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MOJO: MEDIA LANGUAGE

 

Main Splash

who is it and does it celebrate the person? John Lennon 

How is it lit? It is Lit to show the singer as strong and big

Is the singer made to look important? Yes as he is the only person there

How many other images are there? One in the top right a lot smaller

How 'busy' is the cover as a whole? Very busy as there is not much space 

Are there cover lines (additional articles)? Yes

How organised are they? Very organised each having there own little section on the right

Do most music magazines have a similar number of cover lines (additional articles)? no, MOJO is a big company and there fore can afford more

What are the main colours and is there an accent colour? Blue and Yellow

Is there a cover mount and is this typical of MOJO? Yes there is a freebie and MOJO do often give out freebies

LEGO INDUSTRY TERMS

• franchise - a group which many spin off brands can come off. e.g. star wars the biggest franchise of all time
• synergy - refers ti the way in which different areas of the movie work together to promote the same product. The LEGO MOVIE uses synergy through linked products like superhero cast from DC comics and minfigures
• tent-pole production - a really successful film like the lego movie makes such large profits that warner can afford to fund other projects, as well as tie-in merchandise, which will prolong the profit stream from the film
• ensemble cast - A large cast 
• conglomerate - A large business organisation that owns a number of different companies
• vertical integration - Is the process whereby a single company controls both the production and the supply. So TT fusion, owned by Warner Bros, makes thee video game while warner bros distributes the product to audiences

Task 3, The Lego movie

 Task 3: Go to the BBFC site and research age ratings. Why was The Lego Movie (2014) given a PG rating?

BBFC has given The Lego Movie a rating of U because it is a animated film. There are lots of fight scenes but very few which actually show anything happening to the lego characters which is why it has not been given a higher rating.

Go to the PEGI site and research what age ratings are about. Why is The Lego Movie video game classification 7+?

PEGI has give the lego video game a 7+ because it contains violence but nothing which is too violent to scare or harm viewers in any way. There are multiple scenes where the lego characters fight and the person controlling has to fight which is why they have given it a 7+ and not a 3+

Task 1 The lego movie

 Task 1: how does Emmet come across? Emmet comes across as an ordinary guy who isn't special and doesn't have many characteristics of a superhero or the special one

How effective would this trailer be in promoting the film? This trailer would be very good at promoting the film as it looks like it is for all ages and has some jokes which could be for older people and has some people in it which could be recognised by older people like Abraham Linken. It is also comedic appealing to all ages but usually younger kids.

Film Making

At the very end we made the production company and used stop motion to show a car moving along a green fluffy piece of cloth and it crashes into letters from a board game. We used some tape to keep a word in place and In stop motion we managed to capture the letters falling over and leaving the taped word Jazz as are productions name is Jazz productions. Later in iMovie we added productions which comes up with a gravity effect.

 In media we originally made the start to the film about a a communist Russian and communist Chinese man who are trading drugs. In the movie we start by taking a video of everything that would be used in the movie and then go across it showing the props such as a leather bag which was also used in a later scene, some photos and a Russian communist flag which was also used later.

While doing our live action filming we had a main scene which was purposely not lit very well and in a dark and dingy tunnel with only a dark red light for lighting, we filmed Alex pulling a gun out on someone trading giving a bag to him and shot. We also got a clip of Alex waving the Russian communist flag high above his head in slow motion. 

For the production company logo we used a gravity effect to bring productions into the shot in a slow fashion. We also used a car screeching noise as the car hit the letters. We used the song Imagine by John Lennon. It makes the film slow and makes it not too fast pace which is what we needed. Are film title was communist clash. We added all the credits such for all the positions in the film

Finally I think that the film turned out quite well and that making the film was very good and went very smoothly without many bumps in the road, apart from people being ill quite a bit.

Christmas advert mise-un-scene

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlem-MOMZOs

In this the light is focused on Percy as he has just come out of a box and it almost looks as if Percy is scared as he has just "been born". In the background the Christmas tree lights create a warm glow and make it seem calm and peaceful. The Christmas ball balls also reflect this warm glow.

This shot has comedy involved because Percy says "ive never seen anything so beautiful in my 23 seconds of life" which is funny because you can't see much in 23 seconds

In this final shot it shows golden sparkles falling down and landing on the food, this shows that the food is so exquisite that it practically has gold on it. The food is also a rich food that looks very nice.  ]