Thursday 24 February 2011
Soundtrack ideas .
Moby - In this world
Aimee Mann - One
Florence and the machine - Howl
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Practical (documentary) Progress report - Half term week
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So far so good! We've filmed all of the interviews with the "patient" (Myself) - And all looks well so far minus the occasional wobbling of the tri-pod due to pets!
Also I have a few idea's for the soundtrack which i will post in my next post :)
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We really need to get in touch with Ealing hospital a.s.a.p !!
Also we need to sort out who will do the mother role or family member and crack on with public opinions :)
Documentary planning
'A Sandwhich Short Of A Picnic'
INITIAL IDEAS :Airing information: Channel 4 at 9:00pm
Duration: 5-8 minutes
Target Audience:
Primary: Teenagers- 14-18 (Explorers)
Secondary: Adults- 30-45
Duration: 5-8 minutes
Target Audience:
Primary: Teenagers- 14-18 (Explorers)
Secondary: Adults- 30-45
CONTENT :1. Reinactment - abuse (shouting stereotypical names)
2. Footage - around the house - living a normal life (of someone with mental illness)
3. Interview with those with mentall illnes / family
4. Interview with professional
5. Footage of media with stereotypical roles - Skins/Hollyoaks/Eastenders
6. Public opinions
2. Footage - around the house - living a normal life (of someone with mental illness)
3. Interview with those with mentall illnes / family
4. Interview with professional
5. Footage of media with stereotypical roles - Skins/Hollyoaks/Eastenders
6. Public opinions
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Self assessment
Attainment : C
Effort : 2/3
Indicitive : B
Homework : H
I feel regarding my attainment a C would be a suiting grade as i feel i have put in a sufficient amount of work to such a standard , though i could probably be doing better grade wise which is why i feel my indictive grade should be a B.
Effort wise i do believe i am putting in quite a lot of effort contributing in lesson and doing a lot of out of school research.
I think my biggest downfall is probably my homework as over time i have fallen behind and now have a few pieces of work which i have as of yet failed to complete.
Targets:
1) Aim to catch up on any outstanding homeworks
2) Aim to successfully plan production work - so that it end up being the most amazing piece of work known to man. (yes i said it)
3) Try to revise key terminology /theory to assure i can include in any future work.
Effort : 2/3
Indicitive : B
Homework : H
I feel regarding my attainment a C would be a suiting grade as i feel i have put in a sufficient amount of work to such a standard , though i could probably be doing better grade wise which is why i feel my indictive grade should be a B.
Effort wise i do believe i am putting in quite a lot of effort contributing in lesson and doing a lot of out of school research.
I think my biggest downfall is probably my homework as over time i have fallen behind and now have a few pieces of work which i have as of yet failed to complete.
Targets:
1) Aim to catch up on any outstanding homeworks
2) Aim to successfully plan production work - so that it end up being the most amazing piece of work known to man. (yes i said it)
3) Try to revise key terminology /theory to assure i can include in any future work.
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Homework 10/02/11 - First page edits
NS: develop first paragraph to include more media terminology/representation theory
“I’ve been diagnosed with being bipolar. It’s an affective disorder in which the individual alternates between states of deep depression and extreme elation. And it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Despite what some people might think” [1]
To what extent and why is the depiction of mental illness less truthful in contemporary British teen drama, such as ‘Skins’, in comparison to mainstream soap operas, such as ‘Eastenders’?
The media landscape is often criticized ,"for promoting stigma and discrimination towards people with a mental illness ,[2]” through unrealistic and exaggerated representations of those with mental health issues. This is apparent through a number of texts such as the british teen drama, Skins and E4 drama Shameless, whilst it can be argued some texts such as Soap Opera - Eastenders shows a truer to life representation of such issues, claiming to challenge television’s “dressed up[3] ” representations. However a lack of realism is still evident.
Over time from the primary years of soap operas to the present , soaps have shaped themselves to “follow the day-to-day lives”[4] of ‘everyday’ characters, similar to in the genre of drama. However, within drama the representations of individuals are typically exaggerated, this can been seen across the genre in a number of examples. Television however now uses these conventions in an up-to-the-minute and contemporary manner reflecting the zeitgeist of today, viewers no longer want the “cliché plots, themes, and situations”[5] of the cheating husbands, arguing families which would have previously been shocking and emotionally gratifying , viewers have now become desensitised to these expecting to see something ground-breaking on television. With “ 'how mental are you' questionnaires on the net that tell you which disorders you’ve got”[6] plaguing the youths computer screens it has become apparent that “some people want to be mental”[7] and they want to see the new phenomenon unfold on their screens in front of them. Such enthusiasm towards the area can be interlinked with the cultivation theory. Children are being cultivated to accept mental illness and to show interest in the topic unlike in the past fuelling the desire to see the issue in the media.
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