Plan - Pursuit of Happyness

Media language – Lots of signs used some more obvious than others that refer to the values:
· Homeless man and instrumental woman
· Graffiti outside nursery
· Portable Bone Density Scanner
· Rubix cube
· Red Car
· How he’s always running
The institutions represented in the film are the hospital, nursery, clothes factory and the stock brokers
The ideologies shown in the film are Ronald Reagan (president at the time) giving a speech about budget out of control and how restrictions are needed also the idea that people live their lives in the pursuit of happiness.
There are lots of values shown in the film which include family, dreams, ambitions, the working class background, money problems, white workers (and how he challenges this), belief and trust.
Audience –
Mis en Scene – How the film is designed to put its point across
· New York, tall buildings show power and success
· Apartment, small, dark,
· Red car, shows the man’s wealth and success
· Bathroom, small, no shower curtain, they share the space
· Office, brightly lit, Chris is ignored as he is black
· Train going into tunnel, represents going into darkness/ being let down
· Past reflection, happy, strong relationship
· Walking up the hill, shows life isn’t easy, a bit of a struggle

Anchoring

Animal Creulty or Human Entertainment

Juxtapositioning

Is this natural?

Framing

The 1st image looks like someone on a walk in the snow stopping to have a photo taken

The 2nd photo looks two friends on a walk together

The final photo reveals all showing the people are hunters and changes our 1st thoughts about them.

We now feel they are cruel people whereas at first

we may have thought they were friendly

5 Media Products

The TV show I have selected is Big Brother and even though I dislike it, it is one of the most well known television shows, sometimes for the wrong reasons. Recently they have lost a lot of views. The audience in this is active as they choose who they like and dislike and then vote them off.

The Radio programme I selected is The Chris Moyles show as this is the programme lots of people tend to wake up to in the mornings. It has mainly a passive audience though they also have the choice of becoming active if they would like to call in and make a comment.

The Website I chose to look at was the BBC. I use their website a lot for checking the news and sometimes to look at the weather. The audience is passive on this website as they put the news across in the way they want it to be perceived without any input from the audience.

The paper I looked at was the Guardian as this is the paper my parents often get on the weekends. Again like the BBC website they show the news how they want it to be seen. So again the audience is passive.

The film I watched was The Italian Job. This is one of my all time favourite films and has one of my favourite actors in as well, Michael Caine. This like all films people like are active as you are actively choosing to stay and watch the film.

Eastenders values

There are lots of values being represented in Eastenders. Communities I feel is the biggest which can be split into three categories family, friends and social groups. In Eastenders they're very obviously split into these categories with the pub (The Queen Victoria) being the centre point where all these communities meet up.

Other more specific values such as secrets, affairs and greed. TV soaps tend to play on these characteristics to build up tension between the different communities as this is what the audience want to see.

About Me (h/w)

I chose Sparklers to represent my personality as they are bright and often seen in groups. I feel this shows my personality as I like to be with my friends and entertain.

My role model is Jamie Oliver, not only for his cooking but as his aims are to see the world and make it a better place. The prime example for this was when he campaigned against the old school dinners to make them healthier, and he succeeded