MOJO DAVID BOWIE COVER

In this magazine, it is clear that the main splash is a picture of David Bowie and the text that says "BOWIE." The colours are quite clear and appealing to the audience. Although Bowie's head is covering the text of the magazine, we can tell that it is a MOJO magazine as they are a popular magazine brand and people will automatically know that it is MOJO. There is a lot of text around the magazine to fill all the spaces and at the top where it says "FREE CD," that will draw peoples attention as they will be able to get a free cd on one of the pages in the magazine.
There is also a few circles around the magazine to advertise different articles in the magazine and also one of the circles show that there are 145 reviews and that shows us that they are trying to show us how good their company is. There are also 3 or 4 decks around the edges of the magazine to show that there are strong articles inside with appealing text so people want to carry on reading.

EDITING IN CUFFS

In cuffs, there are many different types of editing. One example is when all the police officers are training towards the end we can see some common transitions. This scene is in the car park of the police station where they set up a course for them to run to and from.  There are a few dissolve transitions to show that time has gone past and we can also see that there is sweat on one of the police officers shirt which is another way of showing us that the time has gone past.

Another example is a shot reverse shot. This is used in the scene where the man is about to jump from his balcony. This is effective as we can see the different emotions going through the man’s and the police officer’s mind. The emotions through the man who’s about to jumps head, is thinking shall I do this, we know this as he look back at the very young girl sitting on the bed inside and with the police officer, we can see that he is hoping that he doesn’t jump so that he can be arrested at a police station. Just as he is about to jump, the police officer pulls him back and within a scene or two later, he gets arrested.

Mark: 3 out of 5

1.     Cut general opening sentence. Only write sprcific points.

2.     First example. No such term as ‘common transitions’. What do you mean?  A series of cross dissolves? Refer to this scene as the training session. EAA needs amplifying: it shows how hard and long they train. In particular, which officers keep going whilst the others flag, showing who has the most determination and stamina. The event itself also shows their teamwork, with Jake invited and accepted for the first time as an equal, as he did well tackling the previous crime.

3.     Second example: be specific about identities (‘Lauren’s dad’ and ‘Felix’). Good on this example: thoufhtful points on shot /reverse shot.

4.     A strong student would do more than the minimum 2 examples!

MISE EN SCENE

In cuffs, there is a variety of different costumes, props, location and different types of lighting. In the first scene, we can see that the police officers are wearing their uniform, as it seems that they are announcing a new police officer joining the team. This shows us that they are very smart and formal as they are wearing white gloves. People would not just wear white gloves on a normal day; they would usually be worn on a special occasion.

Another example is when the police officers enter Nathan’s house, we can see that there is a lot of mess. In this scene, Nathan cuts his own wrist and we can see that there are so many bottles around his house, if these bottles were alcohol, this shows that he was really drunk when he was cutting himself. Later on, we see that he is really sympathetic to the police officers as he is hugging them and says that he’s sorry.

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            Cut opening sentence which is general. Only ever be specific.

2        Good observation on the gloves but there is a great deal more to be pointed out such as the superintendent’s podium (raising him higher), lectern (reading a formal speech), ranks lined up hands clasped (to show respect and formality), police office building overlooking Brighton Pier, audience of parent and so on.

3        Second example: accurate about the bottles (alcoholism) but no supposting evidence fo ‘alot of mess’.

4        Describe Nathan himself: his unkempt hair, skin, bruises, knife, shaking ands and so on.

5        Marks: 2 and a half out of 5

Q1 - CAMERAWORK IN CUFFS

There is a variety of camera angles in Cuffs. One of the first ones we see is an aerial shot of Brighton. This is a pan shot and I think it’s a good shot because it shows us a lot of the city and we get to see the surroundings of the beach and how busy or empty it is.

Another shot we see later on into the programme, is a shot of Jake peeking into Nathan’s house through the post box and we get to see the emotions he was using for his first time doing this. Using the camera angles, we can tell that this is a wide shot. We can also see that Nathan was a bit scared as he was holding a knife towards the door and the camera was slightly shaking and moving about. This shows he was scared and he did not want to see anyone at that current moment.

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.     Cut opening sentence which is general. Only ever be specific.

2.     Aerial shot (bird’s eye view shot) sets the scene as an establishing shot to indicate location of programme. Also serves to demonstrate how big and bustling the city of Brighton is and its coastal location.

3.     The CU ( close-up) of Jake’s eyes through the letter box is a very restricted frame. What emotions can you discern? It’s quite hard from such a small frame. A difficult example to pick.

4.     Handheld? ‘the camera was slightly shaking’

5.     Marks : 2  and a half out of 5

Q2

One feature about teenage dirtbag is the comedy about it, which Lavringe doesn't use. An example of this is when we are shown that the boy thinks that the girl is smiling at him and next minute we see that he's on the floor as he realised it was her boyfriend who was behind him. The comedy is delivered through controlled camerawork, slow-paced editing and saturated colour. The documentary style of mostly hand-held camerawork contrasts with the controlled camerawork of teenage dirtbag.

Sk8er boi is made up of a series of montages with hard cuts, whereas teenage dirtbag is more linear narrative. Sk8er boi also shows a difference of colours than in teenage dirtbag as sk8er boi has more grey and realistic colours, whereas teenage dirtbag shows more saturated colours.