Representation of age:E.R

 In the first scene, a doctor enters a patients rooms who appears to be a young boy around the age of 13. Rather than playing with a video game or mobile phone, the boy is seen to be completing a sudoku. This use of mise en scene may surprise the audience as they would usually expect a boy of this age to not be interested in doing something intulectual whilst in hospital. This already portrays the boy as being quite intelligent.

Digetic sound in the form of dialouge also demonstrates the boys intelligence. It also creates a contrast of age and authority between the doctor and the patient. In this case, the doctor can be heard questioning the boy asking if there are treatments or trials for the boys medical condition.  This may surprise audiences as they would presume that the doctor would know more about the boys condition. However the boy clearly knows more about the illness and answers with "inpariably fatal" which demonstrates his knowlegde.

During this scene, camera, editing and lighting is also used. The use of low lighting emphasis the atmosphere of the scene as it makes the audience feel sorrow and sympathy for the boys situation. Basic conintuity editing is used through out the scene which keeps a continuous flow throughout and enables the scene to continue without confusing the audience. It also makes the scene seem more realistic as if they are within a real situation. The use of a shot reverse shot between the conversation also makes the scene appear to be more realistic and based on the levelling of the camera, we can see that the doctor is the same level as the boy. Before this he is viewed from a low angle shot from the boys perspective however this changes as the doctor leans down beside his bed and comes down to his level. This represents the boy having the same authority or power as the doctor if not more than him as the doctor comes down to the boys level rather than the boy sitting up further to talk to the doctor. This also emphasis his situation as the doctor may feel pity upon the boy.

The next scene is held within a busy waiting room within the hospital. During this scene juxtaposition is used as we go from viewing a formal mature young boy to seeing a boy of a similar age moaning about being bitten by a gerbil. The female doctor questions what happened to the boy. At this point the doctor is leaning over the younger boy looking down upon him to see the cut. Compared to how the male doctor was in the previous scene to this one, there is a large comparison between how the boys act and how the doctors act. Here the female doctor seems to treat the boy as a child and is almost careless about him moaning. Where as the male doctor seems to have more respect for the boy who has a life threatening condition due to him being so mature about his situation. The use of dialouge spoken by the two boys also shows the difference in age and maturity as the boy in the waiting room talks with more of a whiny tone where as the boy in the bed talks maturely.

Following on from the waiting room, a male doctor talks to the female doctor during an operation. During which he sarcastically says "just another drunk who is bleeding from his head ", to which the female doctor replies "I can see that". This demonstrates that even though the two doctors are of similar age and around there 30's, they act more immature than the boy in the bed. Especially when they are placed in a serious situation. As the doctor walks out, the female rolls her eyes in a childish manor. This shows the audience that even though the two characters are adults, they behave more like teenagers at inappropriate times. There is a clear comparison between young and old and who is mature and immature. the boy with the fatal illness acts mature and composed where as the doctors bicker whilst trying to save someones life. This challenges peoples views on age as we would expect the adults to be the mature ones instead of the boy.

How important is technological convergance for institutions and audiences?

Technical convergance is the 'coming together' of media. This is where technologies such as the internet, video, sounds, and data can all be combined into one. This is highly benefical and replied upon by institutions as a way of interacting with their audiences, and making sure that their films are successful.

The internet is replied upon heavily to ensure that an institution can distribute a film. One way in which it does this is through social networking sites. Around 1.2 billion people use Facebook alone and there are ever growing numbers on other sites such as Twitter. Many films are promoted using these sites (Facebook, Twitter) by creating things such as pages or news feeds which enable the public to access them. Over the years access to the internet has become easier due to the increase in technology such as mobiles and tablets. This means that more people can access these facebook pages and Tweets, thus are able to find out more about the film and talk about it more (word of mouth). Before the use of the internet, the main way to advertise a film was through a poster or a t.v trailer. These can be expensive, so by using social networking sites, distribution costs could be decreased as these sites are free to use.  This shows that the internet definatly plays a key part for institutions. Audiences also benefit from using the internet as they can find out more about a film quickly and easily.  Star Trek and The Hunger Games both generated facebook pages in which fans could find out information about the film before its release and see sneek previews. This gains attention to the film and entices people to go and see it.

Websites can be created for individual films or film companies. This is benefical for both institutions and audiences. One reason for this being is the wide use websites offer. Videos, images, information and things such as games and all be uploaded or created via the use of websites. These can all be used to entice people to go to the website and find out more about the film.  It is a major form of distribution and is used due to being easily accessible to audiences via a range of technologies. They can also be advertised on other websites and through other media. For example Star Trek's website could be found on Sky Sports' website via clicking on a link. This means that the website can gain large publicty and therefore the film could also gain publicity.  Sites such as YouTube are also helpful in the distribution of film. This is due to being able to upload things such as teaser traliers and official traliers. YouTube videos are easy to send to other people via a range of media and therefore videos could be highly publicised due to the audience sharing it with others. 

Apps are also another way in which institutions can distribute their films. These can be downloaded via a variety of websites and links through mobiles and tablets. This is a method currently being used by the newest Star Trek film 'Into Darkness'. The app states "get the app and see the movie first!". This is a good way of grabbing the audiences attention and make them download the app, which then in turn should persuade them further to see the film. These apps can be free to download which would also entice people to download them.

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Media Question

Film is produced and distributed to a very large audience. There are four main concepts to creating a film that can be shown to an audience. These include the pre-production, production, distribution and exhibition. Star Trek is one film that was produced and distributed to audiences.

Pre-production of film is the starting point for any film. A script is generally chosen and then broken down into individual scenes and all locations, props, cast members and costumes are identified. A schedule is produced and arrangements are made for a read through of the script. As we as a start date for principle photography. All films generally begin and are formed at the pre-production stage.

Gail Berman, then president of paramount convinced CBS' cheif executive, Leslie Moonles to allow eighteen months to develop a new Star Trek Film. Berman approached two writers (Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman) for ideas. The idea was formed and production began.

Production is a key aspect to starting to produce a film as it consists of the actual making of it. Finalising a cast, filming on chosen locations and script finalisinig are all part of production. Star Trek's director and producers wanted the cast to be young and attractive to re-generate Star Trek. In order to do this, they decided to use young and up and coming actors rather than well  known actors. Filming was done in various locations in California and Utah as Abram's wanted very little greenscreen used. The majority of the film was kept in high secrecy and was even given the fake working title of 'corporate headquaters'.

There was major distribution for Star Trek to get it advertised to an audience. This included reviews in magazines, adverts on social networking sites and even websites such as sky sports. The distributor also got a deal with buger king to promote Star Trek in the form of childrens toys. It had many headlines on film websites and t.v programs which also lead to a better distribution. These are just a few ways in which film can be distributed to a wide variety of audiences.

Exhibition is the final stage. This is where a release date is decided, where the film is going to be played and in what form it will be shown in. Such as 3D. In Feburary 2008, Paramount changed the release date of May 7th, 2009. This was because the studio thought more people would see it in the summer than winter. Choosing a release date is important as things such as the time of the year can affect who and how many people visit a film. The filml ran for a long period of time within cinemas (from may to october in the USA). This could show that the distributors distributed the film well enough to get publicity or that there was a demand for scifi films at the time. The gross profit of Star Trek was $257,704,099 which also shows that Star Trek appealed to a large audience and was very successful.