Media Studies- The Bridge

The Bridge 

In media Studies we watched some of the film 'The Bridge', we were told prior to watching the film that it was based on a true story and has a unpleasant story line as this film was about people committing suicide of the Golden gate bridge in San Fransisco. Any way when we were watching the clip we were told to focus on the 5 W's which include:

• Who 
• What 
• Why 
• Where 
• When 

Throughout the clip i noted down a few things whilst keeping up to date with the film and everything that was happening within the film. However i believe the trailer  says a lot about a little here take a look for yourself:

As you can see from the Trailer it answer pretty much the 5 W's in one. this movie really made you think how people must be feeling, I mean driving yourself to suicide it couldn't be easy, however it happens and i think this film was trying to capture a message and make people aware of what happens around them. I think this film is emotional yet moving and if you haven't seen it, watch it!! it will maybe make you see life differently.    

This is what the DVD cover to the bridge looks like, if you ever find it pick it up :)

This image above is The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, its absolutely stunning and at the same time mysterious. I wonder what people feel when they jump off this bridge, maybe they want to end their lives in an extremely beautiful place?

We will never know...  

Compare and Contrast

Compare and contrast 

When it comes to the A2 briefs were given all of them were appealing and interesting briefs to carry out for my final A2 piece for media studies, however there were 2 briefs in particular which really attracted me and drew me in. Those two briefs are the following briefs below:  

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the band;

·         a cover for its release on DVD; 

·         A magazine advertisement for the DVD.

Above the images our of two of my favourite bands My Chemical Romance (MCR) and Plan B and below i will give you links to their music videos which really inspire me to make a music video for my final piece for A2 media studies:

My Chemical Romance- I'm not Okay (music video line) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZTNgAs4Fc

What i like about this video from MCR which is called 'I'm Not Okay' is how its been put together with actual scenes from the school which include dialogue and also incorporating the music over the scene within the school i find extremely creative and fun as well for the audience. In addition i find the scene where they are plying their instruments in the room, which has a studio feel to it, is also an interesting twist which is always keeping the audience interested.

Plan B-Stay too long (music video link)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wauIGhax9xg

What draws me in about Plan B's music video is that throughout their album of the deformation of Strickland Banks it plays a story and the music videos are different scenes which build up this interesting and fun movie. Furthermore in the Stay too long video he interlinks the rap within the music which i find extremely cool and fun making me want to listen to more. I find things like this really draws the audience in.

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the film; 

·         a film magazine front cover, featuring the film; 

·         a poster for the film

Im also very interested in doing a teaser trailer as you can pull very strong emotions out of the person watching it such as:
- Joy 
- Anger 
- Excitement 
- Love 
- Realisation 
- and sadness 

My sisters keeper is an amazing movie which brings out the many different emotions and really makes people stop and think, the only reason i watched this movie was because of the trailer and without that motivation and pulling force from the trailers a lot of great movies aren't seen.
Below is the Trailer for 'My sisters Keeper' have a look and see what i mean:

Another trailer which always excites me and makes me want to go and see the movie is the twilight series, every time a new trailer comes out in the cinema i jump up and get goose bumps and the trailer really makes everything exciting and real. Thats what i love about the twilight series it get you exited and makes you want to see the movie asap and not on the released date.

Below is the trailer to one of my favourite movie series 'Braking Dawn Part 1'

  

A2 Breifs

A2 Breifs 

These are our choices for out A2 final piece...

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the band;

·         a cover for its release on DVD; 

·         A magazine advertisement for the DVD.

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a website homepage for the film; 

·         a film magazine front cover, featuring the film; 

·         a poster for the film

3. An advertising package for a new product or service, to include two TV advertisements, together with two of the following three options: 

·         a radio advertisement;

·         a TV programme sponsorship sequence; 

·         a web pop-up

4. A promotion package for a new computer/video game, to include two TV advertisements, together with two of the following three options: 

·         the cover of the games package; 

·         two hyperlinked pages from the games website; 

·         A magazine advertisement for the game.

5. A promotion package for a new soap opera, to include a TV trailer, together with two of the following three options:

·         a listings magazine front cover featuring the new soap; 

·         two hyperlinked web pages(with video extract) for the soaps website; 

·         A poster for the soap.

6. A selection of materials related to an original children’s TV drama, to include the title sequence to the TV programme, together with two of the following three options: 

·         the front cover to a magazine for the series; 

·         a DVD cover for the series; 

·         a radio advertisement for the magazine



Brief Research

Brief Research 

This is a PowerPoint on two of the briefs i'm interested which is the music video and teaser trailers, i hope that you enjoy the powerpoint  

Music Video Research

AS Evaluation Overview

AS Evaluation 

This is the evaluation for my my final piece in media studies, it is explaining in detail the stages i went through when filming within my group.

look through the presentation if you would like to know more about the stages within my final piece...

Presentation of Opening Sequence