Media story

A 22 year old goes from flipping burgers to playing video games and making millions

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2837466/A-22-year-old-went-flipping-burgers-McDonald-s-making-millions-pro-video-gamer.html

Paramount questions

Why is Paramount Pictures considered a major film studio?

A major film studio is a production and distribution company that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box office revenue in a given market.

Large Budget, owns its own distribution and production. 

What genres, styles, and types of films does Paramount Pictures typically produce?

Big budget, CGI, Action, Marvel, comedy 

How successful are Paramount as a major film studio?

Paramount Pictures is a part of the “Big Six”, which is made up of the biggest film companies in the US. They are well know around the world and produce a large amount of movies per year, so if they weren’t successful, they wouldn’t produce the amount of films they do. Movies in mind, the budget for their movies is an extreme amount of money, so this proves that they’re successful.

Give some examples of Media Convergence shown by Paramount (This means examples of them producing content, co-operating with, and using other media industries than Film) 

Paramount Animation – Paramount Television 

What, for you, are the major differences between Paramount and Film4 Productions

Paramount Pictures has a much larger budget.

Films made by Paramount Pictures are more known/ in the media

Film4 Productions, based mainly in the UK

Film4 productions, features a lot of UK Actors and Actresses. – Not as known as American actors.

How do Paramount distribute their films? 

Paramount Pictures distribute their film digitally.

Paramount movies

Three Paramount Films from 2014:
-The gambler- released 25th of December 2014.
-Interstellar- released 7th of November 2014.
-Transformers age of extinction- released 27th of June 2014.

One Paramount film coming out later this year:
-Hot tub time machine 2- To be released on February 20th.

Top grossing paramount film of all time: 

Titanic – $2,186,772,302

Example of a film distributed by paramount: 

Wolf of Wall Street 

Non film producing/distributing company owned by Paramount.

Paramount Parks – Theme Park 

Other media company owned by VIACOM (paramount’s owners)

Nickoloden

Disabilities- Coming down the mountain

Down syndrome brother (younger)
-Not stereotypical, sexualised (Awkward)
-Sterotypical ... Has no boundaries
                      ... Ask inappropirate questions
-Stereotypically warm and loving
-Counter sterotypical as he mocks his able bodied brother, rather than it being the other way round.

Able bodied brother (older brother)
-Immature, he lied to his younger brother about his sexual relationship with his girlfriend
-Open minded, listens and gives advice to his younger brother

Camera
- wide angle shot, stereotypical appearance because the down syndrome kid is short, fat and walking with a hunched back- he is also wear ankle swingers.
- Long shot, the older brother is sitting up straight while the younger brother is crunched up next the tent, the older brother is protective.
-Low angle shot looking up at the older brother- he is the one with the majority of the power in the relationship.

Paul Hunt- Disabled people and the media

Disabled people have identified ten commonly recurring disabling stereotypes in mass media. These include: the disabled person as pitiable and pathetic.

Disabilities 

Down syndrome- A genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. It is typically associated with physical growth delays, characteristic facial features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability.The average IQ of a young adult with Down syndrome is 50, equivalent to the mental age of an 8- or 9-year-old child.

Lauren Potter- Glee

Paraplegic- lost the power in their limbs from the waist down.

Colt wynn

Autism (aspergers)-a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviour.

Susan Boyle

Parkinsons- A progressive disease of the nervous system marked by tremor, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement, chiefly affecting middle-aged and elderly people. It is associated with degeneration of the basal ganglia of the brain and a deficiency of the

 neurotransmitter dopamine.

Muhammad Ali