Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships give you the opportunity to learn the skills in a job through working at that job. the difference between this and just getting a job is you can get a qualification out of it which can bee seen as the equivalent of a levels sometimes. Apprenticeships are extremely useful as they show a future employer that you have experience in the job that you might be applying for and in the creative industry it is very useful as a lot of employers will look and experience and skill rather than qualifications. sometimes in an apprenticeship at the end you may even be able to work there permanently due to the employer hiring you due to the hard work that you have put in. Degree Courses With a degree course you get a qualification for building skills needed to work in the industry by doing hands on experience or studying as to build up knowledge. this is seen as a much easier way to get into the industry compared with an apprenticeship but apprenticeships surround you with new opportunities to learn the intricacies of the workings in the job. Trainee Placements To do a trainee placement you need industry experience. Trainee placements are more for people who know what they want to do in the industry and what they want to get trained in. It enables you to be added to a data base in which potential employers can search you up to hire you as a trainee and, if you are appropriate for the job or fit the part, you can start a plan of training. In this blog i will be talking about representation and how stereotypes play a part in. Rural setting of the main characters home - The main character is a farmer who lives in a farmer house surrounded by corn. the character is usually quite dirty, has a heavy southern accent. The house is made almost entirely of wood and is dirty, dusty and full of creaks. there is a dirt road that leads to the house. all of these things are very stereotypical of a farmers house and shows immediately what the main character might be like just from where he lives. The female Gender - Anne Hathaway's character is viewed by the audience as a heroine and is a character that is essential for the completion of the journey through her intelligence and views. Coopers daughter Murph is also a very important character not for her appearance (which is also applicable for Anne Hathaway's character) but for her intelligence. Both the female characters in this film break the convention of women always being the princess role and the love interest. A feminist female writer called Laura Mulvey had a theory called the Male Gaze. The Male Gaze is when, in film, the audience will always be looking at the female character from the perspective of a man. They will see the female characters as the love interest and their worth will be from the way they look. An example would be in the Expendables 1, there is only one female character and they would be seen by most people as attractive. She spends the majority of the film being saved by the men of the film thus she will be seen as weaker than the men and only valued for her looks. There is also a test called The Bechdel Test that consists of these rules: - Does the film Have 2+ female characters? - Do those two female characters talk to each other at any point. - Do they discuss anything other than men? This film, even though the female characters counter the old stereotype of women in films, still doesn't pass the Bechtel test. The two female characters never speak to one another face to face. Overall interstellar passes the Male Gaze test is passed due to the women having worth due to their intelligence not their looks but it fails the Bechtel test due to the two female characters never speaking to each other. i think that interstellar does a good job at showing that women should be respected not only for their looks but there is a long way to go until there is gender equality on screen. I took part in a focus group of 4 people judging my Ident. Overall this was very effective in letting me know how my Ident is to my target audience and whether it is effective. some of the things said included: 'The jingle was good and catchy' 'it wasn't particularly visually pleasing' 'the title isn't big enough' 'More colour' This exercise was very useful in letting me know what was good and should stay in the Ident and what was bad and could be improved. I also made a survey in which members of the target audience filled in. the results were: This was overall the most effective way in finding out peoples opinions on my Ident. you can get genuine statistics on whether different aspects of the Ident were successful for example being successful in being recognizable and visually pleasing.
Overall i learned that the Ident was not perfect. some of the changes that should take place include: making it more visually pleasing and interesting Make the title bigger have more colour to make it stand out if i were a producer i would use research to find out the costs of production. this is called production research and this is to find the cost of the whole film and whether it fits into the budget you have been given or it is to work out the budget you should be given. Production research can include things like finding out the cost of the people working on the project, set cost, how much to pay actors etc.
If i were a producer i would also do research on the demographic in which the film will be aimed at. i would do this using social media for example things like Facebook or twitter. I could also create a survey in which i would send to the aspired demographic. I would then need to research all the crew that will need to be involved with the film. this can include, but is not limited to, editors, cgi, artists, animators, sound crew etc. linked to this i would have to research what director would best suit the style of the film. for example i might choose Christopher nolan if i wanted to make a sci-fi film. picking a director is an extremely important part of research because they are what makes the film (arguably) what it is. you need to be very well researched in the director because just because there is an amazing director doesn't mean they are right for your film e.g i would most likely not choose Christopher Nolan for a film about romance. In researching i would also research actors that would bring a big crowd and increase hype for the film. A good researcher definitely need to have very good communicative skills as they need to be able to communicate what they have researched to the director. they have to communicate staff costs, demographic findings etc with the director very clearly as to result in the best finished product possible. Risk assessments, as annoying as they might be, are necessary to benefit both the employer and the employee. they are used to protect the employee from danger/hazards but it also protects the employer from being sued as they have looked at the potential dangers so anything that happens is not of the fault of the employer.
Interstellar fits into a few genres but for the most part it is seen as a sci-fi.
Interstellar, throughout the entirety of it, uses science to explain many of the things that go on i throughout the film. Some of the space travel scenes science is used to recreate what space would be like for example some of the scenes used to show the ship traveling through space there will be no sound due to how there is no sound in space. Science is also used to explain what caused the issues resulting on why the main characters have to travel through space. They explain that global warming and overpopulation is causing the planet to die which are totally plausible and scientifically backed up reasons for the world to be in danger from. This is why interstellar will be seen by most people as a sci-fi and is most associated with this genre. Interstellar could also be seen as an adventure film. The characters must travel great distances through unknown places as to save the planet or in fact save the people on the planet. They spend almost all of the film traveling great distances and adventuring places that are very different to what the characters are used to and this is why the film could also be perceived as an adventure film. One could also argue that this film is a thriller because throughout the film it keeps you on the edge of your seats but i think to say this film is a thriller is a bit of a stretch because thrillers will usually be associated with films that play with your emotions and have high suspense building up to the climax. this film does this but i would say it doesn't count as a thriller because there is more to a thriller than just thrilling you or otherwise there would be no difference between action films and thrillers. Comparison to Alien Alien is classed as a sci-fi film just like interstellar and they both have similarities for example the setting. Both films use science to explain things and try to realistically present things so they can seem plausible to the audience for example in alien with space travel they try to make it seem as realistic and scientifically backed up as possible. also things like movement sensors are used which of the time were quite new. These two films show what would usually be expected in a sci-fi film but the genre of sci-fi doesn't actually give any indication on what type of film it is going to be it just gives an indication hat things will be as scientifically backed up as possible and potentially might have something to do with space. for example the atmosphere in alien compared to interstellar are vastly different. alien is also known as a horror whereas there is no hint of horror in interstellar. this shows that films can always fit into more than one genre and that sci-fi as a genre is quite general. |