Mr Smith's Big Six and The Rules

My video explaining why the The Hunger Games broke the Four rules of making money in blockbusters. Also talking about Lionsgate and how they worked in collaboration with Universal Studios/Pictures to make The Hunger Games.

AS Media, Mrs Hammond Connotations & Denotations

Denotations:
A woman dressed in red with a light shining directly down on her and she is surrounded by three men on their knees dressed in black and have skulls on their t shirts, looking up to her. One of the three men is holding a skateboard. Just above the woman's head is a halo held up by two cherubs. The background of the photo looks like a sub-urban environment.

Connotations:
The men from the picture seems to be admiring the woman, so shes getting a lot of male attention in the photograph.The red dress connotes the colour of love, so she would get the male attention. From the background and the halo being held by cherubs, anchored with the writing from the side, she seems to be an urban angel. Carrying on with the idea that she is an urban angel then the three men on the ground could be looking up to her like shes a god, or even possibly praying to her. The skulls on the mens t shirts could connote that they're sinners and they have seen an angel, which could mean that they are praying/looking up to her, also how she is showing alot of skin connotes that she is confident about her body. Also the product that GHD are selling is lit up in the bottom left corner, this could mean that if you buy the product you could look as good and as confident as her.

The stages of film making

The stages of Film making made on prezi.
http://prezi.com/tovvmxlpoapv/present/?auth_key=de9a4yd&follow=-mwrfi9lwrmf

Film review

The Dark Knight:
When Batman, the mayor and the police force launch an assault on the mob, the mob was left to turn to the Joker for help, but in doing so the mob didn't count on the joker bringing total chaos to Gotham City.
The film would be targeted at Action lovers, this film has alot of action along with unexpected plot twists. The certificate for this film is a 12A.
The dark knights budget was $185,000,000 seems reasonable considering all of the hi-tech batmobiles!
Christopher Nolan Directed the film and the film has a few widely known actors such as Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Heath Ledger and many more.
Warner Bros are the studio that made the dark knight. The film used alot of special effects especially with all the explosions going off every scene. The film was released 24th July 2008.
The film was advertised in several ways:
Posters
Trailers
T.V Adverts
Bus Pictures
Billboards

Cinema AS Media Studies.

The Conjuring-
I wanted to see this film because i generally like horrors, although this film was a "Supernatural" Horror which isn't really the type of horror i would usually go for. I much prefer the horrors which could actually happen, like realistic horrors. E.g The orphan. I enjoyed The Conjuring although the introduction storyline was actually a better story line than the actual film itself. There were a lot of scenes which made me jump which obviously for a horror is essential. The conjuring is a good film for supernatural lovers, but for me the film just wasn't up to scratch.

Kick Ass 2-
I wanted to see this film due to the first kick ass was amazingly good, and the first was left on a cliffhanger, so i wanted to see how they carried on the story. The film was defiantly not up to my expectations, but was still an enjoyable watch nonetheless. The storyline was good, although it could have been better, defiantly needs more action! In conclusion kick ass 2 is a good film but will never live up to the original one.

The Internship-
I defiantly wanted to see this film due to the massive advertising campaign. Everywhere you go there was a poster, sign or a trailer for the internship! Even on the trailer for the internship there was an advert for the internship! The internship defiantly had its moments where i literally laughed out loud but as a whole it was little more than average. What let the film down was in the trailer they had already shown most of the funny parts, so when you finally watched it, you already knew what was coming.

5x5 Media Studies Anthony Rachael

5 Bands- Links are to random songs by the bands.
Blink 182- A good Pop Punk band!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kMZ23T9VHE
Sum 41- Ahh a classic band who writes memorable songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMX2lPum_pg
Enter Shikari- For when you're in a dancy mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oFyhXd5P8
Cage the elephant- Unusual band, but amazing at writing lyrics and songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0tsm0EhCJM
Fall out Boy-  Awesome band who have recently caught my attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jT1ETM5HUA

5 songs- 
Ain't no rest for the wicked- Lyrics are genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U631FGnXDXY
Killing in the name- A song which you can just jump around feeling angry to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ
Zero percent- Heavy, fun to sing along to!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HumePIkmTtQ
The anthem- A pop punk classic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desJKYvdq9A
All my life- I like what the song is about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ04WbgI9rg


5 Video Games-
Gears of war- Extremely entertaining killing "Grubs"
Call of duty- ZOMBIES!
Guitar Hero- Despite the blood and gore from other games this one is still pretty awesome to rock out to.
Battlefield- Violent game, which i like!
Fill it - Most of my ICT lessons in Brockington consisted of this game.

5 films-
V for Vendetta- Awesome anti-government film.
The Dark Knight Rises- "You either die a hero or stay alive long enough to watch yourself turn into a villain"
The Love Guru- Funny film filled with innuendo's
Forest Gump- A classic.
Water Boy- Hilarious.

5 T.V Shows-
How I Met Your Mother- I can relate to Barney. I'm too awesome.
Big Bang Theory- Funny smart people jokes.
Family Guy- Funny, anything that can happen will happen.
American Dad- Twin brother of family guy.
The Simpsons- My childhood.