Textual analysis of Maze Runner Notes

Maze Runner

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1.Purpose

The purpose of this film is to entertain the viewers
It is entertaining when he learns the ways of the maze and getting pursued by grievers.
This film has been made to entertain the audience to bring a new idea to the screens and because the company has the money to do this work.
The film has a mass audience.
My film was made to make a profit
20th century fox are a conglomerate so they just want to make money.

2.genre
Daniel Chandler (2001) stated that genre means type of category
My genre of my film is action and thriller this makes it a hybrid this means it has to genres put together and it is a sub genre this means it is a genre in a genre  = this is what Barry Keith Grant (1995) said. the genre is aimed t people who like the concept of chances and crazy thriller parts the film has some jumpy bits in it which scare the audience.

types of genre: action, adventure, SIFI, fictional, horror, thriller, comedy, romance, drama, musical, med evil

the things that make this an action film is the scenes when he is learning how to run and fight grievers.

3. Form

My film is 113 minutes long this makes it a feature film because it is long.
My film has been distributed in many places like TV, DVD, Cinema and Downloadable content.
SKY movies does show this on TV and Cinemas like Savoy, Cineworld , Odeon, View

4. Style

M film looks futuristic as it has many special effects. it does not look verisimilitude and they do this because of the way they made the film. the film looks futuristic when all the walls move and when they finally get out of the maze it looks post apocalyptic and has giant skyscrapers which look very creative and all the technology they use in the control room looks really new but complicated.
when they firstly enter the Glade a boy called Thomas.

5.Content

what is the narrative of my film
narrative structure how is it put together.
Todorov (1977) he theories are that folk tales in community and he said every stories have key stage. there are 5 key stages in a story
1.The equilibrium. there is a balance. everything is good and nice. The love story would be a good example at the start.
2. disequilibrium "enigma" (the problem)

3.resolution solving of the "enigma" similar to the equilibrium.
new type of the equilibrium
classic hollywood structure.
interchangeable 
does my film follow this order.
whats a disequilibrium 
whats a equilibrium 
what's a resolution  done
Kate Domaille (2010) done candide and Cinderella

Claude Levi-Strauss done
binary opposition
gender- male vs female
class- lower-class vs upper-class
age- young vs old
subordinate
dominant
history
one is always seen as more dominant

stereo typical
who is dominant?
what is the binary opposition in my film
gender binary opposition
challenge

6.content and meaning     connotation

microelements
sound
Diegesis the story world your film is placed in this may create verisimilitude or SIFI
the sound will reinforce it being futuristic
types of sound
diegetic- any sound yo can see it being made and natural to the story word
audience and characters
type of sound
dialogue- important phrase r conversation
sound effects - the sound effect in the film that can reinforce the action in the film
sirens
car horn
tyre screeching
it connotes- danger- breaking  the law- excitement
connotation what ae they meat to think and feel
if I hear a character in the film is diegetic because she was a character in the film
non-diegetic - any sound that has been added by edited, music or sound been put on top of the natural sound. they edit it for the audience
only the audience that can hear it.
the examples of sound
incidental
Is music that effects the scene and it effect the pace. the connotation would effect the emotion
music that shows the emotion in the scene
non diegetic sound effects
sound track- lyrics
mise en scene
Horror films
Scary scenes
clumsy mistakes
scary music
scary mask
low key lighting
blood
indie music video
black and white filter
instruments
cheap special effects

one micro element that is encoded, what is in the frame
mise en scene =stereotypes
mise en scene is French
and it means everything with in the frame
how the 5 points reinforce my genre
how does it reinforce representations of people
location
locations are a great way of encoding and creating verisimilitude / be aspirational to the audience
2 important locations in my film and denoted and connoted.
what does it represent about the people in it.
costume/make up
costume reflects the diegesis and it shows upper-class and lower-class which reinforces binary opposition. the costume represented the mood of the character. how does the costume reflect the target audience. costume is done on purpose because you are ask to wear it and clothes are day to day basis.
props
property. it is anything that is hand held and what do my characters have as a prop. the prop shows the characters authority. iconography is to show the power with that prop. what icons do I have in my film. Icon of the genre and area of the film. icons what's recognized in the film and means a lot= ideologies. could be a iconic human
colours/lighting
these connotes  mood/emotions. low key and high key
low key is dark the sun is dark
high key is bright = natural lighting the sun is light
low key is encoded when in the movie there are shadows or dark
low key can connote being scared, fear of unknown, mystery, they have something to hide, dark can represent there dark side.
the character might be seen on costumes to represent there role
high key lighting can connote happy, religion, celebration, power, hope
they need to be shown in my film
gestures
the gesture of a characters n my film the characters movements. the gestures can be because of the environment and who is in charge of the gang.
camera work

editing

Denoted
detonated /denoted what you see or hear for all four points
what does it represent connotation
1.The denotation of this image is a red heart.

the image denotes a red heart
in this image of a red heart can be donated

therefor this denotation connotes love.
symmetry of two hearts coming together
we could link it to the narrative
the connotation could also represent the genre
the representation of people and types of people
Laura mulvey (1975)
The male gaze
to appeal for male audience, female representation to attract a male audience
prove what Laura says example I the film
women are objectified sexual objects
it can effect the binary opposition because the men I he film will be interested
female using her looks to be dominant. damsel
Kendra challenges the damsel.
antagonise the opposition against the hero. this effect the connotation
protagonist is the hero
signifies another word for connotation
production process

This is England Icon;
cigarette means rough. the flag represents leadership
shaven head changes the image of the child
it means that he is fitting in
graffiti means marking there territory.

7.production process

Draft

Introduction

I work for Education Wise and I have been asked by them to investigate a case. I am now looking into 20th Century Fox and I have a few words to say about it I would like to start with something about my company and how it has grown and who made this happen. I am speaking on behalf of education wise and would say that 20th Century Fox are conglomerate; this means that they are a company that is made of many small companies which are called subsidiaries. All the subsidiaries all and up to make a big company to make a stronger company. The difference between a conglomerate and an independent company is that an independent company works on its own and does everything itself and isn’t owned by another company and a conglomerate is made up of loads of companies which all do something towards the company to help it grow or make better. 20th Century Fox has many subsidiaries like (fox TV, sky, star, talk radio, fox home entertainment and sun the newspaper) this just shows how powerful 20th Century Fox is and has many companies to back them. Some examples of movies they have made are like (X men, Avatar, fantastic four, ice age, night in the museum.

Ownership

William Fox started the company in 1904 when he amazed many crowds with his talent of making films. Rupert Murdoch is one of the biggest shareholders but runs the company in many different ways.it all started in a small theatre on New York’s lower east side.20th Century Fox is now a worldwide company shown in every cinema around the world. The owner ship of this company is very important and 20^th century has to have the right man for the job so it will be better for them in the future and puts them in a god position when going against competitors. As Rupert Murdoch’s son owns sky which is one of the biggest subsidiaries out of the many it just shows how much power Rupert really has.  As a conglomerate they will have big companies to be there subsidiaries. 20th Century Fox do use cross media to be able to promote there company better and they can cross over to different platforms and the outcome of this move is synergy. They are not independent because they are owned by 21^st century fox and have subsidiaries.

  

20th century fox information 

I have found out loads of research about 20th century fox for my introduction and i have put all of this in my introduction including my who runs the subject

Rupert Murdoch

20th century fox owns 21th century fox

film

TV = sky = son owns

Newspaper = breach of content illegally , first company

News corp first company  makes newspaper and news corp own some subsidiaries

2nd news corp that just does the newspapers

Conglomerate = is company that is made up of small company's

Name (subsidiaries) smaller company's

Examples = Microsoft (Xbox, word, google), Disney (propaganda films, films, TV) Universal (Comcast)

Sony(columbia) and used to won warpman

Cross media  ownership = is when a company owns more than one type of media (films, music

Benefits of cross media ownership =free advertising , can cross promote over different platforms the outcome of this is  synergy     

An independent company is a company that work for them self's

Not owned by another company, operates and makes products by itself

Warp

Started in Sheffield, started as record making, started in music

Target a specific audience

They obscure and niche music

Parents company called warp films

Warp and warp films are working together 

Founder of warp Steve bechett  

Steve works with a guy  called mark Herbert

And mark with come in for the unit 46

Done well for a independent company

Shane meadows is a director, director of this is England

Chris Cunningham

Look at a film called window linker 

21th century own subsidiaries

20th century fox own some subsidiaries

Ownership structure

Public service broadcaster funded by public money (BBC and TV licence))to provide a public service

Joint venture- works with other companies(warp and film four,20th

With out joint ventures  are important for a independent company  because they cant get it out to the public and

Joint ventures help them get it out on TV

They are not integrated like other companies

starter task

This is my result from my first started task.I got 9/10 right and I missed a question at the end and didn't know what warp work with. 

Operating model

I am going to start to talk about how the company works and how it works in different ways.  Firstly I would like to talk to you about vertical integration and how it can help the company prepare for a film. You have three sections to look at which are pre-production, production and post-production.  Pre-production is planning for the film so it includes things like saucing actors, casting, Mood board, story board, work plan, concept, assets list, location scouting, props, script writing, budget plans, health and safety, set design and director. The next one to talk about Is production which includes things like creation of the film, filming scenes, protocols, pyrotechnics, dress routine, make up (prosthetics) and Chroma key (green or blue background better for the scene and editing a background for the movie). I will also talk to you about the post production and what it takes to actual finish the movie. You would include the likes of audio (music, dialog), special effects, editing certain scenes from all the footage and picking the best footage for the right moment, CGI (computer generate imagery) and that’s all the three parts of vertical.21^st century is a parent company to 20^th century fox but 20^th century fox is a parent company to many other companies which makes them strong when against other competitors. 20^th century fox affiliates which means they worked together, for example like DreamWorks and 20^th century fox but the only way an independent company can get there film out is to use joint venture which means the likes of Warp needs to be with film 4 to be able to successfully get a film out but 20^th century Fox can use joint venture.  As 20^th century fox is one is a very big company they would use horizontal as it is linked up to good social media and promotion techniques however 20^th century fox as they are conglomerate so if they wanted to they could use the vertical option very easily as they have the money to do it but for a independent company like warp they wouldn’t have enough to be able take this approach for the movie. Horizontal is when the company uses three main divisions to be able to get the movie up and running but will be able to use the other platforms like fox TV,SKY, star, talk radio, fox home entertainment and sun the newspaper so they can promote and help get there film make revenue and promoted. Which means the film will be available on these platforms. The first step of the horizontal is production which means they will start making the product then the next film is distribution which includes advertising/ marketing, so the product will become available for the customers and the last step would include exchange which would create revenue for the company. This is a really expensive process and takes a lot of time however the product needs to have certain platforms which will be TV, cinema, radio newspaper, social media (YouTube, Facebook, twitter) and magazines which may show a review on the film and who the target audience is. This is all called film production cycle.