Niche - Breaking bad
When watching a clip of Breaking bad there is various indications that tell the audience that it is a niche audience group. To begin with the show is set on a separate channel called "amc"this channel is shown not in the middle of the day or on a popular famous channel like mainstream series are on. Breaking bad starts between 2pm -10pm on not such a well known channel this is because this is when the niche audiences like ages 25+ people will find them they must have certain interests in a action genre series to find them as they are rarely advertised on mainstream channels and times.
Looking at the social economic model most audiences will come under B which is your teachers and fairy paid professionals to C2 containing skilled blue collar workers, electricians and plumbers this is for reasons such as the terminology used is to a fairy good standard and it applies to professions such as teachers because the main character in breaking bad is a teacher struggling in life.
Applying the uses and gratifications theory to the series of Breaking bad there is some factors that make up their own audience.To start of with personal identification can be linked in the form of the audience might of had a situation where they started to do bad things because they was desperate however it was for good reasons overall showing them there is someone else out there who have had problems like them.
Breaking bad does provide some information to audiences this may be in the form of their hobbies if they enjoy and have a interest in realistic action films involving drug dealing then they may be interested to watch this.Niche texts are focused to certain topics of interest this is why not much of a variety of information is presented to them only information based on a topic.
The text Breaking bad does apply for entertainment purposes audiences can watch this to relax,escaping from real life problems or filling time within there day if they enjoy this niche text.
Social integration can be included as a reason to watch Breaking bad audiences may watch it to gain insight into circumstances of other characters in the series and how they struggle through situations faced with them this makes the audience feel social empathy toward them which makes them enjoy it.
Monday, 30 September 2013
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
The male gaze focusing on the text from American Beauty
Throughout the clip we can apply laura mulvey's theory of male gaze and how it is presented to us through the text .The first aspect to look at is the way the view of the camera records the text this is shown when the male gaze is presented there is a loud non diegetic sound as it splits the guy from reality to his sort of fantasy version when the cheerleaders form a certain position it zooms focusing on the cheerleader in the middle,there is also a spot light that appears on the character drawing the audience that she is an important main focus.Throughout the male characters fantasy version in the text the camera shots start to zoom even more on to her the audience view close ups of the girls body focusing in features of the male gazes interest for example her chest,in the background of the image it is darken and a school bell is ringing there is no people around other than him and the girl as a long shot is shown to see only him on the stands.
When observing the view of which the audience sees it is clear that the view of the cheerleader girl is from a point of view from the males eyes however the girl is shown to be unaware of the situation and doesn't realize he is staring at her this means the girl is passive and the man is active.Linking this with laura mulveys ideas with the male gaze her theory is proven true in this situation as the man has the dominant ideologically by showing only his view on the girl not including the girls view on him and she is shown as just a object for his scopophilia.
There are 4 different types of characters within the text these are the man,lady,daughter,cheerleader girl these are all shown very differently towards the audience .To begin with the man is shown to be middle aged and appears to have a mid life crisis as he isn't on good terms with his daughter as originally he did not want to come and rather watch James bond films this hints that this is what middle aged men like to do for hobbies.
The lady in the scene appears to also be middle aged she is shown to be caring for her daughter and forcing her husband to come along to the event as it is important,when her husband starts to fantasize about the cheerleader she is unaware that this is occurring so she gets cut out of the scene and this proves she is a passive character in the text. The daughter featured in the scene appears to be very moody and complains about her life to her friend she doesn't seem to be on good terms with her parents so she seems quite distant from them,the stereotype of moody teenager can be linked to this character from what the audience views because she is complaining all the time.Lastly the cheerleader girl is represented in the uniform of traditional american high school cheer leading clothes these are short frilly skirts, a short top all indicating the symbol of the high school they are from.The character herself appears to be friends with the daughter but her dialogue in the scene is limited she is very passive and in the male gaze of the man she is represented as a object for his pleasure.
Throughout the clip we can apply laura mulvey's theory of male gaze and how it is presented to us through the text .The first aspect to look at is the way the view of the camera records the text this is shown when the male gaze is presented there is a loud non diegetic sound as it splits the guy from reality to his sort of fantasy version when the cheerleaders form a certain position it zooms focusing on the cheerleader in the middle,there is also a spot light that appears on the character drawing the audience that she is an important main focus.Throughout the male characters fantasy version in the text the camera shots start to zoom even more on to her the audience view close ups of the girls body focusing in features of the male gazes interest for example her chest,in the background of the image it is darken and a school bell is ringing there is no people around other than him and the girl as a long shot is shown to see only him on the stands.
When observing the view of which the audience sees it is clear that the view of the cheerleader girl is from a point of view from the males eyes however the girl is shown to be unaware of the situation and doesn't realize he is staring at her this means the girl is passive and the man is active.Linking this with laura mulveys ideas with the male gaze her theory is proven true in this situation as the man has the dominant ideologically by showing only his view on the girl not including the girls view on him and she is shown as just a object for his scopophilia.
There are 4 different types of characters within the text these are the man,lady,daughter,cheerleader girl these are all shown very differently towards the audience .To begin with the man is shown to be middle aged and appears to have a mid life crisis as he isn't on good terms with his daughter as originally he did not want to come and rather watch James bond films this hints that this is what middle aged men like to do for hobbies.
The lady in the scene appears to also be middle aged she is shown to be caring for her daughter and forcing her husband to come along to the event as it is important,when her husband starts to fantasize about the cheerleader she is unaware that this is occurring so she gets cut out of the scene and this proves she is a passive character in the text. The daughter featured in the scene appears to be very moody and complains about her life to her friend she doesn't seem to be on good terms with her parents so she seems quite distant from them,the stereotype of moody teenager can be linked to this character from what the audience views because she is complaining all the time.Lastly the cheerleader girl is represented in the uniform of traditional american high school cheer leading clothes these are short frilly skirts, a short top all indicating the symbol of the high school they are from.The character herself appears to be friends with the daughter but her dialogue in the scene is limited she is very passive and in the male gaze of the man she is represented as a object for his pleasure.
Sunday, 22 September 2013
The place beyond the pines analyse
In the beginning of the clip a male is presented roughly in his 20s and has a good body structure for his age than most males have in reality this shows males representation of having to be strong and work on their body to impress women to get somewhere in life. Throughout the clip you see males performing independent dangerous roles indicating that all males do this for a living for example the cut scene of the character robbing a bank and also motorcycling in a wall of death risking his own life for unknown purposes.
The women represented in the clip are shown mainly carrying a child in there arms this indicates that men are less of a family role and independent,strong as they show no emotions throughout the clips even when performing reckless actions. However women show emotions towards males indicating them as weak and dependent on the men this is even shown throughout the dialogue used for example "Your so smart you can do anything you want".
Another representation could be focusing on people in their 20s in the text males are all seen doing actions like smoking,wearing tattoos this is a incorrect view on the real world as not all males in their 20s smoke and have tattoos.To prove my point there is a quote from Stuart hall that says "The media,therefore is not a window on the world"meaning not everything in media is reality its just a image of reality in that text that the producers create.
In the beginning of the clip a male is presented roughly in his 20s and has a good body structure for his age than most males have in reality this shows males representation of having to be strong and work on their body to impress women to get somewhere in life. Throughout the clip you see males performing independent dangerous roles indicating that all males do this for a living for example the cut scene of the character robbing a bank and also motorcycling in a wall of death risking his own life for unknown purposes.
The women represented in the clip are shown mainly carrying a child in there arms this indicates that men are less of a family role and independent,strong as they show no emotions throughout the clips even when performing reckless actions. However women show emotions towards males indicating them as weak and dependent on the men this is even shown throughout the dialogue used for example "Your so smart you can do anything you want".
Another representation could be focusing on people in their 20s in the text males are all seen doing actions like smoking,wearing tattoos this is a incorrect view on the real world as not all males in their 20s smoke and have tattoos.To prove my point there is a quote from Stuart hall that says "The media,therefore is not a window on the world"meaning not everything in media is reality its just a image of reality in that text that the producers create.
Friday, 20 September 2013
Opening to CSI ideologies
In the text there is quite a selection of different ideologies being presented to the audience one of the main ones shown is when the police want to investigate the situation however the forensics investigators use a act giving them more power over the police and in control this makes them appear to know alot more about situations like this and the implication that they are experienced.
Another popular ideology presented is the fact that both men and women are treated on equal grounds this is shown when involved in the investigation of the crime scene the males listen carefully to the women's ideas on the situation just as much as they males listen to the other male forensics investigators they are all shown that they are very independent and dominant through there tone of language and don't require each other to help them out in situations.
There is also a dominant ideology focusing on the crime situations they look into. In the reality of crime scenes they take a while to solve and a lot of back ground investigation and technical equipment is used to correctly identify the origin of the skeleton.However this text represents that crime scenes are easily solved and forensics investigators can judge a just found skeleton to be a male or a female in past life just by uncovering the skull in a second.There is also another scene which pushes this ideology this is when the woman character finds a necklace she quickly runs to the computer and figures out what it is easily just by looking at a image of a person wearing it.
In the text there is quite a selection of different ideologies being presented to the audience one of the main ones shown is when the police want to investigate the situation however the forensics investigators use a act giving them more power over the police and in control this makes them appear to know alot more about situations like this and the implication that they are experienced.
Another popular ideology presented is the fact that both men and women are treated on equal grounds this is shown when involved in the investigation of the crime scene the males listen carefully to the women's ideas on the situation just as much as they males listen to the other male forensics investigators they are all shown that they are very independent and dominant through there tone of language and don't require each other to help them out in situations.
There is also a dominant ideology focusing on the crime situations they look into. In the reality of crime scenes they take a while to solve and a lot of back ground investigation and technical equipment is used to correctly identify the origin of the skeleton.However this text represents that crime scenes are easily solved and forensics investigators can judge a just found skeleton to be a male or a female in past life just by uncovering the skull in a second.There is also another scene which pushes this ideology this is when the woman character finds a necklace she quickly runs to the computer and figures out what it is easily just by looking at a image of a person wearing it.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Media coursework
Opening paragraph
Does rock genre present
stereotypical forms within my texts of Iron maidens “The number of the beast”
and Area 11s “All the lights in the sky” album
The two rock bands cd covers I will be
analyzing are Iron maiden's The number of the beast [1] album and the
band Area 11 with their All the lights in the sky [2] album I will
effectively show how each of their genres is represented, this is shown in
different ways and these ways differ from each other’s style and meaning behind
the artwork covers and the songs titles. To prove my points in the analyze of
both of the texts I’m going to use documentaries a related one I am going to
apply is metal evolution new wave of
British heavy metal documentary, I will also use web addresses linking to articles
of interest taking in other peoples views about the albums and further research
into other bands like Led zeppelin or Pink Floyd which prove that rock has had
a certain set of conditions which should be presented. There are also books I’m
going to reference material from I’m going to use the books of “Rock music
culture, a esthetics and sociology”. Lastly I going to use and apply the two
videos featuring iron maidens “run to the hills” song and area 11s “shi no
barado” song to further prove my points.The
theory’s I’m going to apply to my work are the ones like the genre and uses and
gratifications theories, I will also apply a couple of theorists to back up my argument
these will be the following Steve Neale, Jonathan Culler, David
Buckingham, David Bordwell, John Corner and Deborah Knight.
Rock genres normally present stereotypical forms over the century however some genres don't follow this patten and change into a hybrid of two genres for example rock and metal.
Repetition has been a key aspect in rock bands this is used to create separate genres, repetition is presented in all covers of the cd covers, song lists and videos. They represent their own individual genre with a varity of connotations and convections to present them, such as historic events on the artwork for example the rock band Led zeppelin[3] or bold iconic images such as in the band Pink Floyd[4] with their albums like "dark side of the moon".With my two texts i can apply older generations of rock band to prove that there genres give certain connotations and show repetition.The bands i'm going to refer to in the analyse is ACDC and there "highway to hell"[9] album this is the same genre as my text of iron maiden "The number of the beast".For area 11s "all the lights in the sky"[2] i'm going to related the older band of Muse with there album of "origin of symmetry"[10]
In both my texts of Iron maidens album The number of the beast [1] and area 11s album All the lights in the sky [2] they each have their own song lists this indicates aspects of their genre by the choice of words used
and the meanings behind the names.
Looking at Area 11 it has a song list involving the song names such as “shi no barado” and “euphemia” these are all presented like this to show its genre of gaijin rock being in a foreign language or with references to Japanese animes. For example the song “shi no barado” actually means ballad of death in English and “euphemia” talks about a princess called euphemia in the anime Code geass.
When observing what each of the songs means it talks about iconic events occurring in series of different animes this again is relating to the genre of gaijin presenting Japanese culture in this form. For example in “euphemia” the lyrics tell of the event in the anime series when a massacre was ordered by a princess called euphemia. The connotations of electronic rock aren’t really applied within the songs meaning or names
however it is shown in other aspects like videos and album covers.[5]
Viewing Irons maiden they have a song list which includes names like “invaders” and “run to the hills” these express the genre of hard rock of the assumptions that they will be very loud, heavy and fast because they include words involved with action. For example the songs like “the prisoner” and “invaders” these convey what the meaning inside of the songs will be and by doing so it shows them as hard rock to the audience.
Each of the songs in the list mean something that refers to the genre of hard rock with iron maiden they tend to have meanings that are historic events or religious issues with powerful lyrics to express it.
For example in the song “run to the hills” it talks about the British coming across the sea and running them out of their homes then switches to the naive Indians side of the story as they try to fight back against the British but cannot reclaim their homes and lives.[6]
Throughout rock bands of the century repetition is used to form separate
genres, this covers all of the cd covers, song lists and videos. They represent
their own individual genre with different connotations and convections to
present them, such as historic events on the artwork for example the rock band
Led zeppelin[3] or bold iconic images such as in the band Pink Floyd[4] with
their albums like "dark side of the moon"
edit opening paragraph state aims docs,books,links,info-- history should be included later in the paragraphs
metal evolution new wave of british heavy metal documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9oI24MwXIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9oI24MwXIU
next paragraph on theorists
include references in the paragraph by quotes
Biblography
1 Iron maidens number of the beast album
2 Area 11 all the lights in the sky album
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led Zeppelin (album)
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon1 Iron maidens number of the beast album
2 Area 11 all the lights in the sky album
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led Zeppelin (album)
6 http://italiabella18.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/song-analysis-iron-maiden/
7 iron maidens video of run to the hills
8 area 11 video of shi no barado
9
10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Symmetry
Theorists! http://www.slideshare.net/andywallis/genre-theory-13056308
through repetition certain aspects are related to its genre and carried out as connotations Both
1. Jonathan Culler (1978) – generic conventions exist to establish a contract between creator and reader so as to make certain expectations operative, allowing compliance and deviation from the accepted modes of intelligibility. Acts of communication are rendered intelligible only within the context of a shared conventional framework of expression. Ryall (1998) sees this framework provided by the generic system; therefore, genre becomes a cognitive repository of images, sounds, stories, characters, and expectations
genre is always changing it is not stable Area 11
David Buckingham argues that 'genre is not... simply "given" by the culture: rather, it is in a constant process of negotiation and change' (Buckingham 1993).
any themes can appear in any genre because of them having set of standard rules Both
4. David Bordwell notes, 'any theme may appear in any genre' (Bordwell 1989) ‘One could... argue that no set of necessary and sufficient conditions can mark off genres from other sorts of groupings in ways that all experts or ordinary film-goers would find acceptable'
pleasures are gained by difference and repetition Area 11
hybrid genre link = http://www.slideshare.net/HeworthMedia/genre-theory-6920670
7. Steve Neale argues that pleasure is derived from 'repetition and difference' (Neale 1980); there would be no pleasure without difference. We may derive pleasure from observing how the conventions of the genre are manipulated (Abercrombie 1996). We may also enjoy the stretching of a genre in new directions and the consequent shifting of our expectations. Other pleasures can be derived from sharing our experience of a genre with others within an 'interpretive community' which can be characterized by its familiarity with certain genres (Daniel Chandler).
Auidences expects certain roles to gain pleasure Both
6. 'Uses and gratifications‘ research has identified many potential pleasures of genre, including the following: One pleasure may simply be the recognition of the features of a particular genre because of our familiarity with it. Recognition of what is likely to be important (and what is not), derived from our knowledge of the genre, is necessary in order to follow a plot. Genres may offer various emotional pleasures such as empathy and escapism - a feature which some theoretical commentaries seem to lose sight of. Aristotle, of course, acknowledged the special emotional responses which were linked to different genres. Deborah Knight notes that 'satisfaction is guaranteed with genre; the deferral of the inevitable provides the additional pleasure of prolonged anticipation' (Knight 1994). Genre and Audience
Expectations from the audience identifies the genre/connotations that must be shown to prove this Both
John Corner: Genre is a principal factor in the directing of audience choice and ofaudience expectations... and in the organising of the subsets of culturalcompetences and dispositions appropriate for watching, listening to and readingdifferent kinds of thing (Corner 1991)
New genre is created by old genres
Tzvetan Todorov: A new genre is always the transformation of one or several oldgenres. (cited in Swales 1990)
Research articles and books of interest!
muse album origin of symmetry links to area 11s style
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Symmetry
acdc high way to hell album relates to irons maidens style
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_to_Hell
Rock bands in the past book
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MIAM1P3UogUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rock+Music&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SUlmUtKOB-qw7AaH3oDICQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Rock%20Music&f=false
Notes History reference to rock bands led zepplin and Pink floyd
Refences -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
led zeppelin did an album cover with a black and white image of the burning Hindenburg airship crashing. The image refers to the origin of the band's name itself as well and referring to the historic event it shows aspects of their genre by the audience seeing catastrophes and the zeppelin blowing up these are commonly related to hard rock or heavy metal. In other rock bands album covers there is bold iconic images such as in the band Pink floyd they have used a triangular prism dispersing light into all the colours of the rainbow this relates to the songs in the album of the “Dark side of the moon” for reasons such as all of the songs from “Breathe” to “Brain damage” show stages in the human life cycle and the problems and issues which occur throughout it, the style of the artwork indicates a hint to the audience of the genre which is progressive rock.
7 iron maidens video of run to the hills
8 area 11 video of shi no barado
9
10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Symmetry
Theorists! http://www.slideshare.net/andywallis/genre-theory-13056308
through repetition certain aspects are related to its genre and carried out as connotations Both
1. Jonathan Culler (1978) – generic conventions exist to establish a contract between creator and reader so as to make certain expectations operative, allowing compliance and deviation from the accepted modes of intelligibility. Acts of communication are rendered intelligible only within the context of a shared conventional framework of expression. Ryall (1998) sees this framework provided by the generic system; therefore, genre becomes a cognitive repository of images, sounds, stories, characters, and expectations
genre is always changing it is not stable Area 11
David Buckingham argues that 'genre is not... simply "given" by the culture: rather, it is in a constant process of negotiation and change' (Buckingham 1993).
any themes can appear in any genre because of them having set of standard rules Both
4. David Bordwell notes, 'any theme may appear in any genre' (Bordwell 1989) ‘One could... argue that no set of necessary and sufficient conditions can mark off genres from other sorts of groupings in ways that all experts or ordinary film-goers would find acceptable'
pleasures are gained by difference and repetition Area 11
hybrid genre link = http://www.slideshare.net/HeworthMedia/genre-theory-6920670
7. Steve Neale argues that pleasure is derived from 'repetition and difference' (Neale 1980); there would be no pleasure without difference. We may derive pleasure from observing how the conventions of the genre are manipulated (Abercrombie 1996). We may also enjoy the stretching of a genre in new directions and the consequent shifting of our expectations. Other pleasures can be derived from sharing our experience of a genre with others within an 'interpretive community' which can be characterized by its familiarity with certain genres (Daniel Chandler).
Auidences expects certain roles to gain pleasure Both
6. 'Uses and gratifications‘ research has identified many potential pleasures of genre, including the following: One pleasure may simply be the recognition of the features of a particular genre because of our familiarity with it. Recognition of what is likely to be important (and what is not), derived from our knowledge of the genre, is necessary in order to follow a plot. Genres may offer various emotional pleasures such as empathy and escapism - a feature which some theoretical commentaries seem to lose sight of. Aristotle, of course, acknowledged the special emotional responses which were linked to different genres. Deborah Knight notes that 'satisfaction is guaranteed with genre; the deferral of the inevitable provides the additional pleasure of prolonged anticipation' (Knight 1994). Genre and Audience
Expectations from the audience identifies the genre/connotations that must be shown to prove this Both
John Corner: Genre is a principal factor in the directing of audience choice and ofaudience expectations... and in the organising of the subsets of culturalcompetences and dispositions appropriate for watching, listening to and readingdifferent kinds of thing (Corner 1991)
New genre is created by old genres
Tzvetan Todorov: A new genre is always the transformation of one or several oldgenres. (cited in Swales 1990)
Research articles and books of interest!
Helpful weblinks
area 11 review on album
iron maiden review on album
muse album origin of symmetry links to area 11s style
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Symmetry
acdc high way to hell album relates to irons maidens style
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_to_Hell
Rock bands in the past book
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MIAM1P3UogUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rock+Music&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SUlmUtKOB-qw7AaH3oDICQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Rock%20Music&f=false
Notes History reference to rock bands led zepplin and Pink floyd
Refences -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
led zeppelin did an album cover with a black and white image of the burning Hindenburg airship crashing. The image refers to the origin of the band's name itself as well and referring to the historic event it shows aspects of their genre by the audience seeing catastrophes and the zeppelin blowing up these are commonly related to hard rock or heavy metal. In other rock bands album covers there is bold iconic images such as in the band Pink floyd they have used a triangular prism dispersing light into all the colours of the rainbow this relates to the songs in the album of the “Dark side of the moon” for reasons such as all of the songs from “Breathe” to “Brain damage” show stages in the human life cycle and the problems and issues which occur throughout it, the style of the artwork indicates a hint to the audience of the genre which is progressive rock.
Info for analyse
The first text i'm going to look at is “The number of the beast “album by Iron maiden, the artwork here is represented as to show the idea
of hell from an inspiration of a 1960's comic book. This was of a villain
dangling someone on some strings like a puppet ,it is as replicated in the artwork as it of Eddie controlling Satan like a puppet, while Satan is also controlling a
smaller Eddie. Also this design highlights some meaning of evil in a chain of Eddie
and Satan controlling each other, the concept is relative to its genre
being hard rock as they tend to show images similar to this.
Reference to iron maidens genre
Referring this to previous hard rock genre bands ACDC "highway to hell" we observe the artwork for instance to see similarities. This is because throughout time this genre has developed into a certain set of rules to appeal to its audiences .A good example of this is in the cover artwork, the band member Angus young is presented as a evil devil like figure shown by the connotation of him having a demonic tail,2 horns on his head, even his natural expression is appearing evil .When relating this to the artwork from Iron maidens album "The number of the beast" they both contain the connotations of devil or Satan in a form whether it may be a drawing or one of the members designed to be a devil.
Reference to iron maidens genre
Referring this to previous hard rock genre bands ACDC "highway to hell" we observe the artwork for instance to see similarities. This is because throughout time this genre has developed into a certain set of rules to appeal to its audiences .A good example of this is in the cover artwork, the band member Angus young is presented as a evil devil like figure shown by the connotation of him having a demonic tail,2 horns on his head, even his natural expression is appearing evil .When relating this to the artwork from Iron maidens album "The number of the beast" they both contain the connotations of devil or Satan in a form whether it may be a drawing or one of the members designed to be a devil.
Info for analyse
When looking at
the Area 11 “All the lights in the sky” artwork, this was designed based
on a popular anime called 'Tengen toppa gurren lagann'. This is noticeable at
the start of the opening song where the scene is very familiar to the album artwork .It is presented to the audience and from this they get the
meanings that all of their songs are about different anime's. In the art work it
shows a girl Japanese styled facing towards the sky into space from the planet. The character and the place she is standing upon is darken this may be a
technique to make it stand out above all the colours on the artwork.
Some connotations that prove its genres being a hybrid is the fact it is futurist, set in space and the colours are very vivid this hints the genre of electronic rock .Lastly the connotations to hint it being gaijin rock are the focus that the artwork is set in a scene from a anime which is part of Japanese culture, also the character on the front is a Japanese styled anime character again referring to Japanese culture.
Reference to area 11s genre
Comparing Area 11 with previous electronic rock bands such as Muse "origin of symmetry" album the artwork included has a specific style and connotations like other genres, it has developed with its own rules which the audiences expect to see.
Within the artwork it shows a mysterious world with vibrant yellow skies, a white surface with strange shapes all the same dotted around the place. Also it adds a theme of being out of this world and unusual.Muse being a electronic rock genre band tends to use futurist iconic objects that relate to important scientific discovery's and theories. Linking this to Area 11's album artwork of "All the lights in the sky" they are very vibrant, futurist, also they give an appeal to their audience by leaving a area of mystery and showing that they are electronic by being in the future.
Being a hybrid Area 11 also has the genre of being gaijin rock.However Area 11 is the first band in the UK to present such a genre, but the connotations of what it is like are the aspects such as, for example judging the song list all of the songs are related in some way to Japanese cultural anime series or manga editions.
Some connotations that prove its genres being a hybrid is the fact it is futurist, set in space and the colours are very vivid this hints the genre of electronic rock .Lastly the connotations to hint it being gaijin rock are the focus that the artwork is set in a scene from a anime which is part of Japanese culture, also the character on the front is a Japanese styled anime character again referring to Japanese culture.
Reference to area 11s genre
Comparing Area 11 with previous electronic rock bands such as Muse "origin of symmetry" album the artwork included has a specific style and connotations like other genres, it has developed with its own rules which the audiences expect to see.
Within the artwork it shows a mysterious world with vibrant yellow skies, a white surface with strange shapes all the same dotted around the place. Also it adds a theme of being out of this world and unusual.Muse being a electronic rock genre band tends to use futurist iconic objects that relate to important scientific discovery's and theories. Linking this to Area 11's album artwork of "All the lights in the sky" they are very vibrant, futurist, also they give an appeal to their audience by leaving a area of mystery and showing that they are electronic by being in the future.
Being a hybrid Area 11 also has the genre of being gaijin rock.However Area 11 is the first band in the UK to present such a genre, but the connotations of what it is like are the aspects such as, for example judging the song list all of the songs are related in some way to Japanese cultural anime series or manga editions.
Analysis of Casino royale clip
In the text Propp's theory can be applied at the start of the clip it shows a character in a fight scene fighting James bond this is very intense and you start to think that the villain is the character fighting Bond however once the fight scene is over and Bond returns to the casino table to a new character Le chiffre awaits him he questions Bond that his shirt has been changed as if he knew a fight had gone down and Bond was injured this gives a enigma code of the question maybe he knew about the fight or had some involvement and this then hints that he could be potentially the main villain in the text.
The hero in the text is James bond this is proven partly in the first section of the clip he is gets attacked by a character when the fight ends Vesper runs of and he deals with the problem showing that he is skilled responsible and disposes of the body.When he enters the casino the villain is shown and acts strongly toward Bond this indicates again that Bond is the hero and isn't performing evil actions but trying to save people the camera then switches to a different setting and Bond is shown as a caring person and it also gives the implication when he is looking after Vesper that he is a hero helping the character in distress.
Furthermore the character of Vesper is the princess this is sort of shown at the start after the fight she runs of as it where her fault later on the hero Bond confronts her in her bathroom where a medium shot is used to show how she is crouched on the ground upset Bond comes up to her and says that he is cleaning the blood of her hands trying to comfort her as best he can. This shows that Vesper was a girl in distress and the hero Bond came to help her this proves Vesper is of a princess role.Looking back to Propp's theory the theory of Strauss it is relative here because when observing the text binary opposition is created throughout the codes and conventions there is the hero of James bond and the villain of Le chiffe they create a binary opposition as bond wants to stop Le chiffe's plans however Le chiffe appears to want to murder Bond to stop him from doing so this binary opposition could be good and evil.
The theory of Torodovs is also present in the clip this is shown through tempo of transitions and the type of sounds being played are specific points .Starting from the beginning it suddenly starts of with a fight scene between Bond and a character this shows that the equilibrium has already been broken and it uses diegetic sounds of Bond getting hit and bond trying to stop him,this scene also includes fast paced transistions between each part as they fight each other building the tension to the scene as of who will survive.There is sort of re equilibrium beginning to form later on in the text this is at the part where Bond goes to Vesper to support her after the character in the fight died.It shows this sense of a re equilibrium by changing the music to a much more softer,slower and calming tune this can also form an assumption to a bit of a romance genre from the text Casino royale showing a different side to things.
The general use of lighting throughout the scenes is artificial lighting they use the lighting in the setting because its important to make the film realist as possible for an action genre however the lighting in the scenes is not bright enough to be classed as high key lighting but they do use some fill light to balance out the area and set the scene.
Looking at the sounds used in the text there is two main ones used effectively to show the broken equilibrium and the appearance of a re equilibrium this makes the film more intense like a action film of its genre should be.When the equilibrium is broken the diegetic sound is used with a fast tempo to make the fighting scene more real to indicate when characters get hurt and increase tension to the setting, once the re equilibrium happens the music changes to a much slower tempo and a non diegetic sound as soft calming music is playing showing that the scene is coming to a resolution
The mise-en-scene within the text creates every aspect in the clip to relate to its genre to appease the audience intended when creating the location this text covers the scene of a casino with a high stake bet going on and because of the year of the film its important to create the relevant props to make it as real as it can be for example the old casino card playing table and furnishings.
The costumes and props used included in the text this tells us what character is conducting what role this helps to relate theories towards characters and makes the audience understand them more before the true hero and villain are presented for example Le chiffe wears a expensive suit set for the year of the film he also has a scar across his eye this is represented as he may be a character associated with evil acts,a prop which he uses could of been the character fighting Bond in a earlier scene as he clearly knows that Bond just fought someone and changed his shirt to remove the blood stains.
In the text Propp's theory can be applied at the start of the clip it shows a character in a fight scene fighting James bond this is very intense and you start to think that the villain is the character fighting Bond however once the fight scene is over and Bond returns to the casino table to a new character Le chiffre awaits him he questions Bond that his shirt has been changed as if he knew a fight had gone down and Bond was injured this gives a enigma code of the question maybe he knew about the fight or had some involvement and this then hints that he could be potentially the main villain in the text.
The hero in the text is James bond this is proven partly in the first section of the clip he is gets attacked by a character when the fight ends Vesper runs of and he deals with the problem showing that he is skilled responsible and disposes of the body.When he enters the casino the villain is shown and acts strongly toward Bond this indicates again that Bond is the hero and isn't performing evil actions but trying to save people the camera then switches to a different setting and Bond is shown as a caring person and it also gives the implication when he is looking after Vesper that he is a hero helping the character in distress.
Furthermore the character of Vesper is the princess this is sort of shown at the start after the fight she runs of as it where her fault later on the hero Bond confronts her in her bathroom where a medium shot is used to show how she is crouched on the ground upset Bond comes up to her and says that he is cleaning the blood of her hands trying to comfort her as best he can. This shows that Vesper was a girl in distress and the hero Bond came to help her this proves Vesper is of a princess role.Looking back to Propp's theory the theory of Strauss it is relative here because when observing the text binary opposition is created throughout the codes and conventions there is the hero of James bond and the villain of Le chiffe they create a binary opposition as bond wants to stop Le chiffe's plans however Le chiffe appears to want to murder Bond to stop him from doing so this binary opposition could be good and evil.
The theory of Torodovs is also present in the clip this is shown through tempo of transitions and the type of sounds being played are specific points .Starting from the beginning it suddenly starts of with a fight scene between Bond and a character this shows that the equilibrium has already been broken and it uses diegetic sounds of Bond getting hit and bond trying to stop him,this scene also includes fast paced transistions between each part as they fight each other building the tension to the scene as of who will survive.There is sort of re equilibrium beginning to form later on in the text this is at the part where Bond goes to Vesper to support her after the character in the fight died.It shows this sense of a re equilibrium by changing the music to a much more softer,slower and calming tune this can also form an assumption to a bit of a romance genre from the text Casino royale showing a different side to things.
The general use of lighting throughout the scenes is artificial lighting they use the lighting in the setting because its important to make the film realist as possible for an action genre however the lighting in the scenes is not bright enough to be classed as high key lighting but they do use some fill light to balance out the area and set the scene.
Looking at the sounds used in the text there is two main ones used effectively to show the broken equilibrium and the appearance of a re equilibrium this makes the film more intense like a action film of its genre should be.When the equilibrium is broken the diegetic sound is used with a fast tempo to make the fighting scene more real to indicate when characters get hurt and increase tension to the setting, once the re equilibrium happens the music changes to a much slower tempo and a non diegetic sound as soft calming music is playing showing that the scene is coming to a resolution
The mise-en-scene within the text creates every aspect in the clip to relate to its genre to appease the audience intended when creating the location this text covers the scene of a casino with a high stake bet going on and because of the year of the film its important to create the relevant props to make it as real as it can be for example the old casino card playing table and furnishings.
The costumes and props used included in the text this tells us what character is conducting what role this helps to relate theories towards characters and makes the audience understand them more before the true hero and villain are presented for example Le chiffe wears a expensive suit set for the year of the film he also has a scar across his eye this is represented as he may be a character associated with evil acts,a prop which he uses could of been the character fighting Bond in a earlier scene as he clearly knows that Bond just fought someone and changed his shirt to remove the blood stains.
Analysis of Skyfall clip
When linking Propp's theory to Skyfall the character Raoul Silva is indicated very clearly as the villain throughout many conventions and codes.To begin with when the camera pans out you start to see the character Sévérine on the floor by the broken statue,wearing lose ripped clothing and injured. Silva walks up to her and forcefully kisses her in front of James bond as you can see she is not enjoying this and wants to escape the scene.Later on in the scene the villain is proven again when he commands his hit men to aim at James bond forcing him to shoot the glass of alcohol over Sévérine in distress.Once James bond misses the shot in spite of him he picks up his gun and shoots her square in the head this proves he doesn't mind committing evil acts.In the text James bond is considered the hero this is because of the conventions of him walking in to save the day and to stop the villain this is shown how he follows along to what the villain orders him to do waiting for the right moment,when he is asked to shoot the glass of Sévérine head he misfires on purpose to let the villain have his way.The real moment where James bond is shown as a hero is after a short gun fight with quick transitions helicopters appear above and he stands in a heroic stance while the iconic traditional James bond sound track starts playing in the back ground.Finally Sévérine is shown as the princess in Skyfall this is for many reasons when James bond enters the scene she is in distress as her facial impressions show she is sad and scared she is also chained up and the camera angles make her look vulnerable and weak.James bond tries to stop Silva and appears to try and save her so this portrays the certain characteristics that the princess has for example the character who is in distress and requires the hero's help. Referring back to Propp's theory the theory of Strauss is also appropriate here because when viewing the text binary opposition is formed throughout the codes and conventions if there is a hero which is James bond and a villain which is Raoul Silva then there is the binary opposition between the two. Its unclear what reasons this connection will be but some ideas are examples like good and evil or right and wrong.
In in the text the Torodovs theory is present in a sense at the beginning of the clip because the tracking camera shots are included and only show James bond and Silva walking together,only when you see Sévérine as the transition fades into a medium shot you then realize that the scene is hostage scene.After the fight scene and after Sévérine gets killed there is a small sense of re equilibrium when James bond tries to stop the villain and save the day.
Observing the lighting in the scene its noticeable that high key lighting is used and this is in the form of the available lighting in the setting, this gives it a action genre appeal to the audience and this shows a bit of its genre by being as realist as possible like in most of the common actions films today.
When moving onto the general use of sounds within the clip of Skyfall there is two main events in which it is used for effect throughout the clip it is mainly quiet this builds up the tension to break the equilibrium because it is a action genre and they like to do this. Once the the equilibrium is broken such as in the scene with the gun fight loud powerful non diegetic sounds of the bullets are heard and the sound of James bond hitting the hit men to stop them.
Looking at the mise-en-scene used within the clip it is clear that everything is done on purpose to support its action genre the location of the scene was in a rundown area by a broken statue with Sévérine chained up in front of it,you can see hit men guarding the area giving a hint that action is going to go down.When observing the costumes and props used this indicates what character is performing what role for example Sévérine she wearing a loose ripped dress and she is chained up by her hands this shows that she is in trouble and assumed to be the princess role.
When linking Propp's theory to Skyfall the character Raoul Silva is indicated very clearly as the villain throughout many conventions and codes.To begin with when the camera pans out you start to see the character Sévérine on the floor by the broken statue,wearing lose ripped clothing and injured. Silva walks up to her and forcefully kisses her in front of James bond as you can see she is not enjoying this and wants to escape the scene.Later on in the scene the villain is proven again when he commands his hit men to aim at James bond forcing him to shoot the glass of alcohol over Sévérine in distress.Once James bond misses the shot in spite of him he picks up his gun and shoots her square in the head this proves he doesn't mind committing evil acts.In the text James bond is considered the hero this is because of the conventions of him walking in to save the day and to stop the villain this is shown how he follows along to what the villain orders him to do waiting for the right moment,when he is asked to shoot the glass of Sévérine head he misfires on purpose to let the villain have his way.The real moment where James bond is shown as a hero is after a short gun fight with quick transitions helicopters appear above and he stands in a heroic stance while the iconic traditional James bond sound track starts playing in the back ground.Finally Sévérine is shown as the princess in Skyfall this is for many reasons when James bond enters the scene she is in distress as her facial impressions show she is sad and scared she is also chained up and the camera angles make her look vulnerable and weak.James bond tries to stop Silva and appears to try and save her so this portrays the certain characteristics that the princess has for example the character who is in distress and requires the hero's help. Referring back to Propp's theory the theory of Strauss is also appropriate here because when viewing the text binary opposition is formed throughout the codes and conventions if there is a hero which is James bond and a villain which is Raoul Silva then there is the binary opposition between the two. Its unclear what reasons this connection will be but some ideas are examples like good and evil or right and wrong.
In in the text the Torodovs theory is present in a sense at the beginning of the clip because the tracking camera shots are included and only show James bond and Silva walking together,only when you see Sévérine as the transition fades into a medium shot you then realize that the scene is hostage scene.After the fight scene and after Sévérine gets killed there is a small sense of re equilibrium when James bond tries to stop the villain and save the day.
Observing the lighting in the scene its noticeable that high key lighting is used and this is in the form of the available lighting in the setting, this gives it a action genre appeal to the audience and this shows a bit of its genre by being as realist as possible like in most of the common actions films today.
When moving onto the general use of sounds within the clip of Skyfall there is two main events in which it is used for effect throughout the clip it is mainly quiet this builds up the tension to break the equilibrium because it is a action genre and they like to do this. Once the the equilibrium is broken such as in the scene with the gun fight loud powerful non diegetic sounds of the bullets are heard and the sound of James bond hitting the hit men to stop them.
Looking at the mise-en-scene used within the clip it is clear that everything is done on purpose to support its action genre the location of the scene was in a rundown area by a broken statue with Sévérine chained up in front of it,you can see hit men guarding the area giving a hint that action is going to go down.When observing the costumes and props used this indicates what character is performing what role for example Sévérine she wearing a loose ripped dress and she is chained up by her hands this shows that she is in trouble and assumed to be the princess role.
Monday, 16 September 2013
The genre of my chosen texts are: Firstly starting with Area 11 there focus in the genres are electronic rock and gaijin rock this is a hybrid type of band.Whereas Iron maiden has a genre covering the hard rock category or heavy metal.
The codes and convection's to the genres that are found in both albums of the bands are: To begin with Iron maidens "number of the beast"shows a vivid image of Eddie which has been the bands iconic figure shown in all of the albums produced.Because the band is heavy metal and hard rock the main image is very intense and has a lot of colours contrasting with each other to set the scene in a location where the world is ending by lighting in the sky,world burning and Satan controlling a smaller Eddie to do his work.Iron maiden tend to use Eddie to represent them instead of placing themselves on the cover like pop artists may do and they use realism of religious beliefs and historical events and recreate them to form a illustration of what happens.The artists name of iron maiden comes from the iron maiden torture device this is shown in bold red with a white outlining this stands out amidst the background of the album and gives a connotation of it being in the heavy metal genre.The album name is "the number of the beast" this is shown in a sort of blood writing with a red font because it is a heavy metal genre the font is intended to be shown like this to the audience scrawled on the left hand side of the album.When looking at the songs included in the album you notice they are all similar to the title of the album and its genre in many ways for example all the songs from "invaders" to "run to the hills"they all have a same sort of theme and within them they including historic events and religious issues the names given to each song sound action packed and by this you can tell that the bands genre will be heavy metal.When looking at the other album i chose this was "all the lights in the sky" by Area 11 this has some codes and convection's included. To start of with this cover shows a girl anime styled facing towards the sky into space from a planet this character and the place she is standing upon is darkened for effect there is colourful lights in the sky which make the cover stand out more and relate it to the albums title of "all the lights in the sky".Because of its genre being both electronic rock and gaijin rock there are some codes and convection's on the artwork with it being electronic rock the scene is futurist, set in space and the colours are very vivid and contrast well to catch the audiences eye, the connotations that hint it being gaijin rock is that the artwork is set in a scene from a anime "'Tengen toppa gurren lagann"which is part of Japanese culture also the character on the front is a Japanese styled anime character again referring to Japanese culture although the music itself is in English.The name of Area 11 comes from a reference to the anime "Code geass"this straightforwardly hints a connotation to its gaijin rock genre however when viewing the font style on the front of the cover it is done in a way which makes it appear futuristic it is also very bold in white with light shining out of it hinting towards the electronic rock genre.The albums name "All the lights in the sky"relates to one of the songs and the cover of the album linking it with the setting showing colourful lights pitched in the sky overhead of the anime styled character this is done in the same furistist format that the band name was done in however it is not emmiting light to not ruin how much the name stands out this is showing the genre of electronic rock.When looking at the songs included in the album there is a pattern included throughout them when listerning to "Shi no barado" to the song "Euphemia" you realise that they have a theme and throughout the songs they talk about iconic events within series of animes this again relates to the genre of gaijin rock.
The auidences both of them apply too:Starting with Iron maiden "The number of the beast" album there auidence is quite varied ages from 15-30 may take a interest in them also the fact that Iron maiden was formed in 1975 and became popluar as a heavy metal band with its iconic image of eddie throughout the albums gave an effect on the young and also older generation.Area 11 is a recent band formed in 2010 there auidence is based on 15 -25 year olds this is shown throughout the albums artwork trying to attract attention, the musics genre is a hybrid of gaijien rock and electronic rock this is new to some countries so attracting a good auidence that will purchase the cd is important.
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