User Generated Content is a term particulary applicable to news gathering, where the end user send in news resorces.
A typical example is Citizen Journalism where a passer by is the fist to wittness a large news event and records the footage on there mobile phone and can instantly upload it onto, social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter.
Different types of user generated content:
Discussion boards
Blogs
Wikis
Social networking sites
News Sites
Trip planners
Memories
Mobile Photos & Videos
Customer review sites
Experience or photo sharing sites
Audio
Video games
Notable websites based on user generated content:
Associated Content
Atom.com
Brickfish
CreateDebate
Dailymotion
Digg
Fark
eBay
Epinions
Facebook
Flickr
Friends Reunited
GiantBomb
Justin.tv
Helium.com
Metacafe
MySpace
Newgrounds
Orkut
OpenStreetMap
Picasa
Photobucket
PhoneZoo
Revver
Second Life
Shutterstock
Skyrock
Scribd
TripAdvisor
TypePad
Urban Dictionary
Veoh
Widgetbox
Wigix
WikiMapia
Wikinvest
Wikipedia
Wix.com
WordPress
Yelp
YouTube
Monday 6 July 2009
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Working Title- The British film institution
Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London. It's parent companies are Universial Studios and BBC Films.
http://www.workingtitlefilms.com
A key element in the company's working methods has been its attention to marketing, for example striking deals with American and European companies, which has ensured world-wide distribution for its products. The company spends alot of time on developing scripts and extensively working on re-writes. Despite its access to high finance, Working Title is also committed to low-budget films with new writers. Such was the case with Billy Elliott.
There are many popular Working Title films, Atonement, Brigit Jones and Mr Bean name a few. To see a full list click here: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0057311/
http://www.workingtitlefilms.com
A key element in the company's working methods has been its attention to marketing, for example striking deals with American and European companies, which has ensured world-wide distribution for its products. The company spends alot of time on developing scripts and extensively working on re-writes. Despite its access to high finance, Working Title is also committed to low-budget films with new writers. Such was the case with Billy Elliott.
There are many popular Working Title films, Atonement, Brigit Jones and Mr Bean name a few. To see a full list click here: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0057311/
British Film Websites
Slumdog Millionaire
http://www.slumdogmillionairemovie.co.uk
The Slumdog Millionaire website has an intro page, full of praising quotes and the iconic slumdog millionaire theme tune blaring out. The music is upbeat and the colours are bright and happy, giving feel good impression of the film. You can click on buttons to take you to the trailer along with clips, cast and crew info and a gallery. Pictures of the beautiful Freida Pinto are often the backgroud of a lot of the sites pages, it gives a good impression because she in undeniably pretty, therefore making the site a nice site to be on and making you want to watch the film.
Harry Potter
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/site/index.html
The Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince website has an intense atmosphere created by moving graphics and the iconic Harry Potter music. On the intro page you can watch the trailer and click to entre the site. On entring site you are thrown into a midst of graphic pathetic fallacy, showing a storm and sounds as the site sets up. The menu is incredibly small, so attention is not taken away from the large picture of the three main characters, Harry, Ron and Hermione.
This is England
http://www.thisisenglandmovie.co.uk
The website for This is England, sticks with the British themes, by using a the colours of the British flag- blue, red and white. The background of the home page is a british council estate, depicting the run down area that the film is set in. The menu gives you general options of galleries and downloads but also background information on 'The skinheads of the 80s'.
http://www.slumdogmillionairemovie.co.uk
The Slumdog Millionaire website has an intro page, full of praising quotes and the iconic slumdog millionaire theme tune blaring out. The music is upbeat and the colours are bright and happy, giving feel good impression of the film. You can click on buttons to take you to the trailer along with clips, cast and crew info and a gallery. Pictures of the beautiful Freida Pinto are often the backgroud of a lot of the sites pages, it gives a good impression because she in undeniably pretty, therefore making the site a nice site to be on and making you want to watch the film.
Harry Potter
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/site/index.html
The Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince website has an intense atmosphere created by moving graphics and the iconic Harry Potter music. On the intro page you can watch the trailer and click to entre the site. On entring site you are thrown into a midst of graphic pathetic fallacy, showing a storm and sounds as the site sets up. The menu is incredibly small, so attention is not taken away from the large picture of the three main characters, Harry, Ron and Hermione.
This is England
http://www.thisisenglandmovie.co.uk
The website for This is England, sticks with the British themes, by using a the colours of the British flag- blue, red and white. The background of the home page is a british council estate, depicting the run down area that the film is set in. The menu gives you general options of galleries and downloads but also background information on 'The skinheads of the 80s'.
Teaser Trailers
A teaser trailer, is a short trailer used to advertise an upcoming movie, game or television series.
Teasers, unlike typical theatrical trailers, are usually very short in length (between 30–60 seconds) and usually contain little,actual footage from the film. They are usually released long in advance of the film they advertise. They are shown usually a long time (one or one and a half years) before the movie comes out, so as to "tease" the audience.
Teasers are also commonly used in advertising. teaser ad/campaigns consist typically in small, cryptic, challenging, advertisements which anticipate a product launch.
Teaser trailers are usually only made for big-budget and popularly themed movies.
Their purpose is more to let people know the film is coming up in the near future, rather than tell them about its content, adding to the hype of the release. Teaser trailers are often made while the film is still in production or being edited and as a result they may feature scenes or alternate versions of scenes that are not in the finished film. Other ones (notable Pixar films) have scenes made for use in the trailer only.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's teaser trailer was released surprisingly late, but when it was pushed back from November 21, 2008 to July 17, 2009, the trailer was surprisingly early.
A teaser for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was attached to the film The Siege, and it was reported that many people had paid for admission to the film just to watch the trailer, and had walked out after the trailer had screened.
Teasers, unlike typical theatrical trailers, are usually very short in length (between 30–60 seconds) and usually contain little,actual footage from the film. They are usually released long in advance of the film they advertise. They are shown usually a long time (one or one and a half years) before the movie comes out, so as to "tease" the audience.
Teasers are also commonly used in advertising. teaser ad/campaigns consist typically in small, cryptic, challenging, advertisements which anticipate a product launch.
Teaser trailers are usually only made for big-budget and popularly themed movies.
Their purpose is more to let people know the film is coming up in the near future, rather than tell them about its content, adding to the hype of the release. Teaser trailers are often made while the film is still in production or being edited and as a result they may feature scenes or alternate versions of scenes that are not in the finished film. Other ones (notable Pixar films) have scenes made for use in the trailer only.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's teaser trailer was released surprisingly late, but when it was pushed back from November 21, 2008 to July 17, 2009, the trailer was surprisingly early.
A teaser for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was attached to the film The Siege, and it was reported that many people had paid for admission to the film just to watch the trailer, and had walked out after the trailer had screened.
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine English film actor. Caine has appeared in more than 100 films, and is one of only two actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade since the 1960s.
He became known for several performances in films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Billion Dollar Brain (1967) and others as Harry Palmer, the woman-chasing title character in Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), Get Carter (1971), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Educating Rita (1983), Academy Award-winning performances for supporting actor in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and The Cider House Rules (1999), as Nigel Powers in the spoof Austin Powers in Goldmember (2003), and more recently as Alfred Pennyworth, the butler from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
We are using Caine as a case study of british cinema. He was knighted in 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his contribution to cinema and is noted for retaining his strong cockney accent, these things add to his britishness. He is stated to be a british icon.
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