Unit 6 Notes

Genre-The style of film in question i.e. sci-fi, horror, action.

Target Audience-Who you're aiming your film/programme at i.e. age range, gender

Oppositional Readings- Comes from people who aren't the target audience or who disagree with the product. What your'e not supposed to think i.e. GTA-'GTA is evil and makes you violent'-Parents aren't the target audience. You can have an oppositional reading even if you are the target audience.

Mode of Address-The way the product speaks to you, it should make you feel a certain way

Preferred Readings-Agreeing with the product. Feeling the way the producer wants you to feel.

Generic Conventions-What you expect to see. Star Trek trailer is a good example. It meets the generic conventions of a sci-fi film, but at the start of it, we see someone jumping out of a car in slow-mo which are the conventions of an action film.

Star Trek Trailer
Action
Car chase scene
Explosions
Sci-fi
Aliens/robots
Props-guns,spaceships
Costumes-Space gear
Comedy
Simon Pegg
Men(stereotypically)
Effects-explosions
Costume removal...bra shown
Fighting
Women(stereotypically)
Narrative of a strong woman
Romance
Actor takes his top off
Star Trek Fans(oppositional)
Spock-Star Trek character
Movement of hand

Narrative

• Linear(in a straight line)
• Single strand-story of/based on one person
• Flashbacks-Makes the story non-linear by breaking the line of the story
• Multi stranded-when we follow different peoples lives/strands/situations
• Enigmas-Codes/puzzles for the character to solve that keep us interested
• Character types-(Hero/Villain/Victim)

The Inbetweeners (Genetic Conventions)

props     -car

              -car door

Costume-monkey costume

              -Neil's speedos and a vest

              -Neil's lack of costume

Dialogue-'muff'

              -'clunge'

              -'pussy'

              -'spunk'

              -inconsiderate arse holes'

Narrative-enigmas-car door-works at 'bp' not a garage

               -Will's paddy-cuts to wide shot of the front row

               -Simon pulls out in the middle of a funeral-wide shot of the hurst

               -Flash backs in an orange colour wash, makes the storyline non-linear, then it returns to linear.

Representation of Young Men

-Costume-dressed as casual lads, nothing 'scruffy' but not over expensive/in the middle

-Dialogue-language is informal as they're mates, and they use a lot of bad language and vulgar language. Tend to make fun of each other and laugh at each other, typical 'ladish' behaviour.

-Actions-Will-very sensible, he acts and dresses like he's a lot older than he is

             -Simon-slightly tense a lot of the time

Neil's movements on the floor shows that its a comedy and the way the other three stand there and laugh at him is is a good representation of how your mates would react instead of helping you. Appeals to the male audience because of how the lads act and the use of lines like "I get to ride...(jay)a mans cock in the bushes". This also proves that its a comedy. Other lines that we hear that prove that its a comedy are things like "well i'd give a left bollock for em' " and "today is about tits". A voice over is used to narrate whats going on.