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Genre and narrative

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18th October 2021 1)The main or leading character in a film/novel ect. 2)The bad guy(s) inn a story/film ect. The opposite of the main character. 3)The main character's helper. 4) Genre is the Term for any category of literature or entertainment, based on a set of common conventions. Genre is a style or category of art, music, or literature. Science fiction Conventions: New technology, the future, time travel, space travel, space ships. Example: Star Trek, the martian Horror Conventions: Gothic, Monsters, Halloween, Killing/murder,  Example: Candy man, The forever purge, Brahms:the boy II Action conventions: Hero's/villains, Car chase, guns, Exciting stunts Example:Suicide squad, free guy, Casino royal Musical Conventions: Catchy music, dancing, upbeat, cheerful Example: Step up, into the woods Comedy Conventions:Funny, misunderstanding, funny character personalities Example:Last christmas, Adams family Adventure Conventions: Example:Jumanji, Jungle cruise Title:Hawk of Joy Gen

media language analysis

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Thursday 7 th October 2021 analyse a media text using media language This is a mid long shot and it is used because it is drawing attention to his facial expression, body language and it is easy to see what he is wearing and his gun and holster. The picture tells us that 1 he is wealthy because of the clothes that he is wearing as they look pretty brand new and he usually wears like new suites and tuxedos, also because he is wearing a watch that looks like it could be pretty expensive. Also he looks like an assassin because he is dressed like a normal person other that his gun and holster which of course adds to the assassin look. The background sis painted gold which makes us assume (if we hadn't already watched it) that he is important and special and we would assume that he is the main character. The gold is painted onto what looks like the wall of some suspicious alleyway or something witch is a bit sketchy and also makes us think that he is up to something. gun shooting-becau

Character

 Monday 4th October To explore the use of characterisation in films  1)  2)  3) Al Pacino 4) Tom cruise 5) Jennifer Aniston 6)  7)  8) Patrick Stewart 9) Sean Connery 10) Drew Barrymore 11)  12)  Protagonist (hero) Antagonist (Villain) Side kick  Afterlife of the party protagonist is Cassie The main character. Well in this particular film, there isn't really an antagonist but the villain really is the problems in her before her life that she has to go in and fix but otherwise there isn't really an antagonist in this film. For the side kick there would be Cassie's guardian angel Val who helps and leads her through the process if fixing her life problems. I can't find out how much they got paid because the school computers have blocked it. Well theres like a best friend of the main character and she is kind of like a main character in that sense, her name is Lisa. Yes the story is about the main character. Well the characters are telling the story with their acting and st