Film is uploaded

Here is our finished music video which has been uploaded to YouTube

BBFC Age Ratings

How do the British Board of Film Certificate rate films?

Films ratings are based on the content in the film. Material that shows

• Violence
• Nudity/Sex
• Drug use
• Blood/Gore
• Bad Language
• Discrimination
• Suggestible themes (these may be dangerous acts that children imitate)

How is 'Sense8' postmodern?

'Sense8' is an American science fiction drama, the plot revolves around 8 people from different walks of life who suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked. Sense8 aims to explore topics that are often ignored in other, more conventional sci fi shows such as: identity, sexuality,gender and religion.

One reason why Sense8 is so clearly postmodern is that the programme revolves around the blurring of reality. The characters have momentary experiences of each other’s lives. In the first 10 minutes this becomes apparent, when we see police officer Will gorski wake up from a nightmare and precede to go and complain about the loud music from the neighbouring apartment. He knocks on the door and we can hear the dance music coming from inside. When no one answers the door, Will kicks the door down and the music stops. He finds the apartment empty and there is no trace of anyone. We as the audience know that he is experiencing the sound of the nightclub from character Riley Blue, an Icelandic DJ living in London. This scene is cleverly edited as the music is represented as digetic sound, because it is not revealed that he is experiencing Riley’s hearing until he enters the empty apartment.

Another example of the blurring of fiction and reality is when we are presented with a scene in a church, where a man is approaching the alter wielding a gun. He holds the gun up to the priests head and is about to shoot when the director calls cut. We are then shown that this is just the set of a film and they are all actors. This scene would not have the same effect it does if it revealed this straight away. Instead we are made to feel uneasy with the intense non digetic music and the slow tracking shot of the feet walking along.

In the first episode of Sense8 we are introduced to the main 8 characters within the first 25 minutes. This Constant switching between each character’s experience creates a lack of clear metanarrative which makes us intrigued to discover their link to each other. This is also a feature of post modernism

The transgender character Nomi Marks is not immediately revealed as a trans man and instead is shown with her lesbian lover. This creates the feeling that transgendered people are just like anyone else (which they are). However other shows in the past have either not included trans people or included them as a token character which have no effect on the plot of the piece. This shift in attitudes towards sexuality and gender is an extremely current topic, this emphasised how up to date with modern life Sense8 is and is effective in its approach towards modern issues.

School Trip

Today we visited 'F.A.C.T' (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), we watched the film 'The Princess Bride', it was a good film and I couldn't help but try and analyse the postmodern aspects of it. An example of these postmodern features would be the fact that it is essentially a story within a story. The film cuts between the fairy tale and the young boy's reaction to the story.

 

 After watching the film we had a short talk from a member of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) He told us how films are rated and explained why 'The Princess Bride' is rated a PG (Parental Guidance). Here is the link to the BBFC Website

Here is a picture of FACT in Liverpool

costume ideas

Jangle pop is similar to the style of indie rock in the way that the band members dress. This is why we have chosen to base our costume choice off the indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club

They wear plain unbranded shirts and t shirts and plain trousers. Our clothing choice will be similar to this band

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An example of a controversial music video

The prodigy- Smack my bitch up
This music video was very controversial at the time of its release, as the behaviour shown is very graphic.

The whole video is shot from what we assume to be the point of view of a man. This video documents a person going out and engaging in: drug use, car theft, violence. This is very controversial as most other music videos at the time were not graphic. However in recent years, music videos have become more and more raunchy. This is a marketing strategy to create hysteria around an artist's videos which often increases sales.

The prodigy made this music video in an attempt to break down gender stereotypes. We assume we are watching a man's behaviour, because we associate violence with men more than women. Right at the end of the video, the person we have been watching is revealed to be a woman

This video was made at a time when it was assumed that domestic violence was only an issue in hetrosexual relationships, where the man is violent to the woman. Where as in reality, violence is an issue in lesbian couples too. It is clever the way that we are allowed to make our own assumptions about the person before it's revealed.

Jangle pop conventions

The song we have picked for our music video is 'Chamber of reflection' by Mac DeMarco. This song is a mixture of the genres indie rock and jangle pop
it is hard to pin a definitive style on the mixture of these genres. This is why our music video will follow the conventions of the indie rock genre.

Conventions of a digipak advertisement (3)

Britney Spears' album 'circus' is a great example of an album advertisement that creates an image around it. The old fashioned styled poster is a reference to old advertisements for events that are deeply rooted into our entertainment culture, such as the circus. This poster style could also be hinting that Britney is going in a new direction, where she is more experimental and outlandish.