In the famous Hollywood movie Hunger Games Catching Fire it applies the propp theory. It applies the propp theory that katniss everdeen also known as the girl on fire is shown to be the protagonist who is on a quest to take down the capitol and keep her family safe. In the hunger games the antagonist would be President Snow as he is aiming to take down katnisss everdeen without sparking a revolution so he has made a games called the quarter quell where every victor from the previous games over the years who is still alive shall return and face the other victors for a special hunger games with the objective to get katniss everdeen killed. In this trailer the propp theory is shown again when haymitch is shown to be the mentor. Haymitch is shown as the mentor when he is trying to help her get through the games and telling her what to do before the hunger games so she can get as much sponsors as possible. 

Todorovs theory of equilibrium is also shown in the trailer of the hunger games catcing fire. The equilibrium is shown when katniss is at home with gale (District 12). The de-equilibrium is shown when their are young adults burning the flag of the capitol shouting in a state of anger as if a riot is about to break, their is also riot police with bats and fire everywhere. The new equilibrium will not be shown as it is a trailer.

News Case Study 1: Channel 4 news.

Our first TV News case study is Channel 4 News. The key details are:

Channel 4 News
Monday-Friday 7pm - 7.55pm

Answer the following questions on your blog. You'll need to watch an episode of Channel 4 News in order to complete some of these tasks - either watch at home or online.  

 


Opening titles:

 


Basic details

1. When is Channel 4 News on? Channel 4 news is a flagship TV news programme presented by Jon snow about current affairs and modern news.
2. When was the programme first broadcast? Channel 4 launched on 2 November 1982 at 4.45pm.
3. What awards has the programme won? Channel 4 has won two journalism awards.
4. What is the media institution that produces Channel 4 News? ITN.

Presenters

1. Who are the presenters? Jon Snow. Krishnan Guru-Marthy. Cathy Newman.
2. What are the presenters wearing? What does this communicate to the audience? They are wearing bright and modern clothing to relate to the younger audience.
3. Why might a TV News programme use a variety of presenters? so the audience is always attracted with the story because if Jon Snow Or Cathy Newman presented all the stories than the audience will begin to get bored.
4. How are other reporters or presenters used in the TV News programme? Jon Snow is used to be the one who pushes boundaries and is known to be controversial. He doesn't really care about critics.Which is exactly why channel 4 news have chosen him to present the stories that may be seen as controversial by the audience or OfCom. hello my name is hello and I live in hello
5. Is there a balance between male and female presenters? What about race/ethnicity? What effect might these aspects have on an audience? personally i think that there isn't a balance between male and female presenters because there are twice as much men presenters than women.

Opening sequence

Analyse the opening 2 minutes of the programme

1. What is the very first shot? The very first shot is a 3d graphical shot of the 4 logo.
2. How does the opening sequence use graphics or images to grab the attention of the audience? It grabs the audiences attention because it uses enigma codes to keep the audience attracted. it also talks about the stories they are going to cover in this days programme.they talk about what they are going to investigate in the story. for example when they spoke about 
3. How is music used in the opening sequence? at the beginning the music is slow when it shows the channel 4 news logo but then the music speeds up as the stories begin to come up on the screen. Also if you've realised that the stories that some people may not be as interested in are shown first when the music isn't as fast then the next stories begin to show and the music becomes faster and the tension begins to build up.

How are news stories introduced in the opening two minutes? Is there just one story or are the audience told what will be coming up later? For each story shown they show an enigma code. is will take the M5 story as an illustration of their enigma codes. In the story thay pose the rhetorical question was it really just a mixture of paint and fog.

Studio mise-en-scene

1. What aspects of the studio can be seen by the audience? (Desk, cameras etc.) They can see the screen and table.

     2.Are the presenters standing or behind desks? Why do you think this is? Are journalists or technology visible? What might these things suggest to the audience? Jon Snow the presenter is sitting on the table because channel 4 knew that the majority of their audience would be teenagers so they wanted to give them the feeling that if you watch our news on YouTube it will be different and a bit less formal. This is good because teenagers would like that.

1. How does the studio use colour? Jon Snow is known for wearing colourful ties so channel 4 made him wear the classic colourful tie. And in the background they made it very colouful.

How news stories are presented

1. How does the news programme typically present a story? They don't put any interview or an introduction except the 3d graphical shot of the graphical logo for channel 4 news.They only showed the leaders debate between nigel farage and leanne then in the end they show an advertisement of there channel.
2. What difference techniques does the programme use to present the news? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.) Jon Snow the presenter is sitting on the table because channel 4 knew that the majority of their audience would be teenagers so they wanted to give them the feeling that if you watch our news on YouTube it will be different and a bit less formal. This is good because teenagers would like that.

1. What types of news does the TV News programme typically cover? Give five examples (e.g. politics, international, sport etc.) Politics mostly for example:                                                                           Inside Al-Shabaab
2. The iraq holy war                                              
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Running order
Watch the first 15 minutes of the programme – as recent as you can find.

1. What is the top story? The top story is british border control and immigration.
2. How long does the top story last for? 50 seconds almost half
3. What are the other stories the programme does or will cover? List them in the order they are presented in (the ‘running order’). Border control, m5 incident, nigerian prisoner who turnt out to be a woman when they thought it was a man.
4. How long is each story shown for? 35-50 seconds.
5. Why do you think each story was shown for the time it was? Because they want to make sure that every story is covered in enough detail for the audience.

Audience

1. What is the target audience for this TV News programme? Research online – you should be able to find plenty of suggestions to the target audience if not the official target audience of the programme.
2. Why might someone choose to watch this TV News programme over others?because it is shown to be less formal so it is clearly aimed at teenagers.
3. Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or comment? yes, e media for example twitter or facebook.
4. What audience pleasures (Uses and Gratifications theory – Blumler and Katz) does the programme offer? 

Institution

1. Who owns, runs or produces this TV News programme? OFCOM
2. Does the institution own, run or produce any other TV News programmes, channels or newspapers? almost all tv news programmes.
3. How does the programme fit the TV channel it is on? Because they speak about politics and the audience for channel 4 are usually intelligent and not stupid so they will know if they are being dumbed down.
4. What role does OFCOM have in making sure TV News is fair and accurate? Section five: due prominence and its impartial and accurate.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1. Does the TV News programme have a dedicated website? Yes,  they do and they also have a you tube channel.
2. What does the website offer viewers? An investigation run by channel 4.
3. Does the TV News programme have a Twitter feed? Yes.
4. How does the Twitter feed promote the programme? Yes.
5. Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or submit news stories?  NO im not sure about that.