Ehsans media blog 1 (Exam)

1) What is the 'cultural test' to see if a film counts as British?  The film is set in the UK   The lead characters are British citizens or residents   The film is based on British subject matter or underlying material 4  The original dialogue is recorded in mainly the English language 2) Complete the task on the Factsheet, researching the films listed and finding out what they score on the cultural test: Sweeney, Attack The Block, The King's Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Skyfall. Sweeny: 29 Attack the Block: 27 The King's Speech: 30 We need to talk about Kevin: 28  Skyfall: 30 3) What is the main problem for the British film industry? A large portion of the British film industry is dominated by production companies, not distribution companies, what this means is that in order to actually distribute any movies the production company would need the help of an international distribution company, something that could end up quite co

1) What are the two texts the article focuses on? The the texts within the article focuses on post feminism and the fact that two very playful texts re-visit old stereotypes. And asks how far they may have really moved on. 2) What examples are provided from the two texts of the 'male gaze' (Mulvey)? In the Beyonce music video, beyonce is shown in a very sexual way, mainly shown through with tight clothes and makeup. This costume choice was done deliberately by Beyonce to help promote her point of trying to parody the 1960's stereotypical view of women and their role in society Within Panam the main character was portrayed in a manner where it attracted male audiences. 3) Do texts such as these show there is no longer a need for feminism or are they simply sexism in a different form? The two texts portray a very similar image to the audience, they portray sexism in the past which in turn also represents sexism in the modern day, these two texts promote feminism by

1) Why did Laura Bates start the Everyday Sexism project? Laura Bates started the Everyday Sexism Project after realising that the sexism she used to face daily was not only wrong, but made the public not only desensitised but uncomfortable. Due to this realisation, she created the Everyday Sexism Project for people around the world to tell their stories of sexism  2) How does the Everyday Sexism project link to the concept of post-feminism? Is feminism still required in western societies? Post-feminism is the idea of supporting a form of feminism that was created during the 1970's critically. It supports this form of feminism whether or not it is supportive or is antagonistic of classical feminism, it also supports the idea of feminism being revolved around far more than just females, and supports equal rights for more than just females and branches out from traditional gender roles and gender binary; the Everyday Sexism Project contains stories from more than just females and

FUNDING What was the budget for Chicken Director Joe Stephenson raised £110,000 for Chicken  2) How did Joe Stephenson end up raising the money to make the film? Joe Stephenson raised this money through private donors 3) How does the  Chicken  budget compare to a Hollywood-funded British blockbuster such as Spectre  or  Paddington 2 ? Most Hollywood funded British blockbusters have an average budget of $65 million not including the additional average of $35 million, making an average £100 million for a Hollywood funded British blockbuster 4) Joe Stephenson tried to secure funding from organisations that help low-budget filmmakers. What is the  BFI Film Fund  and how does it contribute to the British film industry?   The BFI (British Film Institution) is a cultural charity set up by the government to help fund low budget filmmakers. The BFI is funded through the national lottery. 5) Why do you think  Chicken  failed to secure funding from the BFI Film Fund? The BFI may

1) Why is representation an important concept in Media Studies? the representation of a figure, city, idea etc, can have a positive or negative effect on the represented to the public. This is important because if a large media outlet decides to inaccurately represent a group, figure etc, it can hurt the image of the represented that can have adverse effects, and in the extreme cases can severely affect the lives of the represented. Understanding the effects of representation, both negative and positive helps media students understand the power of the media that much more. 2) How does the example of Kate Middleton show the way different meanings can be created in the media? There are two photos of Kate Middleton that with an addition of a caption, one with a negative meaning and one with a positive meaning, can completely change the meaning of the photos and how they are represented to the audience. 3) Summarise the section 'The how who and why of media representation' in

1) List the different  people / groups  represented in the trailer (men/women/Americans etc.) Men Women Americans Terrorists  Teenagers  Foreign 2) For each group you identify, decide whether the representation is a dominant or alternative portrayal. Explain why you think this. The representation of every group in the trailer was very dominant. The male was depicted as the hero in the trailer, the teenagers were depicted as defenseless and vulnerable, the American figures were shown to be both the heroes and victims whilst the foreign figures with the different accents were seen as the villains. 3) What  stereotypes  can you identify in the trailer? The very first stereotype I had noticed whilst watching the trailer was that the male figure was depicted as the main hero of the story, and was also seen as a skilled combatant with no fear. The women within the trailer (mainly the two teenage girls) were shown to be weak, defenseless girls that could not do much. A ver