

You can see that the title on each image is done in large white block capitals, this is a a convention of drama, it draws your attention to it, you cannot miss it. In each of the images there is not too much going on, both 'The Lovely Bones' and 'Brokeback Mountain' just have images of two characters, this tells us that these people are going to be important and will definitely come up again. The cover for 'Pearl Harbour' seems a bit more busy but really it is still simplistic as the fighter planes are a convention of war and you expect to see them. The dull dark colours are a code for sadness which is also a convention of war films. The brighter colours of the 'Brokeback Mountain' cover give more of a loving an happy vibe, which tells us that the film will not be a typical western.
- Pearl Harbour was released in 2001 under the director Michael Bay.
- It is set during the war of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, two childhood friends both serve as Army Air Cops but when love starts to blossom everything becomes complicated.
- Michael Bay went on to create more films but most of them being horrors of thrillers.
- Peter Jackson who directed ‘The Lovely Bones’ also produced ‘The Lord of the Rings Trilogy’ and ‘King Kong’. Both these other films involve scenes of romance and action and fantasy. All three films could come under the genre of drama.
Brokeback Mountain directed by Ang Lee won 3 oscars and had another 78 wins. Ang Lee himself is not a massive well-known director and hasn’t produced much work but brokeback mountain was a big hit.
Welcome to the world of blogging Danielle! Some useful ideas here - establishing an audience would be a good place to go - questionnaires a good way of gathering information! Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteNot bad at all but some confusion over codes and conventions- the boys playing together at the start of Pearl Harbour is code for their friendship. Non-deigetic music is a convention of film openings but here is also code for peace as you said. Observe spelling of diegetic- no a.
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