Print Interviews

1.       This platform is being used because it is a simple interview with a person that’s non-interactive so the audience does not need to give input; this is why it is in a magazine. Also when it is on a newspaper aswell as e-media, it gives it more views/readers.  The interview technique is different to that of the Jonathan Ross Show and the Soccer AM shows.

2.      

 These articles do way more than entertain, the also inform and educate as most broadsheet text do, the answers that he gives in the interviews at the Jonathan Ross show varies to the ones at the print interviews because the Jonathan Ross show is an entertaining show and nothing else. The answers here have a lot more substance and have better vocabulary

3.       As I said before, I think this platform does not allow people to participate as there is nothing along the lines of “tweet us @....” so therefore I don’t think it allows participation.

4.      The questions help relate the celebrity to the audience and allow the reader get more knowledge about the celebrity. Another code is realism; this is shown in the way Plan B talks with a bit of slang and grit.

5.      There is cohesion in the print, there is a beginning middle and end the story told by Plan B makes the reader relate to him as a human being and not a celebrity. This show a bit of connection between Plan and the audience.

The pyscograpics for Mens Health is, men whom are in the aspirers and mainstreamers Rubicam and Young's chart, also people from B to about C1 due to the non fiction route taken, instead of a gossip route taken such as a red top tabloid like the Sun or the Daily Star. The demographics for Men Health is 25-50 year olds who are heterosexual and men.

The pyscographics for the Q magazine are people who are in the refromers group as it is not a major magazine and in the E category due to its youth orientation. The demographics are white teens/youth for both boys and girls.

The pyscographics for the guardian is aspirers and succeeders, due to the vocabulary used in the guardian. People from the social class of A to C1 would read this.The demographics would be, business men, whom are at the age of 30 and above.

The physcographics for the shortlist are people who are in the refromers group as it is not a major magazine. The demographics would be youth at the age of 13-19 and people who are interested in fashion like homosexuals.

Exam 24.02.2014

WWW:-
Some intelligent components demonstrating understanding.

LR:-
Answers are too brief and lack detail. Add an extra paragraph to Q4 explaining the "why" part of the question.

Grade D+

The film appeals to a wide audience because driving is such a broad topic and it needs to be educated to everyone, everywhere what happens if you don't wear a seatbelt. Also, anyone can watch a film such as this due to the fact there is no gore. The role of the child also shows that anyone can have an effect on drivers to make them put a seatbelt. The message is plain and easy to understand as it has no jargon or language that can go over certain viewer's head. Furthermore there is no speech meaning it can appeal to people who speak different language. Due to how brief the film is, it is available to be seen on social networking sites and video blogs. The hypodermic needle theory is used as everyone can be “injected” with the education of knowing what wearing a seatbelt does for a driver.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pvgb9

Plan B on radio 1 conveyed another synergy of plan b and ill manors. This is because in all the other interviews, plan b is being sold as a brand, and on radio 1 the album and film iLL MANORS are being publicised.  The target audience is youth from about 16-28 meaning that Plan B realises that a big gap of sales can go to the people in that category. As plan b has appealed to other groups like the mainstreamers, via the Jonnathan Ross show and the succeeders and aspirers in the tedx talk seminar.

In the radio 1 interview he also gives the audience background information such as where he got the theme off the song "iLL MANORS" he got it from a German man called Peter Fox who is an artist. 

Chat shows

The website for "iLL MANORS" contains

• The Trailer
• Synopsis of the movie 
• Ben Drew information
• Still Images
• Videos 
• Buy now Link
• Links
• Reactions to the Movie 
• iLL MANORS Album 

I think these were put on the website as synergies to the movie, which can promote the movie and Ben Drew as a person. The trailer is on every movie website, because in order to give the movie a second thought, you need to be enticed by the trailer and that is also the case for the synopsis. The information of Ben Drew link, sells Ben as a rapper, singer, song writer, actor, director and lastly, a human being who has had it rough. this page may bring Ben Drew more fans. The videos are there to entertain the audience and show them funny things that has happened on set. The "buy now" link is there to generate income as it is a quick way for people to by a copy of iLL MANORS when it came out. The reactions to the movie are also good as it shows different peoples thoughts(which are generally positive) about the movie. Lastly, the album link is also good as a synergy of the movie and to plan B as a person.

The Jonnathan Ross show I think is for mainstreamers and aspireres as it is a show watched alot of people in the UK who are majority mainstreamers. Aspirers would watch this as they may want to become like these celebrities being interviewed. I think the people watching this would be in the category C1-E due to the different people appearing on the show causing a variety of viewers. 

Jonathan Ross show is broadcasted on ITV and is also on at prime time on a Saturday night, this shows how big his programme is as he gets this main slot after moving from the bbc. Soccer AM is broadcast on Saturday mornings on sky sports 1.

The audience appeal would be different on each different show. In Jonathan Rossis more dry humorous way and it Soccer AM has the football jargon and is more spontaneous. On Jonathan Ross he talks about society and on Soccer AM he talks about his albums and music. He is similar in both texts as he tries to get messages across to the viewers and different in the way that he speaks about different stuff and about different things. 

Dear Mr Drew,

My name is Aaron Alexander, and I was hoping you would be able to take the time out to come to my school Greenford High School to speak with us about what you do why you do it. In media studies, we have been watching iLL MANORS and making notes on  it, and i have seen a different side to the Plan B we see singing and rapping, we see more of  Ben Drew. Seeing you but blood sweat and tears into your movie made me realise that hard work beats talent when talent does work hard (not saying you do not have talent by the way). Also watching your interviews and seeing you speak at the TEDx venue showed me that you have the same view as me in regards to the media.

With this being said, with great humility, my school would be over the moon if you could come and pay us a visit and speak to us in further detail.

Thank you
Aaron Alexander

progress report

WWW:

Ø  Started My print work

Ø  Finished Photo shoot

EBI:

Ø  Haven’t started filming

Ø  Haven’t started editing

Next Steps:

Ø  Pick out photo for my magazine

Ø  Start and Finish Filming 

Institution

The Studio that produced Ill Manors went by the name of "Film London Microwave" also BBC Films and Aimimage had a part to play. These institutions have very low budget, but were able to make a good film.

How much Ill Manors cost to produce (its budget)?

 The film "Ill Manors" cost only £100,000 to make but made a sale of 453,570 on box office.

How was Ill Manors funded?

Plan B went on tour for two years (2010 and 2011) to help fund Ill manors.

What is the target audience for Ill Manors?

The audience is for youth from about 15- 35 even though the age rating was an 18. It is about the life that a lot of youth find interesting so they would watch it also it is targeted at C1-E psychographs as that is low middle and working class people. The unique selling point is the gritty raw personality of London as an area. Also the jargon used by Plan B makes it appeal to youth.

Who is the main distributor of Ill Manors?

The main distributor of ill manors is revolver entertainment as the rights to the film were sold to them in April 2005.

How was Ill Manors promoted?

The film “ill manors” was promoted through revolver entertainment as they were given the rights to the film. However, along with this factor, another was the fact that ill manors was helped to become big through the music videos by plan b to help promote the story line as well as what the film was about.

 Compare this with a big budget blockbuster. What are the main similarities and differences?

The story line was the same as a big blockbuster movie because it had a protagonist and the protagonists survives whilst the other characters either die or go to prison. A difference between them is that the characters in the movie weren't well recognised actors but just normal people acting.
How does the trailer for Ill Manors hook audiences into the narrative and pose questions that the film will answer? Identify 3 ways/techniques.

The trailer for ill manors promotes the film and appeals to the age demographic aimed at by this film, the 15 - 25 year olds. This is done through the use of a music video as teenagers are more likely to watch music videos therefore getting a point across in a music video is an effective way of communicating to this demographic. The trailer clearly portrays the lives people who have been brought up in deprived areas such as council estates and the effect it has had on them whilst they were growing up. This hooks the audience into the narrative because, it gives the audience a realistic insight of how people from deprived areas are coping and the problems they are facing every day of their lives. Also, the voice over of Plan B almost raping instead of telling the story in just words in the trailer is effective on the audience. This is because it could highlight how he directed/produced the film and it also conveys to the audience that Ill Manors is a reflection of his life when he was growing up in a council estate.

 How does the trailer for Ill Manors balance plot and spectacle?

The trailer for ill manors shows different characters as well as different scenes. This therefore represents the amount of different story lines in the film and the fact that they all link and cross in one way or another. Also the use of different spectacles in the trailer therefore hooks an audience.

Exam Questions for "Ill Manors"

Media Representations: How is gender/ethnicity/age represented in the video?

In the video, the only real gender represented by the video is males. This can mean that women are not seen because they are smarter than males by keeping it Low-Key. This leads me on to a point Berger referred to, a point saying "men act and women appear" from that quote I get that men are quite rashed when it comes to decisions and women think and take time. Males whom are youth and live on council estates are represented quite a bit in the video. The video represents the boys as scums and scary, hence the reference to the "Hug a Hoodie" campaign setup by David Cameron. The video of the boys violently positioned, getting ready to loot, shows the youth as animals. Cohen's theory folk devils, are portrayed in the video as they look like gangsters and menaces to society. However the lyrics portray a different meaning that shows, the higher powered people at fault for the behaviour of the youth when they are outcast from birth because of what their parents had or did not have.

In the video, from the untrained eye, it looks like a normal gangster video from the likes of Cheef Keef and other rappers. The way the music video is set, it looks like a dominant video made due to the type of people in it and where it is set, in a dark place which connotes "the hood"this music video would be dominant to viewers that listen to gangster rap, but alternative to most viewers that listen to pop music. The editing is very fast pacing making it look like a normal hip hop video. It is also a montage of editing. The purpose of the music video was to inform, whilst the audience were youth and people who cared to listen to another representation of the riots. The video looks like it is promoting and condoning the riots, but the lyrics beg to differ. As they are talking about figure in the UK who could have done more.