The purpose of short films
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Short films aim to entertain or inform audiences with a captivating narrative within their limited duration. They typically focus on a specific message or lesson and leave viewers wanting more. Short films can also be used to promote upcoming feature films or allow student filmmakers to showcase their talent. Additionally, good short films have an original idea, strong script, believable performances, and a hooking beginning to engage audiences.
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Media regulation refers to government control over mass media to protect the public interest and restrict certain content. It aims to regulate press, television, and radio. Media regulation emerged due to issues caused by media exposure, such as theories linking violence in media to real-world violent behavior. It also aims to prevent offensive, demeaning, or immoral content. While technology has increased risks like hacking, media regulation still plays a role in restricting graphic or scarring content that could harm viewers, especially children. However, regulation must be implemented reasonably and not restrict important information the public has a right to access.
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This document discusses dystopian films and provides examples such as The Purge, Never Let Me Go, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunger Games, and Divergent. It also outlines a plot idea where a girl is hit by a car and ends up in a coma, dreaming that she is going to school normally while clues throughout the film reveal that she is actually in the hospital in a coma from the car accident.
Narrative theory
This document summarizes and provides examples of four narrative structures proposed by Allan Cameron: forking path narratives, episodic narratives, anachronic narratives, and split screen narratives. It also outlines Roland Barthes' five narrative codes for analyzing texts: hermeneutic/enigma code, proairetic/action code, semantic code, symbolic code, and referential code. Finally, it briefly discusses Claude Levi-Strauss' concept of binary opposition and the role of ideology in narratives.
Conventions of a short film
Short films typically have 2-3 main characters to allow audiences to relate to them in the limited time. They are usually between 2-20 minutes long, with comedies tending to be on the shorter side. The plots commonly take an everyday situation and add a twist to make it interesting, such as starting in an office and finding a magical paper, engaging audiences while still relating to normal experiences. Technical elements are usually kept basic due to low budgets, using things like narration instead of complex CGI.
Short film idea pitch
The film pitch proposes a short film about a teenage girl who feels unpopular and lacks self-worth. The initial plot has her being hit by a car and seeing how people react to her death, realizing her value too late. However, the writers recognize this plot needs a lesson or character development. Their revised plot has the main character experience being a ghost after the accident, witnessing her impact. This leads to a realization about appreciating life, and in the end she wakes up empowered to make changes. The document outlines characters, sample scenes, and planned locations to bring the story to life.
The purpose of short films
Short films aim to entertain or inform audiences with a captivating narrative within their limited duration. They typically focus on a specific message or lesson and leave viewers wanting more. Short films can also be used to promote upcoming feature films or allow student filmmakers to showcase their talent. Additionally, good short films have an original idea, strong script, believable performances, and a hooking beginning to engage audiences.
Short film idea - 1st pitch
The film pitch proposes a short film about a teenage girl who feels unpopular and lacks self-worth. The initial plot has her being hit by a car and seeing how people react to her death, realizing she was appreciated too late. However, the filmmakers recognize the story needs a lesson or character development. Their revised plot has the main character experience being a ghost after the accident, witnessing her impact and funeral preparations, before waking up alive with a new perspective on valuing life and taking opportunities. Scenes provide more details about developing the character and her circumstances.
Working titles andWARP
Working Titles is a British film company founded in 1983 that has produced over 100 films grossing nearly $6 billion worldwide. It is known for award-winning films like Les Miserables and collaborating with notable directors and actors. The company's films have evolved to target changing audiences, with earlier films aimed primarily at UK viewers due to their focus on British culture, while more recent productions have found greater international success through broader appeal.
Representations in media
The document discusses how media representations can lead to stereotypes based on social class, regional identity, and disability. It notes that social class stereotypes in media assume characters' intelligence and behaviors based on whether they are portrayed as working class, middle class, or upper class. Regional identity stereotypes often judge characters based on exaggerated traits of their nation or region, such as Scots wearing kilts or Mancunians being chavs. Disability stereotypes historically portrayed those with disabilities as incapable, frail outsiders, though views are changing. The document provides examples of stereotypical portrayals in British television shows to illustrate these points.
Pre production continued
The document summarizes changes made to a magazine after receiving feedback from the target audience. The key changes included finding a more professional-looking font to replace a hand-drawn masthead, altering an image behind the title to better identify it, resizing the text to a smaller font to fit more while adjusting pull quote positioning, and filling columns to improve the double page spread appearance overall.
My music magazine evaluation
This document describes the key conventions and techniques used in creating a magazine mockup based on a music magazine. It discusses placing the masthead at the top of the page even when overlapped by the main image. Pull quotes are used to draw attention to important text excerpts. Articles are organized into categories on the contents page rather than page number order. Images, colors, fonts, and other design elements are used to match the target audience of teenage girls and the music genre. Key sections like the masthead, cover lines, and plugs employ conventions commonly seen in successful music magazines.
Magazine pre pro uploaded
Talia Smith designed a magazine masthead for a music magazine targeting teenage girls aged 13-16 interested in pop music. She drew the masthead by hand using onomatopoeia to represent the "twists" in the music industry. Through tools in Photoshop, she edited the masthead text with drop shadows and beveling to make it stand out from the page. She also overlapped the masthead with the main image to follow conventions of famous magazines. Talia edited images for her double page spread to make them brighter, with more contrast and a "glossy" magazine look. She included relevant social media sites on the front cover and used columns, font size, and pull quotes appropriately throughout the magazine
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- 1. The Purpose of short films Talia Smith
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