Waterloo Road

2) Read this Waterloo Road Wikipedia entry and write down the number of seasons and episodes broadcast and the channels they have appeared on.

In 2014, it was confirmed that series 10 of Waterloo Road would be the last series ever. The first episode was first shown on the channel BBC One on march 2006 and the last episode of Waterloo Road in 2015 was shown on BBC Three. The amount of episodes there were was 200 episodes and 9 years exactly.

3) How does Waterloo Road meet the key conventions of TV Drama?

Waterloo Road meets the key conventions by introducing the school as an unloved, rough school that students take for granted. There is one specific setting in Waterloo Road that is in almost every episode and that setting is the school. They're are many plotwists and Cliffhangers in Waterloo Road such as a person dying of cancer towards the end of series 10 and that could make the audience feels very upset that a very good character has left and the audience could be very sad that a very successful TV show is close to its finale.

4) Write down three storylines (or narratives) from Waterloo Road - note which season the storyline appeared in. They can be from the first episode above or from another season if you wish.

The story line of Waterloo Road is about an unorganised school with students that take the school for granted. The deputy head teacher joins and tries to make a change to the school and try to get the students into learning so they can achieve better in the future. There was a student who seems to be very sassy that  joins the school and her introduction is by her putting on lipstick, her father tells her to take it off and she does it by kissing a boy. That introduction shows the audience that the girl could be potentially trouble.

5) Why might audiences have enjoyed Waterloo Road?

The audience may have enjoyed Waterloo Road because the story line of the shows is quite interesting and there are a lot of cliffhangers from each episode and makes them want to know what would happen next so they would stay tunes for the next episode coming.

Doctor Who

1) Read the opening of this Wikipedia entry for Doctor Who and make notes on why the show is so popular.

Doctor Who is very popular because the Doctor and his companion has many adventures across time and space and meet aliens that try invading places etc... And that makes the audience into it (especially if they are into science fiction programmes or people who are into action or people who are into horror.

2) Now read this Wikipedia entry for the episode above - 'Blink'. Why is 'Blink' considered to be one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever?

The reason why 'Blink' happens to be the best episode on doctor who is because the Doctor seems to be powerless and seems to be stuck in the year '1969' and he relays on a person who has the 'TARDIS' key. It could be popular because it is a first appearance from a very powerful alien named 'The weeping angels' that is trying to use the TARDIS (The doctors time machine) to potentially take over the world and use the power to 'Switch of the sun'. 

3) List the key conventions of TV Drama that you can find in Doctor Who

The one specific setting on Doctor Who is the Time machine named the TARDIS. The introduction to the episode 'Blink' is a girl named 'Sally Sparrow' that investigates an abandoned house and tears up wallpaper that has her name on it written by 'The Doctor'. The plotwists/ cliffhangers of Doctor Who is that he can regenerate (Change) faces and that usually is because its the actors time to stop being the Doctor and make a new actor by becoming a doctor. That could make the audience excited because they could look forward to see how the new doctor is and if he is a very good actor and very excited to meet new aliens. There could also be an appearance from a very old actor the has played in Doctor Who in recent years that can get the so called 'Whovians' to become excited.

4) Write down three storylines (or narratives) from Doctor Who - note which season the storyline appeared in. They can be from the earlier episodes (such as 'Blink' above) or from the most recent series if you wish.

In series 10 in Doctor Who, we find out a new companion named 'Bill' take works as a dinner lady serving chips in a university. The Doctor and bill becomes friends and start to do adventures across time and space and they also do adventures back in time like the roman times or they do adventures out in space like a space ship. Bills as a character is very interesting in the sense that she asks a lot of questions to the doctor.


5) What audience pleasures are provided by Doctor Who?

The audience (some called the whovians) has something to look forward to every year including Christmas time. Trailers get released and it get the audience 'Hyped' for the new series release. 

Waterloo Road:
The narrative of the clip shows the audience that the school is uncontrolled and the students misbehave and do actions that are not legal by drinking alcohol, drug dealing and smoking cigarettes. The show introduces a girl named Gabriella and her character type is sassy and thinks she is better than everybody else. Her entrance in the show is by putting on lipstick and kissing a student to take the lipstick off.
The Character  type in Waterloo road is that the students are described as rough and aggressive school that is very uncontrolled and lazy teacher are found in the show by not giving the students commands.
The Iconography on the programme Waterloo road introduces the school as a Teenage drama. 

Propp:

The character 'James Bond' is played by Daniel Craig. James Bond is presented as a hero in the film the way how he stops bad things from happening or stops a villains plan from happening. James Bond is full of action and that makes the audience feel that James Bond knows what he is doing. There is another thing about James Bond, he usually flirts with girls and there are some sexual scenes in the film and that could attract many people who are into romance. The character 'Q' is a donor the way how he directs James Bond where to go and what tasks he has to do. This shows he is a donor because he is helping out an agent. Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a villain in James Bond Spectre who tries to kill James Bond and sets up traps if Bond tried to put a stop to it. 

Barthes: Enigma and action codes:

Within the first 20 seconds of the trailer, we see that James Bond aiming a weapon at someone (0:11) and this demonstrates to the audience that there would be action and gunfights in the movie. Another action code is when James Bond is seen in a car chase at (0:35), this further supports the idea that the movie will have several action scenes. Some of the enigma codes include "What happens to the victim?", "How does James Bond save the victim?" and "What does James Bond do to defeat the villain?". These enigma codes makes the potential audience feel excited for the movie release.

equilibrium

An equilibrium in the James Bond Spectre trailer is showing a normal life in London and a festival in Mexico. A disequilibrium is when there is gunfights and explosions in building.

Spectre

• How are men represented in the trailer? Is this representation conforming to other representations of men in action films? Why?
• Men in this film are represented as the people who do all of the action whilst the females do very little when it comes to action. 'Confronting a villain is a mans job' according to most action films like Fast & furious, The James Bond franchise etc... This is showing the audience that the male actors are heroic and saviours.
• How are females represented? What message might this send to the audience?
• Females are represented as the people who do very little action, gun fights, fist fights etc... This is showing the audience that the female roles don't do as much as the male roles of the film.

1) What typical features (conventions) of a film poster have you used? How do they help to make the poster effective in attracting an audience? (Key conventions include title, release date, institutional information, reviews, a central image etc.)

In my film poster I have used:

1. A title,"The Hackers"
2. A Tagline "The Secret Service". 
3. Release Date - 10th June 2017
4. Credits
5. Reviews
6. Institutional Logo
7. Cast names
8. Age rating
9. Central image

The title can attract my target audience (people who are into Crime and Action films) because it instantly demonstrates to the audience that this film will be about hacking and will definitely have action/ violence in the film.

The release date for this film can make the audience (who are into action films) feel very excited and have something to look forward to.

The reviews of this film show the audience that the movie is getting great star ratings from a professional aspect (from Empire magazine and Total Film magazine). This will help appeal to my target audience because they are trusted reviews.

The institutional logo (Universal) is a very popular international company that made made a lot of films (E.T, Back to the future, Minions, Despicable me, Jurassic park, Jaws ETC...)

2) What is the genre of your film? How would your target audience know this from design of your poster? E.g. Colour scheme, font choice, mise-en-scene (props, costume, character, setting).

The genre of my film is an Action/Thriller. The target audience would know that this film is an Action/Thriller because the film poster has coding in the central image and the title also shows.

3) What institutional information have you used to try and sell the film and how does this appeal to the audience? E.g. 'From the Producers of...' / Star power / Directors / Reviews

The producers of the film would put the institution logo to attract the audience that likes Universal or Paramount and if it says "in the makers of", it would attract viewers into watching the film if they had a favourite movie made by a director that was in the making of this film.

4) Where are there examples of synergy between your storyboard and trailer? (Synergy is the link or interaction between two different media texts)

I have used 



         

Film Trailer

Film posters and trailers: blog task

Poster key conventions:
Title
Central Image
Colour scheme
Quotes
Credits

These conventions can attract members of the audience who are into Action, Bond, Thriller etc...

Title

The title of James Bond Spectre can attract members of the audience that have watched previous James bond films like Skyfall, Quantum of Solice, Casino royale etc...

Central Image

The Central image of James Bond Spectre shows the audience that this movie is defiantly an action as he is holding a pistol and the audience could also think it is a Spy or agent film from the way as he is dressed and his position.

Colour scheme

The colour scheme of the the film cover image shows us that it has a action taste to it.

Assignment 2: Film case study institution research

Your chosen movie?

The movie that I have chosen is James Bond Spectre.


Institutional background

1) What was the film studio or production company behind your chosen film? E.g. Warner Brothers, Paramount etc

The company of this film is Colombia and Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

2) Who was the distributor for the theatrical release of the film in the UK?

The distributor of the film 'James Bond Spectre' is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan.


No brand loyalty

3) What genre does your chosen film fit into?

Action , Thriller, Spy , Adventure and Crime fiction.


4) How can you tell it fits that genre? Be specific with reference to the trailer

How we know it fits the genre is by the amount of action put into it like car explosions, car chases, gun fights, fist fighting etc... How we know it is a spy film is by James Bond being an Agent and how he blends in with the crowed at the festival in Mexico City. How we know it is an adventure film is by James Bond been given a task for places around the world to assassinate somebody. Lastly, how we know it is a Crime fiction film is by knowing that James Bond has a target and has to kill the person. This person that James Bond is after commits criminal activity and tries to stop it.

5) Does your chosen film have any stars or a director that are known for that particular genre?

The director of the James Bond film 'Spectre' is called "Sam Mendes" who was the director of the James Bond Film Skyfall.

It’s all a matter of timing

6) What was the UK release date for your chosen film?

The release date for James Bond Spectre was the 26th October 2015.

7) When did the first trailer appear on YouTube for your movie? Find the earliest example you can and embed it in your blog

The release of the trailer for James Bond Spectre was the 22nd July 2015.

8) What other examples of marketing (teaser trailers, main trailers, newspaper or TV interviews etc.) can you find for your chosen film from before the film’s release date?

Sam Smith (A popular British Singer) Released a song called "Writings on the walls" that was released a month before the release of the movie (25th September 2015) which would of been a good way to promote the movie.

It’s a social thing

1) What was the word-of-mouth like for your chosen film? If you can’t find tweets (probably blocked) use the IMDB user review rating or the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer rating to judge whether the public have given the movie a good review.

A few tweets that were about James Bond Spectre were