Gogglebox

What is it about?

Gogglebox is a ‘reality’ show that features families watching tv and sharing their opinions. The show ranges through many different families of different ages, gender and ethnicity’s and listens to their opinions on show that are aired. The show travels to the families houses and records their comments. 

Where is it filmed?

Gogglebox is filmed in the houses of the people featured, it travels from Brighton to Essex and a range of other places.

Do I like it?

I do like the show because although it is constructed and some people may play up to the cameras slightly to make themselves more interesting, it’s still good to here other peoples opinions on topics, TV shows and news stories.

Representation

The show features many different ethnicities, ages, sexualities, and classes and shows both genders, however these people are not represented to be that different from one another, as their opinions are not completely different.  This shows that we don’t all think completely different just because we look different. It represents everyone to be modern day families.

Audience

The show has a very wide audience because of the wide range of people featured in the show. The show caters for people of all ages and races as so many different people would be able to easier relate. It’s not a show that only shows one race and gender, they make sure everyone is able to understand or relate in some way. It targets families, most likely those with teenagers because it's post watershed and may contain swearing.

Message

The message of the show if that we aren't all as different as we think we are. When you watch it you might agree with one of the opinions put across by the elderly couple Leon and June and that just goes to show that you might have a 40 year age gap but that doesn't mean you don’t share the same opinions about a story on the news. It rules out the thought that only people of the same age and ethnicity think and feel the same things, it shows a wider range of similarities.

Production values

Gogglebox is filmed using a stationery camera that stays in the rooms with the families watching television. They use close ups to give you a greater feeling of the emotions that the people are giving as they give opinions and when they hear other people’s opinions. When these close up are used it is obvious that editing has been used because they want to show that particular person’s face. They may zoom in to do this or they may have other cameras in the room filming everything in close ups ready to edit in later. It does seem staged because their all their living rooms are so clean and sometimes they come across as it they are acting for the cameras.

Final Merchandise - Poster and dvd cover

This is my final poster for my television series Limbo. It consists of the series name 'Limbo', a slogan that links to my series 'Hunt or be Hunted' and the red bloody hand print is my series logo, this also features on my clothing merchandise. The forest represents one area of my arena and features one of the teenagers in the car crash entering this area, she is holding a weapon because they are all given one weapon to help them survive during their time in the game show.
If I was to create another poster it would have another section of the arena and maybe one of the other characters.

This is my DVD cover I created for my tv series. I used the red bloody hand print again because its my logo. On the back I have written some information about the first series. 'The beginning of the end' is the name of my first episode and subtly describes the series. The background is just one setting on an area in the game show. It is rated 15 so the 15 stamp is on the front.

Production ideas update including all Merchandise

For my poster i have now decided to use a background of one of my arena setting.
I may use the woods or a destroyed city.

This is an example of what it may look like, it would feature a girl walking into the forest and the television series name would be at the bottom right hand corner. One of the series slogans may also be featured or one of the supernatural creatures.
The destroyed city may feature the slogan in the sky and the series name.

I feel that either one of these would link better to my series because these are places that it will be set more often. I also want to create a DVD cover for my first series.

Merchandise - My merchandise consists of various items that link to my TV series
The Jumper: 

The jumper features the slogan 'Hunt or be hunted...' because that is one of the slogans that will be used in my series. The jumper is most likely to be black or white because of the red 'bloody' hand print that will be featured need to stand out.

The T-shirt: 

The t-shirt will feature the same slogan as the jumper or the slogan 'Who will survive?' because this slogan will feature on the poster. The t-shirt is most likely to be white because the poster will consist of a white wall in the building with this writing on it. Red bloody hands will also be shown.

 Badge: 

The badge consists of a simple logo that I am using for my TV series. The logo is used so people know what series it is for.

Phone Case:

I have created two phone cases cases I have used the main image of my poster and the other phone case includes my series logo and one slogan.

Production Proposal - original poster idea

The poster: 

The poster will consist of a white room and a girl walking through the room with her hand on the wall. On the wall in black paint it will say 'Who will survive?' Along the wall will be hand prints in blood. Limbo will be written in the bottom right corner. Light will be shining towards the girl but the exit is not shown.

This photo is also a possibility because it is a white room with lights leading to an exit. However blood would have to be added on the walls.

Development of pre-production

How can you enrich your narrative?
I will enrich my narrative by making it obvious to the audience what my narrative is and by creating obstacles that my protagonists must overcome so that Todrov's narrative theory is included and that the equilibrium is disrupted. I will also enhance my characters so that people can 'get to know them' in a way that they can create their own opinions on them.

What elements can you add to bring your characters alive?
I could make each of my characters different using different personality traits that people may like and some may dislike. Relationships will be known e.g. whether or not they get along will people, relationships with parents. This will cause the audience to feel closer to the characters. I would also give my characters backgrounds and past experiences that the audience will find out that have shaped them into the person they are now. The personalities may also change throughout depending on the experiences they go through now.

How will you actively seek to serve your chosen audience?
I will include factors in my series that teenagers can relate to and understand. My audience is teenagers who enjoy things that include supernatural creatures so to ensure they are entertained I will make sure to include these creatures and different aspects that they will enjoy. Although the arena is completely fictional some obstacles that are included (except the the supernatural) may be relatable.

Todrov's Narrative theory

Todrov's narrative theory is a theory that consists of five stages that create the common narrative structure.

1.A state of Equilibrium (stability)
2.A Disruption of the equilibrium
3.A Recognition that there has been a disruption
4.An attempt to Repair the disruption
5.A Return of the equiibrium

An example of a film that uses Todrov's narrative structure is Anchorman:The legend of Ron Burgundy.

1.Equilbrium: Ron Burgundy is the famous anchorman for a local San Diego television station. he works happily alongside his news team lead field reporter Brian Fantana, Sportscaster Champ Kind and chief meteorologist Brick Tamland. 

2.Disruption: Station Director Ed Harken informs the team they have been forced to hire Veronica Corningstone. After a series of attempts to seduce her, she finally agrees to go on a date with Ron. Ron is late too work due to a dispute with another man over his dog, Veronica fills in for Ron and becomes Co-anchor to the disgust of the team. Ron and veronica break up.

3.Recognition: After insults constantly being thrown at each other Veronica changes Ron's closing line on the teleprompter. This provokes an angry mob outside the studio and Ed has to fire Ron. Veronica realizes she went too far and tries apologizing, Ron dismisses her.

4.Repair: When a panda is about to give birth, all the news teams in San Diego head to the zoo to cover the story. In an attempt to sabotage Veronica, rival news anchor pushes Veronica into a Kodiak bear enclosure. When Ed can't find Veronica he recruits Ron. Once at the zoo, Ron jumps in the bear pen to save Veronica.

5.Return: The news team jump in too save them, after both Ron and Veronica are saved they reconcile and become co-anchors. 

Christmas, Consumerism and the role of the Media

Christmas is the perfect time to sell many products through persuasion. It's the perfect time to construct your advertisements in a way that people will get emotionally attached too making them more likely to buy your products. It's the perfect time to create a soppy advert about family, happiness and coming together. Many companies create a story through their adverts to persuade people why they should buy from them, sometimes without even advertising a product, but if the advert is heart warming and sweet people will involuntarily go to that store and buy a product. These companies sure know how to make money.

John Lewis came out again this year with yet another cute advert featuring an innocent little boy Sam and his penguin Monty. John Lewis were very clever when it came too the two characters in their advert. A little boy and a penguin. We all know people can easily get emotionally attached to children and then they throw in a penguin, they really know how to catch people's attention. The penguin throughout the advert was looking at couples in the street so what did Sam get Monty? His own female penguin Mabel. Then Monty turned into a toy and at the end of the advert it says '#MontyThePenguin' and then it became obvious why they put this there because they are selling Monty the penguin and so many other products including a pillow, mugs, pyjamas and even a tie.

Watch the advert below:

Sainsbury's however took a different route. They focused on the war by creating the advert to highlight remembrance day earlier in the month. This advert was aimed more at adults rather than children because many children will not know much about the war. They made sure to show the loving side of the men fighting in the war. They took the story of all the men coming out to play football at Christmas to show the love and togetherness they had. I did think this advert was really good because even though i am not an adult I know about the horrors of the war so it was nice to be able to see the innocence of the soldiers, both British and German. Two men one British and one German gave each other a secret gift. A chocolate bar and a biscuit. Although about war Sainsbury's managed to make it a friendly advert and I was moved. It wouldn't however be a surprise if they started selling the chocolate and the biscuit.



Boots was the last Christmas advert we looked at. Boots took the route of being there for family at Christmas, showing them you care. The boots advert featured many different people all travelling somewhere, we later realise they are all travelling to the same house to surprise someone on a very early Boxing day morning because she's always working late. I think their advert was very realistic and some people can relate. They even managed to get their store into the heart-warming story of a family coming together and even showing off one the products they are selling. They really highlighted the generosity as a young girl came from the airport to come and see who was presumably her mum. But they were also trying to get us attached to the advert by showing the mum and her generosity staying for hours at the hospital to help the patients. Merry Christmas mum was the only thing that was spoken persuading us to buy form their store for our mum's.

Coursework idea Development - Limbo

Name: Limbo

Genre: Thriller/Horror Supernatural

Themes: Friendship, survival, determination, teamwork, hope

Audience: Teenagers from 15-19 years old who are interested in the thriller or horror genre and perhaps have watched TV series such as the walking dead or teen wolf so they are familiar with the supernatural creatures.

Setting: The series starts on an isolated, country road in Britain in 2014 before the crash happens. When they are in the gameshow it is set in a fictional arena, they leave a empty building that is completely white on the inside with black writing in paint on the wall with either "Who will survive?" "Hunt or be Hunted". When the first character leaves the building the area of the arena looks like a destroyed city.

Music: When the teenagers are in the car, pop music will be played at a very high volume causing a distraction. However when they are in the empty building classical music will play to create a eerie different tone to the tone that was in the car.

Comparables: The Hunger games - Both are set in an arena where they have to try and be the last person to survive.
The Walking dead - When the protagonist leaves in the first series he wakes up in a hospital and when he leaves he notices the city is destroyed and abandoned.
Flatliners - In this film the narrative is that they die and find out where they go and what they see when they die. This is similar to mine because when my characters die they find out what they have to go through in the attempt to return.

 

Character Development: 5 school friends
David - 17 years old, he is sporty and confident, his sister is Katherine, he is driving the car at the time of the crash
Zak - 16 year old, Joker, sociable, energetic
George - 17 years old, nerdy, Charismatic
Natasha - 16 years old, girly, dumb, sensitive
Katherine - 16 years old, reliable, practical, her brother is David - she is the first character to be featured within the gameshow.

All the characters are fictional and although other teenagers feature during the gameshow, they are not protagonists and will not necessarily be featured much.

Episodes: The first episode will be called 'The beginning of the end' and in this episode the car crash will take place. The 5 teenagers will be shown joking about and laughing in the car, they all get distracted and they are hit by a car/truck that crosses their path. Katherine will be shown waking up in a completely white room. As she gets closer to the exit of the building black writing in paint can be seen on the wall. It reads 'Who will Survive?'. When she leaves the building she can only see huge trees standing in front of her. There is a tape recording that explains where she is and what she has to do. The game show has now started. She starts off in the area with zombies, she only has one weapon to help her survive and the fight for survival has begun.

In other episodes each of the 5 characters are shown in their starting area of the arena with the setting and supernatural creature. Along the way other teenagers are met who are in the same gameshow through a different situation. All their difficulties and challenges are shown along the way. The final episode will be the winner and their return to earth. They will not remember anything that happened and the rest of the teenagers except them will still be in the fatal accident.

If another series were created then another group of teenagers will be in a different tragic accident to put them into the gameshow. The arena would have changed with more supernatural fictional creatures and different  challenges in order to survive.

Coursework - initial idea for a teen horror/supernatural tv series

For my media television series I have decided to create a series called Limbo. It will be a teen supernatural horror/thriller. The series is about the space in-between life and death which is Limbo but in this situation when you are in Limbo you are in a game show. The plot is about 5 teenagers who are in a car crash and end up in limbo. There will be more teenagers in the show who will be met throughout.
The game show is set in an arena which is split into different sections. Each section has a different environment and supernatural creature in it. The environments and creature in each section will change every day. For example: one section may be set in a forest environment with vampires. They must all try and survive both the supernatural and the harsh environments. When they first enter the arena they will each be given one weapon that they can use to defend themselves with. It’s survival of the fittest. Only one can survive and gets to return back to earth before the accident and does not get into the fatal situation that put them in limbo in the first place. The rest however will face their fate; death.

Grayson Perry: Who Are You?

Grayson Perry: Who Are You is a three part documentary about identity. In class we watched the first part of the documentary.

Executive producer: Dinah Lord
Director: Neil Crombie
Camera: Louis Caulfield, Marcus Plowright

During the documentary Grayson Perry meets 4 individuals who are struggling with their identity. Perry meets Chris Huhne, Rylan Clark, Kayleigh and Jazz. Perry gets to know all of these individuals and gets an insight into their lives. The aim of this was so Perry could create a piece of art that represents each person, that will be put into the National portrait Gallery in London.

The Ashford Hijab

This piece was made for Kayleigh. It explores her journey as she makes the decision to convert to a muslim.

The Earl Of Essex

This piece was made for Rylan Clark, a TV presenter. It was made because Rylan spoke about how he deliberately acted fake on TV so that people would like him, so the fact that Perry made Rylan 'The Earl Of Essex' it also shows a false representation of him. I shows Rylan as he see's himself.

I Am A Man

This piece was made for Jazz, who was born a female but wanted to be male. The piece takes the shape of Peter Pan, a character who Jazz was very fond of. The fact that the statue is blowing a horn may represent Jazz sharing and being proud that he is a man.

The Chris Huhne Vase

'The Chris Huhne Vase' was a piece of art created for Chris Huhne a politician. Huhne was sent to prison at some point but declared he didn't care. This is why the vase has been smashed and put back together to show how he has cracks but he fails to show them.

This program shows how we may see ourselves differently to how others perceive us. It shows that we may deliberately represent ourselves differently in order for people to like us. The documentary represents a range of very different people and shows the struggles they have trying to find their identity or in Rylan Clark and Chris Huhne's case, hiding their identity.

I enjoyed this documentary because it gave you an insight into the lives of other people and what they go through in order to find their true identity. It was also good because it showed you how some people felt they needed to change and others didn't. This was especially obvious when it came to Chris Huhne; Politician and Rylan Clark; TV presenter because Chris did not feel that he needed to change himself in any way although he committed a crime worthy of a jail sentence. Rylan however felt he needed to act fake on TV so people will like him. Each portrait was very different because they all had very different issues regarding identity.

Representation of gender in the media

Representation of Race in the Media

Testament of Youth review - BFI film festival

Adapted from Vera Brittian’s memoir, Testament of Youth focuses on the life of Vera (Alicia Vikander) and her memories of the First World War. The film Testament of youth was directed by James Kent and is a biographical war film which includes the main themes of friendship, love, betrayal and sacrifice. Friendship and Love are themes shown throughout the whole film whilst betrayal is shown only during one scene where the man she loves leaves her earlier than she expected to fight in France and sacrifice happens as a big event because she gives up her dream in order to save those in awful situations. Choices and duty are also recurring themes as all the characters in the film have their youth taken away some way or another.

Before the war Vera spends her summer studying and spending time with her brother Edward (Taron Egerton) and his friends Victor (Colin Morgan) and Roland (Kit Harington). Throughout the film Vera is shown to always be fighting against the conventions and stereotypes of what is expected of a woman in the 1900’s. She was a feminist, who strived for an Oxford education rather than to sit around, play the piano or become someone’s housewife.  

Vera refuses to stand around and do nothing when Roland, Edward and Victor find themselves duty bound to sign up and she hears of all the fatalities that have already taken place a few months into the war, so she decides to help and chooses to abandon her university life that she worked so hard for and volunteer as a nurse. She was pre-judged at Oxford and proved them wrong and now again as she enlists as a nurse she is almost dismissed due to her upbringing but this only drives Vera to work harder.  Kent presents the female experience of war with tactical practicality, likening the nurses’ hospital training to a kind of rigorous boot camp as the head nurse walks up and down the line of women who’ve volunteered as nurses.

At the start of the film the war is over and Vera is shown standing in the middle of the street surrounded by people cheering in happiness. However the sound is drowned out and quieter than it should be so that all the focus is on her rather than the end of the war. The drowning out of the sound shows that at this moment Vera is in a daze and that she isn't thinking straight, she's unable to focus on what is around her. It also shows that vera does not feel like the others, she is not as happy that the war is over due to the torment that she went through during the war.

The performances were stunning especially from Alicia Vikander who played Vera. She gives such a humbling and compassionate performance. The emotions she portrayed were very believable and they caused me to feel upset. I did have an emotional attachment towards all the characters because they all showed themselves to be caring and loving people, so when the news came in that they were hurt the emotions did kick in. I liked the scene where Vera is rubbing her hands and feet in the mud as if she is trying to put herself in the position of the men at war. This really made Vera seem strong-willed and courageous as if she wishes she was there with them before the deaths.

Mark Kermode (Observer Film Critic) says:
"The entire ensemble cast work hard to inject personal passion into the stiff-upper-lip storytelling, and individual moments are haunting. It's a powerful story, and one that deserves to be told and retold, albeit in rather more adventurous fashion."

In my opinion I thought the film was really enjoyable. The characters emotions really shone through. It also showed how difficult it was to accept the concept of war and to convey how much it consumes leaving nothing but heartbreak, grief and suffering.

Him. Magazine

We were given a week to create a magazine in groups. The members of our group consisted of: Ben, Helena, Michael, Anna, Nick, Rebecca, Alex and myself.

We all had individual roles within the completion of the magazine:
Ben: Music - Top 5 Songs
Helena: Editor and Fashion
Michael: Sports article
Anna: Health and fitness - later changed to sexual facts
Nick: Game review
Rebecca: co-editor
Alex: Game - influential games
Myself; Technology article

We looked through a variety of magazines too understand how we needed our articles to look. We focused on mainly magazines targeted at men because our audience for our magazine was 16-19 year old males.
We called out magazine Him. and our front cover was a photo of the four boys in  our group. We took it inside the college because that would show that our audience was their age range/and college students. The back cover was all the boys in the same position but from behind. The photos were then taken to Photoshop and edited by Helena.
We had 6 articles based on different topics: Technology: Iphone 6 is it really worth the money?, Game: Top  most influential games and Shadow of Mordor game review (This was our main article), Music: Top 5 songs of this month, Sport: England vs San Marino, Health: Health and fitness with Dr.Wilson and Fashion: This season's fashion inspiration.
The health article however was changed into sexual facts and the fashion article did not make it into the magazine because the completion did not meet the deadline this was because this article was being written by the same person who was the editor for the covers of our magazine.

My article was about technology and the Iphone 6: Is it worth the money? I feel the article worked well because after looking at what I did before and after a big change is obvious. In my final article I made sure that everything was more interesting and different. I made the background of my article look like an Iphone but the layout of the page stayed the same as everyone else's with the blue bar behind the title and the blue writing for the subheading.

What went well:
 I think that we all worked really well as a group and helped each other out on the design so that the layout on every page looked the same. We also ensured the font was the same. All the pages included a picture/s so that they wouldn't look boring and our titles were made large and appealing. I think the final magazine defiantly  linked with our audience because it didn't look too upper-class.

What could be improved:
I think that all our articles would have been completed it we hadn't spent so long on our magazine name on the first lesson. We should have added a contents page and some advertisements to give the magazine a more completed realistic feel. Overall we could have worked quicker as a group when deciding fonts etc. so articles could have been completed earlier.

Shot sizes and sequences

Telling Lies

Telling Lies is a short film that is created using only words written and directed by Simon Ellis.
It is a dramatic animated comedy that is used to show thoughts a feeling without the use of characters.
During this film many phone conversations take place between a series of voices.
I enjoyed this film because the way it took place was very creative. Each characters speech was written in a different colour which may have portrayed how the character was feeling. For example one characters speech was written in orange which may portray that they were annoyed or angry throughout.
However during the conversation some of the writing was replaced with white writing which showed what the character was actually thinking whilst they were talking rather then them actually saying it. This white writing showed when they were telling a lie and it was white to show it was a white lie; a lie that's told to avoid hurting someone or confrontation.
The writing was also bigger when someone was shouting which was a great way to show someone's reaction without actually seeing a character or body language. I think the use of the white writing was really useful because usually in a film you do not know whether or not a character is lying or how they are feeling so by doing this you were able to see clearly what a person is thinking.

Love Does Grow On Trees Thoughts

Love does grow on tree's is a short film written and directed by Bevan Walsh.
It's about a young teenage boy who discovers pornographic magazines and girls at the same time and is stuck with the dilemma of which to choose.
The genre is coming of age because it shows how he changes from a child into a teenager, which is the same transition that all boys go through.
I think that the film was effective because there was a clear difference between the magazine photos and the teenage girl he meets at the bus stop. On all the photos from the magazines all the women are portrayed to be sexual beings which is an unrealistic representation of women in everyday life. Before meeting this girl he may have imagined that all women are like this and would have put an unrealistic image in his head.
I like the sound effects that were used when he discovers the images that are falling from a large tree because the music made it sound like a fantasy or as if he were dreaming which gets across that these women in the photos are more likely to be found in dreams rather than in real life.

Ralph review

Ralph is a short film written and directed by Alex Winckler that lasts for 12 minutes 37 seconds. It is about a young boy who travels to France alone in search of his friend whom he claims to be in a complicated relationship with. He spends a lot of time at a cafe outside of the train station and meets someone new.

Ralph is played by Ralph Laurila, Julie (Waitress) is played by Julie Dray and Claire is played by Emily Seale-Jones. Claire is who Ralph has travelled over to France to visit and Julie is the waitress who he meets at the cafe.

The film is a romantic drama that includes the main themes of loneliness, love and friendship. All these themes seem to be used at different times throughout the film; loneliness is portrayed mainly at the start when Ralph first arrives in France because he has come alone and cannot speak French. Love is also a theme that is shown because he is very eager to get in touch with a friend who he has come to visit; love is the only theme to be shown throughout because there are constant reminders to why Ralph is in France, this reminder is usually Ralph making phone calls and looking back at the piece of paper which has all the numbers he has tried. Friendship is shown nearer the middle of the film when he makes friends with the lady at the cafe. This budding friendship then drops the theme of loneliness because Ralph is no longer in an unknown country where he doesn’t know anyone

Camera shots are used during this film in different ways. Mid shots are probably the most used shot. I think this is used because then you are able to see the emotions of the characters clearly but you can also tell things from their body language. Body language is shown when Julie is talking to her boss, her shoulders are usually risen which shows that she is tense. Close ups are used a lot when the other characters around Ralph are talking French this helps the audience to understand how Ralph is feeling. When the other characters around Ralph are talking he looks confused which some audience members may be able to relate to if they also cannot speak French.   Over the shoulder shots are only used when conversation takes place between Ralph and Julie. These are used to establish the positions between the two characters because at some points Julie is kneeling so they are showing things from Ralph’s point of view.

Dialogue is a key and a very dominant aspect throughout the film. What the characters say helps you too understand what is going on during the film and is used a lot more than things like body language to show how they are feeling. When the characters speak in French they do not use any subtitles which I think is effective because it makes the audience feel as if they are in a foreign country and it puts the audience in the position of Ralph. Not very many sounds other than dialect are used during the film; the only sounds that are used are just what is happening in the area, for example the sound of cars can be heard however these sounds are not quietened down even during speech which I think is a very clever and effective way to put the audience in the scene.

In my opinion I think this film has defined the characters very well within the short time, you can create an opinion on all the characters. I liked the open ending because it allows the viewer to decide for themselves what happens next.

Narrative, Genre and Mis-en-scene

The Walking Dead Review

The walking dead is an increasingly popular American post-apocalyptic horror drama developed by Frank Darabont into a television series. Adapted from a comic-book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, this horror drama follows the survivors of an apocalyptic holocaust who are searching for a safe haven while being tracked and menaced by zombies.

The plot focuses primarily on the dilemmas that a group faces as they struggle to maintain their humanity during the day-to-day challenges of surviving in a hostile world. This includes battling the zombie hordes, coping with casualties, and dealing with predatory human survivors.

The first season mostly takes place in the Atlanta metropolitan area, where sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes played by Andrew Lincoln emerges from a coma to find his town abandoned with few people but far too many flesh-eating "walkers" who have died and come back to life now feasting upon the living.  Holding out hope that his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and young son Carl (Chandler Riggs) are still alive, Grimes embarks on a frantic journey to find them, and encounters many other survivors and obstacles along the way.

The second through fourth seasons are set in the surrounding countryside of northern Georgia, as the survivors search for security away from the shuffling hordes of predatory "walkers" or "biters" (as the zombies are referred to in the show), who eat any living thing they catch, and whose bite is infectious to humans. Without screaming or sobbing the characters have moments when they transmit a sympathetic sense of emotional devastation.    

The way the zombies have been made to look captures the simple desolation of an empty city at the end of the world; the zombie makeup is gruesome, skin hangs off their bloodied faces, mouths ripped apart (yet still chomping pointlessly) and chunks of their faces missing whilst they are strewn within the wreckage of cars and bloody chaos, but all this detail just makes the whole show more captivating leaving the viewer wondering where the next horde of wandering zombies will appear.

The world as we know it is gone, and in its place, for now at least, are only two things to think about: the ferocious onslaught of ravenous eaters of human flesh; and the struggle, sometimes with other humans, to live another day.

In my opinion this television series has pushed the horror genre into an area that allows it to be explored further. Darabont portrays aspects that would not usually be used throughout classic zombie movies or other television series; they use things such as empathy that really helps you to understand the characters feelings of each other that creates a final opinion of each and every character for you. It’s even able to create an emotional attachment between the viewers and the characters where the emotion quickly breaks out as you watch the characters fall into the limp hands and mouths of the zombies.

About Me Video Evaluation

What went well : I think that in my video the camera quality was quite good. For this I used my phone which had a clear outcome The lighting also helped to improve this because it was not too bright but it was also not too dark so you could easily see me without the light affecting the camera. Although I could have spoken up I still feel that it was easy to understand what I was saying. I also managed to fit a range of information in under one minute without rushing.

How I could improve : In my video I feel that I could have spoken slightly louder so my voice was clearer when the video was being played back. I also think I could have been more creative with what I did whether or not I was in the camera shot. For example I could  have used writing and pictures to explain my answers because I did not necessarily enjoy being in front of the camera but in this case due to my decision of being in front of the camera I could have been more creative with the shots and backgrounds depending on what I was saying. 

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