As media summer homework Rob Wilson

Audience and Institution

 

Film – Mission Impossible Rogue nation

Plot – The film mission impossible is an exciting action films that contains lots of futuristic gadgets and technology ensuring the audience is glued to the movie. The film is about how a special group who were set up by the American government is shut down due to them costing the government too much money. Their aim is to take on a terrorist group and get there department up and running again whilst the key agent is being hunted down for breaking American laws. He has to stay very secretive and has to ensure no one knows where he is in order to stay alive. He requires his friends to help him achieve these missions. They are left to conquer some of the most impossible missions yet.

 

Genre- I believe the film is aged specifically at men as there is lots of nice cars and cool gadgets which would appeal to lots of men.

 

Age rating – 12 a

 

Film budget – The budget is estimated at 150,000,000 million dollars.

 

Directors and actors – Christopher McQuarrie is the director of the film. The film contains actors such as Tom Cruise who plays the character Ethan Hunt, Jeremy Renner who plays the role of William Brandt, Simon Pegg is a key character in the film called Benji Dunn and Rebecca Ferguson is a main actor and helps Ethan throughout the film and goes by the name Isla Faust. Tom Cruise is a very popular actor who has starred in loads of famous films he has won 43 awards including golden globes.

 

Studio production – Paramount Pictures

 

When was the film released?

UK -30^th July 2015 Premiere- 25^{th July} 2015  

USA – 31^st July 2015 Premier- 27^th July 2015

How many screens was the film shown on?

 

5 different examples of how it was advertised – Video trailer was released on the internet, reviews were left on the internet that could of attracted a customer to watch the film, Interviews with the actors was posted online , there may have been posts by celebrity’s that star in the film that were put on social media e.g Twitter , there was websites that posted information on the film and what actors where going to be in the film and some information about the storyline.

 

 

 

 

Representation in TV drama

 

Task 1

Choose a character and think about how they are ‘represented’ in the show in which they appear.

• TV drama name - The Walking Dead
• Genre of TV drama – American horror / drama
• Actor/Actress name – Andrew Lincoln
• Character name – Rick Grimes
• Age of actor – 41   Age of character – 41
• Ethnicity –
• Regional identity – A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia , America
• Costume – A American police uniform with a cowboy hat.
• Lifestyle in 5 words – caring, violent , leader , intelligent , quick-thinker

• Interests- Cares a lot about his friends and family and is interested in keeping others well.
• Motivation in most situations- He gets motivated by ensuring he stays alive and making sure others stay alive
• Love life – He had a wife that cheated on him with his best friend as they both thought Rick was dead only for him to find the group they was in later on in the series she dies.
• Problems in life – He gets shot on a police call which leaves him in a coma he then wakes up in a world infested by zombies and has to adapt to survive with very little resources.
• Key moment in Drama series – a key moment could be when he recovers from his coma and finds his family and their group which some of the members of that group are still part of the group now.
• Prediction for future narratives – The place that they are staying could get overrun by zombies or other groups and I think a lot of the group members may die leaving the remaining group to relocate.
• How are the audience meant to react to them? – The audience should be drawn in and should want to watch it and the audience should be made to think about what’s going to happen next.
• Friends include-

Character name	Actor/Actress name	Relation to Rick Grimes
Daryl Dixon	Norman Reedus	Best Friends and part of his group
Carl Grimes	Chandler Riggs	Ricks son
Glenn Rhee	Steven Yeun	Good friends and part of the group
Lori Grimes	Sarah Wayne Callies	Wife
Carol Peletier	Mellissa McBride	Good friends and part of the group

                                                                                  

 

Task 2

Representation of age

 

Character name	Age in TV Drama (Approximately)	Type of clothing	Examples of actions/behaviour
Daryl Dixon	35	Scruffy clothing, unclean and ripped.	He is a good hunter and good at tracking things and is a quick thinker. Uses a crossbow as a weapon to defend himself.
Michonne	40	Jeans and a scruffy top but at the moment she is wearing a police uniform	She is a strong loyal character that thinks about others before herself and sensible when making decisions she use a samurai sword to defend herself.
Carol Peletier	50	She wears clean clothes but clothes that seem old like old dull cardigans for example.	She is an aggressive character but very calm and recently has started to become more aggressive. She has started to bully people who she knows won’t affect her such as children.
Carl Grimes	14	He wears unclean jeans with a top and usually a long sleeve jacket over his top.	He spent most of his childhood growing up and adapting to the world and is still trying to live a normal life and also trying to copy a similar role to his dad (Rick).
Glenn Rhee	25	He wears jeans with an unclean shirt scruffy shirt and a baseball cap.	He saves ricks life at the start and so he and rick are good friends he is small and agile so usually goes on runs to collect food and supplies.