Level 2 creative media production

Prison break notes The hero – Michael Scofield goes to jail to help his brother who was wrongly accused of murder get out of prison   The helper – Fernando    Tone: Mature Setting: Chicago, USA Sub-genre action/drama The donor – Doctor Sarah It’s a disconuity because of the flashback Location: The begging was set in a tattoo shop late at night Flashback: can be shown when the main character (Michael Scofield) visits his brother The role of the audience: The role of the audience is to consume the product subjectively or objectively Chronology – in prison break the events start in order, i.e. Michael goes to the tattoo, then he robs the bank, then he robs a bank, then he goes to court and then prison all in chronical order. Mode of address : 1/3 persons Serial format : split into different episodes. Subjective or objective? Subjective because we are viewing the story from Michael Scofield’s perspective Linear because this story

                                                  Save our children analysis The save our children advert is about a young girl that is taken away from a privileged lifestyle that is replaced with having deal cope with a deadly war going on around her affecting her and people around her.   Setting  Even though the advert is talking about life in Syria it is set in London which can be seen throughout most of the scenes. The establishing shot shows the girl living a good life, enjoying her birthday. At the end of the video the same birthday cake is used to again but this time the girl is in a tent looking very unhappy with hardly anyone surrounding her unlike the first picture where she has a lot of family and friends accompanying her. This used to show how quickly life change from good to bad for not just children but everyone that is affected by war.                                                                    

Level 2 Media Unit 1C: Narrative and Genre Key Terms Non Linear Narratives •Chronology  Arrangement of events throughout time •Concurrent / parallel narratives Concurrent is when more than one event is done or taking place at the same time, parallel narratives are two narratives or plots the connect or link to a certain character. •Flashback / Flashforward  Flashback is a memory from the past that is replayed to help the audience know about a character or catch up with a storyline. Flash forward is a scene that takes place in time at the current part of a story. •Time and space Consists of length, width depth,  and time •Serial format A narrative that is printed in installments one after the other •Cliffhangers Having the main character have a problem and ending the scene, this is used for suspense and excitement. •Editing and non-linear narratives: continuity v discontinuity Narration •Use of a narrator as a piece to camera, voice ov

                                                            Showcasing work Curriculum vitae The CV is used in the media industry to give a brief statement about the person’s information and past work, a CV can include the persons contact details, ethnic background, health issues, work experience and past work. Pros of using a CV in the media industry: You can continue to update your CV as you develop and gain more experience in media industry therefore as you are either doing paid work or working just to gain experience this can be added to your CV A CV is a document full of all your achievements so you can use this show off to any companies looking to hire you.   The disadvantages of having a CV if you have gap in your development it would be more visible to see due to a CV holding past achievements. If a persons don’t not write as much as they could or leave out key parts this would affect them because they would have less things to show to the employee.

Media processes Pick a media sector and a product (e.g. Newspaper, film or a radio show). You will now write a checklist for each process for this particular product. Pre-production (planning)   Production   Post-production                                          

Freelance   A freelance job is when you’re self-employed and you’re not connected to a company, being a freelancer means you don’t have a boss to give you instructions therefore you have more space to make decisions yourself and you might also be able to do projects at the comfort of your own home. In addition working freelance gets you a better pay because freelancer can negotiate there wage with companies that hire them because the companies won’t have to pay you for sick pay. However there are a few disadvantages when working freelance for example getting work can be rather hard at times because there are many other freelancers out there looking for jobs and they might have more experience than you or might be more known to companies than you, also managing your money might be a problem because you will have to pay taxes and national insurance arrangements that employers would normally sort for you .   Permanent  Permanent jobs are working for an employer or

Factual programme Introduction The UK border force is a documentary that is meant to entertain and give information about the immigration office and how they try to crack down on the amount of immigrates entering the country and deporting the ones that have already entered. This show was originally aired on ITV4 but can be found on YouTube. The target audience for this programme/documentary is teenagers, adults and the elderly, they achieve this by making the content appropriate for all ages to watch and enjoy. YouTube and ITV4 are easily accessible for all ages due it being child friendly

                                               Snickers Mr Beans advert Link:           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIVDxL2lgN4 The purpose of this advert is to entertain and persuade viewers by buy a snickers they do this by using a range of different advertising techniques. Humour : In this advert humour is used to make the audience laugh and help associate there advert with positive emotions, they do this with the use of celebrity endorsement . The advert features a well-known actor called Rowan Atkinson commonly known as Mr Bean, he is heavily linked to comedy and by using this actor a lot more people will be drawn to the advert due to the fact he is featuring I it. Rowan Atkinson’s face can be seen in the establishing shot in this advert so viewers will instantly recognise him and can hopefully continue to watch. Reward: This advert is telling you that if your purchase a snicker bar you will have supernatural powers to do things you normally wouldn’t be able t