'What representations of gender are constructed by the extract through the use of: Mise en scene / Editing / Use of camera / sound?'
The first person we see in the trailer is Merlin himself this tells us from the start that the programme is going to be about him and being a man it suggest it may be centred around men. we also see caves and him exploring, this has connotations to men because it is usually the men that explore rather than women.
throughout the whole of the trailer there is hardly any women in it and there is only one main women in the show. we also see men fighting the which is a very manly thing to do and generally only men fight, either to show their powerful or to win fights. one woman that is in the trailer is made out to be a witch and in the times merlin is set allot of women and it was normally only women were accused of being a witch. there is also only a king and no queen, this shows that man only are capable to run a land.
in the sound there is only men speaking apart from a woman saying only one line "merlin" and even that sounds mysterious.
The Four Film Productions in Hot Fuzz
Universal
Universal studios is a subsidiary of NBC Universal and part of the 6 major film companies, and was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle (it is one of the oldest American film companies still in continuos production). It owns a large film library from the earliest decades of the cinema revolution to more contemporary works. This includes Kick-Ass, Bruno, Inglorious Basterds, Wanted and of course Hot Fuzz. Being part of NBC it also own the right to a good range of TV shows.
Working Title
This is a British based film company and was found by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983, it also produces feature films and TV programs. Currently it is still owned by Tim but Eric Fellner has taken over Sarah's half. They prodominatly produces British films such as Billy Elliot, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Jonny English, Notting Hill and Hot Fuzz too.
Studio Canal
Studio Canal is a French film company and it owns the 3rd largest film library in the world and is part of the Canal+ Group which is owned by Vivendi SA. Pierre Lescure founded it in 1988. Films included in their library are Free Willy, Terminator 2 and Hot Fuzz.
Big Talk Productions
Like Working Title Big Talking Productions is an English film and television production company founded in 1995 by Nira Park. The company has produced films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz both of which featured Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (spaced which is a television sitcom starred these two actors and produced by BTP)
Universal studios is a subsidiary of NBC Universal and part of the 6 major film companies, and was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle (it is one of the oldest American film companies still in continuos production). It owns a large film library from the earliest decades of the cinema revolution to more contemporary works. This includes Kick-Ass, Bruno, Inglorious Basterds, Wanted and of course Hot Fuzz. Being part of NBC it also own the right to a good range of TV shows.
Working Title
This is a British based film company and was found by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983, it also produces feature films and TV programs. Currently it is still owned by Tim but Eric Fellner has taken over Sarah's half. They prodominatly produces British films such as Billy Elliot, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Jonny English, Notting Hill and Hot Fuzz too.
Studio Canal
Studio Canal is a French film company and it owns the 3rd largest film library in the world and is part of the Canal+ Group which is owned by Vivendi SA. Pierre Lescure founded it in 1988. Films included in their library are Free Willy, Terminator 2 and Hot Fuzz.
Big Talk Productions
Like Working Title Big Talking Productions is an English film and television production company founded in 1995 by Nira Park. The company has produced films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz both of which featured Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (spaced which is a television sitcom starred these two actors and produced by BTP)
Hot Fuzz - Its All British!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpeYvuV5J_I&feature=player_embedded
(this is there first 10 minutes of Hott Fuzz)
The sound in the first 30 seconds of the opening titles is dedicated to whistles and sirens of British police through the ages, this is not only the first of many major references to Britain it also tells us that the police force has changed from a whistle to a generated siren.
The next icon of Britain is when Simon Pegg holds up his ID badge, this also relates to the American audience as both forces hold badges but to prove its British it has a the crown on the badge, relating to the Queen.
He also speaks with a noticeable English accent. And when he talks us through his qualifications and where he has studied he uses allot of noticeable British places such as; London, Canterbury, Hendon.
In this screenshot we can see there is a predominant colour of blue which has connotations with the British police force.
Here in the background we can see a run down factory which is left over from the Industrial Revolution, and in the foreground the houses / street is very british.
When we see Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel here he is wearing a full traditional British poice uniform, the hat particularly emphasises how British this is and behind him the structure hows lions which has a correlation with the British, there is also the obvious of the Union Flag.
This is a snap shot of Angel in China town a specific and well known place in London.
This shot has a chav in which is often associated with British culture.
These four scences are all of sport and very British sports like; chess, fencing, martial arts and running.
If you can make out in this he is using hand cuffs which i know are universal but still they have a special link to Britain. When he explains how he got stabbed in the hand he uses the phrase "father christmas" which is mainly what British people call him where ass American tend to use "Saint Nicholas".
This is one of the most obvious British links with Vodafone and then with UK added on the end.
This emphasis the Britishness because we call them taxis in Britain where in USA the use the term "Cab".
This an extremely British road sign with the colours and the rose which is called the English Rose and comes from two roses in England previously.
This shows a church which are everywhere in the UK but in other countries they are less and they loom different.
If you can see the 3 signs are for the AA, Best Western and an other company sporting the English Rose again. It is alo raining in the shot which is what kost most people think of the weather in Britain.
The decor in this room is highly Scottish again making a reference to Britain. also in the script is the word "hag" which relates to old Britain.
These two shots show a swan and the word "Castle" both which only really occur in Britain. In the final part he also goes to a "pub" whereas americans go to a "bar".
Different Directors
As a class we were given 6 directors to write about, as you know my group (max, toni, daisy and becky) were given spike Jonze as our focus. The other directors that the other groups had to present were; Wes Anderson, Shynola, Hammer and Tongs, Anton Cobijn and Michel Goundry.
Wes Anderson:
- born in texas
- writes with Owen Wilson - and tries to cast him in allot of his films
- he focuses on broken families in his films
- he also does adverts, one he wrote and stared in was the American Express advert
- for all of his films he uses a similar soundtrack and usually contains a rolling stones song
- in every film the titles are always shown in yellow and a specific font
- films he has directed
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- The Royal Tenenbaums
Shynola
Wes Anderson:
- born in texas
- writes with Owen Wilson - and tries to cast him in allot of his films
- he focuses on broken families in his films
- he also does adverts, one he wrote and stared in was the American Express advert
- for all of his films he uses a similar soundtrack and usually contains a rolling stones song
- in every film the titles are always shown in yellow and a specific font
- films he has directed
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- The Royal Tenenbaums
Shynola
- consists of 4 people that met in 1994
- mostly deal with animations
- creates unrealistic films that includes a wide range of audience
- creations
- Coldplay - strawberry swings
- Radioheas - Pyramid song
Hammer and Tongs
- 2 people: Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith
- films
- Son of Rambo
- Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Anton Corbijn (this didnt work so ill update the blog when i have seen the presentation)
- does music videos for bands like Coldplay and Kasabian
- his work is influenced by Russ Myeres
- his work influences Joy Devisions music videos
- his work is normally always black and white as well as being depressing although being an upbeat person himself.
Michel Gondry
- French - born in May 1963
- originally wanted to be an artist
- but in university joined a rock band as the drummer and started creating their music videos
- has worked with
- Kanye West
- Paul McCartney
- Mia Doi Todd
- Films
- Be Kind Rewind
- The Science of Sleep (never got shown for being too weird)
Spike Jonze - Presentation
My group got given Spike Jonze as a director to talk and do a presentation about. We all decided what parts we wanted to do. Max took Biography and Style, Becky chose to find clips of his work, i chose to talk about the audience he directs for and finally Toni and Daisy were putting together all our work into a presentation. we then went away on our own a researched the different parts of the presentation, i found that IMDB website was a great help as it told me all the films, music videos and adverts he directed. We then used prezi to create the presentation as it looks better than something like powerpoint. once the presentation was done we all went away again and wrote a script for section we had chose to do.
In the next lesson we had to present our findings to the rest of the class whilst they presented theirs to us.
In the next lesson we had to present our findings to the rest of the class whilst they presented theirs to us.
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