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Factsheet #132: British Film    1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. British Film can be difficult as what it means to be a British film can include many different criteria . 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? British film as a production context also tends to be varied but idiosyncratic to the story being told within the film. A films production context is the  conditions under which the film has been made. For instance the Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios  have high budgets, a heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories. Whereas the independent production context films tend to have low budgets, character rather than spectacle driven stories and a heavier reliance on word of mouth and viral advertising. 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? The 1960s brought about the start of  the James Bond f

  1) Why is representation an important concept in Media Studies?. A representation is  a re-presentation (literally – to  present again), and so the images and ideas  we see on screen, in print or online are  ‘removed’ from the original object. The  media intervene and stand between  the object and what we see – the act  of communicating the image or idea in  some way changes it. 2) How does the example of Kate Middleton show the way different meanings can be created in the media? The photograph of Kate Middleton  the newspaper is a re-presentation   of what she looks like, with people  controlling and manipulating the  image at various stages throughout the  process. The  photograph, then, is a representation  of the Duchess. It may look like her  but, in addition to her likeness, it will  communicate ideas about her that are  created during the mediation process. this clearly shows the media can manipulate people into thinking a different view on someone and something by one pictur

  938 words starting off with Mise en scene of the gun in the scene. Tommy (the character holding the gun) holds the gun pointing it at ghost(the character sitting down) throughout the scene. This causes anticipation to rise during this scene as the audience wait to see if Tommy will shoot ghost. Furthermore, during the second half of this clip, Tommy pointed directly at ghosts head leaving the audience on the edge of their seats waiting for the trigger to be pulled. the contrast of Tommy wearing casual T-shirt and jeans while ghost is wearing a full suit, which gives him a classy look can show the difference with how the characters carry themselves and the audience with straightaway, presume that Tommy is the bad character from the way he dresses. The audience may believe that he is a gang member by the way, he’s holding the gun with the way he’s dressed. However, ghost is an armed and is wearing a full suit, which again shows the audience that he may be a good character in comparison