Liam, I'm afraid what you have completed so far is just not good enough. Im concerned that you are not demonstrating your clear classroom media ability (verbal) in your written work. This needs to change if you are to succeed.
1.NO PRELIM TASK VIDEO EMBEDDED FROM YOUTUBE
2.NO PRELIMINARY TASK EVALUATION EVIDENT
3.NOBLUE VELVET TEXTUAL ANALYSIS (COULD USE BOND: SPECTRE INSTEAD)
4.NO BLUE VELVET SCREEN GRABS IN PLACE
5.NO BLUE VELVET VIDEO EMBEDDING IN PLACE
6.TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE OPENING OF SE7EN WITH IMAGES AND VIDEO EMBED FOR SE7EN
8.FILM NOIR & HISTORY OF GENRE (HSR) + IMAGES/VIDEO EMBEDS
9.STEREOTYPICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THRILLER/HORROR GENRES/CHARACTERS
10.TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF OPENING OF A HORROR FILM – WOMEN IN BLACK/SCREAM
etc.
Film Noir (French for 'dark film' or 'black film') is a term describing a genre popular in the US between 1940 and 1960. Strictly speaking its a description of the films style and mood rather than a so-called genre however it has evolved and more recent films using the same codes and conventions may be referred to as 'neo-noir'.
How did the 'golden age of Hollywood' reinforce genres?
The 'Golden Age of Hollywood' is when they realised that they could make so much money from essentially producing the same films over and over again. There were five major companies who did this are ;
1) Warner Bros.
2) Columbia Pictures
3) 20th Century Fox
4) MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 5) RKO Pictures
Which genres became popular in Hollywood?
The genres that became popular were Westerns, Romances, comedies and film-noirs all because they delivered what the audience wanted and was pleasurable to watch as it fulfilled what they were asking for and played with their imagination. Why do audiences like genre films? Audiences like genre film because it gives them a rough run down of what it is they're actually going to see without having to read any information about the film. For example, if they went to see a western they know there'd be outlaws, native American's and sheriffs and obviously the sheriff would come out on top at the end of the day. Film Noir Film noir is a genre of film that is very easy to identify due to its clear codes and conventions. It was also very successful during the 'Golden Age of Hollywood' due to it's misogynistic views which easily related to the majority of males in that time period as it was a social norm. Women were portrayed as either prostitutes or victims and never given a leading role however Film Noir is becoming less popular due to the changes in society and women being seen as equals therefore modern film noir's such as the sin city series challenge the codes and conventions by adding in new features and a lot more action. They also make the style like that of a comic which adds a new dimension to the film as they don't necessarily have to keep it realistic and they haven't, giving one of the main protagonists super powers.
The characters in a Film Noir are usually corrupt cops, the femme fatale and an alienated protagonist. There also generally misogynistic men due to the time period that its set in and because when Film Noir popular society itself was misogynistic. A lot of the film, if not all of the film is set at night or whilst it's raining. This represents the themes of the film and is also pathetic fallacy for events that are going to happen in the film.
Representations in Horror
and Thriller have been pre-established, some of the representations in the
films have become stereotypes (a widely held but fixed and over simplified
image of a particular type of person or thing) or archetypes (a very
Zombieland opening scene:
In the Horror genre there are a lot of stereotypes such as women are fragile and weak and men are normally brave and strong. In the film Zombieland which is a production by Columbia Pictures the codes of conventions are tested as the main Female protagonist is shown as a very strong independent character and the main male protagonist is shown as rather weak but still brave.
This Opening scene starts with a woman crashing through her wind-shield and crashing onto the ground in front of her followed by an birds eye view shot showing the writing 'Rule #4: Always wear a seatbelt' this is all done whilst the main protagonist is performing a voice over. The entire opening scene is actually the main protagonist listing off his 'Rules' to survive the Zombie apocalypse.
For the second scene a worms-eye view is used to show a man being thrown over the railings by what is clearly a zombie, this is all done at what seems half speed to add a dramatic effect to the entire scene, after 5 second the scene fades into a zombie spitting blood out of his mouth which then instantly fades into a woman running from a separate zombie also at half speed, just from her emotion portrayed on her face you can tell how much danger has so suddenly been inflicted on her world and how she is so forcefully trying to run away from what was once her life.
Every scene after the first scene is all shown at half speed for dramatic effect and these scene mostly show people fleeing from the zombie outbreak but some also show the Humans fighting back against the Apocalypse. this sets up the mood for the film as you as an audience are shown what is happening and how badly it has happened with in what seems a small time.
The main protagonists are not shown yet in the opening scene as they have yet to be introduced with in the storyline.
