improvement of donna

In the first clip, the scene opens with focus to Donna opening the drawer for her pills by using a close up. This at first does not draw too much attention to her condition as for her, as women could be taken for conception pills. On the other hand could draw attention to viewers, because of the amount of medication and what they look like that the character taking them is unwell and takes the medication on a daily basis for whatever their condition. Immediately after this, a cut is used to make the transition into a mid-shot and show that she is physically disabled representing the everyday life for them of taking medication on a daily basis which is not considered the "norm". Secondly, in the same clip when Fatboy enters the scene and the use of dialect start to represent disability furthermore when Fatboy says "not the way to treat a lady" and Donna responds with " I aint a lady Fat". This is awkward dialect being used by her as he tries to make humour out of her disability as self-defence as she feels vulnerable most of the time.   This is the way they would be represented normally in TV dramas as, this is what they'd expected to feel because they feel as if they are not normal to everyone else in their surroundings. In this whole scene, Donna is being represented in countertype way; disabled people are not usually seen as sexually active because they feel as if it is something only done by "normal" people and is not done by them. Where as the character of Donna is going against that as she has sex with Fatboy. This would not seen as the "normal" lifestyle for a woman who is disabled. Donna is seen to have a different attitude towards this and does not feel like she’s any different.

 

 The second clip when Donna is speaking to Nancy; the conversation becomes argumentative and shot- reverse- shot is started to be used alongside close up shots towards Donna to show her reaction to the conversation as it is mostly likely to give her a traumatic shock.  Donna discriminates against Nancy by saying "not all men go for perfect blondes you know", Donna's attitude becomes cocky towards the subject of her and Fatboy as this can be because she wants to feel normal about the situation and not feel as if it is wrong because she is disabled to have sex. Representation of disability is seen here it shows that if they are physically disabled, they are the ones that are always going to be looked at or treated differently which causes them to have unpleasant behaviour to take pressure off themselves. For Donna to find out that Nancy has a disability herself, her reaction is focused on through the close up shots during the conversation, which her reaction is shown to be surprised and breath taken by the news.

 

 In the next scene, the camera starts off in a mid-shot as Donna is making her way over to Nancy to apologist to her. Because of this shot, it suggests that they are on the same level and that they are both equal to each other. Eyeline Match is used during their conversation as they speak about their experience and again make their disability into humour which is a way for people who are disabled to find comfort in their condition or to speak about it.    

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How is Disability represented through the character of Donna?

In the first clip, the scene opens with focus to Donna opening the drawer for her pills. b This at first does not draw too much attention to her condition as for her as a women could be taken for conception pills.On the other hand could draw attention to viewers, because of the amount of medication and what they look like that the character taking them is unwell and takes the medication on a daily basis for whatever their condition.
Immediately after  this, a straight cut is used to make the transition into a mid shot and show that she is physically disabled. This represents the everyday life for them of taking medication on a daily basis which is not considered the "norm". Secondly, in the same clip when Fatboy enters the scene and the use of dialect start to represent disability furthermore when Fatboy says "not the way to treat a lady" and Donna responds with " I aint a lady Fat". This is awkward dialect being used by her as he tries to make humor out of her disability as self defense as she feels vulnerable most of the time.  This is the way they would be represented normally in TV dramas as, this is what they'd expected to feel because they feel as if they are not normal to everyone else in their surroundings. In this whole scene, Donna is being represented in countertype way; disabled people are not usually seen as sexually active because they feel as if it is something only done by "normal" people and is not done by them. Where as the character of Donna is going against that as she has sex with Fatboy. This would not seen as the "normal"lifestyle for a woman who is disabled. Donna is seen to have a different attitude towards this and does not feel like shes any different.

The second clip when Donna is speaking to Nancy; the conversation becomes argumentative and shot- reverse- shot is started to be used along side close up shots towards Donna to show her reaction to the conversation as it is mostly likely to give her a traumatic shock.  Donna discriminates against Nancy by saying "not all men go for perfect blondes you know", Donna's attitude becomes cocky towards the subject of her and Fatboy as this can be because she wants to feel normal about the situation and not feel as if it is wrong because she is disabled to have sex. Representation of disability is seen here it shows that if they are physically disabled, they are the ones that are always going to be looked at or treated differently which causes them to have unpleasant behavior to take pressure off themselves. For Donna to find out that Nancy has a disability herself, her reaction is focused on through the close up shots during the conversation, which her reaction is shown to be surprised and breath taken by the news.

In the next scene, the camera starts off in a mid shot as Donna is making her way over to Nancy to apologist to her. Because of this shot, it suggests that they are on the same level and that they are both equal to each other. Eyeline Match is used during their conversation as they speak about their experience and again make their disability into humor qhich is a way for people who are disabled to find comfort in their condition or to speak about it.    

Representation of Disability

Representation of disability from MrsCmedia

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Producers: 
Doug Mitchell
 George Miller
P.J Voeten

Production Company:
Kennedy Miller Mitchell
RatPac-Dune
Entertainment
Village Roadshow
Pictures

Director:
 George Miller

Screen Writer
George Miller
Brendan McCarthy
Nico Lathouris

Actors:
 Tom Hardy
Charlize Theron
Nicholas Hoult
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rileyb Keough
Zoe Kravitiz
Abbey Lee
Courtney Eaton

Budget: 
$150 million

Screens Shown; 
During the opening weekend in  the USA, it was shown in 3,702 screens. It was at its peak of 3, 722 on 24th May 2015, a few days after the opening weekend. It was shown in screens for 5 months; 17th May 2015 - 20th September 2015. At this point Mad Max: Fury Road was only being shown in 50 screens in the USA. This is the lowest number of screens that occurred.

Box Office Figures;
$374.7 million

Music:

Composer:
Junkie XL
 The soundtrack was released 12th May  2015.
Tracklist:

1.	"Survive"	1:30
2.	"Escape"	2:14
3.	"Immortan's Citadel"	8:41
4.	"Blood Bag"	2:30
5.	"Spikey Cars"	3:11
6.	"Storm Is Coming"	5:36
7.	"We Are Not Things"	1:37
8.	"Water"	3:15
9.	"The Rig"	4:13
10.	"Brothers in Arms"	4:22
11.	"The Bog"	6:58
12.	"Redemption"	1:45
13.	"Many Mothers"	5:15
14.	"Claw Trucks"	5:31
15.	"Chapter Doof" (Extended Version)	7:04
16.	"My Name Is Max" (Extended Version)	4:43
17.	"Let Them Up" Marketing:

website:
http://www.madmaxmovie.com/

Trailer







Posters

SFX:

Green screen is used during filming. As well as CGI which is used in  most of the scenes.


An example of each:
CGI

Green Screen 

Any Issues:
 no issues found.

Representations in Supernatural

Age



The costume of the actor above, is a clear representation of the character's age. Which assumed by the audience that it is younger than the age of 16. This is represented through the camera work as a long shot is used to present the costume of the boy to the audience which shows his age. The Pajamas itself are seen childish and stereotypical of how boy under the age of 16 would wear for bed. Supporting that, is the long shot that shows his height telling us that he is at a young age along with his costume. The character's dialect also represents his age as he uses phrases like "daddy" in his speech, suggesting he is at a young age.
Shot reverse shot is used to show his innocence when he discovers his dad dead on the floor and doesn't know what to do. The shots go from him to the body.

 

Sexuality 


 The pole shows sexuality in it as well as the girl using it; this is a clear representation during this scene. The male gaze is represented through the costume of the girl as she is not wearing much. She is dressed in just a bra, short shorts and red boots. The red boots being worn to represent her sexiness, following that it represents danger coming towards her way.  The camera angle is at a high angle looking down at her, this emphasizing the sexual scene and atmosphere starting to be created.

Straight after, there is a low angle being shown as the man looking up at her and the women looking straight into his eyes in a sexually tense atmosphere. The edits used to make it as sexually intense as it is are cut in and cutaway. As it starts with cutaway when its being shot at a high angle then at a low angle and close up is a cut in, this is to make it increase tension.
Gender


Male:

The close up focus' on his facial features e.g beard. This is most common for  males to have them, therefore males are being represented. Furthermore,  it shows the man wearing a shirt and tie- stereo typically suited for males to wear.

In the Images below, it shows both genders smartly dressed, in both jeans and blazer. This is shown through a mid shot and a two shot. It implies that both genders are equal to each other within their roles because it does not stereotypical show a women in a dress and the man all suited up in trousers, a shirt and blazer. They are shown here to be both wearing similar clothing. This is the opposite of how TV Dramas would normally present both of the genders.

Match on action is used while the female is working towards the man to stop and turn around to see him on the sofa, this is made then goes to the normal representation of women of being the more caring gender, as it goes from the shot of showing them being equal to each other and dramatically back into the female gender being the one that tends to look after other people around them that they care about.

The episode is consumed mostly one gender which is the males. They are seen to be playing every position in TV dramas. For an example if it was to go by the PROPP theory, the male would be most of the roles. Therefore the are shown to be dominant against each other and aren't seen as weak as women would be presented as.

Because of the lack of women in this episode,  when they are shown on screen, they are presented in dominant manor, the way the men are within the episode. The men's weak characteristics are shown very few times like when they are dying. Which this is the opposite of how they should be represented as they should be especially if going by PROPP's theory, they would be expected to be the hero or villain and not the one that needs saving.

Editing in She's the Man

Match on action



Montage


Multiple Shots




Eyeline Match



Cross Cutting






Cut in and cutaway shots





Straight Cutting




Shot reverse shot 






180 degree



It breaks the rule of staying on one side but it shows the camera moving across to the other side.
Wipe 

SPECIAL EFFECTS
 Blur 



Slow Motion and Animations

7 key areas of fast 6

Fast 6 Research

Female and Male Gaze

Gender gaze from MrsCmedia



Male Gaze


This is how women are seen;
by men
by women
by themselves.


This is the theory by Laura Mulvey that women should be have to be seen a certain way through the media. This is usually by the male's prospective.
Through this theory women can be objectified as a sexual object.

Female Gaze
This is how females look at  men. The male Gaze is the more powerful theory than the female gaze because it occurs more in society and is more obviously shown within media.




 I think the male gaze is the strongly shown more than the female gaze. However both theories are shown a lot in media, one more obvious than the other which is the male gaze as this is seen in the inbetweeners trailer, in this it is more of the subject of the movie/trailer. I do not agree with these theories as  some women would be offended by these theories and being sexualised and objectified. For male gaze,  some women may not look at men in that way and may find it unattractive, this is the same for men on the view of women.

In this picture it shows female gaze as it is portraying how society and media represent men as and what they should look like. Ziggy is attractive, got a tan and has a fit body therefore this an example of the female gaze.

This clip shows a counter stereotype and therefore disagrees with the male and female gaze theories as it is not targeting men or women or any sexuality and is not showing what women and men  should look like being attractive with a nice toned body. This is the opposite of it.

Why did Ex Machina Succeed in the box office?

Why Did Ex Machina Succeed at the Box Office

7th October lesson

definition of Gender: the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).
Types of masculinity: Strong Power
 Manly
Courage
 Honour
  Types of Femininity:
Emotional
Weak
Vulnerable
 Beauty
 Sexy

  Deconstructions:
 1: One of the men are wearing a suit to represent that he is the man and to show power and dominance. The lighting is bright more towards the man with suit, focusing on his important. They are wearing formal black long top and jeans. One of the men are wearing a shirt with a vest inside as it is not buttoned up, this showing the difference and split between the men and women as they wear their shirts not buttoned up fully, sexualising them as women. They all have short hair, this is showing that gender is not much of an issue. This is seen also in the angle, positioning and the mise en scene of the picture. Everyone is wearing dark colours, which is a masculine colour but it shows how equal they all are in the role. The women at the back, her posture is very masculine, portraying the opposite of the stereotype for women.

 2. Police officer uniform- the opposite of the stereotype as this is seen as a male job as it is more of a masculine job. The picture shows the officer to be the weaker gender as she is looking vulnerable, this is also shown through the lighting as it is bright, so therefore focus' on this. The way the women is knelt and touching the officer is showing the femininity type of being the more caring gender.