Wednesday 19 December 2012

Prometheus

The Marketing of Prometheus
-There were two different trailers released. The British marketing manager did not want the film to be anything to do with the previous film Alien therefore in the trailer there is no background music whereas in the American trailer there is the alien theme tune. The only correlation in the British trailer is the font of the word ‘Prometheus’ right at the very end.
-The trailers were released subtly, and were not intended to be popular in order for the appropriate target audience to find them and share with others in the category of audiences.
- They released a fake TED talk set in 2013 attracting over 6,000 retweets on twitter and over 21,000 facebook likes.
-They released viral posters.
-They set up a promotion website which looked like a real company included statistics on employees, locations and other facts.

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Soundtrack to 'Humanoid'


Monday 17 September 2012

GHD Advert


GHD


The woman in the advert is the main focus of the advert. She is dressed in a quite revealing red dress. This could connote passion, love, lust and also danger or blood. This gives us the message that not only is she romantic and attractive, but she also has a fierce side contrasting with our initial judgement. Above her there are two cherubs holding what looks like a halo over her head. This suggests that her hair is ‘perfect’ as angels are usually used to represent perfection. This denotes that she is angelic, pure and innocent and has been ‘made’ by angels, as the words say ‘made not born.’ It could also suggest that she was made by the angels/cherubs and had come down from heaven as there are steps behind her, like the stairway to heaven and she is spotlight like the typical pictures of heaven and the sun shining down. She is looking down upon the three men around her; this denotes confidence and her superiority contrasting with the stereotypical view that men are superior over women as they are on their knees with their arms up towards her praising her and showing her respect.
The advert is situated in a typically urban, underground location. It is dark and dirty, but even though is grim, she is still beautiful and can stand out through anything. The fact that the men have a skull and cross bones on their shirts connotes that they could be representing hell, and her red dress represents the devil. The men praising her could be because she is their leader, again connoting her dominance and the men’s location and clothing could suggest that they are of a lower status, and wouldn’t normally care about someone’s hair, but this woman who has used these GHD’s is an exception.
There are a few religious hints in this advert as at the bottom, where the product is light up in the same way as the woman, it says “a new religion for your hair.” This could connote that the product and the woman are representing the North Star, leading the three wise men (there are three men around her) to their destiny (the woman). The text at the side is also set out like a quote from the bible or a fairytale story, suggesting that if you use this product, all of the once unrealistic affects, will become real and that the customer will be nothing but satisfied. 

Friday 7 September 2012

The King's Speech

The Kings Speech


Director:

Tom Cooper

Studio(s):

UK Film Council

See-Saw Films

Bedlam Productions

Distributor:

The Weinstein Company

Budget:

£8million

Box Office:

£250 Million

Reviews:

"Like all great films it fills you with joy" 
***** 
– Empire 

**** 
-iTunes customer rating 

***** 
- Daily mail 

Awards: 

Academy Award for Best Picture
Best Director
Best actor (Firth) 
Best Original Screenplay
12 Oscar nominations
Nominations for Best Cinematography and best supporting actors (Bonham Carter and Rush), and two nominations for it's mise-en-scène: Art Direction and Costumes.
At the 64th British Academy Film Awards, it won seven awards: 
Best Film
Outstanding British Film
Best Actor for Firth
Best Supporting Actor for Rush
Best Supporting Actress for Bonham Carter
Best Original Screenplay for Seidler
and Best Music 

It was nominated for 14 BAFTA's 
At the 68th Golden Globe Awards, Firth won for Best Actor
At the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Firth won the Best Actor award and the entire cast won Best Ensemble 
Hooper won the Directors Guild of America Awards 2010 for Best Director 
It won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture at the Producers Guild of America Awards 2010
It also won People's Choice Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Best British Independent Film at the 2010 British Independent Film Awards
And 2011 Goya Award for Best European Film from the Spanish Academy of Cinematic Art and Science



Friday 31 August 2012

About Me

  • Why have you chosen to study media?
I have chosen to study media because I enjoy photography in my spare time and would like to do something along the lines of media/photography/journalism/filming in the future.
  • what other subjects are you studying?
I am also studying English Literature, Travel and tourism and Psychology
  • Who is your favourite band(s)/artist(s) and why (embed a YouTube video)?
My favourite bands are Muse, Kasabian (Sergio Pizzorno is my favourite song writer/artist), Mayday Parade, The Script, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Who etc.
Oh yeah and I like One Direction...
here i have embeded a video of the most recent gig i went to- Kasabian Live at Reading festival 2012

  • What are your favourite tv programmes (embed pictures)?
Family Guy, Hollyoaks, The Might Boosh, Luxury Comedy, 90210, Big Bang Theory, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Celebrity Juice and I think Jack Ass is hilarious.


  • What is your favourite film/who is your favourite director (embed a YouTube video)?
My favourite film is Finding Nemo and it is directed by Andrew Stanton, I like kids films like Shrek, Ice Age and  I love Labrynth and The Holy Grail and I prefer comedy's but here is a link to the trailer another of my favourite films- The Boat That Rocked
 
  • What magazines do you read?
I read magazines like Kerrang! NME, Photography magazines, and music magazines, unless there are free posters then I just buy anything.

  • What websites do you read?
I don't generally go on my laptop and go on the internet but when I do I go on the usual social network sites like Facebook and twitter, but I also have a ViewBug blog and a Flikr account where I upload some of my photos. I also sometimes go on tumblr and read a blog called 'Humans of New York' as I think it is really interesting and inspirational and would love to create a sililar blog.