Summer prep work

Task 1: Analysis of film poster

                Task 2 – Use of colour in the Wonder Woman trailer.

In the Comic Con “Wonder Woman” trailer, the colours that are used are a very key aspect of the trailer because it can portray to us what might happen in the story. For example at the start of the trailer where we see Diana (Wonder Woman) on her home island with the other Amazonian warriors, the colours are very bright and there are a lot of different colours as we see the beaming sun shine on the island. We see the aqua ocean, the green grass, the golden sand which all stand out with their bold colours. However, once we see the arrival of the American guy on the island we see a change in colour as they go to London and the war zone. The colours change from bold and bright to dark and gloomy. The sky is now grey and the London streets are filled with browns, blacks and navy, the war zone is filled with smoke and ash grey and as Wonder Woman goes over no man’s land, we see the bright intense orange and yellow from the firing guns on the other side as they shoot across the glum, bland wasteland that she runs through dodging each of the bullets. Once the trailers goes from showing us this part to another part back on the island, the colours change dramatically as we see her in a scene where she is in a cave with the American and even though it should be dark it is lit up by the shimmering water that falls into a pool at the corner of the cave. The shining aqua fills the cave with light. Everywhere the Amazonian warrior seems to go, the bright colours follow her as she is usually shown in her ruby red and dark blue costumer with her aluminous crown. When she fights, we see her with the glowing whip among the dull coloured enemies that she takes down.

The director of the trailer has done this to portray how the story may go. He starts the trailer showing their tranquil lives so that is why there are bright colours because everything is good. But when the American comes and takes her back to London that is where the trouble starts to occur and that is why the colours change to dark and dull to represent the trouble that London is in because of the war. During the fighting, Wonder Woman always stands out because she is dressed in bright colours and this is so the viewers can follow her and not get confused with who she is fighting. Throughout the trailer, it flicks to and from her life on her home island and her adventure to London and throughout her time in war showing the comparison of how good her life was and how it is now, now that she is in trouble and has to defeat the enemy.

In Conclusion, the colours used in the trailer are very important in making the trailer portray the films story as it helps tell the story and shows Wonder Woman as the hero.

Task 3: Today's Media

Task 4: The big Six

When talking about media, the ‘Big Six’ are the six corporations that own almost all of media. The big six include; Comcast, Disney, National Amusements, News Corp, Time Warner and Sony.

National Amusements (owned by Sumner Redstone) own companies such as CBS, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Paramount etc.

Disney (CEO: Bob Iger) own companies such as ABC, Disney, Marvel, Pixar, ESPN etc.

Time Warner (CEO: Jeff Bewkes) own companies such as Cartoon Network, CNN, HBO, Warner Bros, Looney Tunes etc.

Comcast (CEO: Brian L. Roberts) own companies such as CNBC, DreamWorks, NBC, Universal etc.

News Corp (Executive Chairman: Rupert Murdoch) own companies such as Fox, Nat Geo, ITV etc.

Sony (President: Kazuo Hirai) Own companies such as Sonypictures, Tristar, Animax etc.

Media projects made by each of the big six:

National Amusements own Paramount movies. This year paramount made Baywatch the movie based off of the original TV series. This film included big names such as Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, The films budget was $69 million and at box office got $177.4 million. Its release date in the UK was 29^th may 2017. Since Baywatch had already been a series. Many people knew what the background of the movie was and what was probably going to happen, therefore this film had a lot of advertisement as people already knew what it was. As well as this, the film had posters, trailers, billboards, adverts etc.

Disney produced a new version of Beauty and the Beast featuring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens. This film was based off of the original story of Beauty and the beast so viewers knew the basic storyline. The films budget was $160 million and at box office got $1.263 billion. The film’s release date in the UK was 17^th March 2017. Since the story is a classic, it had a lot of attention and advertising was key. The film was advertised everywhere using trailers, posters, billboards, adverts, previews etc.

Time Warner owns Warner Bros movies which produced The Lego Batman Movie, based off of the idea to use Lego from the Lego movie. The film had a budget of $80 million and at box office got $311.8 million. The film was released In the UK 4^th February 2017. Since the film had well known characters such as Batman, Robin and the Joker, Many people wanted to watch the film also as it had the same writers The Lego Movie which was a big hit and was very funny so the Lego Batman Movie had a good representation before it came out.

Comcast own universal pictures which produced Despicable Me 3 which was the 3^rd despicable me film following the two very successful movies. The film’s budget was $80 million and at box office got $975.4 million. The film was released in the UK 30^th June 2017 and featured Steve Caroll as the main character. Since the film had two previous movies, many people were excited and waiting to see the new movie.

Sony pictures Co produced the very popular film, Spider-man homecoming. Since the character of Spider-man is very popular, fans always await new films to be made about the character. This film contained big names such as Tom Holland and Zendaya. The film had a budget of $175 million and at box office got $737.9 million. The film was released in the UK 5^th July 2017. Since Marvel also helped produce this movie, it was very popular and successful.

News Corp own fox movies which co-produced War for the Planet of the Apes. Since these films are very widely known, many people awaited the new film with great intentions. The film had a budget of $150 million and at box office got $360.1 million. The film premiered In New York 10^th July 2017. Since the background of the movie is very well known, people were excited to see how the story continued. The film was publicised all over the world with posters, trailers and adverts.