Textual Analysis Of The Roommate

Time Slots

As me and my team all have very different time schedules, such with work, hobbies and fitting time in for other subjects, it is hard to keep track of when we are available to meet. In order to help out when we can film and edit, we have stuck down sticky notes when we are available and the times and when we aren't in order to save messing each other around. This is our December timetable; we have also done one for January and February.

 

Six Stages Of Media Production

Textual Analysis of Psycho

Psycho 

1960 - September 15th

Duration - 106 minutes

Genre - thriller, psychological

Plot - A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Mise En Scene -

The action takes place in a out of the way setting, very far away from a city. A stereotypical quiet area where its perfect for a murder. The murders take place when its raining and dark, this is showing that the weather isn't calm, much like the film. The blonde is dressed in white, therefore showing a innocence and automatically making the audience get the impression that she is a victim in this scenario. 

Sound -

In the beginning of the film, a string instrument is being played. this is extremely dramatic, dark and filled with suspense. It gives the idea that you are being chased or attacked, adding perfectly to the genre of the film. 

Camera shots -

The beginning is a panning of a establishing shot with a sudden unexpected jerking. It makes the audience feel uncomfortable and like the film is unpredictable as the camera movement was highly unpredictable.

 

Audience Theories

Uses and gratifications 

In 1974, two theorists Bulmer and Katz developed a new theory in the use of media; uses and gratifications. This theory that they created suggests that audiences uses media for various reasons. 

- Diversion; the use of media to escape from their everyday life. 

- Personal identity; the use of media to create their own identity from characters in media texts. They often copy their values and learn about their behaviour and try and form some type of resemblance from this. 

- Personal relationships; the use of media to create a interaction perhaps with others with similiar interests. 

- Survelliance; To gain information and knowledge, these are usually documentaries. 

- Entertainment; The use of media just for the simplicity of relaxing and enjoying media.

Hypodermic needle theory

This theory suggests that media is like a syringe which injects ideas, attitudes and beliefs to the audience; because is it usually aimed at a mass audience, they can do little but be influenced. 

The two step flow

This theory is a improvement on the previous theory. The two step flow suggests that information doesn't directly get transmitted to the audience but it is interpreted. 

Active vs Passive

This theory suggests that their is two types of media. Active is the type of media that makes you think afterwards, it intends to make you think. Whereas passive doesn't particularly effect the audience, it doesn't do anything to stimulate the mind and make a lasting impression. 

For our thriller, we have talked about the age that we want to appeal towards for our film. We was thinking about around the age of 15. After looking at certificates, this makes sense as our film wont be gory yet it will be suspenseful and have strong language. The characters in it will be able to relate easier to the audience.

Thriller ideas

After such success with the preliminary task, me and the same group decided to all work together again. Our team in the preliminary task all worked together so well, it only made sense to. We will be splitting the tasks between us all.

After discussion on what to do for our final piece, we all agreed the best type of thrillers were ones with a stalker and a typical victim, as it relates most to real life.

These are a few ideas that we rounded up quickly;

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