Freak: Ethnicity..

The idea that one girl alone has got no choice other than to stand out from the rest of the group shows us that she is not wanted or not liked. This is clearly represented through camera works more than anything else.

We see clearly that the young teenage girl is always by herself and is called a 'Freak' by her step-brother all the time. This is represented through the camera works. We see this representation of camera works when there is a long shot of the girl all by herself. Throughout the clip of the episode, we also see the girl in a close up shot. We see that she has got no make up on and doesn't do much to her hair. This tells us that she does not fit in to the group of 'girlie girls' at all. This can also be classified as mis-en-scene because it's what is including in her props and costumes section.

There is also the group of 'rowdy' or 'rough' teenagers. These are the step-brother's friends and all of their friends. They are loud, messy and do things that they are not supposed to be doing. We see this from sound such as foul speech, shouting and screaming & arguements. We also this from editing. We can see clearly that the step-brother using a large metal tool in order to break open a swimming centre with his girlfriend and the rest of his friends. This is another group of people who are different from the girl.

Snowball effect review..

Snowball effect is a bit like some form of Documentry rather than a film. It is a documentry based on the come about of the film 'Clerks' and the work and effort behind it. It talks about how the film was distributed and bought in order to market, how the film was discovered, how the film was written, how the film was financed for and how it was later found to be sold on DVD.

It also shows us how Smith cares about his fans and through this documentry we see how hard he works on this film in order to put it across carefully and hit the right target audience. Through the 90minutes of the film, it takes us through Smith's years through high school and all of his following and previous years. It tells us what hard work he went through so that the film was distributed correctly.

Through this documentry, he managed to show his target audience what he was aiming to do and how he was aiming to please. He also used it as a distribution purpose to make his target audience aware of the film and what it is about. The name 'SnowBall Effect' was infact a line used in the film Clerks itself by one of the main characters.

Freak: Gender..

Gender

We see both female gendered characters as well as male gendered characters. Each character represents who they are through all four Mis-en-scene, editing, camerawork and sound.

We see the gender of the girl however it is not put across as a girl. We only make awareness of it being a girl after she says ‘..But I’m a girl!’ Through mis-en-scene the girl is put across as a boy. She has a short boy hairstyle which makes it difficult to tell whether she is a girl or not. She also wears baggy joggers and wears a sky blue baggy hooded jacket. Later through the episode, she puts on a cap showing us that she may not like her hair. Later she sits on a computer to play online PS3 games of some kind represented what she enjoys as a girl however she we do not get the idea that she is a girl because we never see her doing anything girly. She has not been given the stereotypical view of a girl who enjoys wearing pretty clothes, doing hair & make up and so forth. She is put across as a dull girl who would have rather been a boy because of the way she behaves and reacts to things.

We also see girls who are very girly. For example, her step brother’s girlfriend was wearing a red short dress which had white dots all over it making her look like a ladybird. Also, she had her done nicely in curls and set into place with hair grips and clips. She also was wearing a lot of make up. This tells us that she is a girly character who enjoyed dressing up and looking good.

Then we see a group of boys who were good friends. They enjoyed proper ‘boyish’ stuff such as play station and online games.

Freak: Representation of age..

Age

Age is represented through the mis-en-scene used.

At the start of the series, we see a young teenage girl with a ‘boy cut’ hairstyle which was very short and she was wearing a step brother’s clothes. This represented her character. As well as this, it told us that she was a tomboy and wasn’t into girly stuff however was more into something that we would expect a boy to enjoy. She was a dull character who generally put herself across as a dark person. We see her age through this because she didn’t go out a lot and she didn’t have the latest hairstyles, clothing items, etc which told us that therefore she was a young girl, maybe around the age of 13 or 14, just getting into her teenage years. She also enjoyed playing video games with her step brother and his friends however because she was younger, they never let her join in.

In difference to the above, age is represented through the camera works. Her step brother looks around the age of 17 or 18. We know this because we see how he behaves around his friends and his girlfriend. Age is shown when he gives his step sister a £10 note. We know this makes him an older person because he money which means he may be earning with a job or be in charge and hold power, telling us that he is older than her. He also spends a lot of his nights and days out with friends or at parties. We see one specific scene where him and his girlfriend break into a swimming pool centre and then invite all of their friends around to have a party. Age is represented through editing as well. The edits are done to show us reactions and behaviour of each character.

Media Film..

My review:
Strengths: -Used many different shots
-Reached the criteria
-Edited well


Weakness: -Not on time
-Not steadily shot
-Sound is fuzzy in some places


Other people's reviews:


Person 1) I liked the film, i thought it fit the scenario and thouroughly enjoyed myself watching it:):)


Person 2) I LOVED IT. i mean it was amazingly wonderful to watch and would have payed to see it for a second longer. :)

Life of a Film..

I have chosen to talk about the film 'The Princess Diaries' by Garry Marshal. This film is based on a fifteen year old girl called 'Amelia Mi'onet Thermopolis Renaldi' who has spent her whole life being invisible. Her 3D glasses, frizzy hair, 'overly tidy' uniform, braces and many more features have led Amelia to live her life being stereotypicallised as a dork. Just before her sweet 16th birthday, Amelia discovers a churning secert about herself that changed who she is forever more. Clarrise Mi'onet Thermopolis Renaldi, the mother of Amelia's late father, got in touch with Amelia after 11years to allow Amelia to discover that her father was the King of Genovia, a small country between France and Spain, making Amelia the official princess to the throne of Genovia. Finding out who she really is caused Amelia difficulty as she had to adjust her lifestyle in order to fulfill her father's dream of holding the throne. It was only then Amelia realised that there is so much more to life than just caring about the thoughts of others. I have linked a trailer for this film as well as an image: http://www.reelzchannel.com/trailer-clips/15159/the-princess-diaries-trailer

There has also been an online review by Heather Wadowski, an ex-editor 'The Times' newspaper who said:

Every once in a while a film comes out that makes me feel like a one-woman campaign to get people to go see it. Maybe it's because the trailers make the film look stupid or just because the movie has no big name talent attached. Whatever the reason, sometimes a film is released that deserves an audience but just can't seem to find it without some positive word-of-mouth. This year, that movie is Walt Disney's "The Princess Diaries." For even though "The Princess Diaries" has a strong cast and is extremely well-written, what will make this film a hard sell is its G-rating. I mean let's face it: rated G movies almost seem extinct. Even animated feature films like 'Atlantis' and kids-geared films like 'Cats and Dogs' seem to have a PG-rating slapped on them these days, and for the few G-rated films that do come out each year, none of them ever seem to stick around for long. Never the less, if there was one film that could put the G-rating back on the map, this is it. For whether you are 3 or 57, male or female, "The Princess Diaries" is almost impossible not to like.

(This was taken from Rotten Tomatoes): http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/princess_diaries/

The film had a budget of $26 million USD.

By the time the film was released in the USA, UK, Europe and many other major regions, The film made an extremely large sum of money. The film made $126 million USD! In comparison to an Independent film such as 'This is England' who had a small budget of £150,000 and made less than the film spent. The Princess Diaries was first screened at a Cannes Film Festival in 2000, a year before it was realesed where it was bought by 'BrownHouse Productions' who then became the distributor of the film. It was also tied in with 'Walt Disney Pictures' who screened the filming when it was released in 2001. Walt Disney Pictures have also released many other major movies such as 'Mary Poppins' which was released in 1964 and 'High School Musical' which was released in 2006 however has been more successful in comparison to Mary Poppins as it now has three continous storylines in three different films; High School Musical 1, High School Musicla 2 and High School Musical 3!

The film had a large number of distributors! The thearetical distributor was 'Buena Vista Pictures' who distributed the movie in the USA in 2001 a while before the release date. Buena Vista Pictures is one major company however has many international companies such as 'Buena Vista Pictures International Spain' or 'Buena Vista Pictures Internationl Italy' and such, which meant that the movie was futher distributed around many different countries. The film was first shown in the UK by the Walt Disney Pictures distributor. One can argue that this differs from the release of '24 Hour Party People', an independent British based film which was released on in the UK by a small company as it doesn't appeal to a wider target audience.

The first screening of the film was on the 5th of August 2001 in the USA and Box Office made $22, 862, 269 in the 2537 screenings over the whole of the USA. It then went on to release in the UK on the 23rd of December 2001 where it made £587, 677 in 396 screenings over the UK and then was finally released in Austria on the 27th of December 2001, where is made €598, 443 in 90 screenings over Austria. As you can see from the above information, the most money was made in the USA and the most screenings shown were in the USA as the movie was american therefore appealed better to an american target audience. A film such as Angus, Thongs And Perfect snogging would appeal better to a British target audience as the film is British based and not american. I would expect this film to be shown at VUE cinema. This is because, although the film is american, it is based on a teenage girl who discovers something new about herself. Seeing as the UK also has teenage girls, it also appeals to that audience in romford. After the major success of the movie, the distributor also released a DVD edition in 2004 which then went on to screen on television in 2005. Both the movie and the home release were distributed by Walt Disney Home Entertainment.

The above information also links with the point that The Princess Diaries was a film that was a Saturation Release. The film was only shown on cinema screens for 2weeks however after the first DVD copy in 2004, they have sold over 100,000 copies of the DVD and have shown the movie on Television more than ever! More screenings took place from a DVD and a home showing rather than a cinema screening. In difference to a film such as This Is It: Michael Jackson which has been in cinema's for over 3weeks and is now going to be in cinema for even longer due to high public demand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uazPW96x1vM

Skins: Mis-En-Scene

Each character has something specific about their costumes, whether it's colour or size. For example, The boy has skinny jeans and a tightly fitted t-shirt. His hair is Straightend and swayed onto the side. This can represent the boy as being an emo or rock boy of some kind. It represents his character and tells the audience what he is like from just his costume.

There are also props such as iPods, Mobile phones, Digital camera's, etc. This can also represent the teenagers. As these are popular props within teenagers, It can represent who the characters are through the representation of props.