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Concept Preliminary Task 2

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  Film Title: At Bay We decided on this title because it was less generic than other options like 'Kidnapped' or 'Abducted'. At Bay means 'cornered' or 'captured'  which better suits Lily's predicament. It is not shown on screen but she is cornered by the Kidnapper and has to face him. Having a less typical title sets the film a bit apart. Target Audience: 16 and over. This is because of the dark, adult themes associated with women, particularly young girls being kidnapped. Conventions: Symbolism/Iconography: The setting of the home contrasts the crime that is about to be committed as a home is supposed to be a place of peace and happiness, not violence and crime. The clothing of the characters is also symbolic. The casual clothing of Lily shows her vulnerability, the kidnapper's dark clothes symbolise the darkness of his deeds and Ryle's business-like outfit shows his somewhat normal life that he now is losing because of Lily's disappear...
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War of the Worlds

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How is the War of the Worlds example of 1938 a good example of audiences relating to a media product? What was the context of this event?  In 1938 Orson Welles did a radio broadcast based off the novel War of the Worlds by H G Wells. Most of those who started listening did not hear the notice that it was a fictional story and believed that aliens really were invading the US. This caused national panic and Welles had to reassure everyone that it was just fictional and nothing was out of the ordinary. This is an example of; in Stuart Hall's reception theory; a media product that did not have a Preferred or Dominant reading and rather interpreted a fictional story to be reality. This means that audiences will not always take to the preferred reading. This also links to the "hypodermic syringe" that means that audiences are given information through media and their behaviour corresponds to the media consumed. In this case, the audience was told there was an alien invasion and...
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Opening Sequences Part 2

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  Question:  How is the sequence engaging and how does it conform to traditional thriller codes and conventions? The Bourne Identity (2002) The opening sequence to this film serves as an introduction to the character and his predicament, which is his amnesia.   This shot here is also an introduction. In this case it is to one of the symbolic colours in the film. It is blue and it symbolises the past Bourne is leaving behind. At this point however the audience does not know what has happened to him during his past. And neither does he.   The shots on the boat as it sways in the wind of the storm nod towards the uncertainty of the situation. As these shots are setting the scene they bear somewhat subtle links to the uncertainty Bourne is about to feel when he wakes up. This effect is magnified with the way the title card comes up on the screen. The letters begin mixed up which aligns with this idea of uncertainty, specifically around his identity. The cuts between sho...
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