Responsibilities Carried Out

Components

The Effects/Hypodermic Model [Hayley Male]

This theory is the most simple to understand. It has grown very popular over the years as people fear the effects the media will have on them. The theory suggest that the media acts like a 'syringe' that injects ideas and beliefs aswell as attitudes in to the minds of the audience who basically have no choice but to be influenced by what the media says. For example, if you see a group of teenagers being violent on TV the audience are to assume that this is how all teenagers lead their lives. It has commonly been used to explain why some films have been banned as they have been thought to encourage people to copy what is shown in the film. Although is have never really been claimed that all viewers will be effected in the same way. This is simply because is does not include individual differences. However it is still popular as an excuse, especially among politicians as a reason for society being at a downfall. Everytime a young person does something violent, all forms of mass media and MP's will try to link the crime to video violence. [Taken from, Media Studies Key Concepts - Audience Booklet]

Graphs for Poll Results [Hayley Male]

Graphs for Blog.

The Cultivation/Culmination theory (Thibaut Nyemba)

This theory is about media texts such as films having effects on the audience. Also this theory explores whether media texts can change a person's way of thinking and desensitize someone towards certain things such as violence. This theory asks if years and years of watching something like a a woman being mistreated in soaps would we be more excepted to it happening in real life?

There is not yet concrete proof that media texts can change ones behavior. Advertisers may use this to attract their target audience to buy their products. They spend a lot of money trying to do so and researchers try to prove the cultivation theory. This theory can also be split ion to two parts. The first part is violence in the media desensitizes children to violence, thus they are more tolerant towards it. The more they see the more it entices them for more. The second part suggests sexual and violent behavior is broken down and is seen as normal, especially when it is going unpunished in the media text.

W.Belson conducted research with males between the age of 12 and 17 to see how violent they are. He discovered that:"Children who tend to watch violent TV programs do become more violent themselves to some extent, largely because violence comes to be seen as a legitimate problem solving device for them." A lot of the times surveys show that violent people enjoy violent programmes.

Week 11 Update (Thibaut Nyemba)

In this final week we are carrying out the evaluation.

Letters Sent Out - Permission to film on the College Site [Mysara Saeed]

Havering College of FE,
As part of our media coursework, we will be creating a 2 minute opening sequence of a Thriller and have decided that we would like our set location to be within Havering College premises. Therefore this letter acts as our notification to the authorities and security members of the college that we will be filming within the College. Our Media Teacher, Pianki Passegae is completely aware of our decision and knows that we will be filming on the college’s site. We have chosen A Block as our setting, and we will be filming during accessible and convenient times whereby we wouldn’t be interrupting the academy around us. We will be filming mostly during lesson times and out of college times. Therefore we have informed you and would like your approval so that we can film within the college without hassle.
Thank you very much
Regards Mysara Saeed (Camera Woman)

Prop Notes (Thibaut Nyemba)

In our opening sequence feature film we did not have many props to work with but one. This was a small briefcase as you can see in the picture. The reason why we used the prop is because it looks small and compact, something that our protagonist can hold tightly and run at the same time. The look of the breifcase does not look like your ordinary bag, the breifcase creates enigma as the audience would like to know whats in the bag.

The Package Shot List (Thibaut Nyemba)

The Package Shot List

The Package Final Product (Thibaut Nyemba)

Score Music (Thibaut Nyemba)

The website I used to upload the soundtrack onto the blog was Sound Cloud which allows you to embed a little audio player.

This was the track that I used in the beginning of the film. It creates tension and suspense which accompanies my genre. Compared to other         

Uninvited

Chase

This is the track "Chase" which I used in the chase scene when my antagonist is being chased. The reason why I choose this piece of music is because it gives a sense of adrenaline to what is going on. The soundtrack that I used comes from video co-pilot. Some of the soundtrack used came from soondtrack pro.