Unit 9 - Characteristics and contexts in media and communication
1. Understanding the characteristics and context of Christmas films Researching the Hallmark Channel When we were given our brief, I needed to accumulate research about Christmas films and how they have been created in the past and how they have changed. I wanted to do further research in the hallmark channel and look at their style of programming, the typical narrative tropes of the genre and investigate their successes and failures. During my research I watched many hallmark films on the hallmark channel, in hallmark Christmas films, the world is often idealized and only interested in Christmas, which is nothing like reality. At its core it is aspirational and the message that I perceived from the hallmark channel in general is that each movie often tries to echo the joy and innocence we felt as children during the festive season. The Hallmark channel often follows the same narrative formula throughout their many films. There is usually a woman facing relatable stresses, includin...
Nice consideration of the codes and conventions of Horror, great editing and fab use of sound to add a haunting soundtrack, I also really like your shot choices - well done Tom and team.
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