Thursday, 27 September 2012

Semiotic analysis of film logos

Today I'm going to write about film production logos and what they siginify.

Film production logo No.1- Film4 productions
As many English citizens will know, Film4 productions have produced a wide range of British films and a few foreign features on the side. Before 1998, the company was known as Channel Four Productions.

The lettering and the border signifies it's part of channel 4 as the border forms a 4 and the digital age of when the company started. The background signifies danger, maybe to give the viewer the idea of action and risk in their films.

No.2-BBC Films

  This production has also funded lots of British films and a few american movies too. The foreground signifies the company's name- British Broadcasting company. The background signifies space and a kind of magical idea of the company.

No.3- Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations logo
An English Animation company what is ran by Nick Green.
The foreground signifies the creativeness of the company by using a stamp-like font and a star in the same kind of form. The backgrouind signifies pureness.

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Starting Sixth Form......seriously different to GCSE

I started Year 12 last thursday and it seems really different to the past 2 years...so far the work seems seriously hardcore compared to GCSE coursework! I can't believe only last year that having 13 exams over a period of a month was hard. I was so wrong. Now I'm getting headaches from learning so much but I suppose it's a good thing since it's getting my brain pumped.

Year 11s have no idea what's coming their way! They think that at GCSE you get bucket lots of homework a week...wait next year and your whole perspective will change.

Doing Media Studies feels oddly strange since it wasn't my first choice. I was trying to take Chemistry but the classes were too full and they thought I couldn't handle the coursework. However I'm DEFINITELY not saying that I regret chosing Media Studies. Some people think this subject (and General Studies) is really easy. Think again. There's a few things to get your head round like semiotics and how the media makes us believe things and how we are conditioned by society in certain ways. I find this really interesting.

I suppose this is connected to media, that America has made their version of skins! What the hell?! I love skins but why can't they just keep to original ideas.

Here's the ad for it, looks terrible!

Emily x