Representation in the Primeval

In the Primeval clip I watched there were a lot of representation of Gender.

Abby

In the Clip, Abby was shown as fearless. She helped Nick when he was in the hole being attacked by the Saber-Tooth Tiger. This suggest that she is quite a strong and intelligent individual. She uses the digger to distract the Saber-Tooth Tiger so Nick can escape. This further suggests that she is strong as a digger is used for heavy lifting. Abbys facial expressions also suggest that she is fearless as throughout the scene showing that she is cool in the face of fear. This represents women in a strong fashion and the camera angles showed her wearing non-feminine like clothes which shows her as a more masculine character. As Abby is above ground and not in the ground it shows the vulnerability of the male character (Nick) over the female character (Abby).

Nick

As Nick was in a hole getting attacked by the saber-Tooth Tiger. This shows how vulnerable he was in the hole and Abby was above ground in the digger. Nick is also wearing scruffy plain clothes which can also relate to his vulnerability. The camera is switching between different shots showing how intense and fast paced it is to make the viewer feel like they are in Nick's position and feeling how vulnerable he is.

In this clip from Primeval it shows that women are stronger than men and how it is not a stereotype and that women are strong individuals too and men aren't one in society. 

Testing With Lighting

In class we were experimenting with lighting. We were testing different colour so that they would have different effects on the audience as lighting plays a big part in Media and Film.


Gene -
The 'Light Blue' light can have a symbolic of emotional or underwater. Depending on what is happening in the scene the audience will be able to distinguish the difference. But this i more commonly used to represent isolation.

Genre - Horror

The 'Red' lighting effect means danger and fear. Just like a stop sign is RED to signify danger and as red is such a distinct colour so that audience will see it very well. This can be used in film to suggest danger to the audience.

Genre - SiFi
With this photo i decided to make a 'si-fi' style type of lighting. I feel like i achieved this as the colour mix is abstract and not normal giving the effect that this could be symbolic of something not human.

Genre - Romance

The 'white' light give a positive feel to the image. The rose is to symbolic to love/romance giving the image a romance genre. But the white light on the rose almost makes it look like a red light so this adds a new aspect for the viewer to think about in the image if it is a romance or if there is something else going on.

Mise-en-scene Analysis of 'Saving Private Ryan'

From the very beginning of the scene you get a sense of the fear as the characters are shaking and shaking from side to side in the boats which gives the viewer a sense of what it was like on one of the boats in WW2. The camera is very still but at an eye level to make you feel like you are amongst the soldiers but not showing the viewer any angle outside of the boat or where the soldiers are looking to make the viewer wonder and feel confined in the space and feel how the soldiers felt in the boat they are also very close together showing how compact they were. You can hear gunshots in the background making the audience feel tension as they want to see where the noise is coming from, where the soldiers are looking and what will happen next.

Once the boat opens on the beach the camera cuts to many long range shots, close ups, over the shoulder, mid shots very fast to make you feel how fast the action was and how there are so many things going on how you can't focus on them all. This was made by the director to be as realistic as possible. The lighting and background are dull and gloomy. This was to show how dark the scene is and is a symbolic of death. The props in the film are guns and WW2 soldier outfits (To fit the style and genre of the film).

The camera movements are very important as they show the chaos and horrific the reality is that some people went through these conditions and survived. The action, gore and facial expressions makes the viewer believe that they have walked into a real battlezone. 

Camera Movements

I created a video that shows different camera movements with a sketch for "Results Day". 

Can Film Change The Law

What I learnt from this article is that it is overlooked as a force for social change.

Like the film of the JFK assassination. A lawyer called 'Jim Garrison' is who you follow in the film. The production of the film resulted in a new law introduced. "The John Frederick Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992". The Act set up the collection of any and all government documents relating to JFK‘s assassination, including evidence from seven different official committees and any presidential library. This lead to 318,866 documents were released to the public about the assassination. Some of the documents included 1,100 CIA documents.

This therefore proves that film can make change socially and can unearth a lot more than could be expected.

Source: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/media-magazine/articles/21802