In every episode it starts of with the hero’s logo, with the globe in a shot of a solar eclipse with voice over by one of the main characters, called Mohinder (Indian), where his voice over he gives a brief over view of what happened in the previous episode.
The opening sequence does not only give us an introduction of what previously happened, but it also sets a lot of enigmas and mysteries followed up by strange questions asked and the background music making it even more mystifying. A range of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds being involved.
At a time an actor is shown jumping of a building and before he hits the floor, a quick cut shot is used to wake the character in the new scene.By this, a lot of interpretations could be taken by the audience, not being fully convinced whether the person from the other dream just woke up from a troubling dream or whether it has simplifications of a link between one scene to the other.
Also, the sound of loud sirens leads the audience to an oncoming enigma, which then later is eventually revealed to be a blaze of fire. We see Claire the cheerleader walking into the blazing fire, with heart to go and save someone’s life. This is quite astonishing for the audience, as they would hardly ever imagine or expect a young female cheerleader to even consider saving someone from a building in fire.
The cheerleader is also essential to the main plot, the way this is shown is by the repetition of the phrase “save the cheerleader, save the world”. This phrase is repeated in introductions by Mohinder in opening sequences, engaging the audience for every opening sequence.
Tuesday 9 December 2008
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Cross Media Study
The TV text and film text that I have chosen to do is The Simpsons.
An animated comedy series, followed on to making the brand new The Simpsons Movie Animated Film.
The opening beginning scene that occurs in each episode shows in particular the five main members of the Simpsons family, showing each in detail of their daily routines and their work and social environment.
Whole opening only lasting for about a short 45 seconds.
The purpose for the opening is for a main setting of the town The Simpsons live in, (USA – Springfield).It is also as a introductive guidance the oncoming episode, with only one change at every opening, and that occurs right at where the Simpson family enters the house.
The Simpsons was founded by: -- Rupert Murdoch & Barry Diller.
The Simpsons Main Producers:-- James L. Brooks, Matt Groening & Sam Simon
The Simpsons Main Channel:
- FOX
Due to it being presented and owned by FOX.
An animated comedy series, followed on to making the brand new The Simpsons Movie Animated Film.
The opening beginning scene that occurs in each episode shows in particular the five main members of the Simpsons family, showing each in detail of their daily routines and their work and social environment.
Whole opening only lasting for about a short 45 seconds.
The purpose for the opening is for a main setting of the town The Simpsons live in, (USA – Springfield).It is also as a introductive guidance the oncoming episode, with only one change at every opening, and that occurs right at where the Simpson family enters the house.
The Simpsons was founded by: -- Rupert Murdoch & Barry Diller.
The Simpsons Main Producers:-- James L. Brooks, Matt Groening & Sam Simon
The Simpsons Main Channel:
- FOX
Due to it being presented and owned by FOX.
The Simpsons Setting:
-- United States.
Voices Of:
-- Dan Castellaneta
-- Julie KavnerNancy
-- Cartwright Yeardley
-- Smith Hank
-- Azaria Harry
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwsfEfG6o14
From the successful Simpson episodes, The Simpson Movie was released in 2007.With the two minute trailer, (all animated), the first look at homer is an extreme close up followed up after by a long shot. As the Simpson was moved from an original series program to a movie, the creators have made a lot of effort of trying to make the graphics as good as possibly, along with the close realistic actions made to make the animated movie seem rational.There are some comparisons to The Simpsons intro and the trailer of The Simpsons Movie. For example, as soon as the trailer begins, we firstly see a character of The Simpsons family, then in order of importance, the rest of the characters in the Simpsons.
The Simpsons:Primary Audience: Both Genders. 6 – 21.The older age of this audience would obviously understand more of the jokes said compared to the younger age audience who would get amused to other sorts of humour, such as slapstick.
The Simpsons Movie:Primary Audience: Both Genders. 6-21. Most attracted audience would be the particular audience that are fans to the actual Simpsons TV show. This is because they would have a better understanding and view.
Monday 24 November 2008
City Of Men Trailer Analysis
Setting of the film trailer looks as if it is set in South-America Brazil. Straight from the beginning of the trailer, we see a dull view of old shanty towns, which could imply the representation of the layout of society of particular cities in Brazil, and how the setting reflects the people’s mood that live in it.
Looking at that particular setting, I can already visualise a negative oncoming situation of the film, as it is well known that normally poor places such as Brazil suffer for a good government, good food supplies and good economy. Therefore you would expect the people living in it to be doing something bizarre in order to survive a happy quality of life.
The camera shots used at the opening sequence are mainly long-angle shots showing a clear view of the city, then a crucial birds-eye-view of the shanty towns of Brazil. Already, by these shots the audience can detect some kind of oncoming danger, which could also be considered as a tragedy in the film.
Through the film trailer, most common shots used are long and high-angle shots, and are used in order for its purpose of showing the main society and letting the audience visualise each action taken and the reason for it.There are also some close-up shots used, in order to introduce each character’s face and personality and their mental dangers that each character may get into.
By the looks of the material and products used to make the film, E.g. the quality of the shops and roads and the quality of the people’s clothes, the audience is engaged in believing that the film is a gangster based production which does not only include hatred and violence, but also a depressant issue of betrayal and revenge of two people’s friendship.
The trailer looks very action packed and emotional. It is portrayed in this way due to the sounds used in the film, both diegetic, and non-diegetic. Hear sounds of gun shots, police sirens, screaming, alongside with fast and upstanding background music.
This film trailer is very much aimed at teenagers, an ethnic minority of class D and some C2. This is because people on this particular level of this class are very much seen and imagined to being part of the violence and negative attitude of revenge, hatred and gangster like reputation. This is reflected back to the trailer, because not only there is violence and crime included, but they are also committed by the particular aged people that the audience are attracted by. (Teenagers/Young Adults).
Throughout this film trailer, we do not experience a huge representation of women, except from a representation of them being there to be portrayed as sexual objects.There is only one woman closely seen, which is not taking part in much important cases but only a short scene of love making with another main character.Again, this is done in order to show the audience the particular gangster life that these youngsters are living, which is not just violence and crime but now also a new introduction to love making while they are at peace.In the other hand, the men in this film trailer have a much more dedicated part, where they show off themselves to be dangerous, determined and full of courage.We can not exactly tell whether they are doing what they are doing for a good purpose or a bad purpose, in other words, negative or positive characters. I think this is done on purpose, in order for more of an attraction and appeal to the audience, making them want to see the whole film.
Looking at that particular setting, I can already visualise a negative oncoming situation of the film, as it is well known that normally poor places such as Brazil suffer for a good government, good food supplies and good economy. Therefore you would expect the people living in it to be doing something bizarre in order to survive a happy quality of life.
The camera shots used at the opening sequence are mainly long-angle shots showing a clear view of the city, then a crucial birds-eye-view of the shanty towns of Brazil. Already, by these shots the audience can detect some kind of oncoming danger, which could also be considered as a tragedy in the film.
Through the film trailer, most common shots used are long and high-angle shots, and are used in order for its purpose of showing the main society and letting the audience visualise each action taken and the reason for it.There are also some close-up shots used, in order to introduce each character’s face and personality and their mental dangers that each character may get into.
By the looks of the material and products used to make the film, E.g. the quality of the shops and roads and the quality of the people’s clothes, the audience is engaged in believing that the film is a gangster based production which does not only include hatred and violence, but also a depressant issue of betrayal and revenge of two people’s friendship.
The trailer looks very action packed and emotional. It is portrayed in this way due to the sounds used in the film, both diegetic, and non-diegetic. Hear sounds of gun shots, police sirens, screaming, alongside with fast and upstanding background music.
This film trailer is very much aimed at teenagers, an ethnic minority of class D and some C2. This is because people on this particular level of this class are very much seen and imagined to being part of the violence and negative attitude of revenge, hatred and gangster like reputation. This is reflected back to the trailer, because not only there is violence and crime included, but they are also committed by the particular aged people that the audience are attracted by. (Teenagers/Young Adults).
Throughout this film trailer, we do not experience a huge representation of women, except from a representation of them being there to be portrayed as sexual objects.There is only one woman closely seen, which is not taking part in much important cases but only a short scene of love making with another main character.Again, this is done in order to show the audience the particular gangster life that these youngsters are living, which is not just violence and crime but now also a new introduction to love making while they are at peace.In the other hand, the men in this film trailer have a much more dedicated part, where they show off themselves to be dangerous, determined and full of courage.We can not exactly tell whether they are doing what they are doing for a good purpose or a bad purpose, in other words, negative or positive characters. I think this is done on purpose, in order for more of an attraction and appeal to the audience, making them want to see the whole film.
Tuesday 21 October 2008
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is social, it’s open, it’s letting go of control over your data, it’s mixing the global with the local. Web 2.0 is about new interfaces - new ways of searching and accessing Web content. And last but not least, Web 2.0 is a platform - and not just for developers to create web applications like Gmail and Flickr. The Web is a platform to build on for educators, media, politics, and community, for virtually everyone in fact!
Take a look at what the education community is doing with the Web, for example. They are not only starting to use the tools of Web 2.0 - blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. They’re also adapting to a new generation of kids who are growing up on the Web, the so-called ‘Digital Natives’. The challenge for educators now and for the future is to learn and teach Internet literacy, converse and collaborate with their students using Web tools, and help our children make sense of the huge amounts of information and media that surround us.
Web 2.0 is about the people, when it comes down to it. So it has to be inclusive. The definitions of technologists, social scientists, web designers, philosophers, educators, business people, anybody - they all count.
In our initial brainstorming, we formulated our sense of Web 2.0 by example:
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
DoubleClick
-->
Take a look at what the education community is doing with the Web, for example. They are not only starting to use the tools of Web 2.0 - blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. They’re also adapting to a new generation of kids who are growing up on the Web, the so-called ‘Digital Natives’. The challenge for educators now and for the future is to learn and teach Internet literacy, converse and collaborate with their students using Web tools, and help our children make sense of the huge amounts of information and media that surround us.
Web 2.0 is about the people, when it comes down to it. So it has to be inclusive. The definitions of technologists, social scientists, web designers, philosophers, educators, business people, anybody - they all count.
In our initial brainstorming, we formulated our sense of Web 2.0 by example:
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
DoubleClick
-->
Google AdSense
Ofoto
-->
Flickr
Akamai
-->
BitTorrent
mp3.com
-->
Napster
Britannica Online
-->
Wikipedia
personal websites
-->
blogging
evite
-->
upcoming.org and EVDB
domain name speculation
-->
search engine optimization
page views
-->
cost per click
screen scraping
-->
web services
publishing
-->
participation
content management systems
-->
wikis
directories (taxonomy)
-->
tagging ("folksonomy")
stickiness
-->
syndication
Ofoto
-->
Flickr
Akamai
-->
BitTorrent
mp3.com
-->
Napster
Britannica Online
-->
Wikipedia
personal websites
-->
blogging
evite
-->
upcoming.org and EVDB
domain name speculation
-->
search engine optimization
page views
-->
cost per click
screen scraping
-->
web services
publishing
-->
participation
content management systems
-->
wikis
directories (taxonomy)
-->
tagging ("folksonomy")
stickiness
-->
syndication
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