Callum S Media studies - long road blog

 Super human Advert Analysis Fast paced shots - Show the amount of things that Paralympians have to go through Song Choice - Contrasts from the message of the video as the athletes refuse to quit  Use of sounds for effect (drum, screaming, pushing, alarm) shows the challenges Repetition of the footage of the athletes training alone (shows the isolation that Paralympians and people with disabilities suffer with. The scene from the café shows how in some situations and places disabled people aren't accepted or given the same values or privileges as people without difficult. Shows the sacrifices that are made in the scene of the cyclist only being able to face time on a child's birthday instead of spending that time with them due to training.  The dark lighting in most scenes show how dark the process and mentally being a Paralympian is and how draining it can be. It shows someone waking up from a dream. Showing how far the dream potentially can be from reality.  In the...

  Pre-production workbook 2022-2024.pptx Its not completed but i can upload the finished copy by the end of the weekend Pre-production workbook 2022-2024.pptx  - updated version

Riptide and Representation Un Chein Andalou - This film represented gender in the treatment of the women in it, as they get assaulted and cornered and treated as objects during the short film and who should just be willing to be under the control of men. It could be interpreted that the film advocates violence against women due to the amount of violence which is shown and the amount of sexual assault which was committed by the man in the film towards women. This can compare to Riptide as in both media texts, there are similar themes of violence towards women  both in horror scenarios that cause fear, and even though in riptide there is no evidence of men being the abuser or mistreated towards women, that is the impression that is perceived by the audience.  I think Riptide reinforces a patriarchal world view due to the video relating more to how men view women and that they are in control. This can be seen during the scene when the women is being filmed on the sea. The pe...