So I Married An Axe Murderer part 2

On Wednesday 16th September we watched the next scene where we meet Charlie's (Mike Myers) family who are Scottish.

While Watching this we took notes on Scottish Stereotypes: E.G. proud of Heritage, Alcoholics and they hate gays.

Later on we see a scene at the Police Station and we see Charlie's Friend Tony the cop moaning how being a policeman is not all Car Chases and Gun Shooting.

We also see the Police Chief Subverted because Police Chiefs are normally seen as brutish and Bossy where as this chief isn't but is very Calm.

The third scene is in the Butchers were we see Harriet and Charlie Interact for the first time and become Romantically acquainted. This is seen as Humour and Sexual innuendo as they are making Sex jokes around Sausages.

We learnt about Vladamir Prop who has a theory based around Characters. E.G. Hero,Princess,Villain and a Helper.
Also a Man Who goes by the name of Todorov who believes that every film has a Balance,Disruption,Complication, a Resolution and a new Balance.

So I Married An Axe Murderer Part 1

On Tuesday 15th September, the media studies and Mr Weaver group watched the opening Sequence of

"So I Married An Axe Murderer" also known as SIMAM and used GRAINI to explore the Movie in a greater depth.

Genre - Horror Spoof (Comedy) or Parody

Representation - Scottish people (Parodies)

Audience - +15 teens to 30 year olds. also aimed at a mixed gender

Institution - Tristar Pictures

Narrative - Storyline, Boy meets Girl, Romance, Complication and Revolution

Ideology - Men Vs Women In Marriage

We also took some notes on the opening of the Film

Sound /Music - Young Popy appeals to Target Audience (There She Goes)

Theme/ideology - Relationship- Search for love

Location - San Fransisco

Camera Shots - High Angle Camera zooms into start level, letter credits Bold, Simple, Childish

Time Of Day - Night

Characters/Dialect - Gay Stereotype Poet. Dumb Cop - Dressed as Huggy Bear

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On Monday the 7th September I met my AS Media group and Miss Gordon for the first time. We Shared our interests in Media and we where explained the overall courseline for the year.

We also Discussed the key concepts, Representation, Institution, Audience, Media Language: Forms and Conventions. It was explained that i would be setting up a blog, planning and filming the Preliminary task.The Preliminary task is filming a character walking into a room, sitting down and taking part in a Dialogue with a second character.

On Tuesday The 8th September we met our second teacher Mr Weaver and he explained the key Concepts in more detail by giving us "GRAINI" which is an acronym to help us remember the key concepts in Media Studies.

Genre

Representation
Audience
Institution
Narrative
Ideology

On Wednesday the 9th September we set up our Blog accounts and we begun to start planning and storyboarding our Preliminary Task.