Weekly new No.17

Woman with Asperger's removed from BFI cinema for laughing.



Tasmin Parker was at a BFI cinema on London's south bank watching her favourite film The good, The bad, The ugly. Tasmin suffers from Asperger's syndrome and was "forcibly removed" for laughing to much. Already I think this is stupid because when I wen't to see the new Avengers almost everybody laughed at different moments during the film. Also some films will include humor to try and get the audience to laugh, so to be removed for laughing is awful. Especially as you've just paid money to see it aswell.

Asperger's is a form of autism and people who suffer with it may find social relationships and communicating difficult.

A lot of people in that screening walked out in a protest due to what they thought as "disgusting" behaviour from the cinema itself. The cinema itself is apologising for its behaviour and saying it must do better.

Tasmin's Parker mum (Lydia Parker) has said her daughter was flooding in tears. She also said she was disgusted and shocked at how Tasmin was humiliated.

Lloyd Shepherd said that although she laughed very loudly at amusing bits there was never anything that was inappropriate. Some other people have said:

"I was there too and found it sickening. A very unfortunate and uncomfortable situation. I would like to say that having returned later after calming down, I spoke to the manager and believe she was in a very difficult situation, still 100% not fair what happened to that lady."

"It was shocking to witness. The abuse she received for simply laughing and enjoying the film. It broke my heart to see this unfold. My son was with me, he is autistic too, we went to try &make sure she had a safe space and that staff knew how to support her. I hope she is okay x"

The cinema has also said "The BFI said it was "sincerely sorry" and would look into training staff to be more sensitive. In a statement, it added: "In what was a challenging and complex situation, we got it wrong. "We can and must do better in accommodating all the needs of our customers."

Overall, like i mentioned earlier I think that this shouldn't have happened because producers put humor in a film to make the audience laugh so to get dragged out for laughing to much is awful and even though they are saying sorry and that they handled the situation wrong they should either pay her compensation money or give her free viewings at that cinema for such a muck up. 

Faye production work No.2

3 uses of mood boards

· Will help establish the basics of what you want. colour palettes, typography, the layout, images.

· They can help save time as after doing it you know roughly what you want to include.

· Mood boards are "fluid" meaning that although the final piece may be online you can do a mood board for any media platform making it very versatile.

3 uses of storyboards

· Helps to recognise the amount of time you'll need to produce whatever you are producing e.g. film or trailer.

· You roughly draw up the scenes needed so you know where to start and finish instead of just starting to film random bits here and there.

· Will help you to pre-visualise everything before you have started any actual production

3 differences between the two.

·  A storyboard is specific to a set genre whereas a mood board will be of just a general subject.

·  A mood board can be used to suggest a genre, colour scheme etc whereas a storyboard will show scenes and be more of a template.

·  Mood boards will help you get a general idea of what you want however a storyboard will show you what production needs to be done.

Sound effects:
Stabbing
Punching
Police Sirens
Foley sounds

Eerie music, tense music.

The main story line of our product revolves around the murder of a basketball player while
his team mate goes to the bathroom, the murder will take place from the perspective from
the victims and the witness.  The main twist of our storyline is the fact that one of the
detectives is the murder, in our story line we will try to elude to this twist without spoiling it at
the end
In our trailer we will focus on the main murder which is where are main victim tre is murder
whilst he practices basketball in the courts

TRAILER CAMERA ANGLES

1. Low medium shot. In the first scene of the trailer we will use a low shot on the floor to show a basketball rolling across the screen. We will use a slider to track the basketball as it rolls. This lengthened shot allows the audience to be more greatly affected by the murder. This low angle shot will restrict what the audience sees. By keeping the action off screen there is an element of shock or mystery created for the audience.

2. Over the shoulder shot. We will use an over the shoulder shot behind the first victim as he practices his shots. This gives the impression that there is something standing behind the character. This helps with the horror theme and builds suspense for the audience.

3. Using a close up shot on the hand of the killer to show the blood on his hands. Highly detailed close ups help build mystery for the audience.

4. Long shot on conflict between detective and killer down a corridor. This shot places distance between the audience and the action which

Dizzee Rascal Dream and Formation analysis

Analysis.




In this music video Dizzee Rascal starts talking about him and his friends when they were younger and they thought they knew everything and thought they were kings. Also we see "mother" who used to do all these educational videos to children on whats right and wrong. This makes this video better because it is an educational video almost due to Dizzee talking about his childhood and the mistakes he made and what he thought was right back then.

In his second verse he talks about how his priorities changes and started focusing on music and that was all he wanted to do and how he is thankful to everyone who bought his album which made him grow. All he cared about was performing/ making music and getting his money as fast as he could.

The final verse is the most influential in my opinion because he then starts to talk to the younger generations saying they can go pretty far if they put their minds to it and stop worrying about "your mans" as they will still be there in the end if they are real. I think this is quite powerful because it is coming from someone who doesn't want other youngsters to waste their potential on small things and go out and do bigger things to make the world better instead of doing nothing. 

Visually the video looks pretty old and has a few puppets and toys going around however I think that was the aim for this because "mother" used to do her shows a while back so they wanted to try re-create that same feeling again. There wasn't much in the way of colour but again I think

Technical codes for this would include a lot of editing to make the puppets and old toys such as the flying helicopter to look real. As I was saying in the visual section they would have edited the video to look quite old/ basic to get the same feeling as what "mothers" show would have been like back then.

Audio codes for this video would have been the non-diegetic music and the voices from Dizzee and "mother" for us to hear.

Overall, I think the video uses all 3 codes pretty well to try and get that old video feeling and I think it is very informative and even influential to young people to try and stay on track and not lose focus or do things that may muck up your life. 




At the start of the video we see Beyonce sitting on a car that is slowly sinking throughout the rest of the video to show that the power of the police was getting smaller and smaller. Also everything else behind her was also flooded and the video was shot in New Orleans to show everyone how devastating it was.

During her second verse she talks about how she slays, I think this could be seen as a form of female empowerment because she's dressing how she wants and doing what she wants showing that she doesn't really listen to what people tell her today but she is confident in what she does and wants other women to look at her feel the same way and not be pressured by society.

A counter argument for this could be that the way she dresses could defeat the whole point of trying to show female empowerment if she's going to wear minimal clothing and dance provocatively. However some people will also argue that she is doing what she wants which shows female empowerment so both sides have different points to argue.

In her third verse she talks about if she wants something she will work and grind for it until she gets it. This may be seen quite positively because she could be saying that if you really want something, work hard and be persistent and one day you'll reach your goals. This could be compared to Dream as Dizzee was also saying put your head down and work for it and you'll reach your dreams.

Overall, I think that even though it may not be the first thing you get from the video if you look deep enough there is positive messages in there such as keep working hard for your dreams and promoting female empowerment.

Weekly news No.16

Alfie Evans update.

Tom Evans (Alfie's father) has announced that Alfie's life support machine has been turned of however he is miraculously breathing by himself but has been given oxygen to help him. The parents lost legal charges against a high court back in February after they denied Alfie to be transported to Italy for treatment and now not allowing him to have life support anymore. This is quite infuriating because I think they're making these decisions to prevent them from having to spend money which in their eyes probably doesn't need to be spent. 

I wish that they allowed for Alfie to be allowed to be transported to get treatment which may help and i'm happy that he is managing to breathe without the life support.

From now on bosses at Alder Hey (the hospital Alfie is at) have said that "out of respect for the privacy of Alfie and his family" it would not be commenting on the toddler's condition, in line with "normal and agreed practice with all our patients".

Some more good news which is nice to hear is that the Christian Legal Centre (who represent Alfie's parents) have said "Contrary to all the expectations of the doctors... Alfie has survived much longer than the doctors predicted." Also the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have granted Alfie Italian citizenship in the hopes that will allow for Alfie's immediate transfer to Italy.

There is still speculation that they won't move Alfie or do anything which after everything everyone else has said or done and the High court are still doing nothing and keep saying no which is disappointing to say the least but overall i'm glad that Alfie is making progress and i hope he recovers ASAP.

Weekly news No.15

Alfie Evans case

Alfie Evans has been in hospital since December 2016 who has a terminal illness that is a "rare undiagnosed degenerative neurological condition".

He has been in a coma for around a year and there has been debates saying whether his machine that keeps him alive, should be turned off or kept on. Some people argue it should be turned off as he isn't really living life as he is in a coma and the nice thing to do would let him go to a better place where as others see that as cruel and that he should carry living to see if he makes it.

In my opinion it should be the parents choice in the end whether he should be kept alive or not however when they wen't to court the judges ruled that the machine should be turned of but the parents and even "the Pope" disagree.

He has been going back and fourth with his illness because the parents were told he isn't going to make it however he did improve and was able to start breathing by himself but caught a chest infection and was put on a ventilator.

Alfies parents are going to appeal to the supreme court again to move Alfie to Italy to get treatment. I think this should be allowed because by denying this you are keeping a baby/ toddler in a coma waiting for treatment that may never arrive so I think they should allow him to get this treatment to beat the illness and come back.

The parents Mr Evans and Kate James lost the legal fights in the high court and the court of Appeal. All appeals have been rejected by the supreme court and Lord Justice Davies said doctors had agreed that there is no hope. He also said that "We cannot have a kind of legal 'Groundhog Day' where you come back again and again and again on the same point."

Overall I think this is wrong because there wouldn't be a "legal groundhog day" if they allowed Alfie to be moved and treated. As they aren't doing anything he is going to be in a coma and waiting for a miracle to happen whereas if he got treatment he has a better shot at living a better life than what he has currently.

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