UK Tribe

UK Tribe- Urban

Get paid crew: " Get Paid Crew are highly aspirational, driven by money and being their own boss.
More straight-laced than their innovative DIYer cousins and likely to be working hard to set up their own business, get a good job and make money, money, money – once connected to dodgy dealings, there is now a huge amount of respect for the success orientated GPCs.
 Personally I think that Im a 'get paid crew' this is because I am very motivated in things I believe in. For example I am very passionate and hardworking in Art, cars and sport.

Trackies: Trackies are laid back enthusiasts motivated by the need to chill, whether that’s gaming, watching films or listening to music.

They’re all about hanging out, playing sports and computer games, ordering pizza and getting their hands on a bit of weed! Typically seen as those with the potential to achieve but lacking in motivation, these guys just want to chill out man!

Some people have said I'm like this because when I'm out of my school life i can be a chilled out person, however I DO NOT WEAR TRACKIES out side of the house so the title of this tribe doesn't suit me as much a bit the definition does.

Film Production.

Film Production and definitions.

Writer.
Writers produce works of fiction and non-fiction, including novels, poetry, scripts for radio, TV or film, non-fiction books, newspaper and magazine articles or website content.
Producer.

Producers are responsible for all aspects of a film's production, putting together a creative and talented cast and crew, and turning story ideas into profitable films.
Casting director
Casting Directors organise the casting (selecting) of Actors for all roles in a film.
Director
Directors are the driving creative force in a film's production - visualising and defining the style and structure of the film, then bringing it to life.
Film finance
Film Sales Agents represent filmmakers looking for distribution deals for their films, working with them to develop marketing strategies and deliver all the elements of the film to the Distributor.
Camera operator
Camera Operators prepare and operate the camera and all its equipment, working with the Director and Director of Photography.
Editor
Film Editors work closely with the Director to craft the finished film.
Production designer
Production Designers define and manage every visual aspect of a film.
Marketing
People working in marketing are responsible for promoting products and services to increase consumer awareness and boost sales. Marketing Assistants work with the Marketing and Publicity manager to create and plan campaigns.
Exhibition
Exhibition is the retail branch of the film industry, it involves the public screening which is usually paid for my customers on a site devoted to screenings or the movie theatre.

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Development - This is simply the process of 'finding' a story. Ideas for films come from a variety of sources, they can range from novels, real life events to computer game adaptations. Once you've got an idea you'll need someone to write a pitch for you which you take to a film producer in an attempt to get some funding to make your film. Even at this very early stage you need a very clear idea of who you're aiming you film at so you can include elements that will appeal to them.
Pre-production - Once you've got funding you establish your budget and can begin to get a film crew together, you can storyboard the script. You also need break the script down into individual scenes and identify all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects needed.
Production - This is simply the process of 'making' the film. Provided you've done your job properly in the pre-production stage making the film should be straight forward. 'Film' is very expensive and difficult to store so an increasing number of film makers are using digital cameras to save money.
Post-production - During this stage you take all the 'film' you've shot and give it to a film editor. They will then begin putting it together. Special effects will be added, a soundtrack will be added, any missing dialogue will be re-recorded and added resulting in a 'rough cut'. This will be shown to the director and a test audience who will offer feedback. Often this causes scenes to be filmed and added or removed.

Camera angles, movement and shots.

Camera angles, movement and shots.

Here are some videos about Camera angles (etc..) that were provided by the OCR exam board.

            

Here are my examples
Basic camera shots: 1)Close up.
                                 2) extreme long shot to long shot.

 

Camera Angles:  3) Over the shoulder shot
                            4) High shot

     

     

Camera Movements: 5)Tracking shot.
                                  6)Zoom.

Ex Machina

         Ex Machina 

Producers/ Production companies: DNA films and Film 4 Productions.

Director: Alex Garland

Screen writer : Alex Garland

Actors: Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb, Corey Johnson as Jay, Oscar Isaac as Nathan and Alicia Vikander as Ava.

Budget: $15,000,000

Screens shown on:

Box office figures: $36.9 million

Music (composer of score/ soundtrack): Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury 

Marketing: Teaser trailer-  https://youtu.be/EoQuVnKhxaM
                   Oficial Trailer- https://youtu.be/XYGzRB4Pnq8
                    

SFX (special effects - technology used): Ex_Machina and winners of two Oscars for its visual effects and computer animation work on Inception and Interstellar.

Any issues: How it presents our future seen as nearly all the men you see are humans and all the women are robots, this has caused problems seen as some see it as sexist seen as the men are the ones creating the robots and that women are incapable of doing it. 

The Man, The Woman and The Man 2.

He could be homeless and by the clothes he is wearing he doesn't have a lot of money and maybe he has to beg for money seen as he must be getting money from somewhere seen as he's got a fag in his mouth. This may all be because he has no jog or he's parents left him and he ran away from his foster parents. However he is none of those things in fact this man is a buyer for Ralph lauren, his name is Doug Bilmaier and actually gets paid a lot of money for his job.

This woman looks like a crazy lady with 2 kids who dresses like she was 30 again, she looks also like she enjoys shopping but also likes fashion. We can tell this because she hasn't just got a trolly thing but she's also carrying a pink hand bag which. she also looks as if she knows a lot about style for he age seen as she's got stylish glasses and high wasted jeans and a pink handbag. However she's not a crazy old lady who thinks she's still 30 this is a well known 1960s actress called Julie Christie, she doesn't do as much acting as she did do however she still is in some movies but just doesn't have a big part as she used too.

This man looks very posh and well of man, we can tell this by the way he dresses and way he's walking. All of his clothes are smart and coordinated showing he knows a lot about fashion, his clothes look expensive and he's wearing a hat with gloves. This may mean he is another, director, fashion designer, or a owner of a big company. This man looks as if  he is very focused on his future and his job so this may mean he has no children. However in facts is Christian Louboutin the shoe designer who is 51 years old and one of the most successful men in the world.

Representation and Textual analysis

7 areas of representation

Particular areas of representation that may be chosen are:

1. Gender
2. Age
3. Ethnicity
4. Sexuality
5. Class and status
6. Physical ability/disability
7. Regional identity.

You will be asked to discuss the ways a clip from a TV drama constructs the representation of one of the above.

The 4 areas of textual analysis

These are the 4 things you use to analyse the clip and answer the exam question.  These 4 things will all help to construct the representation of the individual/group (the 7 areas of representation).  It is your job to discuss how.

Camera Shots, Angle, Movement, Composition.

• Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
• Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
• Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
• Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.

Editing

Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems.

• Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
• Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.

Sound

• Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound.
• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effects; sound motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound perspective.

Mise-en-Scène

• Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties.
• Lighting; colour design

My 5x5

My 5 top romantic films
1. Dear John (2010) This film a about a soldier who finds the love of his life and it also stars Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried.
2. Twilight(2010-12)- When a teenager falls madly in love with a 100 year old vampire, who knows if its going to work. Main characters from his movie are Robbert Pattison playing the main male role of Edward and Kristen Stewart  playing the main female role as Bella Swan.
3. The last song(2010)- This is such a soppy film but also brilliant too, a girl who gets sent to her dads just for the holiday?!? but actually it didn't seem as bad as she thought seen as she falls madly in love with a local lad. We have the well known Miley Cyrus and Ronnie the daughter and Liam Hemsworth as the local lad.
4. Dirty dancing(1987) This a saucy romanic film that will want to make you get up on your feet and dance too! Main actors are Jennifer Grey playing Baby and Patrick Swazye as Johnny. This film is a classic and grips your attention throughout the whole of it, highly recommend it too all the young ones.
5.  My last film is the film Up this a romantic cartoon film that melts everyones hearts from the minute it starts but has also got humour in too, this film could be watched by anyone. this film was released in 2009

My 5 top (not so known) bands/artists:
1. Sunset sons(2013) I've really took to listening to this band after one of my friends recommended them, they are brilliant and have played allover the world seen as their bass guitarist Pete is from Australia. They have 4 EP's out including The Fall Line, She Wants, No Bad Days and Le Surfing.
Sunset Sons play where ever they can, big or small crowds they don't care. I've seen them now twice this year, once in the Birmingham institute and at Boardmasters Festival.
If you like them sound of them give them a listen on sound cloud too!- https://soundcloud.com/sunsetsons/remember

2. Circa Waves(2013) This band is more upbeat and catchy too, it might not be everyones cup tea but if you like Catfish and the bottle men and Bastille then you may like these too. All together they have 3 albums out including T-Shirt Weather, Young Chasers and Circa Waves. Once again this band is known by lots seen as they also played at Boardmasters and have played loads of other concerts around the world.
Here is a link if you would like to listen to any of there stuff. https://soundcloud.com/circawaves/stuck-in-my-teeth

3. Saint Raymond(2013) hes not too bad seen as he's 20 and from Nottingham.. he's amazing really, Callum (aka Saint Raymond) was ed sheerans opening act in Birmingham which was an amazing show and from then on they just got better and better. All together they have 3 albums including Young Blood, Escapade, The Introduction and Ghosts. There songs have also been featured in adverts and also one of the songs from FIFA 15 called Wild Heart.
https://soundcloud.com/saintraymond/wildheart
https://soundcloud.com/saintraymond/young-blood

4. Jack Johnson(2001) Singer song writer jack Johnson is very calming and relaxed music, he has to be one of my favourite singers seen as his voice is perfect and he's generally just such a nice guy. A few people may have heard of him seen as he's had quite a few hits in the past it just depends what type of music your into and your hobbies. i first heard jack Johnson in a surf shop seen as he's a professional surfer so  he is well known in that industry.  He has quite a few main albums out including In-between Dreams, From here to now to you, On and on, Bushfire fairytales, To the sea and Sleep through the static.
https://soundcloud.com/haricoelho/jack-johnson-better-together

5. Reef(1993) This band is more upbeat and is more rock than the others, i have seen this band many of times at festivals seen as they play almost everywhere they can. You see there love for music by the way they perform, they are always buzzing and getting the crowds going and are simply just amazing. They have 4 main albums out and these include,  Glow, Replenish, Rides and Getaway. Their biggest hit was Place your hands which was released in 1996.
https://soundcloud.com/audiblethoughtsblog/place-your-hands-reef

My top 5 programmes:
1. Prison Break(August 29, 2006-May 15, 2009) This has to be one of my all time favourite programme, it just grips you from the start till the end, it includes a lot of plot twists and leaves you not knowing whats going to happen in the next episode a lot but thats what makes it so good, with the amazing characters playing some very tough roles it all works so well.

2. Breaking Bad( September 29, 2013) who thought a programme about drugs could of ever been so good, this programme leaves your jaw dropped several times and makes you never want it to end. All the characters played each role very well and the story line too this is also good, its got a mixture of ever genre in it too.

3. 90210(1990+) West Beverly 90's throw back or what!! this programme is what some people would call you typical girly programme its very much like Gossip Girl, there is a lot of action, romance and dramas in it which draws the audience to it season after season. 

4. Sons Of Anarchy (2008-20014) This is an action packed programme with lots of twists and cliff hangers which is good because you can't stop watching it, Most people think this is more of a male programme however i found it a mix gender seen as i enjoyed it too even if it is filled with guns, drugs and bikes. Also the new episodes of this have just came out too and they are just as good as the ones before

5. Orange is the new black (2013-2015) This programme is very interesting a gives you an idea of how prisons work, this also shows both sides of people and how they deal with being in prisons. this programme is full of action and drama with a little bit of romance too. The new series of this now feature Ruby Rose which adds a slight twist to it all.

My 5 top Mac Miller songs from his album Blue Slide Park:
1. Blue slide park
2. Party on fifth ave
3. Smile back
4. Missed calls
5. Diamonds and gold.
These are all very chilled and laid-back songs some are more upbeat than others however they are all so good to listen too, all the lyrics that have been wrote are all related to something that has happened in his life or how is feeling.

My top 5 radio stations: 
1.  Radio 1 extra- Late at night this is the best radio show to listen too, its got all the new and upcoming artists, they don't just play new stuff though and they mix stuff up and remix new and old songs. This radio station is also good before you rabbi to go out because it gets you in a party mood.
2. Capital- This radio station is mainly full of chart music and its good if you like whats in the charts because they normally have that playing  throughout the whole of the day and sometimes they mix in and old song but its mainly just the new stuff.
3. Radio 1- Mixture of both capital and radio 1 extra, this show is good because it plays equal new and old songs.
4.  Kerang- this stations plays a lot more rock and punk music, and it its good because it plays all the chart music back in the days so you can see what type of music was at the top of the charts then.
5. Gem- Im not the biggest fan of this radio station just because they play the same song over and over again all day, however most of the songs are good because they mix old with new.