Role of the Producer

The producer has a big responsibility to make sure that everything is going according to the plan , they have to design the call sheets and make sure they are designed properly so everyone knows what they need to do and where they need to be at certain times. Also the producer needs to make sure everyone is on time in the place where the filming takes place. The producer also designs the budget which they have to stick with in order to produce a movie.  They also distribute the movie and report to the production company or to the executive producers.  They turn the ideas into the story in order to produce something which they consider as success.

Hotel Babylon

Representation of ethnicity: The ethnicity was represented in many different ways and different races were shown. Asian male was shown and we could tell he comes from that background because oh his accent which we heard in the dialogue while talking to the british male. There was also other different races who were illegal immigrants and were kept away in the basement in the hotel so no one sees them. 

Editing:the editing plays a big part to create a meaning and in this extract few fast cuts were used in actions to make the audience feel the pressure the characters were in at that time. Lighting was bright , natural however in the hiding place there was light used to make the place bright so the audience could see the characters faces. 

Camera shots/angles:180 degree rule was used at the beginning of the extract where the police man / detective walked in and spoke to the receptionist showing her his ID. we could see that the lady was nervous and looked suspitious but she didn't show it and kept her face straight to remain calm. 

A close up on asian man's face showing his face expression while talking to the british male was shown. The asian character was a security guard which is a typical job for an asian man. He looked like he wanted to avoid the conversation with the other character and he changed the topic. he looked uncomfortable and we could tell this by the look on his face. This could tell the audience a bit more about the asian character and might have something to do with him later on in the scene. 

Sound:there was a non diegetic sound used.  

Mise en scene:

My Targets

We have been asked to come up with three SMART targets that we think are going to help us with our preparation for the exam.

Target 1:  To use more media terminology in the essays i write and also in the exam which is very important.
Target 2:  To spend more time reading the notes at home.
Target 3: To come after hours and work on the coursework as there is still loads to be do.

Notes on 'Life on Mars'

On thursday's lesson we looked at the clip called 'Life on Mars'. The first time we have seen it we were asked to watch it without making any notes but just to get some ideas about the clip. The purpose of this is to prepare us for the exam.  We have seen it about four times in total.
These are the things we had to look at while watching the clip:

• Sound
• Camera shots
• Costume
• Setting
• Editing

  The opening of the clip opens up with a busy road and we get introduced to the male character who is laying on the street next to the car. First time we see the character the high angel shot is used and at first we do not see exactly who it is however the next shot which is a horizontal tilt shows the angle of the character on the street. Straight away we can tell he had an accident and it was most likely to be a car accident because we see a car next to him which probably belongs to him. We can also see the cars registration number which tells us what period of time he is in.
The second time we see the character in different situation this time the camera rotates 360 degrease around the character and the place he is in. This is because the audience can see he is in totally different place than he was before and the clothes he is wearing are very different than he had on  before. (the first time we saw him) The costume the character is wearing can be clearly discovered it belongs to 70's and the setting around the character such as cars and civilisation gives it away to the audience who can compare the times he was in before and the times he is in currently in this scene.
The sound used in that scene starts with non diegetic which is the music in  the background while the camera rotates around the character in 360 degrease because the character cannot hear it however it turns into diegetic when the character picks him self up from the ground and walks towards the car where the music is getting louder while the character moves closer. The music played in that scene is from 70's and its played from the casset player which is inside the car. This automatically shows the audience that the character has moved back in time which helps the audience to understand the story line and from the music we can tell what are the times the character is in.
Another scene which takes place in the police station clearly shows what is going on even tho the character is confused because of the changes and the times. The setting of the station shows that the times are different because there are no computers in the office, the sound of the telephone ringing is very old. Also people smoking inside the room shows that the rules were not introduced to them yet about smoking in the building.The office is full of men which shows that women were at home taking care of the kids while men were working to earn money , now days this is very different which shows a lot have changed since then. At that time male were a dominant gender therefore women were housewives.
The editing of the clip is very effective so the audience can understand the story very clearly and it brings the message across to them straight away.

Synergy

Synergy is when two or more faces work together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents independently.
There is also media synergy which means different elements of a media congolerement work together to promote products across different media. Synergy works when different elements with media conglomarete products. AOL and Warner Brothers merged in 2000 in order to create the soudtrack for the megafranchise Harry Pottter.
The term synergy comes from Greek word syn-ergos, συνεργός, meaning 'working together'.

Analysis of the Skins clip.

The skins clips represented a range of different shots, such as:
wide shots - which showed the whole settings of the scene making the audience feel involved, from his point of view.
close up of the character brother - showing that this character is relevant to this scene, make the viwers become more aware of the state of mind as this character is disabled.
medium close up of the main character while a voice off screen is happening - to show how he is expressing his feelings and engaging with the audience.
long shot - to show him in a different environment and situation. showing his is an ordinary guy living his life as a normal teenager.

editing - shows to understand the story and speaks to the viewers throughout the clip. it shows the different setting and motions that go along with the story line making it easier for us to understand the whole scene. No sharpe cuts, instead it is smooth and simple which might keep the audience interested with what is going on.
the editing was very clear so it showed the meaning to the audience so they can easily understand what the story is trying to bring across to us.

sound - the background music at the beginning could suggest that it has some relveance to the main character and the story line. the other sounds used were digetic due to the fact that it was to show him in different places to understand what environments he is living in. some examples are in the kitchen, the bus stop and in the class room where kids were messing/shouting and talking loudly.

mise - en - scene - most of the scenes were set up during the day time using natural lights so no studio lights were needed. the mise - en - scene delivered information across to us about what sort of person the main character is by portraying him as a typical teenager. His costume was of a school uniform to show that he is still a student at school which is relvant to the class room scene that is at the end.

the whole clip represents mainly males as the dominant gender because the camera is more concerntrated with them throughout the clip. towards the end of the clip we get introudced to a female teacher at the school which might have a meaning that women are just as equal to men due to having professional jobs, however they are not shown as often as the males characters are.

Evaluation

There are different methods of evaluating the final project these are:

• video- recorded evaluation where people / objects are shown explaining the project and the purpose of it
• text - written evaluation explaining without pictures more details about the project
• pictures/ diagram - showing images of different shots of the movie 
• presentation- different slides of the process 
• commentary - a voice of screen explaining the project in more details while showing different parts of the product

As a group we have chosen to use commentary as our evaluation due to the fact that some of us are not as confident on the screen showing our faces. Therefore commentary will be easier for us to present and show the movie in more details as we will be able to follow the script that we will prepare earlier.