I am working with Chloe for my film opening. We have decided to base it on a story about an old man that takes women into the basement of his house (the mansion) and tortures them in a disturbing way. In class, we discussed our ideas and decided to begin the opening of the clip with a flashback scene. This flashback scene will include a woman that is attached to a table and is about to be tortured. This will show the background to the story. We will then skip to present day where a detective goes to find his missing wife who last told her husband she was going for a job interview before she mysteriously disappeared. The detective goes to the mansion to find his wife and here he witnesses a lot of supernatural ghosts of the girls the old man had tortured, seeking their revenge on men. The man then finds his wife's arm (plastic arm) on the floor, he then spots her wedding ring and the scene flashbacks to when he put the wedding ring on her finger so we know it's his wife.

Media homework-trailer questions

1.       The sub genres this Action Adventure trailers includes are fantasy, quest and disaster.

2.       The conventions in this trailer include suspense and jeopardy, these are shown through the music/sound effects. The first part of the trailer involves the mysterious letter written by Peter’s mother, during this you can hear the sound of a clock ticking which gives us a sense that in a short amount of time, something is going to happen. When the part of the letter is read out that says ‘I promise that you will see me again, in this world or another’. The music all of a sudden goes silent and Peter’s eyes then looks fearful as he repeats the words ‘or another’ suggesting something terrible was about to happen and he was going to leave the world he is living in. Suddenly, the music starts again but louder and more intense as mysterious creatures begin to steal Peter and his friends out of their beds and take them to a new world.

1.    3.   The child in this extract appears as the hero. He is not a typical hero as he is a child, stereotypically the hero is a strong grown man. However, the villain is very stereotypical. The villain in this extract is Captain Hook so is an evil pirate. When he is first shown in the extract he shouts in a very frightening way which helps us know before we have even heard this character speak, that he is someone to be frightened of.

 

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Q. 3 Discuss the representations in the extract.

Gender:

The gender in this extract is not always typical because commonly in movies, the woman role is less superior than the male role. In this extract, the female role is just as good at her job of being a spy as the male role. For this reason the female role is not a typical stereo type. However, the stereotypic female role in movies usually falls for the handsome man, which is what happened in this extract. When the female was going up the lift to fight Gregorio, she fell in love by first sight which is a typical thing for women to do in movies as they are seen as weaker than the men.

Race and nationality:

Race and nationality is stereotyped in this extract by the good looking Mexican man, who was the male. Spanish/ Mexican men are usually tan which is thought to be attractive in a man. The reason for the male’s good looks meant that the woman fell in love with him as soon as she saw him. Race and nationality is also stereotyped in the extract when the male first appears. The music then plays some stereotypic Spanish music including a few guitar strums. The male also had a moustache which many people assume Mexican’s have.

Love and marriage:

Love and marriage in the extract is stereotypical in some ways but not in others. The love in Paris with fireworks is very stereotypical as Paris is thought to be the place of love. However, their love is not stereotypical in other ways because they have to hide from each other in order to stay safe. For example when the male proposed he didn’t get down on one knee and ask for marriage which is the stereotypical way of proposing. He instead quickly threw the ring from one end of the balcony to the other in a very secretive way. The other way their love is not stereotypical is because they do not show much public affection like kissing, as they are worried about getting caught. However, the final scene in the extract involves the two characters jumping off a bridge with parachutes that are heart shaped. This shows a forward typical love which does fit the love and marriage stereotype in movies.

Spies:

Spies are very stereotypical in this extract. They wear suits to make them come across as smart and well put together. The woman also changes her wig every so often which is very typical for spies because spies try and disguise themselves as much as possible. This is the same as the male, who wore sun glasses to hide his identity which is a very typical accessory for spies.

This is the beginning of my second print perfume advertisement. The tagline and name of the perfume is going to be shown in the corners of the photo.