Distribution Companies

1.      20^th CENTURY FOX
 

Parent Company: Fox Filmed Entertainment

Subsidiaries (Daughter Companies): Blue Sky Studios, Fox Star Studios, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Television Studios, 20th Television, 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century Fox Japan, Fox Studios Australia, TSG Entertainment, FNM Films.

3 recent films:

Gone Girl –

BUDGET: $61 million, BOX OFFICE: $368.1 million

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty –

BUDGET: $90 million, BOX OFFICE: $188,133,322

The Maze Runner –

BUDGET: $34 million, BOX OFFICE: $340.8 million
 

2.      WARNER BROS

Parent Company: Time Warner
Income: 1.3 billion

3 recent films:

Man of Steel –

BUDGET: $225 million, BOX OFFICE: $668 million

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey –

BUDGET: $200–315 million, BOX OFFICE: $1.017 billion

The Dark Knight Rises –

BUDGET: $230 million, BOX OFFICE: $1,084,439,099




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Representation - Sexuality

Here is the representation of sexuality from the clip used for the OCR AS Level exam in Jan 2012.

Representations - Regional Identity

Here is my deconstruction of the Regional Identity clip from Doc Martin.

Representations - Ability and Disability

Here is my Analysis Grid on Ability and Disability.
The clip I analysed was from Hollyoaks.

Representation of Class and Status: Middle Class

(Outnumbered) 450 words

 

'Outnumbered' is a British TV show which displays the stereotypical middle class family, living in modern day society. The family is made up of two working parents and three children. In series one, the children are still young, ranging from the ages of four to eleven, illustrating the typical middle class family set-up.

Immediately we are told that they are a middle class family by the establishing shot at the beginning of each episode. It shows an end-terraced house which could easily be three stories high, straight way indicating that the family are not extremely wealthy, but are definitely not poor either; they are a typical middle class family.

One common connotation of having three young children is that the parents tend to get stressed out, especially during the school morning routine. The mother is fumbling through a bowl in the kitchen in an attempt to find her car keys in a hurry. This is shown to the audience through a close up shot to pin-point how desperate she is to locate the keys and emphasises the stress that typical parents feel on a school morning. Furthermore, the camera tracks the mother as she hurries around the house makes it clear how chaotic the morning routine can be. The chaos is also emphasised through the ambient (background) sound. While the parents are downstairs doing one thing, we can hear the youngest children arguing and shouting from another room. As well as this, the family have a radio playing music in the background, which adds unnecessary noise to their morning. The diegetic music makes it even more stressful for the family as they are struggling to hear each other from separate rooms. As middle class is seen as the "normal" family set up, this is displaying what the stereotypical school morning is like the majority of families.

The character's costumes also illustrate their class and status. The father is in suit trousers and a shirt, and later on in the episode puts on a blazer. This indicates he is most probably in a white-collar job, such as an office job or in teaching, suggesting he is quite well paid. The mother is dressed in smart-casual clothing; an ordinary t-shirt with a cardigan. This suggests that perhaps she works from home as she does not seem to be dressed specifically for a particular occupation. 

Finally, the continuity editing and the use of straight cuts helps to create a sense of time moving forward, allowing the audience to get a feel for what the typical middle class family morning routine is like. As well as this, it creates a sense of realism, emphasising the reality of the events of the middle class.

Representation of ethnicity : Black women

('Kim' from EastEnders and 'Marie' from American Horror Story: Coven)

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The stereotypes of black women are similar for both the American and English. They tend to come across as very confrontational and sassy in today's society, as well as retaining skills such as being good at singing and dancing. The stereotype also portrays black women as rather fashionable, keeping up with trends and taking care in their appearances. Furthermore, the majority of black women are quite religious and spiritual.

The two black female characters I have decided to look at are Kim Fox from the English TV show 'EastEnders' and Marie Laveau from the American TV series 'American Horror Story: Coven'. The similarities between the two characters can be shown largely through the mes-en-scene. Kim's costume is very bright and eccentric, much like Marie Laveau who although wears darker costumes, still has eccentric tastes. Moreover, their hair and make-up proves that the characters care about their appearances and it suggests they have put a lot of time and effort into how they look. Kim always has very noticeable eye make-up and Marie has her hair in braids. More similarities include the ways in which they make other characters in the TV shows feel. For example, when Kim was on a date with the white man, the close up shot of his facial expression suggests to us that she is making him feel rather intimidated and uncomfortable. This is also shown in EastEnders through the use of shot reverse shot and eye-line match as it proves that it is Kim making him react in this way. Similarly with Marie, she is very intimidating and this is shown in her dialogue during her argument with Fiona. She's extremely confrontational and confident and this is reinforcing the stereotype that black women can be intimidating and rude.

Some differences in the characters are that Kim is a lot louder than Marie. Kim tends to have quite a lot of loud laughter and shouting, whereas Marie is often seen muttering spells quietly to herself. Both of these however still reinforce the stereotypes of black women; one being loud and 'out there' and the other being rather spiritual. Furthermore, when Marie is on screen it tends to be piano based music, which emphasises the religious and spiritual nature she has, whereas with Kim, she has current pop music playing.

Despite there being differences, the two characters are ultimately both still reinforced stereotypes of black women, and this is shown in both American and English TV dramas through the use of CamSAMC, MES, editing and sound.

Representation of Age

Here is the clip from Criminal Justice which we analysed for the representation of age.



Here is the PowerPoint we made with our point, explanations and link.