Film Language: Mise en Scene2

PEAKY BLINDERS EPISODE 1

Setting: China town and industrialised town(smoky factories, cobbles,dirt ground. Bird 

Props:horse (used to make tommy Shelby higher up than others), Red Smoke (to symbolise spells to help) Canes and top hats to show higher class.

Hair/Make-Up:certain style of the time sides cut with barbers razor and the top left and this is also in fashion these days so this can show recurrence of fashion

Facial expression/body: face looks moody and body has limited movement with horse using one hand

Digetic sound: Crunching ground when horse trots, The voices are clear and accents are quite accurate

Casting: Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby with his body language and facial expressions to show how powerful her was and how stern he looks and how people look at him and hide.

Lighting and Colour:

Positioning with the frame:the main character is always in the middle and high up to show his authority and is always main in focus when he is in a scene 

Setting: Old Digbeth/outside in the middle of the street,cobbles and rubble.

Prop: Red mist(used as a spell)

Hair/Make-Up: Dirty faces from the gravel and smoke.

Facial expressions/movement: the girls dads face looks in horror as tommy Shelby arrives this shows the authority he has over people.

Casting: Using chinese people in this section of the episode connotes the multi culturism of the City so this is quite effective to show the variety of ethnicity even back then.

Diegetic sound: voices are very clear and the horses movement is well heard.

Positioning in frame: The main characters in this scene are the Chinese father and daughter and they are mainly positioned in the middle or to the left of the frame so you can see what is happening and can follow the story.

Lighting and colour: natural dark and misty with the fogness.

Setting/Background:Black background with white writing so it stands out for the audience to know what they are watching and the type of font used is bold and kind of old western style to introduce you to the period of time this program is set in.

Props:none as this is the title screen

Hair/Make:none

Casting:none

Diegetic Sounds:The crunching of the ground but a non digetic sound used is the tense music that is used.

The positioning within the frame:The title is positioned bang on in the middle as otherwise you would not be able to read the title and not know what you are watching and it adds effect is it means the font can as big as the creator wants to fit the screen and add effects like shadow to fill the frame.

Lighting and colour:dark  background clear font to stand out and un natural as its a title screen

Setting/Background: Dark and cloudy that could foreshadow something bad is going to happen. Old style housing to represent the time period this program is set in.Factories as this is set when Birmingham was quite an industrial city.

Props:Horse to show the power Tommy Shelby had in that era and the use of the horse connotates that he is above everyone else.

Hair/Make-up/costume:The hat he wears throughout the scene is an iconic symbol of the gang he is a part of

and the outfit he is wearing symbolises the kind of fashion that was around this time period and also shows his socail class as a suit can show he is high or middle class.

Casting: Cillian Murphy who is an Irish actor portrays Brummie Tommy Shelby in great way as his accent is very good for a non brummie and this makes it more realistic using the correct accent.

facial/body language: his facial expression show he is a stern stubborn character and shows he is powerful as he looks down on the others in the scene and the scowl when he sees the other people who arent in his gang he shows he only respects certain people.

Lighting/colour: dull natural due to the cloud and sun is breaking through to show abit of brightness

SAW VII mise en scene

SAW VII TRAILER(3D)

SETTING: warehouse(isolated and creepy),dark,creepy lighting,cage(trapped and no escape),town centre(public humiliation),glass cage(can be seen no privacy)
PROPS: traps(icon of the movie as SAW is to do with contraptions and weird ways of dealing with people)/masks(main character jigsaw wears a mask that has became an icon for this film series and the mask is white with black hair and red/black eyes and red circles of cheek and they are the colours usually associated with horror and danger.)/puppets(jigsaw has a puppet like head and this adds to the freakiness of his persona)/cages(used to trap the victims and also adds to the horror of the film)
HAIR MAKE UP: blood(used when the victims are hurt or decapitated),body parts(needed when the victims body parts are removed to make more realistic),roughed up(like scars,scratches,ripped clothes.
FACIAL EXPRESSION/BODY:scared(shaking,freaking out)/horror(mouth movement,eye squint)/disgust(face tenses up)/pain(whole body moves awkwardly,face squirms)
LANGUAGE/MOVEMENT:screaming/jigsaw has a deep voice creepy tone/lack of movement/small
LIGHTING AND COLOUR:dark lighting/bright in places/3D so adds more effect
POSITIONING WITHIN THE FRAME:
Man in glass building about to get cut in half and he looks absolutely mortified and he is positioned in the middle of the building.There is a large crowd watching this as it is a strange occurrence so this will be watched by many but no one can help as he is sealed in the container with a timer and a screen for jigsaw to communicate with him.

Who's the new Braveheart Darling or Salmond? You decide!!!!

The 18th September will be a date to put in the history books as the final decision on Scottish independence will finally be made. So this will be a major day for the whole of the United Kingdom as if they vote yes this could have major repercussions. This could cut the Scottish economy due to the money they make from being part of the United Kingdom and could cause prices of Scottish exports to increase. Also, if yes is voted, the population of Scotland who voted no may leave this country, causing lots of jobs to be unfilled with less people to fill the roles and the money situation could be difficult as they may lose their currency, the pound and with them joining the euro this could cause money problems. If Scotland separate from the UK they will also not be entitled to use the Union Flag.

Good things from the yes vote will be that Scotland can decide what they want to do with policies and won't be influenced by another country. This can also help Scotland as they can carry on with their own rules and laws, they would be their own state and could decide how they want to be run as a country. The Scots will also have their own parliament to decide what happens there and how it happens.

Alex Salmond is the leader of the Scottish National Party and is leading the yes party as he is a strong Scottish Nationalist who wants this country to be separate so they can have more power as a single country. The SNP was a fringe movement before Salmond took over in 1990 and since then he has bought this party to the highest level possible. He believes in Scotland having enhanced devolution so this is a strong belief in him to get Scotland as much power as he can so it shows he does not want to depend on England as a source of income or to have the same laws and policies to show that Scotland can thrive as their own. Alistair Darling is the leader of the No campaign and is a former Labour MP and believes in Scotland staying part of the United Kingdom. He is pro- Britain and has worked in the British government for many years, but also labour were the largest party in Scotland so he could see this as some revenge on the SNP.

The BBC has shown a Panorama episode based on the Scottish referendum where it can be seen as a biassed opinion for Scotland to vote no as the BBC are a British organization so they will be biassed towards that one opinion. This is shown by the way they talk about Mr Salmond is negative and they put all positives about staying in Britain and hardly any of the yes parties' views. This is shown when they talk about how in the 70s how pro British Scotland were and how unlikely they thought a referendum would be.

The yes party campaign video was done in a great way. It shows a young girl growing up and talking about the good things that could come from this and asks rhetorical questions -  'What kind of country will I grow up in?' One of importance or one that ceases to exist? This is a great use of propaganda and repetition to make the situations in this video play on your mind, to try and lure you in. Another thing that Salmond has done well is boost the amount of Scottish MPs in British parliament.

My opinion on this whole situation is that I couldn't care less to be honest, I don't bother with the English government as David Cameron moans about everything and is even begging for Scotland to stay British but to be honest, who cares? Politics is one of the things I have never been interested in as it does not have anything fun involved so why would I care about another country's decision I would only care if it was my country involved.

         

First Day

I am Reece Baker and I am 17 years old. I am doing this course as I am interested in the media industry and the aspects of media I have a major interest in are producing,editing and writing as writing allows me to express my imagination. The dreams I wish I could are to pass university and have a good reputation in the media industry but as a back up plan I would become a DJ for parties and other functions with the dreams of making it big time as music is one of my biggest passions. The editing and writing side of media interest me as it allows you to have freedom and jot down the ideas you have that could end up helping you and editing as it allows you to use the best parts of your work to make it even better. The part of media I enjoy the most is programming as it allows you to showcase your work in the best way if you have programmed the segments of work correctly.
This is my first week at sccb as i was at solihull college last year studying radio so I thought I would come to this course as I want to broaden my knowledge of media so that I will build a big enough understanding to use this knowledge later in life.