A Child Anorexic
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1) The documentary uses close-ups and handheld camera work to give viewers a realistic, fly-on-the-wall perspective on life in a treatment facility for children with anorexia. 2) Interviews are filmed against backgrounds like a young girl's bedroom to emphasize her youth and the seriousness of anorexia in children. 3) The documentary follows a clear beginning, middle, and end structure - introducing the facility, profiling patients, showing treatment through interviews, and concluding by showing recovery in some cases.
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- The documentary follows Jacob's health struggles and his attempts to lose weight through diet and exercise. It highlights the physical and emotional toll of his obesity through scenes at the hospital during his gastric bypass surgery.
- Crushing Weight uses a combination of direct interviews with Jacob, medical experts and family members alongside archival footage and music to educate viewers about obesity while also eliciting empathy for Jacob's personal journey.
Mise en scene in ‘promise’
The document summarizes key elements of the mise-en-scène in the film 'Promise'. It describes the settings of the home, school and prom, which are used to portray feelings of safety, teenage struggles and Ellie's isolation. It also characterizes the main characters Ellie, Sam and Dave and how they represent youth, hope and realism. Props like Ellie's dress, medical equipment and technology are discussed. The lighting and use of color are addressed to emphasize different tones throughout the story.
Mise en scene in ‘promise'
The document summarizes key elements of the mise-en-scène in the film 'Promise'. It describes the settings of the home, school and prom used to portray meanings. It then characterizes the main characters Ellie, Sam and Dave and how they represent illness, youth and reality. Props like Ellie's dress, medical equipment and technology are discussed. Finally, it covers the use of lighting and color manipulation to emphasize different tones throughout the story.
Research into 5 Film Openings
The opening scene shows a family saying goodbye to their daughter for her first day of high school. A low angle shot establishes the parents as taller than the daughter. They take a photo together smiling, showing their close bond. A voiceover then plays as the daughter recalls embarrassing childhood memories. The scene establishes the characters, their relationships, and sets the narrative as the daughter prepares for her first day of school.
Evaluation - Question One
The document provides details about conventions used in documentaries that a group analyzed as part of a project to create the opening 5 minutes of their own documentary. It discusses conventions found in the documentary "Supersize Me" such as shot types, voiceovers, interviews, and archival footage. It then explains how the group's documentary uses, develops, or challenges these conventions, including using reconstructions, actuality footage, an expositional introduction, interviews, and archival footage. Specific examples are analyzed from "Supersize Me" and compared to techniques used in the group's own documentary.
Trailer analysis 2
The document discusses techniques used in the film trailer for "The Sixth Sense" to signal its horror genre and draw in audiences. It analyzes the trailer's use of sound, imagery, editing, characters, and more to set up tension and intrigue around the story of a boy who can see dead people. The trailer leaves viewers with questions about whether he will overcome this ability or if it will continue to negatively impact his life. Overall, the analysis shows how the trailer effectively employs various cinematic techniques to tease the plot and engage potential viewers in the film's supernatural narrative.
Evaluation Question 1
The document discusses how the media product challenges conventions of the social realism genre in three key ways:
1) It features all female characters rather than following the typical male-dominated narratives. This portrays the strong female characters overcoming difficulties alone.
2) It features Asian characters in the leading roles, challenging stereotypes that social realism stories only surround white or black characters.
3) Rather than revealing all backstories immediately, it gradually reveals details about the characters' problems throughout the opening to build intrigue. This pacing technique deviates from conventions.
Researching docs 2
This documentary about human behavior and education uses various camera techniques. It employs close-ups when someone is being discussed in a voiceover to help the audience identify them. Selective focus is used to draw attention to the main subject, which are typically the students. Non-diegetic music is included during transitions between lessons. The mise-en-scene highlights stereotypes both challenged and reinforced through uniforms and appearances. Various lighting techniques are employed to set the mood, including brighter lighting during direct addresses. Editing uses both short and long takes to depict the atmosphere and emotions of school life.
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The document discusses draft designs for advertisements promoting a documentary about body image and anorexia. It describes plans to use manipulated images in a newspaper advertisement and TV listing that contrast a model's healthy appearance with an unhealthy, manipulated one to represent themes of perception vs. reality. The main image for the TV listing will show the model curled in a fetal position from behind, with her front reflected in a mirror as a manipulated, larger version to continue exploring these themes throughout the promotional materials. Links between the advertisements will be created by featuring the same main model and themes.
Evaluation of Audience Research
The document discusses the results of a survey, focus groups, and research conducted to determine the target audience and focus for a documentary on eating disorders. It was found that eating disorders most commonly develop between the ages of 16-25. This age range was chosen as the target audience since they are also the main users of social media, which can influence eating disorders. The documentary will also focus specifically on females as they represent the majority of eating disorder cases.
Newspaper advertisement 1
This newspaper advertisement uses lighting and facial expressions to characterize one figure as aggressive and antagonistic, representing the "bad guy", while the other looks submissive and anguished, representing the victim. The advertisement also features a red Channel 4 logo and minimal text to focus attention on the imagery, which depicts a hooded white man holding his hand like a gun to represent gun crime as an issue that exists outside of cities. The advertisement aims to shock and scare a mature audience by portraying a realistic situation around disarming Britain in order to raise awareness and attract viewers.
Existing work analysis
This student documentary uses several techniques to appear authentic and informative. It includes a montage of video game footage and music to introduce the topic. It also conducts interviews with the public to provide different perspectives and make the issues seem widely researched. The documentary aims to follow one person's experiences over multiple days to demonstrate a real situation unfolding over time.
Cohesive Marketing
Cohesive marketing involves merging different marketing styles together to promote a product through various media channels simultaneously. This creates a unified promotional campaign where the branding is seen everywhere. 360 degree branding further enhances this by promoting the brand through secondary products like clothing and accessories. Multi-platform branding consistently delivers the same branding messages across different channels like websites, social media, television, and print to maximize exposure and create recognition of the brand.
Newspaper advertisement 2
This document analyzes a newspaper advertisement for Channel 4. It uses mise-en-scene to depict a dark, blurred city environment representing forgotten children. A brighter light draws attention to a girl at the center. Very little text is included, piquing interest in the program. The advertisement aims to shock and intrigue viewers to watch and learn more. It targets a mature, adult audience that can understand and relate to the issue of forgotten children in society.
Newspaper advertisement
This advertisement uses minimalist techniques to draw attention to an image of a woman's face split down the middle, with one side bare and the other wearing makeup. The plain background and bright purple Channel 4 logo emphasize the contrast between the two sides of the face. The different lighting on each side further accentuates the bare vs. makeup looks. By only including the show's name and air date, the advertisement intrigues viewers and forces them to make assumptions about the show based on the image.
TV Listings - TV Times
This document analyzes the representation and design of a double page spread from a magazine about the TV show "The Great British Bake Off". It discusses how the main photo focuses on the presenters to promote the show. Secondary photos show snapshots from the show to emphasize the baking focus. The layout uses columns and smaller images to make the page easier to read. Representation of the show emphasizes British countryside stereotypes through props in the background of the main photo. However, a small cupcake image offers some variety in baking beyond stereotypes.
Preliminary tasks
The document outlines preliminary tasks for a project including creating a front cover titled "Lodgepark Life" and developing a contents page to outline the structure and sections of the project.
Question 3 Evaluation
Bauer Media would be the best company to distribute the magazine because they already distribute a similar rock music magazine called Kerrang. Distributing with Bauer would give the magazine a larger budget, allowing for higher production quality. This higher quality would lead to greater profits for both Bauer and the magazine.
Evaluation question 7
The document compares the creator's preliminary magazine contents page to their final product. Some key differences included using bolder headings, page numbers, and a larger featured image on the final contents page. The house style was also developed further by incorporating more colors linked to the cover. An editor's note was kept to engage readers and promote the next issue. Overall, the final contents page was improved by making sections easier to read and navigate through enhanced design elements.
Question 2
This media product represents a social group of reformers and explorers who do not follow mainstream music trends and are anti-materialistic. It portrays individuality by featuring a female artist on the cover instead of a typical man. This subverts stereotypes to empower women in the male-dominated music industry and attract a wider female audience. The narrative of a girl pursuing a solo music career also empowers women by opposing expectations. The composition aims to appeal to people known for tattoos and piercings by using an informal facial expression typical of established magazines in this genre.
Eval q2
This document discusses how the media product represents particular social groups. It represents the socioeconomic structure of reformers and explorers who do not follow mainstream music trends and are anti-materialistic. The front cover features a female artist to empower women in the male-dominated music industry and appeal to a wider audience. The narrative in the double page spread also empowers women by depicting a female band member going solo in a typically male genre. The composition aims to match the stereotypes of the target social group through an informal facial expression.
Questionnaire Analysis
This document summarizes the results of a 10 question questionnaire about preferences for a new music magazine. Key findings include:
1) Most respondents were willing to pay between £2.50-£3.99 for the magazine.
2) There was near unanimous support for including a free CD.
3) Respondents preferred a balance of pictures and text or more pictures. Non-traditional house colors like purple/black/white were preferred.
4) Layout should be neat but engaging. Respondents preferred a more informal, "chatty" tone for articles.
5) Cover artists could include both established and up-and-coming musicians. Features should focus more on established
Form Research
The document provides guidance on formatting articles for a magazine. It recommends using a variety of column widths and layouts to avoid rigidity and enhance creativity. While columns provide structure, the author advises against relying too heavily on standard formats. Each story should be treated as a unique unit that can be laid out differently using various column configurations. Photos and captions should also be used to engage readers and provide insights into the articles.
Theoretical research
This document discusses various audience and representation theories that are relevant to analyzing a music magazine called "Kerrang!":
- It analyzes the magazine's target demographics of younger people aged 15-25 who are more adventurous in their musical tastes compared to older, higher-income readers.
- It states that the magazine goes against hegemonic Marxist theories by featuring a female lead vocalist, contradicting the idea that media is dominated by white men.
- It notes that while colloquial language is used in quotes, articles themselves use formal language, going against stereotypes of the magazine rejecting societal norms. Articles also integrate interview questions and details about photo shoots.
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- 2. A CHILD ANOREXIC Camera work This documentary uses a lot of close ups of signs and objects. We first see this with a close up of ‘Weigh Room’, this then cuts to a picture of a young girl with an unhappy facial expression. These two shot combined emphasise the experience of being weighed for the inhabitants. It gives the viewer an insight into the associations the young girl makes with being weighed or her weight in general therefore emphasising the mood surrounding this subject within a child suffering with the problem. As well as this we see examples of hand held camera work, this is done in order to add ‘realism’ to the documentary. It causes the viewer to feel like they are looking in on a situation from a fly on the wall point of view, therefore causing us to assume it is unplanned and unedited by the director to create a specific effect on us. The documentary also has various interviews, these follow the same rules used in the previous documentary where 1/3 of the screen is filled by the speaker, however the director uses a different style of mise -en-scene. The young girl is in front of a lilac wall with stuffed animals, this emphasises her youth causing the viewer to be more aware of how serious anorexia is within children. Cutaway images were used throughout , a particular example of this is the images of a clock, this Is don’t after view of the outside to show the typical routine during a morning, this emphasis’ the seriousness of anorexia as it is then followed with images of girl struggling with the illness therefore showing therefore contrasting a normal routine with that of a child with this condition.
- 3. MISE – EN – SCENE Mise-en-scene is also used throughout this documentary, a key example of this is the use of natural lighting. Much of the lighting we see is in fact natural with some lighting added in where necessary however never becomes obvious, this is done in order to create the ‘realism’. It works to convince the viewer that they are looking in on a normal situation for the person therefore making the scene seem more realistic as opposed to staged by a director. Clothing is also used. Many of the young children are in their pyjamas during the beginning of the documentary, this again emphasises how young they are and causes the viewer to become more aware of how prominent the issue is within children therefore causing the documentary to have the correct impact.
- 4. THEORY ‘A Child Anorexic’ follows Toderov’s throery in that is has a clear beginning, middle and end. We start the documentary with and introduction with cut away images from the outside environment with a voice over, this introduces the house and its purpose therefore allowing the audience an initial introduction to the setting of the documentary. We then go on to find out about some specific cases of the inhabitants, these are clearly defined by cuts to graphics which profile the 3 key cases, this works as an introduction to the ‘story’ that we will see throughout We then have a middle section. This gives us further details of the situations from interviews with both family, other inhabitants and key professionals involved in the situation. These allow you to create an emotional attachment as an audience as well as keeping you well informed therefore allowing you to fully understand what each person is going through. This use of interviews also adds to the category of a ‘mixed documentary’, these work inform and give a balanced view of the situation as opposed to forcing a particular opinion on the audience therefore allowing them to gain their own perspective. The interviews with professionals however cause the views to be guided in a certain direction therefore giving the documentary a purpose. The last stage of Toderov’s theory is to give the documentary and ending, This last stage is used to follow the fifth stage of Toderov’s theory ‘regaining equilibrium’, this means that the events must be solving any problems that we met in the middle stages of the documentary. In this documentary the ending is the recovery or improvement of some of the key cases we have been introduced to within the house (the key setting). By ending the documentary in such as way we as an audience are able to see the journey the people have been through therefore we are more likely to watch until the end and gain a conclusion the particular topic being presented
- 5. SOUND This documentary uses many typical sound techniques throughout, we see voice over, this again allows the director to add in extra information without altering the scenes which are being presented, this therefore adds to making the who documentary seem like ‘realistic’ as opposed to staged. The voice overs intention is to expand on key areas within the documentary to minimise confusion for the audience. In this documentary it is used to present us with the facts of the situation giving us a educated insight to combine with our own and build up an informed conclusion overall. We are again presented with incidental music throughout different stages of this documentary, its purpose is to enhance the tone of the information being given and allow us to recognise that the ‘story’ is advancing. In this documentary we are first introduced to it at the very beginning as the voice over of a young girl is informing us of the mind set of a child dealing with anorexia. The incidental music works to create a mood for the audience therefore telling us how we should be viewing the information being presented.