Assessment Task - Bond Poster

The Bond poster is an advertisement for the film Spectre. This is very suited and ties in with the media because the film industry is a part of it. The Bond poster is a mid-shot of the suspected two main characters in the film (excluding the skeleton mask person) The mid-shot includes the large bold numbers (007) and a gun, which gives an implication that the prop of the gun, will be used and it will be Bond's main weapon. The large print of the number will catch the eye of the public; people will be attracted to the poster and will want to get closer to read/see what the poster is about. The repetition of the prop also connotates that the film will be action based and there will be the use of weapons. Bond looks professional and looks confident. This is needed though for any protagonist. He also looks masculine and determined to do his job, this is suggested by the way he is standing, with his chest out.

The woman, who is behind Bond, is suggested to be his sidekick who will give any help that he needs. Her positioning is significant because it implies that 'she has his back' which makes her seem that she is his sidekick rather than a princess who need saving. Her, being a sidekick is stereotypical because women are seen to be less motivated and weaker than men. Men are normally in control and in charge which infers that she can only help. The stereotype of women is used here because it fits in to the norm of a hero catching an antagonist and a sidekick (normally a women) who helps. Opposite to this, Bond being the hero is stereotypically correct, men are seen as more brave and committed towards their job. So this means that Bond will be more suited being the hero, being a man rather than a women. The target audience would be any mature adult who is a fan of any fast paced, action film. The poster indicates that the film is going to be violent (the use of the gun) which suit the eyes of adults over children. Also, stereotypically men enjoy watching more chaotic films than women. Therefore, more men than women may decide to watch this.

The History of Film

The first ever film recorded was in 1878, it was only 2.11 seconds long. This was because of the limit of technology, it meant that films were under a minute long. Below is the video of the first film made:



Later in 1894, Thomas Edison invented the first ever motion picture camera for making silent films. The first films were silent and were black and white. However, in big cities an orchestra played some music whilst the audience watched the film. There were a few main silent movies actors, which included Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. Click here to view the most popular top 10 silent films ever made. 33 years later, in 1927 the first sound video appeared. It was called 'The Jazz Singer'

Technicolour first appeared in 1916, but it started to become common from 1922 to 1952. At first it was very expensive to make films in colour but eventually became cheaper. The first computer animation film was in 1995 which was 'Toy Story' It used computer generated imagery and now the company is responsible for famous movies with this technique. 

More recently, in the last decades special effects are used. They are used to create illusions and helps to create tension.
There are many roles in a film, from the actors (sometimes stunts) to location managers and technicians. Without all of these, there wouldn't be any films. Click here to view the all time box-office top 100 films ever made.
Who knows what the future looks like for films? They have became more and more advanced and the future looks bright. For every good film you need a good story line, full of emotions and as new technology is developed and made, for films and movies they will only get better.

Me And The Media

My relationship to the media is good. I listen to quite a lot of music, mainly chart music. However, I don't really watch many films and read newspapers. I have many social media apps and use them quite often via my mobile phone and laptop. I also play many video games, which all in some type of way tell stories which involve the media.

These are the apps that I mainly use.

To all social platforms there are side effects, click here to view what the real impacts are.

Recently, there was a hurricane which attacked America, I have been interested on what has been going on and have read articles and videos about it

Below is a video about the destruction it has done