ITS CHRISTMAS TOMORROW!!
link to media being that the television shows loads of christmasssy films like elf and Home alone, magazines have festive colours printed onto them and overall everyones in a good mood :)
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Tuesday 2 December 2008
COME ON ENGLAND!!
Been feeling patriotic recently as weve been doing a lot of work with Mrs Francis on British films.. so i thought id jot down some notes about one of the two britsh film companies weve been studying...
Working Title
Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London, England. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1984. It produces feature films and some television productions. Eric Fellner and Bevan are the co-owners of the company now.
The company gained mainstream traction after the unexpected global box-office success of Hugh Grant-starrer, Four Weddings and a Funeral. Among the company's films are Richard Curtis-scripted romantic comedies, which usually star Grant, and Coen Brothers' films, but has in recent times moved into many other types of film, such as United 93.
In 2004 it made a profit of £17.8 million pounds sterling. As of 2007, all its films are distributed by Universal Pictures, which owns a 67% stake in the company, and many of its recent films are co-productions with StudioCanal. The remaining shares are owned by the company's founders, BBC Films, and private investors.
The company gained mainstream traction after the unexpected global box-office success of Hugh Grant-starrer, Four Weddings and a Funeral. Among the company's films are Richard Curtis-scripted romantic comedies, which usually star Grant, and Coen Brothers' films, but has in recent times moved into many other types of film, such as United 93.
In 2004 it made a profit of £17.8 million pounds sterling. As of 2007, all its films are distributed by Universal Pictures, which owns a 67% stake in the company, and many of its recent films are co-productions with StudioCanal. The remaining shares are owned by the company's founders, BBC Films, and private investors.
The film company also has a smaller low-budget film brand, WT2 (Working Title 2) which has produced films such as Billy Elliot (2000) and Shaun of the Dead (2004).
Recently the company produced Burn After Reading, a comedy starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
My favourite Working Title films are ...
Bridget Jones' Diary 
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Shaun of the Dead
Love Actually
Notting Hill
And my favourite film, Pride and Prejudice!
Look on this link for more information about Working Title - http://www.workingtitlefilms.co.uk/ecards/index.htm
Monday 1 December 2008
magazines.. addictive .. i think so!!
WERE GOING TO LONDON TO BUY A HEAT MAGAZINE!!
After spending a good £12 on magazines last week it got me thinking.. what is the wierd obsession with reading about celebrities in magazines?!?! .. you dont know them! most of the time the magazines twist stories so what your reading is infact a big fat lie!! and it makes you feel like poo and insanely jealous when you read about celebrities with their out of this world singing voices or their incredibly hot bodies!! not to mention seeing pictures of them in their ridiculously overprised evening gowns and living in incredibly insane houses with gigantic swimming pools!! .. so why bother wasting your time reading them??
and then it hit me ...
BECAUSE THEIR ADDICTIVE!!!
So i decided to have a browse through the internet and see what i could dig up on the linkage between celebrities and media!
A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention.
Many people see that Celebrities often have fame comparable to that of royalty and as a result, there is a strong public curiosity about their private affairs. Celebrities may be resented for their accolades, and the public may have a love/hate relationship with celebrities.
Due to the high visibility of celebrities' private lives, their successes and shortcomings are often made very public.
Celebrities are alternately portrayed as glowing examples of perfection, when they garner awards, or as decadent or immoral if they become associated with a scandal.
Tabloid magazines and talk TV shows bestow a great deal of attention on celebrities. To stay in the public eye and to make money, more celebrities are participating in business ventures such as celebrity-branded items including books, clothing lines, perfume, and household items.
Tabloid magazines and talk TV shows bestow a great deal of attention on celebrities. To stay in the public eye and to make money, more celebrities are participating in business ventures such as celebrity-branded items including books, clothing lines, perfume, and household items.
Celebrity Media spinning out of control? -
Have a look at this website! .. i found it interesting as it pin points certain recent stories involving celebrities as examples of how the media may be loosing control over whats right and wrong in the magazine world and other types of media coverage!
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