3 Article's and my brief Interpretations

Contemporary Britian

This article discusses several era’s and decades of British film and social realism. It points out a lot about social realism in British cinema such as Billy Elliot and The Full Monty and talks about the impact these types of films have on our society. It points out the influences these films have on people and the way that they take in the information. For example in This is England, the film points out about hooliganism and racist Britian, but this could have a very negative impact on some people’s minds making them take it to literally.

Media Pleasure

This article talks about the way that people interpret media information differently. The three different types of reading that people can do by doing the preferred reading, opposite reading or in-between. It talks about how people like to escape from reality using media content such as film, video gaming and reading. This is called Escapism. Escapism can become very addictive, however video gaming is proven to be the far most addictive form of escapism. They use it as a sense of relaxation much like smokers may use a cigarette to relax.

Richard Curtis Article

The article talks about how films can be very political and represent political ideologies. It says a lot of films have subtle things in them that can denote certain ideologies that are often to do with things that are happening in the present. Such as Love actually in 2003. The prime minister in Love Actually is a sweeter and shallower prime minister than Tony Blair actually was. He calls the US president a bully and suggests that love is the answer to the horror of 9/11. It talks about how these film techniques have been using in the present but also lots in the time of Margaret Thatcher for instance, E.g. Billy Elliot.