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Statement of aims

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Statement of Aims and Intentions I aim to create a surrealistic crime drama which explores the mental health of a victim of a crime. I was mainly influenced by mainstream surrealist TV shows such as Black Mirror and American Horror story. Both Black Mirror and American Horror Story deal with disappoints themes and usually focus on dark and almost satanic tones. I will try to incorporate this into my TV show by using dark cinematography and also eerie music like these two shows usually do. My TV show will feature One main protagonist. The show will tackle the drama this victim faces after a crime has been committed to his family and the show will be mainly abased around him. I will also include another two protagonists who will just be supporting characters. My TV show will be on Channel 4 and aired at around 10 clock. As this is past the watershed it will be dark and gritty and also feature more mature content to that of a show before the watershed. My intended audience is around
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Riptide Analysis (unfinished)

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Riptide is a 2013 indie song by Vance Joy. The song is expressively part of the indie genre. Indie music is music produced separately and independently from bug record labels.  The term indie is sometimes used to describe a genre and as a genre term, "indie" may include music that is not independently produced, and many independent music artists do not fall into a single, defined musical style or genre and create self-published music that can be categorized into diverse genres. The term ‘indie’ or ‘independent music’ can be traced back to as early as the 1920’s after it was first used to reference independent film companies but was later used as a term to classify an independent band or record producer. This is clearly influencing the music videos of the indie genre and riptide clearly plays with the styles of some retro films such as blue velvet. It also takes inspiration from current popular indie films and specifically plays around with wes anderson style cinematography
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Buster Keaton Silent Cinema - One Week (unfinished)

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One week is a 1920's Buster Keaton two reel silent comedy short film. This is one of the first films Buster Keaton made alone without the assistance of his partner Fatty Arbuckle. It stars Buster Keaton and Sybil Seely as a newly married couple. The story follows two newlyweds and the process of them building a house and the inevitable failure of Busters efforts. In the film buster takes the persona of a clown and an everyman.  The clown persona is shown in nearly every film Buster is in. In this film specifically Buster plays an everyman and satires modern society. Specifically the ford house building program which was very popular in the early 20s. Buster specifically satirises the arduous and annoying process of this and would have been very relatable to the audience at the time. One of the most interesting cinematography points is the clear breaking the fourth wall when the camera man places his hand over the lens to ensure the audience can't see the woman naked. One
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Mirror and The Times (unfinished)

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The mirror is a British daily tabloid newspaper leaning towards the left wing political bias. The times on the other hand is a broadsheet which although tries to remain unbiased and factual still leans towards the right wing bias. The daily mirror is owned by the publishing company Reach Plc which is owned by Simon fox. The mirror is edited by Lloyd Embley. The Times is owned by News uk which is a publishing company owned by Rupert Murdoch. The mirror is a tabloid news paper. A tabloid newspaper typically has pages half the size of a standard broadsheet and typically deals with popular culture and dominated by "sensational" stories. The times on the other hand is a traditional broadsheet. A broadsheet usually has way bigger pages and deals with a more serious tone yet still takes a bias like a tabloid paper. Curran and Seaton This theory is basically the idea that the media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by the logic of power and profit. T
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Tide ad

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There are many technical codes used in the poster to persuade a 50's audience, which is the era of the poster. I will be highlighting the use of layout, design, colours, images and graphics. The poster makes use of all of these and more. The main image on the poster is a depiction of a white young woman which makes the poster identifiable with the target audience which would most likely be white women. She is also depicted as having hearts around her head making her seem in love with the product and the way she is cuddling it further reiterates this fact. The use of bright colours and a bold title makes the poster stand out and seem eye catching. This makes the product seem premium and the target audience would want to buy it. The target audience again is clearly reiterated by the slogan of 'Tides got what women want!', this slogan directly targets this audience and we can use Barthes theory to show that this slogan implies that the product is almost life changing and
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Nordic Noir

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Nordic Noir is a genre of crime fiction often from the view of a police officer and always set in Scandinavia or Nordic countries. Steig Larson popularised the style in his book ' The girl with the dragon tattoo'. The book followed the journey of a female gothic police officer. She is an outcast and almost a stranger in the very aligned world of sweden. Nordic Noir is also linked to film and TV. Many tropes of nordic noir include an almost sick sense of humour and a realistic take. Examples of film and TV shows that incorporate this are The bridge, The girl with the dragon tattoo, trapped and Marcella.
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Life On Mars

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Life on mars is a British TV series set in Manchester. We follow a present day officer as he is transported back to 1973, and has to carry out his duty a DCI but with the adverse conditions and differences of 1973. We start off in modern day, 2006, Manchester where we see Sam hunt down and arrest a suspect in a murder case. He does this clinically and effectively. He then takes the suspect down to the station and we see an interrogation scene. The scene is quick and snappy. The lighting is also cold and harsh yet bright. In comparison when we see the methods of the police officers back in the 70's as harsh and unorthodox. We see Gene interview a woman in a broom closet. He abuses her and also use violence to get answers. This varies massively to the modern methods and highlight the differences between the two eras. When sam walks into the office back in the 70's we can see his almost shocked expressions from the environment. They are all white men who are smoking and dri
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