Representation of Race and Ethnicity Essay

Below is a 2 minute clip of Luther and an essay of the representations of race and ethnicity in the scene.


Luther Race and Ethnicity

Netflix

I keep seeing these Netflix adverts all over the internet which I thought related to the technological convergence in the media as Netflix is using the internet advertise itself to the public and I have also heard several Netflix adverts on the radio a number of times which again is using technology to make consumers aware and advertise itself to the public.

Limitless

Last night I watched the energetic and much talked about film Limitless which won the Best Thriller award at the 2011 Scream Awards. I enjoyed this film so much and thought the variety of shots and editing tied in with the storyline really well. This film has got to be the best film of 2011 and I'm convinced that the pills the story is based on are real.

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone- Section B Research

In 1999 Warner Bros bought the film rights to the book for a reported £1million. The film was released in the UK and the US  in 2001 and recieved positive reviews. It raked in a total of  $974 million at the worldwide box office and to date has made a total of $974,755,371. It was nominated for many awards and is the 11th highest grossing film of all time. It is a fantasy film about a boy who finds out he is wizard and moves out to go to Hogwarts a wizardry school.

A video for the film was released for several consoles and the film was so popular as there were so many people who had read the books and were interested in the film. It was so successful that Warner Bros went on to produce 7 others and there is also a Harry Potter World in the US as well as lots of other merchandise available worldwide. In the United States it made $33.3 million on its opening day, breaking the single day record previously held by Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The film went on to make £66.1 million in the UK alone making it the second highest-grossing film of all-time in the country after Titanic, until both were surpassed by Mamma Mia! 

The film was directed by Chris Coloumbus  but was originally meant to be directed by Steven Spielberg until he turned down the offer because he wanted it to be made into an animation.

This is England- Section B Research

This is England is a 2006 british drama film set in England in 1983 which focuses on a group of young skinheads. It is directed and written by Shane Meadows and was produced by Film 4 Productions. It made $8,176,544 in the box office and 83% of critics gave the film a positive review, The film appeared on many US film critics Top Ten Film lists of 2007. The film won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 2007 British Academy Film Awards as well as the Best Film at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards.Below is the trailer for This Is England. This film was marketed through facebook and twitter as it is free and is marketed to the audience much more easily. The film was co-funded by the national lottery through the film council.

The film was so successful that Shane Meadows wrote and directed a follow on series set 3 years after the film which was shown on Channel 4 and was called This Is England '86. In addition another series was released in 2011 called This Is England '88. The third and final series will be released in 2012 and will be called This Is England '90. 
Below is the trailer for This Is England '86

The Hangover- Section B Research

Above is the official trailer for The Hangover. The Hangover is an american comedy film which was released in 2009 and was directed by Todd Phillips and was written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Its about a group of friends who go on holiday to Vegas to celebrate a bachelor party, However after being drugged by Roofies the date rape drug they end up losing their friend and not knowing anything that happened the night before.

It was a critical and commercial success and had a worldwide growth of over $467 million. Critics loved the comedy side of the film but were not too fond of the vulgarity. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture. The film was so successful that another was released in 2011.

On its first day at the box office the film made  $16,734,033 in the US. It was the 6th highest grossing film of 2009 with $467,483,912. However it earned less than half the total earned by films such as Beverly Hills Cop and is out-grossed by several comedies such as a film called Porkys. 

Warner Bros- Section B Research

Warner Bros is an American producer of film and television entertainment. It is one of the main studios of Time Warner. Warner Bros owns many other companies including Warner Bros Studios, Warner Bros Pictures, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros Television, Warner Bros Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC Comics. Warner owns half of The CW Television Network. 


The company was founded by 4 brothers in 1918 as Warner Bros Studios and changed its name in 1923 to Warner Bros Pictures. They opened their first theatre in Pensylvania in 1903 and eventually started making Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck animations. They then went into film producing and have previously owned record companies. Over the years Warner Bros have produced many successful films. The chairman today is Barry Meyer.

Below is some footage produced by the Warner Bros company