Case Study Analysis
News Stories:
Justice minister Malik steps down (source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8051091.stm)
Summary: labour Mp Shahid Malik has stepped down as Justice Minister because of the claims that the daily telegraph has reported about his expenses. Mr Malik is protesting that he has followed all the rules. An investigation has been launched, Gordon brown has asked Sir Philip to investigate as quickly as possible. Browns spokesman has said that Mr Malik position will not be filled while this investigation is going on and if he is cleared he will return to office.
This is a political news story, This is the latest news about the on going news story of the MP’s Expenses.
This latest story was reported today (15th may 2009).
This story is news worthy because it informs the public on the latest news on how MP’s are using the publics tax’s.
The institutions agenda is to inform the public of the way that the MP’s use there allowances for there own use, I agree with the institution and think that the public should no how the MP’s are spending our taxes.
The story is not purposely biased they have tried to report the story as unbiased as possible, but with this latest story they are finding people to blame and Shahid Malik is the first victim.
The information for this story has been collected through news agency and eyewitnesses statements. I say eyewitnesses statements because MP’s have commented on this story through spokes people.
There is a short video with the news story, Its a video of Mr Malik defending himself however it just seems like he is covering his arse rather then saying sorry for his mistakes.
There is two social groups involved Mr Malik and The prime minister saying that he wants to clear this up as soon as possible so everything can return back to normal. They are both represented as fair although the news video is seen to be a little negative.
There is no interaction between the institution and the audience.
All the sites that i have looked at features the story.
Jessie James: Do You Know Who Killed Teen? (Source: http://news.sky.com)
Summary: Police are appealing to the public for any witnesses for a four year old case. Jesse James was 15 when he was shot back in 2006 and the reason for this news story today is that today would be his 18th birthday and instead of celebrating this day, the family are grieving because his killer has still not been found despite effects of the police.
This is a crime story. This is a follow up story from a previous news story from a few years ago.
This story is reported on the 15th may (today) because it would have been the victims 18th birthday.
This is a news worthy story because the murder is still out there and could kill again but its not a vital news story.
The agenda is to try and get the public to come forward if they no anything about this case because the police have hit a dead end and are urging people to come forward with information.
This story is biased because they are appealing to catch the victims killer, so the story is making the public sympathetic to the victim and there family.
The information was gathered from old news reports and police and family statements.
The are two images of the victim one with the main headline and a poster that says ”Can you live with it?…..I can’t” which is there way of making the public feel guilty if they no anything about his death.
There is sympathetic biased towards the family and a sense of begging to the public to take notice.
There is are phone numbers that the public can call to contact the police with any information they have.
Sky news is the only site that features this story that i can find
Man jailed for ‘barbaric’ murder (Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8051257.stm)
Summary: A Brazilian man has been jailed for 21 years after stabbing a 17 year old girl to death and then dismembering her body and throwing it into a river.
This is a crime story. This is a new development because it reports on the case developments after the trail.
The story was reported today but it has been a long standing story for a year.
This is a news worthy story because it brings notice to young girls traveling abroad with devastating consequences.
The agenda is to make more people aware that there are damagers abroad and it could happen to anyone.
It is biased in the view that this drugged up man is evil for killing a child.
This info has been gathered through police reports and news agency.
There is a picture of the young girl, it looks like a typical social networking site photo that adds more impact to the viewers.
There is no no social groups featured.
There is no interaction from the public.
No i can only find this story on the BBC News website.
Add comment May 15, 2009
Tina
Research on Brazil
Usefull sights:
http://www.geographia.com/brazil/brazihistory.htm
http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/south_america/brazil/about_destin/culture.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Brazil
http://www.mapsofworld.com/brazil/capital.html
http://www.mapsofworld.com/country-profile/brazil1.html
Parts of Brazils Culture.
- Music: Samba
- Capital is Brasilia but was orginally Rio de Janeiro.
- Sports: Football and Vollyball.
| Distribution of the Brazilian population according to their religions and faiths[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Religion | Population (million) | Proportion (%) |
| Roman Catholicism | 130 | 74% |
| Protestantism | 25 | 15.4 |
| No religious affiliation, agnostics and atheists | 12 | 7.4% |
| Spiritism | 2.2 | 1.3% |
| Afro-Brazilian Religions | 0.3% | |
| Other religions | 1.7% | |
Due to the oil crisies in 1973 and 1979 the country was put into great debt.
Famous Brazilions.
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Gisele Bundchen
http://knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/List_of_famous_Brazilians/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-people-from-brazil.html
Add comment March 23, 2009
Tina
Focus Group for media Critical Research
This is the question that I will be asking all my focus groups; Question: How are the female roles represented in the original and the remake film genre film noir.
For my focus group I will get a few different age ranges, to compare the different generations that the genre film noir has effected. My first focus group was with middle aged women age ranging from 40-50 years of age. Also in the focus group I showed the women some scenes from “The Big Sleep” original and remake.
The Response that was common was that women in the original seemed to be very independent but is also second best to the male character. The focus group seemed to identify the typical female roles characteristics, The femme Fatale was “The Bitch”, There is a house wife role who is there to represent the typical 1930’s women.
My focus group talked about how the women are the support for the male characters in the film noir genre. And are in the films to look pretty. This was challenge by some of the women saying that the character like the femme fatale makes the film noir genre because of the typical story lines, where the male lead is always enticed by the femme fatale.
Add comment March 4, 2009
Tina
In film noir there are three roles that women play: Also known as Noir Women.
The Femme Fatale
This Noir women resorts to murder to free herself from a controlling man.
“Women are represented as prizes, desirable objects” Sylvia Harvey-The women of film noir.
- Lana Turner in the Postman always Rings Twice
The Good Women
These women are shown as good and normal women. She is the traditional house wife. which is a role that is out of place in the film noir genre. The “NORMAL FAMILY VALUES” contrasts against the world of film noir.
The Marrying Type
In the late 1940’s another distinct character appeared in film noir. This woman was there to domestic the hero which is suffocating for the hero and encourages him to rebel against his responsibilities. But the whole perfect family life that she is so desperately wanting to be normal is not normal in film noir.
Films that involve these types.
Femme Fatale:
- I wake up screaming (1941)
- Out of the past (1947)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
- Gilda (1946)
- The lady of Shanghai (1947)
- Murder My Sweet (1944)
- Laura (1944)
The Good Women:
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Marrying Type:
- Pitfall (1948)
- D.O.A (1950)
- The Big Heart (1953)
- Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
Source: www.filmnoirstudies.com
French Film Noirs:
- Pepe le Moko (1937) directed by Jules Duvivier
- Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne
Classic-era film noirs
1940-49- The Maltese Falcon, Shadow of a doubt, Laura, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, Detour, The Big Sleep, The Killers,
Add comment February 11, 2009
Tina
Research for shocking cinema
Research For Shocking Cinema.
Using the two films Halloween and Exorcist, In class we looked at documentaries on both of these films. I wrote notes on some of the key social, political and economic events that were mentioned in the documentary.
Notes on Exorcist
Film made people faint and be sick.
Actors were worried how to portray the emotions of the characters.
Fires on set while no one was there.
There was 9 deaths related to the film while they were making it.
The Director went to extremes to make the film, including risking the actors during the stunts.
He also brought guns to set to motivate the cast.
The masturbating scene is the most shocking scene of the film and is still talked about as one of the most shocking scenes from a film.
Note on Halloween
Small budget film that made it big.
Released in 1978.
It was a cultural Phenomena.
The budget for the film was only 32000 dollars.
Shocked the film industry
The word Halloween was never used in the movie business before.
Halloween was influenced by Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
The director wanting the film to be the best.
The direction of the film created great suspense.
The similarities between these two films are the suspense used to draw in the audiences and the dedication of the directors.
The films were released in the 70’s , Exorcist in 1973 and Halloween in 1978.
Economic events of around this time was the Hippie movement that wasn’t all peace and love like people believe. There were cult followings like Charles Manson. In 1973 the last of the US forces moved out of Vietnam. US president Nixon resigned. 1976 was the end of the Vietnam war. In 1979 Margaret Thatcher.
The Exorcist tackles issues such as religion, family life, childhood, redemption. Halloween tackles issues of sociology, social issues, family life.
Add comment February 9, 2009
Tina
Nicole Kidman catalogue for FS4
ALL SOURCES FOUND ON THE 28TH JAN 09
http://entertainmentnow.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/nicole-kidman-may-retire-from-acting/
Terms of my future as an actor and stuff, I don’t know. I am in a place in my life where … I’ve had some great opportunities and I may just choose to have some more children. I’ve no idea what is in my future but I am very at peace with where I want to be…There are many things I want to do besides act.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1567700,00.html
The Hollywood Reporter named Nicole Kidman the best-paid actress in the business. It’s an announcement that would have seemed well deserved…if this were 2002. That was the year when Kidman was evolving into the kind of rare Hollywood creature not seen since the days of Ingrid Bergman: an Oscar winner (for The Hours) who combined critical adoration (Moulin Rouge) with undeniable mainstream appeal (The Others).
But since then…slumming as a janitor in The Human Stain? Sharing a bathtub with a 10-year-old boy inBirth? Shaving Robert Downey Jr. in Fur? These offbeat indie choices might have made sense if Kidman’s career were cooking, but from 2003 to 2005, most of her prominent features — The Stepford Wives,Bewitched, and The Interpreter — disappointed big-time. As the paychecks keep coming (Kidman reportedly received about $16 million to star in the 2007 sci-fi thriller The Invasion), two questions arise: Is she worth it? And has she lost her golden touch? ”I’m interested in doing things that are unusual,” the actress told EW last summer. ”People try to say, ‘Be safe.’ And I always go, ‘No, I want to try to do things that, even if they don’t work, [are] at least bold.”’
http://defamer.com/hollywood/nicole-kidman/nicole-kidman-ascends-to-top-actress-earner-status-despite
Top earning actress.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/10172/
You could argue that marrying Tom Cruise was the best career move Nicole Kidman ever made, but that would be just plain wrong. It was the second-best move. Divorcing Tom Cruise was the best, because it meant that, suddenly, she had the one ingredient for stardom she’d lacked: a cohesive story line.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20178950,00.html
“Occasionally you want to make films that they can take their friends to, [that] they can go to the premiere of, that they celebrate.”
Nicole kidman interviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7IHyTXpz8A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfy10txy520&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2xdFdo9j4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjzeqU3LdMQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77hX09_DFUM
1 comment January 28, 2009
Tina
Critical Research
Synopsis of The Big Sleep
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/synopsis
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/plotsummary
Research about The Big Sleep
- http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/01/12/bigsleep.html
- http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2005/10/big-sleep-1946-101005.html\
Add comment January 21, 2009
Tina
Revision for new Media technologies
Remember:
Questions will ask either what you think about it or how the market has gain from it. (Audience and Market)
New media technology
Source: http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/michaelwalford/entry/glossary_for_new/
HD-TV. High definition TVs came on sale in Britain in a big way in 2006 in the run up to the World Cup. whilst the quality is undoubtedly excellent when you see one with a live HD feed there is a problem in the UK of a lack of available program material in HD.
iPhone. January 2007 CES saw the awaited launch of Apple’s iPhone. This is a fine example of convergent technology in which a phone is able to download both music and video. The screen is a widescreen. The phone is also controlled via a touch screen rather than conventional buttons.
Interactive TV. The ability to feedback information into the TV system. This requires digital technology. Typically the flow of information from the receiver.
MP3. A digital compression system for transmitting music over the internet with short download times. The rate of sampling is only about half as much as on conventional CDs therefore quality is compressed and more songs are compacted into the memory.
Internet Search Engine. To navigate the internet effectively it became necessary to invent new software to make a rapid search of the millions of domain names which mushroomed on after the start of the World Wide Web in the mid 1990s. The most successful to date is Google. The way in which the companies who run these make money is by selling advertising space.
Technology:
Mobile Phones
Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/business_basics/469294.stm
The mobile phone industry has grown over the years because of the growing technologies that has been created since the invention of the first mobile phone back in 1973 which was analogue. Today mobile phones are digital.
Convergence is a key part of mobile phones today, the newest mobile phones have the internet, video recorded devices, camera devices, music players etc. The mobile phone industry has opened up opportunities for a lot of people which it has supplied jobs.
The article published 10 years ago reports that a third of the population in the UK own mobile phones. Today most of the population own a mobile phone and its only a small majority of the population today that don’t own a mobile phone because they either cant you one or refuse to have one.
Article:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4163003.stm
There has been a growing concern on how mobile phones effect our health and worry over more younger children such as eight year olds having the use of a mobile phone. There have been reports that mobile phones can effect brain function and in extreme cases brain tumours.
Music:
Ipods, Mp3 players, Cd’s
Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4230846.stm
Music as a whole is growing. you can download music from the internet and download them onto an Ipod or an Mp3 player. Before the Mp3 there was the Cd player and before then there was the tape player. As the music industry grew and invented Cd’s the tapes became none existent and vinyl are collected or used by Dj players in clubs. But the music industry has taken a blow because of the illegal downloading on the internet. The number of Cd sales have dramatically dropped because more and more people are downloading music and would rather download the music from the internet then go and buy a Cd. And due to this the Cd players are not being sold as much anymore because of this.
Add comment January 15, 2009
Tina
Film Studies Mock Exam
10th December 2008
Question: In what ways do surrealist and fantasy films challenge our usual expectations of conventual narrative cinema?
The different aspects of surrealist and fantasy films are very different to the normal narrative of cinema. Surrealism explores the abstract structure of film, a surrealist film encourages the audience to explore the social and moral questions to which they question themselves when watching because there can be no moral or social reasoning behind the surrealist shots.
The fantasy genre explores the world of myths and legends and creates a world in which is like a dream. The audience is drawn in and is encouraged to become apart of the world with the characters.
There are clearly different aspects to the surrealism genre and the fantasy genre. In the fantasy genre, it explores the dream element and creates a world in which not all is as it seems but it can be explained. With the surrealist genre it also explores the dream element but enters in more with great depth and it is very hard to define the reality elements to the dream elements.
With conventual Cinema there is a plot that is followed throughout the film, the characters types that are constant, however surrealism and fantasy challenge this by creating aspects in there genres that don’t have to apply to the normal conventions and can explore the conventions by adapting them to create there own style. With surrealist and fantasy films there is an expectation from the audience to explore the unknown of cinema.
Examples of these two genres being used is in Jan Svankmajer Alice and Disney’s version Alice in wonderland. Jan Svankmajer created a world in which things were not as it seemed In part the young girl encounters a taxidermist rabbit who she follows through this very disturbing and decaying world. That appears to be created from the young girls disturbed mind.
In the fantasy version of Alice in wonderland created by disney, The story is just as strange but in the fantasy genre you can find logic within its conventions. The disney version of Alice in wonderland is easy to watch because of all the strange and wonderful bright colours used to draw the attention of young children and in turn is a children’s classic.
1 comment December 10, 2008
Tina
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