Analysis - Vogue

Analysis

Company - Homie Feels

Analysing Pictures

Analysing Minority Report

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

Photo 1

The photo is a picture of angry police officers/cops from the future. I think that they might be slightly angry because of the facial expression from the man in front which is angry yet confused. His stare is strong and looking directly at the camera connoting he is serious and feeling formidable and better than everyone.

It is focusing on him because he is the main and head police officer; everyone follows his lead. The use of a *medium close-up captures him and the background of other men. The picture is focused on 4 men and then there is a man in the background who is out of focus showing that these characters will be the main police officers who are better than the others and do more to capture John (the main character/hero/Tom Cruise).

This picture tells are something is about to happen, something filled with action (police officers fugitive).

*medium close-up: When the waist and head are both visible and the actor is roughly in the middle and has other characters and background.

Photo 2

This picture shows a car. This shows characters crashing into the top of the car (broken car). This picture is at a *long shot because it shows the subject (the car) and it also shows the background of a warehouse/shed.

The car has also been placed at an angle so we can see the condition it is in before and after the crashing of the dummy/ character.

It is focusing on the car because that is the main subject in the picture. There is other sheds but they are not important; to let the viewer know, they focus on the car.

This picture also tells us that it will result in an action related theme because of the body falling on it. This is at a perspective angle because something can pop out of nowhere and it also connotes danger; busted car, dark place and screaming.

*Long shot: shows the whole subject and plenty of background

Photo 3

This picture is showing the main character/Tom Cruise. This picture was taken in a *close up to show the emotion of the character. In this picture he seems confused and slightly distressed but then he also seems like he has control of the situation.

It is focusing entirely on the character with a small amount of background (blurred). The character may be in a fight with someone (planning out his next move). He doesn’t seem guilty but seems innocent as if he doesn’t know why this is happening. This was taken just to see the expression of the character.

*close up: to focus closely on one subject (a part of the subject only). 

Colouring a fruit bowl

Fruit Bowl

Fruit Bowl - Colour

I didn't have a colour theme; I just chose a poster I like.

Using the Eyedropper tool on Adobe Photoshop, I used colours from a Spongebob Squarepants picture to randomly colour in a fruit bowl. I tried to group the colours together to make it seem like each piece of fruit was a character but towards the end it didn't look too great so I randomly but the colours in random places which made it look slightly more coordinated but less planned out due to some clashes of colours giving it the look of a random fruit bowl.

I tried to make the colours and the fruits completely different. Example: the grapes are different (unusual) colours.

I chose to use a Spongebob picture because it was a variety of unusual colours of different shades and I thought they would merge together nicely as the colour coordination in the picture was pretty good and made sense, however it was slightly odd. It made me think of off coloured fruit (which is why I chose it).

Overall, it turned out better than I expected because of the different range of colours from the picture I used (almost recreating the image).I didn’t have a colour theme; I just chose a poster I like.

Using the Eyedropper tool on Adobe Photoshop, I used colours from a Spongebob Squarepants picture to randomly colour in a fruit bowl. I tried to group the colours together to make it seem like each piece of fruit was a character but towards the end it didn’t look too great so I randomly but the colours in random places which made it look slightly more coordinated but less planned out due to some clashes of colours giving it the look of a random fruit bowl.

Prison Break: Key Concepts//LIAR

Prison Break Poster

Key Concepts – LIAR.

Prison Break:

Language: Prison Break is promoted by using the main characters on the front. The use of an explosion and them standing in front connotes that they are more dominant and everything else is put behind them now. The dark colours symbolize dark times. Both the characters are sweating (tired), also they are staring straight at the camera (direct and serious). There is a helicopter and the tower and lights and explosion which indicate violence and ‘running away’. Although there is no slogan on the poster, the slogan if ‘The Break is Just the Beginning’ and for the last episodes//film, it is ‘The Final Break’ which is dramatic and pulls people into it. What happens after they break out? Who will they save in The Final Break? The picture of them indicates they are slightly burnt and bruised from gunshots and running through different, harmful conditions. When you look at the picture you can hear an explosion and sirens. You can hear the explosion because of the vibrant yellow//orange splashing around in the background. You think of sirens because of the lights.

The title looks bruised and dirty which could connote rough times. The dirty white stands out against the dark blues of the sky (night time).

Institution: This programme is produced by Paul Scheuring (a clever man with clever ideas) and was first released on FOX. FOX is multinational, however Paul Scheuring is a smaller institution who made the programme and produced it with FOX. 

Audience: This programme is mainly directed to men. I would say 60% male and 30% female as it does contain 2 strong female characters who appear properly later on in the series (Sarah and Gretchen). I think it is viewed more by men because there are many male leads throughout the series. The age rating is 15 but is more aimed at 18-40 because it is a pressure cooker drama which targets that age group. It contains slang nicknames which some people over a certain age won’t understand. For example, ‘C-Note’ is a name which some younger people won’t understand (Benjamin Franklin) or ‘Fish’ or even ‘Snowflake’ which is slightly racist. Some people will also not understand the D.B.Cooper story which is pretty important to understand seasons 1 and 2.  However, ‘T-Bag’ is understood by most people (who know his full name).

Also, it contains very different and hard to understand jokes/plans (which people younger than 15 won’t understand as well as people in their twenties). The age rating should definitely be a 15 due to the amount of violence, language and negative messages (attracting more men).  

Representation: There are not many stereotypes in this series. However, you could say it was being racist against white people as all of the bad people are white (including the 2 main ‘villains’ who kill everyone, Christina Rose and Krantz). You could also say that there weren't enough black characters. The black characters don’t have a big lead but there are 2 which are mentioned and appear in a few episodes (C-Note and Lang). One stereotype in this is that the man is the male lead and is more dominant. Another stereotype is that it includes a woman as a ‘damsel in distress’ which is typical for most things, typically, her lover is the one who saves her, however, it does add a few unexpected twists such as a fake death and a hand in a box.

It presents the main character Michael as the brains and then Lincoln is the dumb but aggressive one. In the picture, it makes Michael seem more like the serious one and Lincoln as the one on the side as he is behind and is in a different position. 

Media Debate Part 2

Media Debate Part 2

“Are my Facebook friends the same as my friends in real life?”

I disagree with this because it isn’t true for me. My Facebook friends are just people I know; I don’t necessarily like some of them but I mainly have them if I ever need to talk to them/ I like being nosy and seeing what people are doing with their lives. Also, I like to have them on Facebook to see what becomes of them in the future. Facebook is just to ‘connect’ with people and ‘fill up your newsfeed’ so when you’re bored you can see what other people have liked/shared.

However, everyone I add, I know them; I don’t add random people. Everyone I know either went to my school goes to my school or is my family in any way.

Having social networks helps us become friends with others, however, in this day it is mostly used for nosiness, not friend making but that is normal.

Media Debate

Media Debate 

"Teenagers are involved in more anti-social behaviour than any other age group"

I partly agree and I partly disagree. I agree because of technology but I disagree because of theft.

 I partly agree because of modern technology (teenagers are always on the phone) or they use social networking sites. I agree with this side of things. However, some anti-social activities are more involved with other age groups. Adults are more involved in theft then teenagers but people think differently because teenagers are stereotypically involved in this sort of stuff; however, it isn’t true. Adults are involved in more theft then teens. Anti-social behaviour has a wide range of activities and not all of them involve teenagers as much as they involve adults or pre-teenagers.  

To conclude, teenagers are involved in many anti-social activities but they are balanced with other age groups such as adults, pre-teens and elders. Teenagers outscore every age group with technology because our generation was brought up with phones and mobiles and maybe vandalism as well but adults are also involved in this type of behaviour (newspapers, phones, work and theft).