This is a non diegetic sound as it is not a genuine sound, and builds up tension between the two characters, which in my opinion makes me think throughout the majority of the clip there is a big argument waiting to happen. This is a very common occurrence in TV programmes where male and females clash personalities and I believe it could happen very soon.

Mise en scene

The lipstick the woman wears within the clip is red, this colour may indicate love as she is trying trying to impress the man which is also shown by the way she dresses up nicely for the man in order to set a good impression. She also asks him many personal questions such as about his marriage which may indicate she is intrigued to find out whether she has a chance, also the fact she asks if he has came to her apartment for sex which may indicate that she would like him to yes. Therefore this may be trying to show that there is a strong bond between the two characters, and perhaps later on in the series we could expect to see them, or one of them to fall in love.

The woman's apartment is very neat, and looks the part. The objects around the rooms are very odd for a woman of her age in my opinion. Such as telescopes, books, unordinary computers and scientific ornaments. To me, this makes me think that she's a very strange and mysterious character, which makes it hard to interpret her expressions. Some people say that this is typical of a woman to be very hard to understand, therefore this is also a common stereotype.

Editing

Throughout the majority of the clip, non continuity editing is most present. This helps to make the scenes look more constructed and professional rather than continuously the same, and helps to draw the audiences attention to certain scenes, by doing this it creates a strong will to understand what's going on between the two characters. Shot reverse shots are used very regularly within this clip, from the start where they are on the top of the roof, all throughout the end until the male leaves the apartment, this is due to a constant conversation going on between the two characters. This editing technique helps to understand the feelings of each character after each word they speak, and particularly in this clip it could be a feeling of love from the woman towards the man, whereas a neutral, emotionless feeling from the man towards the woman.

Star Wars the force awakens

Production companies: Lucas film Ltd. Bad Robot Productions, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Director: J.J. Abrams (An American film director, producer, screenwriter and composer. He is mostly known for his work in genres such as action, drama and science fiction.

Screen writer: Michael Arndt

Actors: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Kenny Baker.

Budget: $306,0000

Locations: England, Ireland, Iceland and the United Arab Emirates.

Green light: 2012

Screens shown on: Opening figure 4,134 Screen, peak figure

Critical reaction 92% said they enjoyed the film Average Rating:  8.2/10 Reviews Counted:  360 Fresh: 332 Rotten:  28

Box office figures: $2.066 billion worldwide, $900 million Usa, $860 million China

Music: John Williams- the attack on jakku village

Marketing: Many different trailers which consisted of many different languages, numerous adverts on television, billboards in major city and online adverts on the side of web pages.

Tie-in products: Many toys and children's items, a video game came out and also books were released to bring in extra revenue.

SFX: 

Any issues: Harrison ford broke his ankle on set which delayed the time taken to produce the film.

Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema was an essay written by Laura Mulvey. Within a music video, the male gaze occurs when the audience is put into the perspective of a heterosexual man. A scene may focus on the curves of a woman's body, putting you the viewer in the eyes of a male. An example of this particular male gaze occurs within the music video "call on me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOnWxJcay4U. The clip consists of many women performing a more sexual type of yoga, in which they consist of revealing themselves, dancing sexually and touching themselves purely for the enjoyment of the male present at the front of the room. This clip presents women in a more natural situation unlike most music video and is a lot more realistic, however the media clearly tries to portray these women as a more upper class in differ to other women which complies with the male gaze theory. This could have a negative affect on girls that are not happy about the way they look as this video presents the females as a certain standard as the males expression shows through out the video. Commonly, this type of manipulation causes a large majority of teenage girls to feel very unhappy or even depressed as they see themselves as ugly in comparison to these models. Or even trying to make themselves look identical to the females present in videos, to extreme levels in some cases. This affect isn't just on women, men also get a false idea on what the majority of females look, and expect almost every woman to look like the woman in these videos, leaving expectations of the way they look far too high, as these women are a minority. This may cause males to just look at the looks of a female and nothing else such as their personality.
In comparison to this particular clip the male is constantly "checking out" the females, as they perform a dance for him. He then picks out one individual woman and begins talking to her and leaves the rest to continue dancing. This gives the impression that it was part of his plan to decide a girl to try and chat up by the way they looked whilst performing. Which makes the woman seem like a box of chocolates and the male has decided to pick his favourite one out. Whereas the females are trying their best to compete with eachother for the males satisfaction, and in order to do so have dresses up in revealing clothing. This may aggravate feminists as they are against women rvealing themselves, therefore this video may offend certain people.

Roles within the film industry

Different Roles within the film industry:

The writer is responsible for writing the script. Once they've handed over the script that's pretty much the whole of their creative involvement with the project. If the producer has hired the writer to write the film the producer can ask for a re write of the script or even opt to bring in other writers if they don't feel the script is working, which is quite common.

The producer: A producer is commonly know for choosing the complete storyline of the film and almost independently shaping it together. Also, hire the director, choose the cast which is very important to get attention when marketing, negotiate rights and fully market the film. Therefore this role is one of the most important as its the complete structure of the film, and therefore as seen in the past, a lot of help will be given.

Casting director: After a film has been accepted and is ready to go, the director and producers hire a casting company to find the right talent for the production. A casting director's will first read the script scrip and then advise the producers and director on which stars to use in the film. This is a key area when developing the film as a lot of people will simply go and watch a film if their favourite actor is playing a part

Director: Usually, a film director controls a film's key aspects, and has control over the script whilst guiding the technical crew and actors in the correct direction. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking.

Camera operator: The camera operator is responsible for physically operating the camera and maintaining composition and camera angles throughout a given scene or shot. In narrative filmmaking, the camera operator will collaborate with the director, director of photography, actors and crew to make technical and creative decisions.

Film Finance: Film finance is an aspect of film production that occurs during the development process prior to pre production, and is concerned with determine the potential value of the film. This outcome will decide where money should be spent in areas of the film development such as marketing which all in all will decide the films possible revenue.

Editing: As a film editor, they are responsible for assembling a recorded raw material into a finished product that's suitable for broadcasting. The material may include camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects.

Production designer: Production designers are responsible for the visual outlook of a film. They identify a design style for sets, locations, graphics, props, lighting, camera angles and costumes, while working closely with the director and producer. So generally they are in charge of the majority of mise en scene.

Marketing: The procedure in which a film company decide to advertise there film. They can do this by putting up billboards, images on the side of buses, tv adverts and many more. This can come at a very large cost and be one of the most expensive costs a company can pay for. However this will help to determine the overall revenue the film makes and is one of the most important things when producing a film.

Exhibition: An exhibition is a large public showing, for instance this will be a film. An example of an exhibition is a film premier where they show off the movie and outline what its about.

Stages of film production Development - This is simply the process of 'finding' a story. Ideas for films come from a variety of sources, they can range from novels, real life events to computer game adaptations. Once you've got an idea you'll need someone to write a pitch for you which you take to a film producer in an attempt to get some funding to make your film. Even at this very early stage you need a very clear idea of who you're aiming you film at so you can include elements that will appeal to them.

Pre-production - Once you've got funding you establish your budget and can begin to get a film crew together, you can storyboard the script. You also need break the script down into individual scenes and identify all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects needed.

Production - This is simply the process of 'making' the film. Provided you've done your job properly in the pre-production stage making the film should be straight forward. 'Film' is very expensive and difficult to store so an increasing number of film makers are using digital cameras to save money.

Post-production - During this stage you take all the 'film' you've shot and give it to a film editor. They will then begin putting it together. Special effects will be added, a soundtrack will be added, any missing dialogue will be re-recorded and added resulting in a 'rough cut'. This will be shown to the director and a test audience who will offer feedback. Often this causes scenes to be filmed and added or removed.

 

Top ten tv dramas:


Prison break: Prison Break is about Michael Scofield, on his mission to break his brother Lincoln out of prison. Michael is certain that his brother, Lincoln Burrows, is innocent of the crime for which he was committed, which was the murder of the vice president's brother. This involves consistent cliff and gets more and more tense each episode. 

Breaking bad:

When chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with fatal cancer and given not long to live, he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, and his wife, in New Mexico. He is Determined to ensure that his family will have a wealthy future, Walter begins on a career of drugs and crime. he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. Throughout the series Walter slowly becomes a very important man within the drug trade, which has many downsides...

Better call Saul: This series is a prequel to breaking bad, however is based around Saul Goodman. It shows the life of when Saul before breaking bad and the development of his life into a lawyer. He struggles on low income, living with his father who is unable to make any eye contact with sunlight Saul had to concentrate on looking after him. Eventually he decides to leave him and concentrate fully on his career as a lawyer. 

Suits: Suits is an American television drama series created by Aaron Korsh,It evolves around Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) and Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) as two lawyers at a high-profile New York corporate law firm. They are on the run from a drug deal, Mike Ross, a brilliant college-dropout, finds himself a job working with one of New York City's best lawyers.

Top boy: This drama takes viewers in a rough area of East London. There is tension between the drug gangs that operate almost openly and those who strive to live honest lives against the odds in the crime-riddled area. Many murders happen within the area and many arrests occur. One of the main characters is Sully, who in real life is a very successful grime artist called Kano and is one of the reasons why this show is so popular.

House of cards: After being denied the Secretary of State position he was promised, House Majority Whip Frank Underwood begins a ruthless and corrupt climb of the political ladder that takes his career to unprecedented heights as his wife, Claire, searches for her place to dominate in her husband's spotlight.

Power: Power is a series about James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York City nightclub owner. He wants to build an empire, turn the club into a Fortune 500 business, but there's just one problem: Ghost is living a double life. When he is not in the club, he is the owner of one of the biggest drug networks in New York. His marriage, family and business all become threatened. Therefore leaves his criminal life behind and become the successful businessman he wants to be most of all.

Peaky blinders: Peaky blinders is evolved around a family of gangsters, who live in Birmingham, England in 1919, just after the First World War. The story centres on the Romani Peaky Blinders gang and their ambitious and highly cunning boss Tommy Shelby. As the show suggests, over time, these empires become too big, too corrupt, and too complicated to sustain themselves and eventually, they collapse. 

Doctor who: The Doctor is a renegade Time Lord: A highly-intelligent scientist from a distant planet. He travels through time and space in the tardis, a curious device, larger on the inside than on the outside, which was designed to change its appearance to suit its surroundings. Running since 1963, doctor who has experienced 12 different doctors.

Gotham: In crime ridden Gotham City, Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered before young Bruce Wayne's eyes. A detective called James Gordon, and his close partner, Harvey Bullock, seem to solve the case as quick as possible, however, things are not so simple.

 

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Favourite Films-

Creed: An extremely motivated young boxer looks to follow the success of his father, Apollo Creed. Going 4-0-0, he starts to gain a lot of media attention. With the help of Rocky Balboa as his personal trainer he decides to pick his toughest fight yet, which results in Creed losing contact with his own mother, and the media finding out whose son he really is. Expectations are high, and he hopes to overcome them and make his father proud. This film is one of my favourites because of the role of Rocky Balboa and how well he motivates the young Creed is so fascinating to watch.

The wolf of wall street: A young business man Jordan Belfort is a penny stockbroker who dreams of a life of riches. He sets up his own business and overtime it becomes of the most successful businesses around and gains huge amounts of attention from the media. His life rapidly turns into a one that most people only get the chance to dream of, a multi-millionaire with multiple supercars, yachts and a mansion. Although he gets into a lot of trouble and upsets a lot of people, no court can prove him guilty of anything. My reason for enjoying this film so much is because the storyline is so engaging, and keeps me hooked throughout the whole 2hours+.

Southpaw: As a tragedy of his wife strikes falls beneath his eyes in the prime of his career, famed boxer, Billy Hope, begins to fall into severe depression. Once the decision regarding the custody of his daughter is under question, Billy decides to get his life back on track by getting back into the ring and becomes the undisputed light-heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He is unbeaten over a career of 43 fights. This film is one of my favourites because of the way Billy hits an all time low in his life and somehow manages to get back in the ring and get back to winning ways.

The matrix: Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity were previously captured the slowly increasing population of machines that live off of the human energy and imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. The matrix will always be one of my most favourite films as Ive watched it from such a young age, the fight scenes will always be one some of my favourite film scenes also.

Fast and Furious: A sequence of 7 thrilling films, all evolved round exhilarating super cars. Paul Walker and Vin diesel are the main characters and slowly become best friends through out the film, and are both commonly known for the statement "Ride or Die". From the beginning they took part in illegal street races, however overtime they have took part in professional races. earning a huge amount of money and even working for a secret agency. Again like the matrix, fast and furious is also a film I've watched from a very young age, and due to my interest in cars, seeing some of the most expensive cars money can buy is simply amazing.

Favourite music artists-

Travis Scott: Travis scott is currently one my favourite artists, this has been a recent occurrence due to his new album "Birds" being released and in my opinion one of the greatest albums this year.

Young thug: Young thug tops my list of my favourite artist, due to his consistent release of good content. Not one of his songs disappoint me and i can always rely on him to release a new favourite song of mine

Kanye West: Recently Kanye in my opinion has taken a downfall in his new releases, however my reason for him being one of my favourites is due to his old music such as Mercy, N**gas in Paris and Champions.

Drake: Before his new album "views" i never really looked at Drake as much of a good artist. However after the album it made me realise how good he really is, and his album is now one of my favourites ever.

Future: Known for producing songs alongside drake, recently has become very popular and one of the most famous artists of 2016

Favourite Tv Programmes-

The Inbetweeners:  This is about 4 teenage boys that simply are a stereotype of modern day teenagers, and get up to a lot of mischief. This  series is my favourite of all time as its so relatable to some of my mates and everyday life at school. Its the funniest tv programme I've ever watched and the films also live up to the same expectation.

Family guy: A family of 5 who live in a small village in america, get up to a range of crazy things and love taking the mic out of other people. My reason for liking family guy so much is because of all the transgressive pleasures involved throughout every single series, which makes it so much different to other series as they are reluctant to doing so.

Fresh meat: 5 young students live in a flat closely to there university, with a middle aged man called Howard who has decided to start uni in later years of his life. Jack Whitehall and Joe Thomas are the main characters and are commonly known for being in the inbetweeners and bad education. My reason for enjoying this series so much is due to the unusual life that these students get up to, my favourite character Howard is one of the main reasons for this.

Prison break: Michael schofield is on a mission to rescue his so called innocent brother from prison, he does this by faking a bank robbery to get himself in the same prison as him. This is one of my favourite programmes due to the consistent cliff hangers that keep me hooked throughout the whole series.

Breaking bad: Walter White and Jesse pigman both attend a grammar school, Walter White as a chemistry teacher and Jesse as his student. Due to both their knowledge in chemistry, they both decide to experiment in cooking crystal meth and making lots of money. This series is one of my favourites due to the constant hook and thrilling events.

Favourite actors-

Robert downey jr: Robert John Downey Jr is an american actor and his career has been a huge success throughout his whole acting life. He's most commonly known for films like Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes. The reason he is one of my favourite actors is due to his consistent quality of acting and role in certain films.

Mark Wahlberg: Wahlberg takes place in most of my favourite films including  Ted, lone survivor and transformers. I would say he's most commonly known for his role in ted and for this reason he is one of my favourite actors due to his funny role that he takes on. Wahlbergs career has mainly consisted of action and adventure films, and it has been a very big success for him.

Seth Rogen: Most commonly known for taking a role in Bad Neighbours and this is the end. His role in Bad neighbours is my favourite due to the way he acts like a child for the majority of the time, and therefore is one of my favourite actors. Overall Rogen mainly takes place in comedy films, which are debatably my favourite type of film.

Jonah Hill: Jonah is mostly known for being in 21 jump street, due to him having one of the biggest roles in the film. He is also in the wolf of wall street and brings the funny side towards the film. Jonah is mostly known for being one of the most funny actors around and thats a big reason to why he's one of my favourite actors.

Margot Robbie: Recently Margot has become more and more famous due to her role in suicide squad, and how well she completed the role. She is also known for being in the wolf of wall street. The reason she is one of my favourite actors is due to how well she succeeds with the role she has set.

Favourite games-

Fifa 16: Associated  with EA sports. Fifa 16 is one of the most popular games ever. It consists of many different game modes such as Ultimate team, pro clubs and friendly seasons. This is one of my favourite games due to my interest in football and the way i can give my friends a game online.

Call of duty: My second favourite game is Call of Duty, i can usually rely on them to bring out a quality game each year and with the new introduction of black ops 3, it remains one of my favourite trilogy of games ever. It consists of life at war, and winning objective games against other teams.

Grand theft auto: This is one of my favourite games due to the fact i can play with my friends, earn money, buy cars, houses and many other things... Rockstar always bring out a successful GTA and i always buy the new ones.

Rocket league: This game is football with cars and due to my interest in both of these type of games, a one in which they are combined is something I really enjoy. Its a very successful game and is also very cheap.

Roblox: A game in which anyone can create a game for every user to take part in. This game is brilliant as its completely free and you can choose from hundreds of different game modes and it great for one I get bored of all of the above.