Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Matrix trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtqU57sR0B8)
I have linked this trailer as The Matrix is a very good example of a Postmodernist text and is also a great example to back up the theory of hyperreality with the Matrix plot centred around a world run by computers and machines.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
How did you get inspiration from other media products in order to make you own project?
My project was about a boy who leaves behind his turbulent life and goes off in search of his hero in a long and eventful journey. I got the inspiration for my project from existing media products, such as ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ and ‘Home Alone’. These films also involved child actors and Little Miss Sunshine was particularly important in terms of my research as the trials and tribulations and voyage of discovery were some of the themes that featured on my own media project. Home Alone was important in gaining an understanding of a child actor and how it launches the career of a child actor. I needed to understand this before I could start planning the filming of the project. The road trip/journey element was inspired from films, such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles as the journey goes on a long journey there are bound to be highs and lows along the way plus the fact that the journey was central to the film as it is the core of the narrative : ‘ searching for their hero’. I also researched by looking at film trailers from films, such as Spiderman and Planes, Trains and Automobiles in order to gain some understanding on how a film is edited for a trailer and also how long they should be.
Another discovery film that inspired my project was looking for Eric. This is another film where someone gains inspiration in search of their hero, in this case legendary footballer Eric Cantona. So in conclusion my project gained an inspiration from a range of existing media products and tried to extract the themes from them which helps to make my film seem more like a hybrid.
Another discovery film that inspired my project was looking for Eric. This is another film where someone gains inspiration in search of their hero, in this case legendary footballer Eric Cantona. So in conclusion my project gained an inspiration from a range of existing media products and tried to extract the themes from them which helps to make my film seem more like a hybrid.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Comparison of woman clone CD cover and my film poster
The genre between the 2 different texts differs, because the CD cover seems to contain cultural themes, such as feminism and obsession. This is due to the fact that the main image is of a large image of a woman which is strategically positioned under the words woman and clone. The obsession comes from all of the magazine and newspaper extracts that are positioned in and around the woman’s head and also contains a presence of feminism with the titles of the headlines, such as ‘THE QUEEN PALACE DIARY’ and ‘THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WOMEN DESIGN A COOKER’. The second one also shows connotations of sexism by the portrayal and stereotype of women designing something that turns out to be a failure. It is also a cry out for independence with all of the cover being based around women.
The film poster by contrast that was part of my practical project is centred a lot more around more general themes, such as ambition and hope. These themes are much less serious than themes shown on the woman clone CD cover as they are more general and are not up for debate in modern society. Ambition is a connotation in both the CD cover and my film poster, but the ambition is aimed two different bigger issues and goals. The CD cover shows the ambition with the feminist themes for women to be given the same rights as men and to be truly equal. The film poster on the other hand has the quotation ‘How far would you go to realise your dreams ?’. This shows the pursuit of happiness and also looks at the bigger picture, but it is the happiness of an individual not of an entire culture though.
The film poster by contrast that was part of my practical project is centred a lot more around more general themes, such as ambition and hope. These themes are much less serious than themes shown on the woman clone CD cover as they are more general and are not up for debate in modern society. Ambition is a connotation in both the CD cover and my film poster, but the ambition is aimed two different bigger issues and goals. The CD cover shows the ambition with the feminist themes for women to be given the same rights as men and to be truly equal. The film poster on the other hand has the quotation ‘How far would you go to realise your dreams ?’. This shows the pursuit of happiness and also looks at the bigger picture, but it is the happiness of an individual not of an entire culture though.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Explain how you used digital technology to adhere to or deviate from the conventions of real media texts?
I used digital technology to adhere to the conventions of real media texts by having a film teaser trailer that uses a range of camera angles and also to have the footage mainly around the escapades around one main character to give the film its own unique identity. An example of this is in superhero films, such as Spiderman or Iron Man where the emphasis in the full films or the trailer is of the film’s main protagonist and we used editing on the apple macs to shorten clips and also change the transition of shots in order to make this happen. We also used a voice recorder to record the voice of Miles’ angry parents at the part of the trailer where he leaves home. We chose not to show the parents in the shot, because I thought that it would be more effective if you could here the voices only in order to keep the emphasis on Miles with him being the only one in the shot and therefore the pain is felt by Miles and the sympathy is felt by the audience.
I also added sad farewell music to the part of the product where Miles’ turns down help from a stranger and walks into the distance. This adheres to media products with the sad walking away music when a character departs when all hope seems lost. I then for the next clip used uplifting hopeful music when Miles runs through a field in order to balance out the emotions that are being felt by Miles and being shared by the audience. This also shows the unpredictability in the plot to show that there are plenty of surprises in the film. If the film was too predictable then it would risk audience as the different twists and turns help to create the link to real life as the old saying goes: “life is full of twists and turns”. I also tried to show the harshness of reality when Miles is kicked out of the house to show that life can be cruel and also has many trials and tribulations along the way. When using the farewell music I adhered to real media products by fading it out when the uplifting music started in order to make the mood transition more smooth and make the editing seem more professional. All of these things I feel were each important.
I also added sad farewell music to the part of the product where Miles’ turns down help from a stranger and walks into the distance. This adheres to media products with the sad walking away music when a character departs when all hope seems lost. I then for the next clip used uplifting hopeful music when Miles runs through a field in order to balance out the emotions that are being felt by Miles and being shared by the audience. This also shows the unpredictability in the plot to show that there are plenty of surprises in the film. If the film was too predictable then it would risk audience as the different twists and turns help to create the link to real life as the old saying goes: “life is full of twists and turns”. I also tried to show the harshness of reality when Miles is kicked out of the house to show that life can be cruel and also has many trials and tribulations along the way. When using the farewell music I adhered to real media products by fading it out when the uplifting music started in order to make the mood transition more smooth and make the editing seem more professional. All of these things I feel were each important.
"The concept of narrative is essential to media". In what ways did you use narrative in the construction of your media product?
I used narrative in the construction of my media product by trying to structure the teaser film trailer with a beginning, middle and end. This way the audience sees the full picture of the distress and despair of the Main character’s (Miles) life. The transition is eased slowly in the different shots form the despair and feeling really low when leaving home to the excitement of his journey to find his hero and to start a new chapter in the life of Miles. We needed to use the different black screens as a sort of record as to how each step of Miles’ journey is going. For example when it says “For Miles his life was torn apart” and then later “no-one could help“.
I used narrative to shape our project around its genre. For it being a feel good film filled with highs and lows we had to show on the teaser trailer a range of different emotions coming from Miles. This can be compared to another feel good film called Happy Go lucky that was produced by Film Four. This was another feel good film filled with highs and lows and therefore makes good viewing for the audience, because no-one likes a film that is too predictable where everything is set in stone. The audience is more likely to seek unpredictability and suspense as if a media product is too predictable then it can lead to boredom within the audience. As well as this narrative was also used in the construction of my media product by contrasting the different environments that featured in the teaser film trailer. At the start we have the upsetting environment of Miles’ house where he is unloved and neglected by his parents. Whereas at the end you see him running through a field in search of his hero having been filled with a new lease of life and risen from ‘the depths of despair’.
The narrative also shapes my project, because Miles is on a journey of discovery and finds out new information about the world around him, but also things that he didn’t even know about himself. His journey is the main core of the film. What is also significant about this is that the audience discover these facts with Miles as by watching the journey they can feel like they are tagging along with Miles. Helping the audience to engage more.
I used narrative to shape our project around its genre. For it being a feel good film filled with highs and lows we had to show on the teaser trailer a range of different emotions coming from Miles. This can be compared to another feel good film called Happy Go lucky that was produced by Film Four. This was another feel good film filled with highs and lows and therefore makes good viewing for the audience, because no-one likes a film that is too predictable where everything is set in stone. The audience is more likely to seek unpredictability and suspense as if a media product is too predictable then it can lead to boredom within the audience. As well as this narrative was also used in the construction of my media product by contrasting the different environments that featured in the teaser film trailer. At the start we have the upsetting environment of Miles’ house where he is unloved and neglected by his parents. Whereas at the end you see him running through a field in search of his hero having been filled with a new lease of life and risen from ‘the depths of despair’.
The narrative also shapes my project, because Miles is on a journey of discovery and finds out new information about the world around him, but also things that he didn’t even know about himself. His journey is the main core of the film. What is also significant about this is that the audience discover these facts with Miles as by watching the journey they can feel like they are tagging along with Miles. Helping the audience to engage more.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Media and collective identity Precis
The media helps to shape the identity of certain groups within modern society. Identity can be thought of in a number of different ways. These include protection of identity, such as an identity card and your own unique identity on social gatherings such as the internet networking website Facebook. The media usually targets social groups , such as the classes and also minority ethnic groups, such as the police, teenagers, the elderly and the disabled. The media’s opinion on all these unique groups which exist within our society. The way that the media represents these different groups, especially if they do it in an extreme way can help to shape or even change our opinions about the different groups in our society. Magazines and gender are two factors that link easily together, because a lot of magazines target one gender as their core reading audience. For example heat magazine is targeted at women, because they like to read about the celebrity lifestyle and gossip as the research carried out by the publishers and editors has lead to them creating a well structured magazine based on their research of their target market. Nuts magazine does the same for the male reading market. One of Karl Marx’s main areas of analysis was on feminism and them holding their own unique identity and how that it is a key importance in society.
Celebrities are another key area in terms of taking about media and collective identity. Celebrities are thought by many as idols and something to emulate. Celebrities are also usually the key targets of the media, especially stories like scandals and fashion tips etc. Celebrities are usually thought of as spoilt and as a sort of cult. However the opinion on celebrities usually varies as some struggle to understand why they are so important and why we care about them and what they think. Whereas other see them as their idols and will watch reality TV shows, such as celebrity big brother or I’m a celebrity get me out of here , because they care about them so much. Sexuality is also a big topic , especially for the newspapers as they are usually represented in a less neutral way. Either they are being criticised or praised using media, such as films like, Brokeback mountain, Philadelphia and sugar rush.
British cinema has also helped to make a decent contribution to media and collective identity especially in films like Bend it like Beckham as stereotypes are often used to base different culture roles within the films. For example the proud Indian culture shown in Bend it like Beckham contrasting with the football and British cultural representations. However the downfalls and negative features of an identity can be shown in British films. This is England is a prime example of this, because it shows the effects of crime and gang crime in Britain today so they also realism to the content of the films. This helps to show cultural development.
Celebrities are another key area in terms of taking about media and collective identity. Celebrities are thought by many as idols and something to emulate. Celebrities are also usually the key targets of the media, especially stories like scandals and fashion tips etc. Celebrities are usually thought of as spoilt and as a sort of cult. However the opinion on celebrities usually varies as some struggle to understand why they are so important and why we care about them and what they think. Whereas other see them as their idols and will watch reality TV shows, such as celebrity big brother or I’m a celebrity get me out of here , because they care about them so much. Sexuality is also a big topic , especially for the newspapers as they are usually represented in a less neutral way. Either they are being criticised or praised using media, such as films like, Brokeback mountain, Philadelphia and sugar rush.
British cinema has also helped to make a decent contribution to media and collective identity especially in films like Bend it like Beckham as stereotypes are often used to base different culture roles within the films. For example the proud Indian culture shown in Bend it like Beckham contrasting with the football and British cultural representations. However the downfalls and negative features of an identity can be shown in British films. This is England is a prime example of this, because it shows the effects of crime and gang crime in Britain today so they also realism to the content of the films. This helps to show cultural development.
Saturday, 9 January 2010
Postmodern texts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayYiMygqlfo
( daybreakers trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qndn1WnP3xM
(Doctor who trailer)
I have found what I believe are useful learning resources for postmodernism in media. I chose these 3 posters, because pastiche is key to these as they are twists on the reality that we actually know. For example the machine run world of The Matrix, the gang culture in This is england and the adrenaline filled action of Hot Fuzz all of which used pastiche to construct new identities. I chose these two trailers, because Doctor who is a prime example of pstmodern TV. It combines new ideas of reality with all the monsters, aliens and new worlds with the reality that we all know and recognise and therefore it plays with postmodern ideologies like cultural diversity and pastiche. Daybreakers is a new film that has come up where vampires rule the world and farm humans for blood to keep the vampire population alive. This is a similar idea to the matrix with the idea of an alternative reality and the insuperiority of the human races and all its weaknesses with the race on to save the human race from extinction.
Postmodernism chapter : Précis
Pages 136-167 of the A2 textbook looks very closely at the idea of postmodernism and the effect that it has on the media industry. Postmodernism plays with the relationship between media and reality. Images and representations of key issues are the core of this. Jean-Francois Lyotard and Jean Baudillard gave different interpretations of postmodernism. Baudrillard’s theory gives a clear idea of how the media effects our lives and so helps to make sense of why postmodernism is such an important theme and attribute of today’s media. Lyotard on the other hand wrote the book postmodernism explained to children so both theories try to make postmodernism easy for everyone to understand, but with different aims.
In terms of examples of postmodern media ‘The Matrix’ is a prime example. This is, because of the plot of the film imagining an alternative reality to our own and the machines taking over our minds as well as other ideologies of the film have been interpreted by many as the controlling force and the machine run world is a less ‘savoury’ reality. The Coen brothers are also big influences on the postmodern media world. They have made films, such as ‘The Big Lebowski’ and ‘24 hour party people’. In these films intertextuality helps to sew
in our knowledge of other media texts with our interpretation of the film which helps to give films their own idea and own postmodern unique attributes. The Coen brother films are often hybrids where they are made up of two different genres in order to possibly confuse expectations of their films.
In terms of Postmodern TV, programs like the Mighty Boosh carry the idea of Ecclecticism whereby a piece of media has completely strange and new ideas running together or the plots are fractured and some of ideologies of the texts are different from each other. For example in The Mighty Boosh features strange music and the ideologies of a very different perspective on reality with ideas of music lovers working in a zoo which is where you would imagine would be the last place they would work as well the utterly bizarre happenings within the Zoo, particularly with the animal behaviour so the setting is made full use of to provide the most laughs as can give to the audience. Ricky Gervais’ two comedy smash hits ‘the office’ and ’extras’ have similar aims to the Mighty Boosh with the characters trying to make it big in the world, but also portraying the trials and tribulations that can be linked to real life society.
Magazines and video games are the other 2 media platforms that provide a real insight into the ‘post modernistic world’. GTA has taken video gaming to a different level with all the attributes of crime within the real world which can influence the players to do it themselves and magazines also help to construct postmodernism with playing with audience desires, like in ‘Nuts’ magazine and the desires of men being played upon.
In terms of examples of postmodern media ‘The Matrix’ is a prime example. This is, because of the plot of the film imagining an alternative reality to our own and the machines taking over our minds as well as other ideologies of the film have been interpreted by many as the controlling force and the machine run world is a less ‘savoury’ reality. The Coen brothers are also big influences on the postmodern media world. They have made films, such as ‘The Big Lebowski’ and ‘24 hour party people’. In these films intertextuality helps to sew
in our knowledge of other media texts with our interpretation of the film which helps to give films their own idea and own postmodern unique attributes. The Coen brother films are often hybrids where they are made up of two different genres in order to possibly confuse expectations of their films.
In terms of Postmodern TV, programs like the Mighty Boosh carry the idea of Ecclecticism whereby a piece of media has completely strange and new ideas running together or the plots are fractured and some of ideologies of the texts are different from each other. For example in The Mighty Boosh features strange music and the ideologies of a very different perspective on reality with ideas of music lovers working in a zoo which is where you would imagine would be the last place they would work as well the utterly bizarre happenings within the Zoo, particularly with the animal behaviour so the setting is made full use of to provide the most laughs as can give to the audience. Ricky Gervais’ two comedy smash hits ‘the office’ and ’extras’ have similar aims to the Mighty Boosh with the characters trying to make it big in the world, but also portraying the trials and tribulations that can be linked to real life society.
Magazines and video games are the other 2 media platforms that provide a real insight into the ‘post modernistic world’. GTA has taken video gaming to a different level with all the attributes of crime within the real world which can influence the players to do it themselves and magazines also help to construct postmodernism with playing with audience desires, like in ‘Nuts’ magazine and the desires of men being played upon.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Doctor Who - Postmodernist text
Media newsflashes, TV news within, Doctor’s speech about importance before regeneration links to the speech that Ricky Gervais gave in Extras when he was in the Big Brother house which relates to ego and your personal importance within society. Counters Royle family with scene where he visits those he cares about. This shows a sort of battle for our attention between technology and real people. Doctor Who can also be related to by the audience, especially the Americans who believe in Aliens, even those who have life insurance against them in America (no joke) . Especially because as Doctor Who is one of the countries that the BBC distributes Doctor Who too. Doctor Who is also culturally diverse, because of the supernatural world of the Doctor and the higher powers involved in the evil plot to destroy the Earth and the inicent population of the Earth.
Doctor Who has also become cult viewing with 10 million people watching the episode on New Years Day. Mary Whitehouse originally targeted Doctor Who for censorship, but now by today's standards it is no longer an issue. There are many important connotations that come with Doctor Who. These include sacrifice, danger, suspense and drama that is sure to keep you watching, especially if an episode is two or more parts long.
Doctor Who has also become cult viewing with 10 million people watching the episode on New Years Day. Mary Whitehouse originally targeted Doctor Who for censorship, but now by today's standards it is no longer an issue. There are many important connotations that come with Doctor Who. These include sacrifice, danger, suspense and drama that is sure to keep you watching, especially if an episode is two or more parts long.
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Bricolage
Music narratives:
• 8 mile
• The Doors
• School of Rock
• Tenacious D
• Michael Jackson
• Mighty Boosh: Fresh perspective on rock music and rock bands.
• Boat that Rocked (parody of real life events= when rock and roll took off.
• Remixing existing audience opinions about the music industry
• Stereotypes: Rock musicians: Drugs, women etc.
• Woodstock parodies
• Hippies
These music narratives help to shape our understanding of music culture and how it influences society. The music narratives that are listed above help to show this and help to break the boundaries and establish new stereotypes and link to bricolage in terms of 'building' our knowledge and some of these examples are based on real events such as woodstock and the emergence of rock and roll music. These help to create perfect parodies for a new piece of media.
• 8 mile
• The Doors
• School of Rock
• Tenacious D
• Michael Jackson
• Mighty Boosh: Fresh perspective on rock music and rock bands.
• Boat that Rocked (parody of real life events= when rock and roll took off.
• Remixing existing audience opinions about the music industry
• Stereotypes: Rock musicians: Drugs, women etc.
• Woodstock parodies
• Hippies
These music narratives help to shape our understanding of music culture and how it influences society. The music narratives that are listed above help to show this and help to break the boundaries and establish new stereotypes and link to bricolage in terms of 'building' our knowledge and some of these examples are based on real events such as woodstock and the emergence of rock and roll music. These help to create perfect parodies for a new piece of media.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The Mighty Boosh
· Looking in the camera: Reaching out to the audience and giving them a more detailed idea of the current situation.
· Postmodern ideas over what is good music: ‘no-one listens to Jazz’
· Eclectic ideas of costume. Nothing they wear makes sense in the scenes.
· No laughter track
· Characters have similar characteristics, but also very different ones
· Tying in new musical ideas that modern artists like Lily Allen attempt to use.
· Mise-en-scene working on music in small room. Like working on a car in a garage. Personal thinking space.
· Active audience: playing on the hilarious side of eclecticism encourages people to watch after seeing the adverts.
· Postmodern: Takes self reflective approach
· Mixture of pleasure and trauma like in the Office
· Eclecticism gives it own identity in tough TV area : Sitcom
· Parody of music programmes that are focused on a love of music but are a lot more mature
· Audience can empathise with the characters as these are the sought of situations that can crop up in everyday society.
· Postmodern ideas over what is good music: ‘no-one listens to Jazz’
· Eclectic ideas of costume. Nothing they wear makes sense in the scenes.
· No laughter track
· Characters have similar characteristics, but also very different ones
· Tying in new musical ideas that modern artists like Lily Allen attempt to use.
· Mise-en-scene working on music in small room. Like working on a car in a garage. Personal thinking space.
· Active audience: playing on the hilarious side of eclecticism encourages people to watch after seeing the adverts.
· Postmodern: Takes self reflective approach
· Mixture of pleasure and trauma like in the Office
· Eclecticism gives it own identity in tough TV area : Sitcom
· Parody of music programmes that are focused on a love of music but are a lot more mature
· Audience can empathise with the characters as these are the sought of situations that can crop up in everyday society.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Postmodernist film poster
I believe that this poster that I have created has postmodernist ideologies, such as the morals ( with Miles being kicked out of the house) , mix of low and high cultures ( football and the need for adventure) and also the mix of setting with the playing of football and Miles' house in different moods. The slogan also refers to chasing your dreams which shows the element of adventure and ambition which blended with the new generation of younger people I believe creates a true feeling of Postmodernistic impressions.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
lesson notes
Pastiche = Mixture of styles
Leone Tarrantino (Good the bad and the ugly)
Principles – Morals, values
Blade Runner: Dystopian science fiction. It is about time or the lack of it. Real world concerns in a fantasy setting
Jameson (Postmodern critic)
“Pluralism is the inevitable state of late capitalism”
Leone Tarrantino (Good the bad and the ugly)
Principles – Morals, values
Blade Runner: Dystopian science fiction. It is about time or the lack of it. Real world concerns in a fantasy setting
Jameson (Postmodern critic)
“Pluralism is the inevitable state of late capitalism”
Monday, 23 November 2009
Technology problems
I haven't been able to upload the notes from the analysis of films , such as intolerable cruelty due to internet connection problems with my computer at home.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Summary of the week's lessons
This week I ahve learned a lot about about the different aspects of PAINPIPES, such as nihilism and pastiche. I also watched adulthood in order to gain more understanding of postmodern society and its good and bad elements as well as how it links to the real world society in which we live.
Friday, 6 November 2009
Notes from Last lesson
Last lesson I learned about postmodernism and its different aspects. · PAINPIPES: Playfulness, Aesthetic ( the way things look), Intertextual (bringing in another text) Nihilism, Parody, Irony , Pastiche, Eclectic (blend of genres), Self referential
· High culture : Ballet, TV, Film, Newspaper, Religion
· Low Culture: Club membership,
Modernism starting with series of paintings showing positives and negatives of cultural identity and clear messages and values were portrayed.
· High culture : Ballet, TV, Film, Newspaper, Religion
· Low Culture: Club membership,
Modernism starting with series of paintings showing positives and negatives of cultural identity and clear messages and values were portrayed.
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Boat that Rocked H/W
Truth Representation Reason for change - media theory and analysis where possible
Tony Benn was postmaster general in charge of shutting down pirate radio. He was a labour minister Kenneth Branagh as Minister Dormandy (loose parody of Benn) an implied Tory he aims to shut the station down Stereotype of austere minister, humourless, creating a binary opposition to the DJs.
Musical output and style of presentation of the first (pirate) station ( Radio Caroline) very similar to BBC radio light programme Compares restricted and very non recorded output of the BBC. 3 radio services of 1966. One liberal service Anti-Elitist, pluralistic ( pop culture) showing how people can challenge governments
By the late 1960s, Britons were able to enjoy a host of media Collective identity of naïve Britons huddled around radio for pirate stations Mythological image of 2nd world war and 1950s families huddled
Most music played on most radio stations was classic with only about 45 minutes pop or rock played in the day Radio rock playing rock and roll 24/7. Constant reference to this fact. To show the significance and showcase the importance of the emergence of Rock and roll music.
Radio One DJ Emperor Rosko Represented in the film as the Count To keep the idea of the characters the same but not make them too similar or the film would lose it’s personal identity
The significance of Jazz on the BBC Not mentioned in the film Keep the emphasis on the importance of Rock and Roll for this narrow area of music culture
Tony Blackburn breakfast disk jockey during 1960s Chris O’Dowd’s character Simon is used for the film Showing the more modern equivalent of Blackburn and portraying him in a more humorous way to suit Curtis’ style of directing.
Families used to be huddled round the radio for the broadcasts Shows not just families but also others, such as kids staying up instead of going to bed To try and link it to present day audiences and in so doing help the audience of the film to relate to the listeners of Radio rock
Many previous generations were brought up on the Radio Rock’s type of music Portraying the vast audiences so effectively For the older members of the viewing audience to relate to their childhood
All of the real pirate radio ships of the 1960s used single-mast antennas Ship that was used for filming used twin mast antennas Better sound quality to make the film more professional
Tony Benn was postmaster general in charge of shutting down pirate radio. He was a labour minister Kenneth Branagh as Minister Dormandy (loose parody of Benn) an implied Tory he aims to shut the station down Stereotype of austere minister, humourless, creating a binary opposition to the DJs.
Musical output and style of presentation of the first (pirate) station ( Radio Caroline) very similar to BBC radio light programme Compares restricted and very non recorded output of the BBC. 3 radio services of 1966. One liberal service Anti-Elitist, pluralistic ( pop culture) showing how people can challenge governments
By the late 1960s, Britons were able to enjoy a host of media Collective identity of naïve Britons huddled around radio for pirate stations Mythological image of 2nd world war and 1950s families huddled
Most music played on most radio stations was classic with only about 45 minutes pop or rock played in the day Radio rock playing rock and roll 24/7. Constant reference to this fact. To show the significance and showcase the importance of the emergence of Rock and roll music.
Radio One DJ Emperor Rosko Represented in the film as the Count To keep the idea of the characters the same but not make them too similar or the film would lose it’s personal identity
The significance of Jazz on the BBC Not mentioned in the film Keep the emphasis on the importance of Rock and Roll for this narrow area of music culture
Tony Blackburn breakfast disk jockey during 1960s Chris O’Dowd’s character Simon is used for the film Showing the more modern equivalent of Blackburn and portraying him in a more humorous way to suit Curtis’ style of directing.
Families used to be huddled round the radio for the broadcasts Shows not just families but also others, such as kids staying up instead of going to bed To try and link it to present day audiences and in so doing help the audience of the film to relate to the listeners of Radio rock
Many previous generations were brought up on the Radio Rock’s type of music Portraying the vast audiences so effectively For the older members of the viewing audience to relate to their childhood
All of the real pirate radio ships of the 1960s used single-mast antennas Ship that was used for filming used twin mast antennas Better sound quality to make the film more professional
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