Films - Disney Flashcards
(42 cards)
Mainstream films
Have a wide release, international, bigger budgets, conventional narratives
The big 5
Disney, warner bros, paramount, sony, universal
Coglomerate
Company that owns numerous companies involed in mass media enterprisee (theme parks, TV, film, video games)
Oligopoly
A state of limited competition in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers
Diversification
Moves from creating one type of media to different media forms
Horizontal intergration
Media company’s ownership of serval buisnesses of the same value
Vertical integration
Media company owns different buisnesses in the same chain of production and distribution
Advantages and disadvantages of media ownership in Disney
Ad - bigger budgets, huge named celebrity stars
Dis - limit originality/become repetitive/boring, limited reach if target audience is small
Media ownership
A few individuals organisations or companies control shares of the mass media
Synergy
When two or more media institutions work together to create a consistent image or/and brand for a single product, benefiting and promoting both companies
Media convergence
Joining of different technologies into one (smart phone doing many things)
Why is synergy important
Appeal to larger audience/demographic
Keep product relevant
Large product appeal
Larger viewing
Summary of Snow White
Jelous stepmother, orders her to be killed she discovers shes alive and hiding with 7 dwarfs in the forest. Old hag brings poison apple, SW eats and falls asleep. Only broken when kissed by true prince
Themes of Snow White
Good v evil
Beauty and vanity
Innocence and purity
Jealousy
Representations in Snow White
Black/different ethnicity under rep
Counter steryo dwarf men - scared
Steryo women - clean/cook/princess
Camerawork in Snow White
Longshot - dancing/singing - kind character/light/everything loves her
Behind shoulder short of animals - look scared - fear of dwarfs coming
Sound in Snow White
Non dietetic music, slow paced aery - when queen talks to mirror - know bad/magical - uneasy
Happy high pitched music - snowwhite - good character - likening/peaceful
Running from murderer - non diogetic music fast paced - suspense - her screams diogetic - tension
Editing in Snow White
Cutting to beat - running in woods - fast pace action - engagement/excitement/fear
Short takes - snow white/animals cleaning - engaged/hard at work/energetic
Mis - en - scene in Snow White
Costume - broken/brown/patch work skirt - badly treated - sympathy
Setting - the wood - dark/gloomy - tension/suspicious
Performance in Snow White
Dwarfs - humerous - jump at noise, irony of them acting tough but being fearful - moe quick and scream
Dwarfs move in sync, signing often happy tunes (diogetic)
Summary of Shang Chi
Camerawork in Shang Chi
Sound in Shang Chi
Editing in Shang Chi
