Preliminary Shooting Schedule

Preliminary Timeline

Preliminary Characters

The Old Guy.

 In the online conversations the Old Guy is pretending to be a 16/17 year old boy because he is a pedophile and is wanting to "pick up" young girls. In the flashbacks the Old Guy's text is displayed in blue as that is stereo typically a 'boy's colour' and he would use this to get across the fact that he really is a boy.
 The Old Guy is dressed in a blue suit so the audience match him with the blue text, that way there is no confusion. The red tie symbolises danger, as he is a pedophile, but it also creates tension as it's quite a threatening colour.
 When the Old Guy texts it subverts stereotypes because we see he is educated with using a phone and can do smiley faces which many of the older generation get confused with.


The Homosexual Guy.

 In the online conversations the Homosexual Guy is pretending to be a 16/17 year old girl because he is a guy and thinks pretending to be a girl will be an easier way of meeting a lot of boys. In the flashbacks the Homosexual Guy's text is pink because he is 'playing' a girl and feels that this will convince people that he is more likely to be a girl.
 He dresses in pink to link himself with the text from his online conversations but also to adhere to the stereotype that gay people always wear pink.
 As a teenager he is very apt at texting and when he speaks he has the intonations of someone who is homosexual.


The Girl Who Wears White

 The Girl Who Wears White (GWW) is the only other character to have scripted dialogue so we may as well mention her.
 She is wearing white as she is an innocent character; she doesn't have a intentional part in the Old Guy's/Homosexual Guy's meet up.
 GWW is a very "girly-girl" and talks in the sarcastic way that teenage girls speak, she also storms out which is very dramatic and subverts the innocent stereotype but adheres to the teenage girl stereotype.


Propps' Character Types.
 There are no official characters who fit in to the theory in specific spots, however they can be placed into groups, although somewhat vaguely.


HERO:
 You could say that both the Old Guy and the Homosexual Guy are Heroes, or more appropriately "Quest Goers" as they are both on a "quest" too meet each other and are not actually going to save anything.


VILLAIN:
 You could also say that both the Old Guy and the Homosexual Guy are Villains.
 The Old Guy is a villain because he is in fact a pedophile and he is out to , most probably, kidnap the girl (boy).
 The Homosexual Guy can also be classed as a villain because at the end of the video he claims to have worked out that the Old Guy is a pedophile and so the meeting could have been a trap but what happens next is up to the audience to work out.


PRINCESS:
 The only other character type I can think of fitting someone into is putting the Homosexual Guy into the Princess category. He is placed here because he is actually in dreadful danger of being kidnapped and taken advantage of by a pedophile and so he needs "protecting" and "saving" although not by our two Heroes in this clip.

Preliminary Storyboard

Preliminary Script

Black screen.

Text appears:

3/8/12

Hey! :)

hey :D

I'm Sophie, from halifax :L

no way, I live just outside of fax! I'm Adam :) what do you do?

Cut to in larger size (impact/importance)

Oh cool! Year 12 student. You?

same here ;) x

Fade to black

Fade up

Establishing shot of a cafe interior.

Cut between

Various close ups/mid shots of people within the cafe drinking tea/talking etc.

Cut to

Someone walking holding a phone. Red tie in shot.

Freeze frame as text appears:

on my way ;) A x

Cut to

close up of hand pushing open door, someone walks past the camera and we see the door clos behind them.

Cut to

slight pan on the cafe from the pov of whoever walked in/red tie.

Cut to

mid shot/wide shot (so we can see her sat on the chair, prefrerably a stool so we can see her outfit?) of a girl checking her phone from a text sat on the far right hand side of the screen

freeze frame as text appears to her left:

how will i recognise you?x

I have brown hair and will be wearing PINK ;P x

Cut to

close up of girl sat at table with phone out, replying to/reading a text. Shape passes the screen and we see a shoulder framing the girl (someone has sat down, but we can only see their shoulder)

“Hey Bitch.”

“What the hell? Who are you?”

“Aren't you The Plastic Bitch?”

“Get away from me you freak!”

(same shot) we see the girl get up from the table and walk off screen

Cut to

Wide shot of girl storming out of door.

Cut to
(same previous shot) over should of empty chair (still can't see man)

Cut to
Extra wide shot of cafe (same as establishing shot at the beginning but now we can see someone looking around-ie red tie guy)

“I translated your username.”

Cut to black

Text appears:

ThePlasticB1tchxXx: What does 'ichleibekinder' mean?x

ichleibekinder: it means young @ heart in german ;) x

Cut to
mid shot/shoulder up shot of man (obviously now revelead to not be in year 12)

“Plastic Bitch?”

Cut to

Guy at table

“I like kids?”

Cut back to

mid shot/shoulder up shot of man

“You're not a girl!”

Cut back to

Guy at table

“You're not 17.”

Cut back to

mid shot/shoulder up shot of man

Cut back to

Guy at table

Cut to

Wide shot of the scene.

Fade to black.

Preliminary Genre and Target Audience

The genre of the opening sequence to our programme is based on comedy, which is juxtaposed with the actual serious topical issue shown in the clip. To add humour keeps the viewer's interest of the movie clip, as well as with the addition of tension to keep the viewer engaged. The target audience is teenagers, because the type of humour involved is fairly immature for adult humour, but humour more understood by people older than children. Also, the issue involved in the clip mostly affects the adolescent age group, and would be good to do from our point of view, considering we fit that group. The characters in the clip are also supposedly teenage age group, which the audience can relate to.

Preliminary

Preliminary Exercise

"Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match an action, shot/reverse shot and the 180°rule."

NARRATIVE- My group came up with the idea of depicting a meeting in a cafe between two people that have met online but are pretending to be someone they're not...

Work will be uploaded as it is completed.

'Captain America'

'Captain America: The First Avenger'

 I watched 'Captian America' the other night. I don't usually like really 'righteous' and overly 'good' characters (and the whole idea of Captain America to me is just a bit 'eeshk') as I feel they have no depth, however, I couldn't help but adore the main character! I think this was most due to three main factors; a suprising amount of the film actually shows the character before he attains his powers, much more so than in most films of it's style. This scrawny little man with the big heart is very likeable, and he doesn't lose these important qualities even after the experiment. Secondly, he's actually pretty cool, I mean, I just love the whole 'armyness' of his character, and that the costume actually has some context in the narrative, which was all very interesting in itself as a sub-plot, it really showed the characters growth and the time that the story is set in. This was a brilliant aspect of the film, the whole World War II era stuff was just AMAZING! The third and final thing that made him likeable was his friends. I mean, his friend from the army was pretty cool and when I first saw that he was friends with someone with the surname 'Stark', I immidiately saw the connection to Iron Man and got very very very excited! A guy with cool friends has got to be pretty cool himself, right?

 I also thought the ending really was very sad. When I first saw 'Avengers Assemble' I did not care for the Captain in the slightest. But, having seen his back story, I can really see the sadness of his past and understand that he is just a man out of his time, and his views and opinions are just a little old for modern day.

 Next on the list of Marvel films is 'Iron Man', followed by 'Iron Man 2' (which I've never seen!) and 'Thor' (again, never seen) and tehn the grand finale of the amazing Joss Whedon's incredible 'Avengers Assemble'!

Misfits Feedback

Feedback on Misfits Analysis

"The detail is v. good and you have included most things, however, not much music mentioned."

"Very good introduction with video but not enough reference to theories and maybe more detail on equilibrium?"

"Good notes on individual characters."

"Good Gifs, fab descriptions, loads of info without being boring. Seperated well, good ratio of text to pics/giffage. Good layout and good inclusion of stereotypes. Breif narratove structure? Maybe more info needed? Fields' 3 Act Structure not mentioned?"

"The Gifs make it instantly eye catching and keep attention throughout. Terminology, descriptions and explanations are detailed and relevent, giving all necessary info! Could change text colour."

"Good analysis of characters and clear understanding of representations and stereotypes. Gifs keep us interested and make the heavy text less intimidating. Good use of colour and detailed evaluation."

"Good explanations of stereotypes. Keeps you interested with the video and images. Could explain theories more."

 Overall, our main strengths were the analysis itself, and the use of terminology and relevent information within it, and the layout ie. use of text, images, Gifs, video.

 Our main weakness is not linking our findings to the original theories of which they are based, and there is also no description of these anywhere. There also wasn't enough on the use of music.

 To improve, I plan to upload a photocopy of the descriptions of the different theories as a reminder to refer to when analysing other clips. I will also try to keep an equal amount of detail/information on all of the four main areas, instead of focussing mise en scene and camera shots mostly by incorporating more analytical ideas about editing and sound.

Misfits

Analysing an episode of a TV Drama: Misfits

Narrative Structure-Character Representation-Character Roles

 Misfits is a British comedy/science fiction drama show, following the results of a freak storm in which five youngsters, working in a community service program after commiting various crimes, are struck by lightning and begin to develop strange powers. These powers appear to be caricatures of each individual's personalities:

Curtis- Curtis can turn back time during moments of regret and remorse. This reflects his grief and guilt over his past and his feeling of being burdened by this past.

 All of the characters wear the same brigth orange jumpsuit. The denotations of this including the humiliation of the garish colour and the attempt to make them all look the same, some of the deeper connotations including the possibility of trying to seperate the youngsters from the rest of society, 'highlighting' their difference to it. Each character, however, wears the jumpsuit differently, carrying across their various personalitiies. Curtis wears his with the arms tied around his waist, and he wears sports trainers (ex-sports star) with it. He often leans or sits sprawlingly, his body language carrying an air of relaxation, also extended by his slouchy clothing.

 He conforms to the stereotype of a young, black male: not only is he athletic, but he is/was a professional runner, a sport often assossiated with black people.

 Despite his casual attitude, Curtis carries an air of arrogance, and that he is above the others, often commenting how he doesn't belong there, or "shouldn't be there", added to by his clear, middle class voice. He is also shown to be thoughtful of women, possibly due to what we can assume was a rich and easy upbringing. When not in his jumpsuit, he wears a sporty tracksuit, clear illustrating his desire to be a sportsman once again.

 Overall, the portrayal of Curtis is fairly nuetral, most camera shots being straight on mid level shots, although some high angle is used, but only when it is used on the other protagonists together. The only notable use of camera shots is after he has turned back time: we get to see the same scene beginning again, but from a new perspective, as Curtis now sees it, now using a slight low angle looking up at him now, in light of his new knowledge.

 Kelly- Kelly develops the use of telepathy, connected to her insecurites and fears of other peoples's perception of her. 
 She wears her jumpsuit with copious amounts of goldon jewellery inlcuding a pair of large hoop earrings, heavy make-up, tightly scraped back hair and a pair of bright white trainers, conforming to the role of a common 'chav'. Throough this, she also adopts a fairly aggressive masculine stance, subverting her role as one of the female protagonists. This is most visible during the argument/figth that Kelly has with her boyfriend, in which she is portrayed as having all the power. Not only does she hit him, but there are also many low angle shots looking up at her, the binary opposite of the high angle shots of him. She also has a fairly typical 'chav' accent.

Simon- Simon gains the ability to turn invisible when feeling isolated. This is due to his constant feeling of being alone and ignored.
 His jumpsuit is always entirely buttoned up straight, and his hair formally slicked down. His normal, everyday clothes are also very uniformed, the buttons always done up to the collar. As Simon is the outcast of the group, he neither conforms nor subverts the roles of either gender. His voice is very quiet and clear, and occasionally wavers when he speaks, clearly showing his fear and displacement within the group. 
 When Simon first becomes invisible, the audience can immediately sense the build up of tension. This is due to the music that begins in this scene and progresses with it. The long, drawn out and deep tones create this tension and fear and builds up as the scene becomes inter-cut with the growing aggression of the probation worker.

Alisha- As a wild, crude and flirtatious party girl, Alisha becomes able to create sexual arousal in anyone that she touches.
 Alisha's jumpsuit is constantly buttoned low down to reveal a bright pink(feminine) bra. She accentuates her curves by adding a fashion belt around the waist, and also wears a fair amount of girly jewellery as well as lacing her trainers with bright pink laces. Her body language is of a fairly sexual nature, as she constantly throws her chest forwards and plays with her hair. Her casual clothes are also very girly as well as revealing. Alisha easily conforms to the stereotype of a modern day young female.
 When she is telling the story of how she was committed to community service, is starts off with a simple straight on shot of her, paired with tilted shots of the boys, exaggerating their lack of interest. However, as the sexual tension of the room grows, it switches to low angle shots of her, and straight on close ups of the boy's shocked faces. This shows how she has all of the power in this situation, and that she is very aware of it, here subverting her otherwise submissive feminine role in which she is treated more as an object than a person. 
 Alisha also has a very laid back attitude, reflected in her speech. She uses lots of swear words and will make only a minor attempt at properly pronouncing words, making her seem unintelligent.

Nathan- Despite his overriding cockiness and loud nature, Nathan is seemingly the only one without a power.
 With a non-chalant attitude and a sarcastic use of wit, Nathan appears uncaring about most things. His jumpsuit is always only half done up and covered in grime and he is often seen with a cigarette. He conforms to not only his stereotype as a male, objectifying women and often creating sexual innuendos, but also his role as a young Irish-man, his loud personality and sarcasm two largely contributing factors. His large use of bold gestures also adds to the feeling of a big personality.
 However, when pleading with his mum, he is shown through the letter box, dehumanising him as a character. Also, when trying to find a place to stay, the montage is of him crossing a bridge-a very small bridge- showing that despite his big character, he has hardly any real friends, and those that he may consider friends are in fact very quick to turn him away. Despite this, Nathan remains the upbeat, comedy character of the bunch, especially shown via his use of over exaggerated facial expressions and of peculiar props (wheelchair etc.).

 This band of five misfits creates the heroes of the story (despite their lack of conformity anit-heroic nature). As a band of young people, the producers are immediately drawing in the target audience of older teens/young adults, and the us of music is also very fitting of this audience, further helping them to identify with, and therefore watch, the program.

 Despite their roles as the protagonists/heroes, they are still victimised in some parts, eg. when the probation officer reprimands them of their mobile phones, it uses high angle shots of them over the shoulder of their suppressor, and as he is in the foreground, he takes up a fairly large portion of the screen in comparison, showing his power in the situation. He is later represented as the 'villain', his personality having become cruel and sadistic after the storm.

The overall structure of the first episode is non linear due to the time travel, and fits fairly well with Todorov's theory of narrative equilibrium:

Equilibrium Into- Disruption Storm- Recognition of Disruption Discovery of Powers- Attempts to Repair Disruption Time Travel/Death of Probation Officer/Burial- New State of Equilibrium Aftermath

Some Binary Opposites are used in the show:

Predator and Prey are contrasted during the chase scene in which it cuts between the crazed probation worker (predator) and Kelly (prey. Also being cut with the scene of Alisha's story, highlighting the opposing tension of sexuality, not fear as the sound of Kelly and the man running are extracted, the sound of them breathing being reminiscent of sexual noises.

 Most of the shots are generally standard shots, leaving the viewer as an individual to make up their own mind about the characters, however, high and low angle are also used most notably during the scene after the chase in which Simon and Kelly (shown in low angle shots due to their new knowledge of the situation) try to tell the others (shown using high angle shots) about their powers.
 Then, as the entourage try to escape, Nathan slips in some blood. When he realises this, the camera becomes very shaky and uses a lot of hand held close ups to highlight his sense of panic and fear, reminiscent of similar shots used in the prior chase scene. After a while, this subsides to longer lasting shots, showing how everything is calmer in a literal sense as they all silently deal with the discovery of the body, and Nathan even makes a humorous comment. This is then contrasted quickly to the probation worker bursting through the glass door to attack them, shocking the audience after putting them in a false sense of brief security. This is the catalyst for the camera returning to quick frantic shots, up until Kelly's killing blow, when it subsides back to longer, still shots.
 The following scene of the burial has notably blurred edges, giving it an other-worldy feel, much like a dream. There is also a part in which the main cast look down on the now alone and worried worker, highlighting her loneliness and lack of knowledge of what's going on.
 In the last scene, the music swells and builds up, reminiscent of the themes for superheroes, the cumulating drums and deep, bassy undertones remaining with the audience, even after the ending fade-out.

The Hillsborough Disaster

The Hillsborough Disaster and the power of the Media.

 After watching a news clip about the resent revelations of the Hillsborough Disaster, the class discussed just how powerful the media can be.

 Whatever the papers or the news tell us, we believe, and they can use this to show things in a certain light so that we feel a particular way about something. I am in complete awe and shock as to how much this can actually influence a large body of people. It is truly amazing, but also truly terrifying.

Review of Blogs

Reviews and Feedback of Blogs

 We started the lesson off by looking at everyone's blogs, and discussing some areas for improvement/ideas for what to do next.

 I have begun incorporating digitally drawn tables and scanned in mind maps straight from lessons. I have also briefly begun writing up about my own personal thoughts on my own personal media interests (eg. 'The Road' post). I would now like to consider using a voice recording or video clip to document some of the lesson when it seems fitting with the topic to do so.

Gender Representation through Sound

How the Roles of Different Genders are Represented in the Media via the use of Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound

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Music and sound have a massive impact on the media, and the use of different instruments in accompaniment can change the emotions of a scene/clip:

Piano- Romantic, love, sadness, melancholy.
Trumpets- Heroic, triumph, when slow can be associated with remembrance.
Saxophone(Blues)- Lonely, solitary, soulful.
Drums- Danger, drama, excitement, purpose, creates pace, can sometimes represent a heartbeat.
Violin (Slow/Legato)- Calm, serenity, peace, love, sadness, melancholy.
Violin (Fast/Staccato)- Fear, drama, panic, tension.
Bells- Celebratory associations.

Leitmotif- A musical motif or phrase that is often repeated to represent/symbolise a character and/or their role, mostly distinguishable via the use of instruments.

eg.

In 'Batman', we recognise the deep drums and trumpets to signify the presence of the protagonist, Batman. The music is powerful and heroic, as well as grungey and dark, much like the main character:

Contrastingly, when Selina Kyle, also referred to as 'Catwoman' is on screen, a delicate piano and dramatic and deep violin can be heard, a gentle feminine tune, but with a dark and cunning edge, again reflecting her character. This is first heard in her personal 'theme song', however it appears repeatedly throughout 'The Dark Knight Rises' due to her presence:

 On the third watch of the clip, we took notes on and discussed diegetic and non-diegetic sound:

 Again, we had ten minutes to write a paragraph based on some of the ideas from our mind map:

 "During the last section of the clip...

My feedback: 
Explanation and Argument- 3/5
Examples- 4/5
Terminology- 5/5

"Very good examples of how each sound creates emotion. Focus more on the masculinity and femininity."

Overall feedback:
Explanation and Argument- 12/15
Examples- 11/15
Terminology- 13/15

My strength seems to lie in my use of terminology. To make my writing better, I will focus more using more and better examples whilst simultaneously linking these with the overall argument.

Gender Representation through Editing

How the Roles of Different Genders are Represented in the Media via the use of Editing

 We watched the clip a second time and in our groups discussed out ideas on the use of editing in correlation to the portrayal of gender:

 Again, we had ten minutes to write a few paragraphs based on some of the ideas from our mind maps:

"Masculinity and Femininity feature dominantly throughout the clip, and is shown resoundingly through the use of editing. Throughout the clip, juxtaposition is used to highlight the differences of many characters. At the beginning, the denotation is of two characters one male, the other female, both conforming to their gender's stereotypes. The connotations derived of the contrast of placing shots of the two characters together are multi-puposeful; the audience can not only more easily see the superiority of the seemingly reasonable man over the emotional woman through the editors choosing to juxtapose high angle shots looking down on her with low angle shots looking up at him.
 The latter scene of the man and woman in the forest is reminiscent of this, however, as their roles are subverted, so is the effect on the audience via the use of editing. Again, we see who is inferior to those with power, although this time it is the surprising contrast comparison of a strong willful woma, successfully carrying out masculine tasks (also echoed in the purposeful camera shots of action) to a victimised weak man."

My feedback: 
Explanation and Argument- 4/5
Examples- 4/5
Terminology- 4/5

"You understood really well and used lots of terminology, but maybe have a few more examples?"

Gender Representation through Camera Shots and Mise en Scene

How the Roles of Different Genders are Represented in the Media via the use of Camera Shots and Mise en Scene

 After watcing the new clip, in groups, we discussed some of the ways in which camera shots and mise en scene are used to portray gender:

 We then had to use these mind maps to devise a quick passage explaining some of these ideas:

 "Throughout the clip, the majority of the female characters are shown as minor characters as opposed to the more dominant males. The use of high angle shots is used regularly to this effect, highlighting the highly emotional and unreliable state of the woman in the opening scene and, more notably, the victimisation of the woman in the barn. The only female that subverts this role is the blonde woman in the leather jacket.
 Her short, bleached hair and dark leather clothing, reminiscent of many popular and iconic male figures and stereotypes (action heroes/ bikers etc.), portrays the connotations of what the audience will now assume to be her 'masculine' personality and attitude of strength, arrogance (stubborn) and willpower.
 This is also greatly added to by her gestures and movements; every action is clear and purposeful, giving her a 'get the job done' attitude, often portrayed in conformative male characters. She is also shown in settings of masculine power: she is the one operating the digger, not her male companion of whom later becomes a victim and required her to become his saviour, she then conforms to the idea of a male hero, a 'knight in shining armour', as well as later wielding a gun along with a male protagonist, leaving another man unarmed in comparison."

 We swapped with someone in the group and then marked each others work.

My feedback: 
Explanations and Argument- 5/5
Examples- 3/5
Terminology- 4/5

"Good argument, could use more quotes."

'The Road'

 I watched 'The Road' the other night, and it is honestly one of the best things I have ever seen; it is also the saddest, most harrowing but the most beautiful film I have had the honor of witnessing, and is also one of the truest book adaptations I have come across.
 One thing that I kept noticing throughout the film was the use of grading. The colours are all extremely washed out, adding to the already drastically bleak setting. Mid greys and browns are used recurringly throughout, meaning that when fire or blood is shown in shot, it is a sudden and surprising contrast to what we have become used to as the colour palette, shocking the audience of whom would have considered any warm colours to be a welcome change, but the darker meaning and reason for their presence seemingly much darker than the original colours themselves.

The soundtrack is also absolutely stunning and fits amazingly with the film itself:

Class and Social Standing

The use of Class and Social Standing in the Media

 After discussing the various stereotypical features of the different classes, we then, in our pairs, discussed how we might portray a 'typical' working class male using mise en scene and camera shots.

 Me and Rosie decided to further specify our character's personality by basing him on what is often referred to in the media as a 'common chav'. To depict this, we thought we would first set the scene with an establishing shot of a crime-stricken and generally grim looking estate. We would then cut to either a wide shot or a mid shot to show the characters clothing- tracksuit, trainers, cap etc. and mix this with close ups of various nody parts (hands, mouth...) to show him drinking, smoking, littering and other acts 'frowned upon' in public.

Gender

The use of Gender Stereotypes in the Media

 So why does the media use gender stereotypes? As human beings, we like to be able to easily define what something is and be able to have imminent impression of what something/someone is like, to 'put things into boxes'. This not only helps us to define others but also allows us to feel the ability to easily adapt to and fit in to groups and cliques in order to be accepted by our piers and society in general. This makes it easier for companies/manufacturers and advertisers to create a defined target audience with particular tastes and interests in order to market certain products to either gender. In young children's toys, these are often used to 'prepare' the consumers to take on the stereotypical conventions of their gender, eg. girl's toys often include tasks such as looking after synthetic children/dolls, practicing cooking etc. This has been occuring throughout human history and has led on to the development of the feminist and machist views.
 

"Women are nothing but machines for producing children." Napoleon Bonaparte

 There is also the fact that some characters in a film or TV show will have little screen time, meaning that the producers must quickly convey the personalities of certain characters through their appearance, speech and movements/gestures.

Representation of Characters

Representation of Characters and the use of Stereotypes in the Media.

 At the beginning of the lesson, we quickly ran through some of the ideas that featured prominently in the groups presentations on the TV Drama clip and reiterated some of the key themes and messages that became apparent through the use of mise en scene.
 We then answered these four questions, utilising these ideas from the previous lessons:

Why represent the police in this way?

 In the clip, the Immigration Officers are portrayed as the antagonists of the story and therefore conform to the general opinion of how a classic villain should act/look(dark colours, gestures, walking formation- this highlights the primary antagonist as he walks ahead of the other officers). This also helps us to sympathise with the immigrants more imminently as they contrast to the antagonistic representation of the Police, added to by the 'one-sided' nature of the clip, it being more notably from the perspective of the immigrants, showing a clear distinction to the two main 'groups' involved in the story. As a whole, the police are also often portrayed as simply being 'puppets'; they appear to be faceless, unthinking characters that simply follow the orders they are given and stick to the "rules of the game", however, as fore-mentioned, one of the officers seems to have more power than the others, however he still seems to be simply doing his job.  

Why represent the immigrants in this way?
 The immigrants are most notably victimised throughout the clip, portrayed as a chaotic unknowing group of people caught in a suspended state of panic and worry due to their predicament, which immediately creates a sense of sympathy in the viewer towards the immigrants. The use of mise en scene as well as some P.O.V shots helps the viewer to identify with characters and experience what is happening to those characters. This means that the audience is more emotionally attached to the characters and therefore feel more of a loss(reflecting the emotions of the characters) when Ibrahim is taken.

What stereotypes are adhered to or subverted in this clip?
 Overall, the portrayal of the Police is very negative, subverting from the common view of them being officers of the law and generally 'good' people, however in the clip they are portrayed as nonchalant predators of the immigrants (the prey). A lot of the negativity of the immigrants portrayal is based on common misconceptions: job taking, unskilled, unclean, de-humanised, simple, packed together, large families etcetera. However, as the show progresses, we begin to see that they are not like this, Adam being the main character to subvert this stereotype by stepping up to show his intelligent, caring, well trained and religious side, one that the would not imminently be expected to be found in a 'simple' cleaner. When Ibrahim is taken, he is treated detestably without any provocation on his part. This continues to victimise the immigrants and add to the subversion of the now antagonistic Police. To add to this, there is also some implied racism due to his capture (i.e. how did they know he was an illegal immigrant and not just a normal worker?) adding to a clear ethnic divide, the Police force as well as the hotel 'front woman' all being white as opposed to the multicultural collection of immigrant workers. 

Can you hypothesise the purpose behind the mediation of the text/clip?
 The basic/primary roles of the clip include to inform, provide a source of escapism, however entertainment is the prerogative. Also, due to some of the themes throughout the clip, it could be seen as though one of it's purposes is to perhaps change or manipulate what some would perceive the situation to be like based upon misguided conceptions and stereotypes.

'Hearing Damage' Music Video (GCSE)

A music video for Thom Yorke's (Radiohead) 'Hearing Damage'. The first practical project at Media GCSE.

'The Accident' Pilot Episode (GCSE)

The Pilot episode to a hypothetical series entitled 'The Accident' that I created as part of Media GCSE.

Converse Advertisement (GCSE)

An advertisement for 'Converse All Stars' I made for my GCSE Media course.