Sunday 13 November 2011

Regional identity:
accents in exam - identify charicter (pitch & tone)
nasel tone - northern
lack of vouls - southern
(estory english origionated in londen in the cockney accent but has spread accross england)


North:
-think that southeners are soft
-poor

Cockney

-untrustworthy
-dodgy car dealerships
-own pub's
-bubbley

Yorkshire

-farmers
-cricket
-stupid
-tense personality
-tweed caps

Geordy

-Trust worthy
-chavy
-out going

Scouser

-curley hair
-annoying

Welsh

-Barry island
-Rugby
-Gavin and stacy

Leicester

-Chavs
-Slang
-Big ears (Garry Linekar walkers adverts, links to leicester)

Brum

-stupid
-rural jobs
-friendly tone
-heavy metal

Friday 4 November 2011

Working Title Website.

Advantages of setting up a website instead of creating a tv advertisement.

-  More people use the internet than watch tv.
-  Provides exclusive of upcoming releases.
-  Instant updates.
-  Provides detailed information (more info on the website than you would be able to put into a tv ad).
-  Viral marketing.
-  Archive material (past projects)
-  Awards/ Celebrations.
-  History on the company (wouldn't be able to put that into a tv ad).
-  Portholes for merchandise.


Task:  Evaluate 'Working Titles' website commenting on what features make it particularly useful or interesting.

Working title have a large proffetional looking website with all different features, informing and entertaining accessories for the viewing audience. 
The website includes games, preview clips, outakes, games and interviews, also a particular feature to the website is it's actors video logs throughout the films. This feature is specific to working title's website, the websitehelps people to findinformation on the making of the films, get them intrestedin theupcomingnewfilms and provide the 'behind scenes feeling' by having the actors log and have them lead you around etc.