Tuesday 15 June 2010

A2 Class Activity - DVD Cover Analysis/Comparison [15th June '10]

1. what is the gene/sub-genre of the film?

Kidulthood: Denotation - Colour, Lighting, Presence of baseball bat
Connotation - Thriller, Violence
City Of God: Denotation - Image of lovers, pointing fingers, Gunmen
Connotation - Romance, Horror, Violence

2. How are people/places/events represented on the cover?

Kidulthood: Denotation - Teenagers, Baseball bat, City background
Connotation - Violence, Violence amongst teens, city life

City Of God: Denotation - 'Paradise', Rugged clothing, Gunmen
Connotation - Romance, Slums, Violence

3. What institutions are involved in the production, distribution and exhibition of the film?

Kidulthood: Denotation - Revolver entertainment, National lottery, UK film council
Connotation - Production Company's, Public helps with funding

City Of God: Denotation - Mirimax logo, Fernando Mirettes
Connotation - Produced by Mirimax, Directed by Fernando Mirettes

4. Who is the target audience? How are they targeted?

Kidulthood: Denotation - Teenagers, 'Before adulthood comes', Age certificate
Connotation - Teenage taret audience, Adult based target audience, 15+ Audience

City Of God: Denotation - Certificate, Mis en scene, Front image
Connotation - 18+ Audience and Content of movie eg violence, 18-24 Audience - No elderly seen within images.

2 comments:

  1. www short and to the point, bulet points are very useful means of getting to the issues quickly

    ebi formatting (don't use black text on black background), be wary of over-simplification, try to explore reasons why

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  2. The black font weas white before. My blogs formatting is messed :(

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