The Big Bang Theory strives to be show of personal identities, everyones a nerd in some way, and many of us have most likely suffered with problems that the characters face in the series. Upon looking into the website, there is a merchandise store, you can buy the characters clothes, cutouts and various props used throughout the show. Again, it comes back to person identity, and social interaction, you almost want to buy Sheldon's T-shirt and show your friends and talk about "The Big Bang Theory".
Although when the show first started, it was a male dominated show, through the success and viewership, and throughout seven series, new characters of developed, and now theres three women in the show, which evens things out a little, but the show still consists of its main characters. Sheldon, Howard, Raj and Leonard, you could say that Penny has now become a main character also.
This being said, it seems although the show is more involved with people and their social interactions, it really connects with its audience and thats what makes it a great show. The website gratifies the audiences needs, it also keeps ups updated with a blog with news about the show and upcoming episodes. This would result to a bit of surveillance, showing us their recent awards, the time their show starts and more.
The Big Bang Theory strives to be show of personal identities, everyones a nerd in some way, and many of us have most likely suffered with problems that the characters face in the series. Upon looking into the website, there is a merchandise store, you can buy the characters clothes, cutouts and various props used throughout the show. Again, it comes back to person identity, and social interaction, you almost want to buy Sheldon's T-shirt and show your friends and talk about "The Big Bang Theory".
Although when the show first started, it was a male dominated show, through the success and viewership, and throughout seven series, new characters of developed, and now theres three women in the show, which evens things out a little, but the show still consists of its main characters. Sheldon, Howard, Raj and Leonard, you could say that Penny has now become a main character also.
This being said, it seems although the show is more involved with people and their social interactions, it really connects with its audience and thats what makes it a great show. The website gratifies the audiences needs, it also keeps ups updated with a blog with news about the show and upcoming episodes. This would result to a bit of surveillance, showing us their recent awards, the time their show starts and more.
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Analysis of "Smells like Teen Spirit".
"Smells like teen spirit" is a performance, and music video written by Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic for an American Band called Nivarna. It was released in 1991. Kurt Cobain released in an interview the song was an attempt to create something similar to the style of the Pixies, a band he greatly admired. The song turned out to be a platinum single in the US with millions of sales.
The video starts out with a cut in of an audience member stomping their foot to the rhythm of the guitar. Immediately this is a signifier, because once you've heard the song, the start is almost hypnotic, you know what song it is and when the rhythm is going to "kick-in". It puts the audience into perspective on whats happening, and gets them into the grove before the song even starts.
It then reveals the setting of the show thats going on, in a musk room with rooms covered in grey material, smoke covers the room in a thick musk, cheerleaders are then seen dancing. This is unusual, it doesn't conform to anything, but it shows people having a goof time in a very dull environment. This could perhaps be related to the fans of the band, being unenthusiastic, ridden teens.
Later it is shown to us that the band are performing in a school hall, with the students on benches, we can see basket ball hoops hanging from the walls. It makes the title almost ironic, that the band are performing in a school gym hall packed full of teens, and that it "smells like teen spirit".
There are multiple cut-ins of the janitor dancing with his mop, which implies he enjoys the change in the atmosphere.
Tuesday 4 February 2014
Lady Gaga's video 'Judas'. Starts with a saturated color filter, with just Gagas purple coat standing out. There is no sound until the music starts, and the camera shots change with the slow editing pace, matching the music. This is her motif, her fashion and clothing. The illustration of the camera shots changing as the music plays, the lyrics are not exactly depicting the video, they rather go against it, this is known as Disjuncture.
Thursday 3 October 2013
Research Investigation Structure.
Research Investigation Structure
- Define the concept
- Expend - what do these mean?
- Conventions
- Audiences
- Typical Narrative.
- Structure of (your text).
- Description of your text.
- Effect on the audience
- Explanation of narrative devices (flashbacks, voiceovers, etc)
- Mise en scene.
- Narrative theory.
- characters, Propp.
- Do the conventions work?
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Applying Bathes and Strauss to 'Luther' and the crime drama genre
Applying Bathes and Strauss to 'Luther' and the crime drama genre
The start of the episode isn’t straightforward. I haven’t watched the series before. The man in the suit was running, I thought he was the detective chasing the criminal, who was Luther, who was dressed in black urban clothing. After the first scene I come to terms with the series that Luther was the detective. The scene sets of a branch of Bathes’ enigma codes, why is he being chased? Why doesn’t Luther help the man up and instead leave him to fall and die? These makes us want to carry on watching and find out what’s happened, why these are happening. The lightning and colours used conform to the crime drama conventions, such as mid, blue lit colours, realistic lighting, along with wearing typical detective clothing such as suits, trench coats etc. This creates a sense of authority over other people, and the dim, realistic lighting creates realism, its urban and city, its not a sunny day with unicorns. Its serious, its a drama, and most of all, its about crime. Mise en scene is important in genre series such as this crime drama, and I can say they've done it well here.
Iconography can be seen throughout, such as flashing blue lights, weapons, dark places, police cars which backs up the conventions of a crime drama. This makes the audience feel more connected to the visual content because its almost factual and realism, although the audience can often see text's like this such as escapism, perticlary men. This can be due to the main character being a man, a detective, it can put the man in his shoes, and feel like he's a detective. Throughout the episode, there can be loose ends, and lots of enigma/action codes which the spectator can solve themselves, its all linked in with the detective crime genre. Makes the spectator feel like a detective for solving something, or guessing whats next. Little do they know that the codes are in the scenes to make you think that, so after all, you aren't exactly the best detective at home.
After the establishment shot of outside the criminals home, showing the setting, police cars and police, there is then an over-shoulder shot of somebody holding a phone, they wipe the screen with their thumb, this us suggestive that they're waiting for a phone call. This causes anticipation, even when luther calls, theres still that silence and wanting to know if the girl is alive or not. This can be recognised as an action code, holding a phone, waiting, what are they waiting for?
When the criminal falls, and appears to be dead, you get a different perspective of Luther, that he isn't exactly a straight cop, but he will get away with it due to him being the main character, no witnesses, you think its all over. But within a scene in the DCI's office, you find that the criminal didn't die, and that he's in a coma. This immediately sets of
The settings are great, if i were to think about crime drama sets such as offices, i'd always think about horizontal blinds. They always seem to be in there, they're in the interrogation scene along with a single table two chairs, a tape recorder and a file, its almost symbolic, you can tell that its an interview room due to the mise en scene. The camera work, the two-shot technique for character dialogue goes between characters and separates them, they're not in the same shot to show the space between them.
The start of the episode isn’t straightforward. I haven’t watched the series before. The man in the suit was running, I thought he was the detective chasing the criminal, who was Luther, who was dressed in black urban clothing. After the first scene I come to terms with the series that Luther was the detective. The scene sets of a branch of Bathes’ enigma codes, why is he being chased? Why doesn’t Luther help the man up and instead leave him to fall and die? These makes us want to carry on watching and find out what’s happened, why these are happening. The lightning and colours used conform to the crime drama conventions, such as mid, blue lit colours, realistic lighting, along with wearing typical detective clothing such as suits, trench coats etc. This creates a sense of authority over other people, and the dim, realistic lighting creates realism, its urban and city, its not a sunny day with unicorns. Its serious, its a drama, and most of all, its about crime. Mise en scene is important in genre series such as this crime drama, and I can say they've done it well here.
Iconography can be seen throughout, such as flashing blue lights, weapons, dark places, police cars which backs up the conventions of a crime drama. This makes the audience feel more connected to the visual content because its almost factual and realism, although the audience can often see text's like this such as escapism, perticlary men. This can be due to the main character being a man, a detective, it can put the man in his shoes, and feel like he's a detective. Throughout the episode, there can be loose ends, and lots of enigma/action codes which the spectator can solve themselves, its all linked in with the detective crime genre. Makes the spectator feel like a detective for solving something, or guessing whats next. Little do they know that the codes are in the scenes to make you think that, so after all, you aren't exactly the best detective at home.
After the establishment shot of outside the criminals home, showing the setting, police cars and police, there is then an over-shoulder shot of somebody holding a phone, they wipe the screen with their thumb, this us suggestive that they're waiting for a phone call. This causes anticipation, even when luther calls, theres still that silence and wanting to know if the girl is alive or not. This can be recognised as an action code, holding a phone, waiting, what are they waiting for?
When the criminal falls, and appears to be dead, you get a different perspective of Luther, that he isn't exactly a straight cop, but he will get away with it due to him being the main character, no witnesses, you think its all over. But within a scene in the DCI's office, you find that the criminal didn't die, and that he's in a coma. This immediately sets of
The settings are great, if i were to think about crime drama sets such as offices, i'd always think about horizontal blinds. They always seem to be in there, they're in the interrogation scene along with a single table two chairs, a tape recorder and a file, its almost symbolic, you can tell that its an interview room due to the mise en scene. The camera work, the two-shot technique for character dialogue goes between characters and separates them, they're not in the same shot to show the space between them.
Thursday 26 September 2013
Harvard Referencing
Magazine
"Thirty second later I had another tap on the freshly cast rod - only this time it was more definite".
(Roberts, Issue 210, 2008, p.10).
Book
"In the 1950's and early 1960's the United States provided the model for successful popular music in terms of genres, recording technology's, style and image". (Harper ET Al, 2009, p.237).
Internet
"Only a month before the biennale opened, officials in St. Petersburg seized four paintings from a gallery on the eve of the annual meeting of the Group of 20 nations."...as stated by NYTimes (2013).
Bibliography
Roberts, D. (2008) Improve your Course Fishing. Issue 210. Peterborough: Bauer Angling.
Harper, G. et al (2009) Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media. New York: Continuum.
Myers, S. (2013) NYTimes [online]. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/arts/design/moscow-biennale-draws-official-praise-and-some-grumbling.html?hp&_r=0 (Accessed: 26 September 2013).
Magazine
"Thirty second later I had another tap on the freshly cast rod - only this time it was more definite".
(Roberts, Issue 210, 2008, p.10).
Book
"In the 1950's and early 1960's the United States provided the model for successful popular music in terms of genres, recording technology's, style and image". (Harper ET Al, 2009, p.237).
Internet
"Only a month before the biennale opened, officials in St. Petersburg seized four paintings from a gallery on the eve of the annual meeting of the Group of 20 nations."...as stated by NYTimes (2013).
Bibliography
Roberts, D. (2008) Improve your Course Fishing. Issue 210. Peterborough: Bauer Angling.
Harper, G. et al (2009) Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media. New York: Continuum.
Myers, S. (2013) NYTimes [online]. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/arts/design/moscow-biennale-draws-official-praise-and-some-grumbling.html?hp&_r=0 (Accessed: 26 September 2013).
Wednesday 25 September 2013
An Analysis of Beyonce with consideration into intertextuality
Beyonce, American singer, song writer and actress rose to fame in the late 1990's as the lead singer of 'Destiny's Child'. This was after multiple singing and dancing competitions as a child. Later on this girl group became one of the world's best selling girl group's of all time. In 2003 Beyonce released an album 'Dangerously In Love' which sold 11 million copies and shown her as a solo artist. This won multiple awards. After the group split up in 2005 she released another album in 2006 called "B'day".
As a solo artist she quickly rose to fame, marrying Jay-Z in 2008. The marriage influenced her third album "I Am... Sasha Fierce" and this was the beginning of her alter-ego "Sasha Fierce". This earned her multiple grammy awards in 2010 including songs such as "Single Ladies". She then took a break from writing songs as she explored 1970's rock and roll, and R&B, which consequently brought her 4th album out "4" in 2011 featured songs of R&B.Today, after 15 years of her career, she has sold 118m records as a solo artist, and 60m from Destiny's child, making her one of the best selling artists of all time. Beyonce has told the public her biggest influence was the king of pop Michael jackson, other influences have been big artists such as Diana Ross and Whitney Houston. Today, she has developed a huge feminist group of fans, mostly due to her all female tour in 2011 including songs such as "Who run the world" acting as Sasha Fierce.
Her public face today is seen as a type of sex symbol, dressing in sexy costumes for on the stage, showing off her curves. With this she also was involved in some modelling, fashion and clothing campaigns. She even has her own fragrance. But how did she rise to all this fame and recognition?
Beyonce uses multiple social networks, mostly tumblr to integrate with her fans. Getting closer to your fans and communicating with them is a big deal today.
Beyonce posts images of her concerts and days out on tumblr, it shows she has a life and family and shows a different side to her rather than seeing her as a sex symbol on the TV. She is experienced, mature and keeps her job and life separate. She controls her audience and controls how they see her, her posts and media on the internet is relevant, for example, a shot at her concert was released a while ago over the internet mid-dancing which caused her to pull an ugly expression, she wasn't happy about this and requested for it to be removed. She is careful and knows what she wants and how to do it.
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