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This British TV Drama series 'Hotel Babylon' shows the core representation groups of ethnicity and class/status. Ethnicity is seen through the illegal immigrants working in the Hotel Babylon. Class and status is shown through men looking down on the ethnic people. We see a contrast between the  people of status who hold dominance over the immigrants.  Stuart Halls reception theory is seen in this clip as there is an encoded message in which the audience decodes. This message sent to the audience is that these immigrants are more than just illegal citizens, but that they have come to the UK for a fresh start and to become apart of their society. The officers try take away this hope hence why the audience are touched and provoke emotions to feel for them and understand their story.  Through the technical elements the audience are able to see the changes of mood and tone throughout each scene.  Through Mise- en scene the costumes connote to the setting of a hotel a...

British television drama  series. Ethnicity and status/wealth are the two main representational groups we have seen in this short clip. Immigrants have lower jobs in a different country; even lower than what they are qualified  for. For example, the man who helped the diabetic woman used to be a doctor hence why he says; 'I wasn't always a cleaner'. The immigrants work as cleaners and chiefs in the 5 star hotel; they are starting at the bottom even though some of them have high qualifications in other countries. We can see that the immigrants are hiding as one of the immigrants who got taken; his brothers and dad got murdered. The immigrants just want to live a life of freedom but that is overtaken by the immigrant officers higher authority.   British white men who are immigrant officers have dominance and power over the immigrants who take their freedom away. They are in high position. they wear suits which connotes to their status. They have privilege etc ...

  TECHNOLOGIES EFFECT ON PRODUCTION: TECHNOLOGIES EFFECT ON PRODUCTION PROCESSES: by porcia armitage

  TECHNOLOGY: 1. Who is making the new Lord of the Rings series? The series is produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, with Payne and McKay serving as showrunners. Amazon bought the television rights for The  Lord  of the  Rings  for US$250 million in November 2017, making a five season production commitment worth at least US$1 billion. 2. Where was this being filmed? Although the trilogy of movies were all shot in Peter Jackson's home country New Zealand, the filming of the new Lord of the Rings series will take place in Scotland. Therefore, originally in New Zealand.  3. Where have they just moved production to? Production has just moved from New Zealand to Scotland UK in the Amazon Studios. 4. What technology is being used in this TV series as a result of not filming 'on location' like the movies were? The new production team will have to use advanced technology to make the new seri...

This short clip taken from the TV series 'Riverdale' is a Teen Drama which shows the core media representation groups of class/status and age. The opening scenes of this clip show a strong sense of typical High school stereotypes which have been thoughtfully created through the use of camera, mise en scene, sound and editing. In this short two minute clip we see the contrast between normal high school students and students who see pride in themselves and act dominant over everyone else such as Cheryl blossom, Who is seen as wealthy and strong willed. These students are teenagers as shown through the complicated and dramatic High school. In this clip we see that Stuart Halls representation theory which represents a specific group. In this case, age and class and status are the ones most clearly seen.  Mise en scene refers to everything in the shot from lighting, costumes, make up, props, symbolism and iconography. Firstly there are five main stereotypes shown thr...

"Synergy and Cross-Media-Convergence are vital processes in the successful marketing of media products to audiences." To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your chosen media area? Media institutions use synergy and cross media convergence as a vital process in the success of marketing their media products to their audiences. Oligopolies such as the big 5 consists of Disney, Columbia Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. and Paramount pictures. These 5 conglomerates dominate the film landscape who have acquired many subsidiaries and are known as the media giants of Hollywood. For example, in 2019, Disney acquired Fox for $71 billion, which made Disney the largest shareholder over the media/film market, with a total of 27%. This being said, this small amount of oligopolies have the benefit of vertical and horizontal integration where they can promote their products through many different platforms under their ownership. This is seen through Disney u...

Dark knight Movie campaign - case study : Why so serious: In the months leading up to the release of the dark Knight, an alternate reality game attracted more than 10 million players to a real time Gotham city. The joker left his mark over all of the city on posters and bills He started to build an army of henchmen The first order from the joker was at comic con where they found a big number typed out in the sky- like a code. It ended up being a phone number and when people dialed it, it left a message saying, "if you want to be part of my crew, you're going to need to prove if you're up to the challenge". Many people covered there faces in masks to look lie the joker or painted their faces. This built excitement and participation for the dark knight movie  A ransom note was bought to life in 49 countries  The people had to visit landmarks dressed like the joker  Hidden packages were left in cakes from bakeries all over America. It was a joker phone to...

"Analyse how media institutions are using different platforms to engage with their audience" Media institutions use many different platforms to engage their audience. The big five consists of Disney, Columbia pictures, Universal studios, Warners Bros. and Paramount pictures and are the media giants of Hollywood. They are also referred to as conglomerates that dominate the film landscape who have acquired many subsidiaries. For example, in 2019, Disney acquired Fox which made Disney the largest shareholder over the media/film market, with a total of 27%. This being said, this small amount of oligopolies have the benefit of vertical and horizontal integration which is helping them slowly dominate the worlds market share of film.  Media and its audience has had a massive change over the last few years trying to keep up with the on going updates of technology. Having said this, the latest pandemic of Covid-19 has effected this drastically. Considering this obstacle in the media a...

This short clip taken from the TV crime Drama, 'Homeland', the core media representation groups of status and gender are presented. Gender is shown through the main character trying to get information out of a prisoner who is soon to be executed. This woman is portrayed as strong and brave transcending the normal conventions men are normally portrayed as independent and confident. This woman shows that she is eager to get the information from the prisoner who has on the imamate attack on US soil by helping him commute his sentence. However, with this fails, she shows her tough side when she offers to help the prisoners family in trade for his intel on the attack. Status is also shown throughout this film from switching between nice shots and intense shots showing a fancy cocktail dinner night, then back to shots of the foreign country which is presented as dusty and messy.   This film creates meaning through of the technical elements of sound, editing, mise...

  "Discuss the impact of funding on media products"