Film Analysis: Subculture

Film Analysis
Subculture

Subculture is word that everyone has heard about, but do we really understand the mean of this word and what is a subculture and where is the subculture existing. 

Subculture according to the subculture theory study of sociology scholars at the Chicago School in the 1920 describing a subculture as deviant behavior and discussed deviance as a product of social problems within society. regarding to a subculture within USA is mainly a violent subculture group such Motorcycle Gangs, but later on for contemporary theorists, the concept itself is controversial, and some align with a “post-subculture” perspective suggesting subculture no longer describes the collective activities.

Now we know in term of theory what does it mean but in practical what is subculture. In today blog I will introduce one type of subculture that existing in Japan that have a bad representation from Japanese society perspective. 

This subculture are OTAKU, Otaku is a Japanese word translating to a young person who is obsessed with computers or particular aspects of popular culture to the detriment of their social skills. For Japanese contemporary society OTAKU is group of people which having interesting in thing that be useless for a modern economic life such as Anime, Manga and Idols groups. OTAKU being is a group of people that having lack of self and nation responsibility in helping moving country forward.

In Japanese Society Otaku have a bad representation and was seen as a group of people that stock in their childhood dream. As I mention earlier that there is many difference type of OTAKU in Japanese society that most of those is concealing their identity from society, but there is one type of OTAKU that not ever try to to conceal their identity on the contrary this group are very open and proudly presenting themselves as a OTAKU, they are Idols OTAKU.

Idols OTAKU not only existing in Japan but has been expanding to Thailand according to the expanding of 48 group that have a good acceptation form Thai society. Idols OTAKU is a unique of of OTAKU because of their preferment of identity, as I mention earlier that group proudly present themselves as OTAKU so they have a unique way of presenting their identity by having a unique cheer dance.

Other than a unique dance cheer one thing that every Idols OTAKU need to have indoor to prove them self as any OTAKU is keyring or a photoset of their beloved's Idols.

By the time that Japanese Idols OTAKU in Japan having a bad representation from Japanese society, in the mean In Thailand Thai Idols OTAKU only being represented as a fan culture similar to many other fan culture. In Thailand OTAKU don't really have a bad representation due to Thai society do not care or pay attention to them. For Thai society the existing of OTAKU is nothing for the Society divergence from Japan that very conservative and care in their national representation.




https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultural-theory-and-theorists/what-is-a-subculture/ 

Film Analysis: Performative Documentary

Performative Documentary

In today blog I will be analysing one my chosen documentary that not an ordinary documentary, but is's a hybrid documentary. The documentary that I am chosen to analyse is a hybrid documentary that combine documentary and a reality show with in once. This documentary are call Chasing Mummies, Chasing Mummies is a documentary of a History Channel.

Chasing Mummies is a documentary that have lot of performant happen, and the main star of this documentary is Dr. Zahi Hawass Egyptian Archaeology leading a young Archeology to discover Egypt. First performant that can be spot out is when Dr. Hawass working with the young Archaeology he was acting as a leader and the one that known in everything about the Mummies and History of Egypt and alway scare and put those young Archeology in a high pressure.

In other hand, when he switch to speak with a camera "aka the Audience" his personality was change, because when he speak to the camera it feel like that he speaking to his history student, he explain everything very well with a soft voice difference to how he speak to those young Archeology, it seem like Dr. Hawass have a multiple personality in this show.

Watching Chasing Mummies is make me feeling I was there with them, due to the camera work that  follow them especially Dr. Hawass everywhere, it feel like I am observing on how the Archeology working in Egypt and how did they handle with thing such as weather, pressure and lot of information that Dr. Hawass try to put into their brains.

Watch Chasing Mummies I think I a received more than just entertaining, but I feel more likely to get an experience of working as an Archeology in Egypt because of the spectatorship of this show is try to make the audiences feel that way. They want us the audience to feel be unite to the Archeology.

Film Analysis: AV Essay

AV ESSAY:

AV essay, what is an AV essay? AV essay is an Audio Visual essay, it have a same principal as the writing essay but, it's more enjoyable than a traditional writing essay because its entertaint. The benefits of AV essay other than entertaining is AV essay use less time in-order understand the point that the author want to communicate comparing to the traditional writing essay.

In today blog I will briefly summaries the argument and critically assess of my chosen AV essay in terms of technique, clarity and originality of the work. My chosen AV essay is an essay about the Jackie Chan my favourite Actor, filmmaker and a director on how he make action comedy. The AV essay that I has chosen to analyse is creating by Tony Zhou.

This AV essay has make an interesting argument about the editing and the shooting of an action scene of the Eastern especially Hong Kong film industry in comparison to the western film industry regarding to Jackie Chan movies and how Jackie make is action funny in the same time as violent. For example there is a comparison between western shooting technique where camera operator moving around to make the the scene more violent because actor don't know how to fight but in other hand Jackie chan is shoot is action scene in wild angle in-order to see every movement of the actor and stuntman because they know how to fight.

The originality of this AV essay is quite original, because no one of done something like this before, there never have anyone who break down Jackie chan fight scene to find out how hoe it been shot and  a humorous the hidden within Jackie fight scene. Other than the originality I have to say that the creator and narrator of the this AV essay has done a great job in clarify their argument on Jackie Chan sense of humour in his action scene, because the narrator has explain everything very clear together with a evident of the particular sequence.

In term of the technique that use in creating this AV essay is quite simple, but yet interesting and very entertaining. This AV essay has use a very simple way of explaining scene by scene, cut by cut of the Jackie Chan action sequence in comparison to the westerner action sequence.

Overall I have to say that this AV essay is very informative and knowledgeable and also entertaining to watch. The Creator has done a great job.

Link of the AV essay: https://vimeo.com/113439313

Film Theories: Embodied Cinema

This is a story of a traveller, who has been visited so many places and so many countries. The above photographs are a photograph that the traveller was taken from a place that he has visited before. Photographic is a way that the traveller memorises each place that he has visited, those photographs is also a method of communication for the traveller. 

Every photograph has difference meaning in them self, each photography is containing they own individual story, but it still link to each other. The first photo is a photo of a small boat in the middle of the sea, the message of this photograph is us human was like that boat, we just a small object in this planet. However, the message of the photograph is not that important because everyone who has seen this photo will define this photo differently. The reason that I has use this photo as an open photo is because I would like to communicate that the traveller is a lonely traveller, who traveller by himself.

In relation to Kuleshov Effect, the second photograph should have some relation to the first photo so the view could connect between them. In relation to connect the first photo to the second photo, the second photo should identify where is the traveller at that moment of taking the first photo. The important of those photographs is to communicate that life is freedom, use your life to experience the world.

Documentary Production: Critical Analysis

Critical Analysis 

This short documentary is one of the most difficult tasks that we been given, due to many reasons. In order to produce this documentary, we have traveling around London and also to Brighton to filmed. In this documentary project most of the team members work so hard in order to produce the best documentary ever.

This documentary has using the materiality documentary mode in presenting the main character, because we believe that object always say something or mean something to the owner. For this character camera and anything that related to the camera is an object that very important and meaningful, this is why camera always appear in many scenes with the main character. For the main character camera is not only a tool, camera is a passion and friend that helping him to reaching his destination.

Another concept of this documentary is to break point of view in stereotype of the Eastern European in the perspective our audience who is Western European, because people often thinking that the Eastern European can only be a labour worker or something that not related to creativity. This documentary has breaking this stereotype and ideology, we want to make people realise that those people can be more than just a labour worker and use him as an inspirational character for other people.

In relation to the materiality this is why the documentary is beginning with introducing the main character together with his camera. The opening scene of this documentary has been designed very well, because it has included many elements and object that meaning something to the main character such a camera that he is holding in his hand and the location that shooting the opening scene also meaning something to the main character. 

The outcome of the documentary is very good in my opinion, but it still not the best. If the production team have more time or a chance to re-work on this documentary there is few things that could be improve. The improvement that the documentary should re-work on is the lighting and of the interview scene, in this particular scene the main character face is quite dark due to the camera is facing directly to the light. If the production team have a chance to go back in film this documentary against this should be fix. 

Documentary Production: Post-production progression

Post-production progression 

Post-production is one of the most important stages of film making due to this stage is a stage that the film or documentary is been more visual. During this stage, the director of photography, editor and me who is the director of the documentary and director of the team have met and had a look on assembling of the footage for the first time. In post-production on stage I, the director of the documentary and director of the team together with the director of photography have listened to a feedback from the editor about what kind of short that we need more and what need to be improved. 

At this stage every team member who must contribute in work of post-production has done their best to make this documentary coming out as good as possible. During the post-production stage me as the director of the team has discussed with the editor about the footage that I have filmed together with the director of photography, on what need to be improved and what kind of short that the editor wants more such as, a Broll short, cutaway short and etc. During this stage, I also discuss with the producer on arranging some more shooting date with the character regard to the feedback from the editor about extra short that she need to have for the editing. 

During the post-production stage we have meet and discuss on everything to make this documentary coming as good as possible, everyone has done their best to make this project be the best project of the year for us.

Film Theories: Franchise Film

Franchise film

Franchise film is one of the most popular type of film now a day, it is a truth that cannot be denied that in the modern cinema franchise is a type of film that can create a huge income to a studio due to the fan culture. In the modern cinema we can see many studios try to produce much franchise film as possible as they can, such as The Avenger franchise of Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter from Warner&Bro AVP of the 20 Century and many more franchise, but there is not every franchise film will always success. There some franchise that not really success even it is staring by a top star like the Dark Universe of the Universal studio. 

In today blog I will be analyses one of the most success franchise film in the franchise film history. My chosen franchise is Pirate of the Caribbean. Pirate of the Caribbean, one of the most success franchise due to many reasons, in this blog I will analyse on why this franchise so success and two main attraction method that it uses.  

Pirate of the Caribbean is first introduced in 2003 under the name of Pirate of the Caribbean: The curse of black peal staring by Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush. This film is the most success film out of another Pirate of the Caribbean due to the fact Curse of black peal is the lowest in budget out of 5 film but the profit that this film made worldwide is very close to other Pirate of the Caribbean film that used 2 or 3 time budget more.  
When this movie first introduces, studio have used many attractions' method to make people interest in watching this movie such as the attraction of stars and the fact that this film is fulfil many people dream. Pirate of the curse of black peal is not the first pirate movies in the history of cinema but it is the first pirate movies that touching the story of fantasy and adventure of the pirate that many only experiences in reading. Pirate of the Caribbean the curse of black peal is an opening chapter of the new style of adventure when cinema is taking people out to the space with Alien franchise, Pirate of the Caribbean is talking audience back to the good old day when they used to be a kids and dreaming of hunting for a treasure on a lost island, these movies has fulfil many people dream and imagination, this is the franchise first attraction. 

Pirate of the Caribbean and the use of attraction of star, it a truth that con not be denied that to make people interest in watching a new movies is not easy and rely on story only is not enough, so the use of top star and well know stars is the answer of promoting a movie. It’s a truth that cannot be denied that Johnny Depp is one of many reasons that make Pirate of the Caribbean franchise become one of the most success franchise movies.