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Uses and Gratification of the media towards the audience A famous individual who went by the name Laswell suggested that media texts do the following for an audience: surveillance correlation entertainment cultural transmission In 1974 there were two researchers named Blumer and Katz came up with something which stated that the audience may chose andContinue reading “Audience in Media Pt2”

A media text has no meaning until it is read or decoded by an audience. Over the course of the past centuries, people who analyze media have developed many theories from the information that they perceived in media. In this post we will analyze some of the theories which have been developed. Paul Lazarsfeld, BernardContinue reading “Audience in Media”

Genre Hybrids Film genres need to be fluid, these need to consists of shifting evolving sets of paradigms. If this weren’t the case then film would be making the same movies part of the same genre groups and the stories wouldn’t be changing and it’d become very bland. That’s why over the centuries there hasContinue reading “Film Genres Pt2”

This is an important topic for critics, film makers, audiences, and media theorists. It is very important the way that people chose to watch movies, this is important for the initial marketing of a movie. It as well has academic and as well practical applications. Genres can be as much about the differences between twoContinue reading “Film Genres”

Time can be comprehended through narrative by: flashbacks dream sequences repetition different characters’ POV flash forwards real time interludes pre-figuring of events that have not yet taken place In media narrative is the coherence/organization which are given to a series of facts. Story in media is the irreducible substance of a story, Narrative is theContinue reading “Narrative within media”

The other day in my AS Media Studies class we discussed the different ways of representation in media. The main representations we discussed were Gender, Age, Race, and Disability. I know that there is many more representation is media but out of all the choices you have these are considered some of the most importantContinue reading “Representation in Media”

Starting the Process This year in AS Media Studies has gone by so fast I honestly can’t believe it, in two months my final project is due which will be a film opening trailer. As I’ve mentioned before in many of my other posts the genre which we will be doing for this trailer willContinue reading “Initiating the Final Project”

His background Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician and composer.Lee has three younger siblings, Joie, David, and Cinqué, each of whom has worked in many different positions in Lee’s films. Director MalcolmContinue reading “Spike Lee, Legendary African American Driector”

Basic Synopsis Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen. Her worst fears soon become a reality when four masked strangers descend uponContinue reading ““Us” Film Analysis”

Narrative and Structure of horror films Unnatural curse Someone who is mentally disabled and uses very violent methods Survival Cults Religious beliefs Death/Murder Revenge Stereotypical characters of Horror Character who usually dies- In many horror movies you usually have an attractive female character or someone that dies in the woods or somewhere in the beginningContinue reading “Conventions and Codes of Horror”