The future of media.

I think i the future the media will become more developed and everything will be controlled by some sort of media. Infact this has already happened as windows are becoming computerised and even alot of drawing can now be done on the computer. Before long the media will control our lives which has started to take place now as the average time a person has spent on the media per week is betwwen 35 to 40 hours per week. So i believe that before long Britain will be dominated by the media.

How can human traffic be a methaphor for the effects and the gratification model of media?

The effects model is the hypodermic model. This sees the audience as duped and doped. Human traffic can be a metaphor to the gratifications model, which could mean in this case the idea of drug use can be over thrown and can be looked at as an ok thing to do and over throw the dangers of taking drugs, just the positives things of why the characters should take drugs . The hypodermic model is injecting the behaviour of the characters with the HUMAN TRAFFIC. In part of the film the characters are saying how they get confidence and can talk to complete strangers this is extremly dangerous as anything can happen to people taking drugs as they are vunerable.

Cd advertisment

• Main attraction is the artist herself.
• The artist is wearing a white dress against a dark background which makes her stand out even more.
• Explains brief information about the artist music but ends so it will lead you on wanting more.
• The artist is the same height as the magazine which mean she has more control, which will lead to you focusing on her and not the other information of bands around her.
• Will not just draw female characters but also Male's as they will look at Beyonce as a sexual fantasy.
• The image on the magazine is very striking as the artist is looking directly at you which give you both a connection.
• Her name is bold and in your face which makes it all about her.
• A caption above BEYONCE say "our women of the year" this will automatically draw you in because you want to know why she is the women of the year?

Human Traffic

Do you think Human Traffic encourges or glorfies drug use?

Personally i believe that Human Traffic does glorfir drug use and people will absorb and copy what they are veiwing on the film. This is know as the Hypordermic Syringe model.
The Hypodermic syringe model is a theory which is bacically injecting you with violence or anitsocial behaviour within films, TV, Games and even music lyrics. I believe that is a young child or adult is watching human traffic they are more likely to think that the behaviour is acceptable. Another example ofthe Hypodermic syringe model would be the Jamie Bulger case. The Kamie Bulger case involed a 2 year old boy being abducted, attaked then murdered. Many sociologists and people within the medai said it was down to the 2 boys watching Child play 3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9GNZdjMCAM
However not everyone will look at Human Traffic and say it is glorifing and encourging drugs as they may see the negative side of the drug use. For example - When the young adults are taking drugs later after they have taken them they have a come down. With the audience viewing the come down they will see the negative affect adn relises that it is not ideal to take drugs. Also the close up at the beggining of all the main characters - Jip Tell use he view and says he cant get it up ,if a male was watching this he would see an extremly negative side as his sex life would be affected.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzx4EnsgKSk

schedule

This is our filming timing for each individual scene of our characters.

Wednesday 20th October - filming small snippets of Sam and Danii. (This is the main scenes needed for our music)

Thursday 21st October - Filming individual scenes of Danii .( This is the scenes when Danii is grieving and looking back on the memories)

Friday 22nd October - Filming scene in graveyard

Due to Carly's commitments and our busy schedule we are filming her scene after the half term.

Edit -

Due to our actresses we have agreed to film all our video next monday 25th october this will gives a whole day to film all the footage and reduce the risk of having our characters in different outfits and different hair styles.

However we will still be filming Carly after we come back as we need to decorate the sound booth before she performs.

Homework

Do people copy things they see in films, TV and computer games?

Columbine 1999

In April 1999, two students took guns and bombs into their school – Columbine in Colorado – and killed 13 people. A number of media influences have been cited by supporters of the hypodermic syringe model as being primarily responsible for the boys actions such as playing the computer game DOOM, listening to the violent lyrics of Marilyn Manson and watching violent films, moist notably The Basket ball diaries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfX9UHyxgY

Opinion

My personal opinion is that I believe you learn the negative affect of the violent in films rather than pick up on there behaviour by this I mean you will see the result if you commit a certain crime.

Future

In the future I believe there will be more crime only due to the fact that more and more people are getting away with it not the fact that they are being influenced by the media.



Abducted toddler 1993

On the 12th February 1993, two 10 year old boys abducted a toddler James Bulger from a shopping mall in Liverpool. They tortured and killed him, according to the tabloid press, by mimicking scenes from a video – CHILD PLAY 3. This again links to the Hypodermic syringe model.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9GNZdjMCAM

Opinion

For this personal opinion for this story is that it is down to bad parenting not the film. At this age the children should not be watching this movie.

Future

I believe in the future the age limit for horrors/thrillers will become increasingly higher.

Human traffic

Human Traffic


There are similar shots at the begin which creates a negative affect of the youths. The close-up of each character as they a being creative only shows the negative side of the getting drunk or high but not working or doing something rewarding to them.

The uses of drug shows that they are trying to escape from any stress around there workplace or in some cases the education. This still has a negative effect although they are using it for personal reasons they are also in a small clip using it to get pleasure this is shown when it is the weekend, when they are all in a club. Also when the young girl is working in a burger bar they are all doing the robot this doesn’t really show the stereotypical side of the youths culture.

The value of friendship is shown as they stick together as a group and if someone is in trouble they help out. This really co- notates Britain as the friendship within Britain is very close.

This film is British to only because they had placed the national anthems music in a small clip but written there own lyrics over the top. To me this really reminds me of the royal family and England itself.

The main shot that stood out to me is the close-ups showing each character. This is very affective towards the audience as the audience can gain a rapport with the characters and get a better understanding of what they are like and how they act in society. However this is not very positive as it shows then either getting high, drunk or rebelling, this will have a negative affect on the children as they can pick up on the behaviour this is know as the Hypodermic syringe model.

Cast

Danii Hall as the daughter

Sam Hall as her mother



Extras as other family members


Carly Jones as herself

The main character in our music video will be Dannii hall and the story about her mother and any other extras would be family members and the last character shown in our music video is Carly Jones our artist which will include shots of her singing in the studio.

Another A2 music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZO8T25Iqf8

me and my group noticed this video from another A2 media group which has some visual images like ours for example - memory's are in black and white and you can see the photos on her bed when she is crying. Also the zoom in the images are similar to what we are planning on doing.

costume,make-up and props.

Props -

• Locket with image of daughter and mother
• family photos
• scrap book
• letter from mother
• each characters costumes
• make-up
• mobile phone for home video
• flour
• filming equipment
• microphone
• headphones

Costume -

Mother-

• Casual clothing - jeans, t-shirt etc.
• when showing she has cancer she will where a head scarf

Daughter -

• Casual clothing - jeans,t-shirt etc
• hoodie and jeans when crying on bed

Carly-

• Long black dress
• black heels

Make-up -

Each character will have similar make-up very natural and simple. However when mother is ill she will have pale make-up on and the same when daughter is upset. Carly will have glamorous make-up as she is the artist selling the song.

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skills and development.

Digital Technology.

• With a digital video camera you are able to record an everyday situation or use it to produce various types of film genres,music videos etc. When using sound in footage i am able to cut to the right position i am happy with and extend the sound when needed. I can also fade the digetic and non digetic sound when needed and i am able to record over the sound/music. when using final cut express i was able to put my imagination to the test, as there was various amounts of different technologies i was able to explore and use. My favourite editing technique i used was being able to take the colour out of my moving images. We only used a digital camera for a planning as we took photographs of our actors/actress.
• I have developed many skills over my time creating and producing the task i was given. The main skill i have learned is how to become more creative with using the editing software and becoming more adventurous when filming For example; using a variety of different camera angles and shooting in different location.
• The one good thing about using this software is there is a lot more techniques i am able to experiment with however the one bad thing is the capturing of the footage , sometimes i didn't capture any of the moving image. Personally i think our As media project was at low standard as the only creative part was the make-up chosen this was because we hit a lot of problems on the way and had no backup plan , due to this this year we have been more careful about who we use and the location chosen. However i did think i narrative was very creative as it was different from the other groups.
• For our primary task we watched a various amount of thriller/horrors to get an idea of the techniques used and the different mise en scene used. For secondary research i analysed different companies that produced thrillers/horrors to get an understanding of what they like in movies For example; Lions gate. if i was able to improve i would choose my actors/actresses more wisely and take time when producing my planning as i felt rather unorganised.
• I used the Internet for research on other industries and there work and to also view and to also watch trailers on youtube for other thrillers/horrors however personally i could have been more organized when researching my work. We made sure we where editing during lessons and during 2 of our free lessons, however because i only took 3 As classes i was able to do a little bit more as my other team members had 4 As levels. The techniques we used where fairly basic, by this i mean simply just using the editing software to take colour out and and different transitions in for example; Fade ,Dissolve, cut, colour fade.
• For my evaluation i made a video about what i thought about my video if i could improve it i would add more clips in to back up my argument and give more evidence.
• I personally think it is not possible as to make it understandable for the audience you will need to show a stereotypical horror/thriller, by this i mean using gore or high pitched screams and music that is very tense and awkward. When filming our trailer we used as many conventions as possible for example; blood , a death scene, dramatic music etc.