Short Film Review: The School for Postmen (1947) | Dir: Jacques Tati | Genre: Comedy | Run Time: 16 mins The School for Postmen follows an unnamed French trainee postman (Jacques Tati) as he goes about his new daily postal duties in a rural French village, it’s really that simple and that’s why it works. French slapstick auteur Jacques Tati is most well-known for his large-scale, satirical and colourful slapstick worlds in works such as Playtime (1967), Mon Oncle (1958) & Traffic (1971). Whilst here we see a Tati still starting to discover who he is and what he does. The film is essentially the early version of what would become his first feature film Jour de fête (1949). A film which fleshes out the postman character more and actually gives him a name, François. The feature also follows a lengthier main plot centred on a fair happening in the village which has an alluring influence on François resulting in a hilarious and frantic finale. I was first turned onto Tati’s wo...
Analysis of entire news programme relevant to own project: News Programme: Newsround Episode 08/10/21 Let’s start with the structure of Newsround, I went into this with some previous knowledge on the structure of a Newsround episode, as in one of my previous blog posts I went into the structure of Newsround a little bit. The show begins with the Anchor making a silly and light-hearted welcome to the viewer, already putting the viewer in a relaxed vibe. After a brief 10 second graphic intro with the Newsround logo and jingle, the show starts with a serious story about footballer Marcus Rashford and the important work he’s been doing for people on universal credit. This story’s tone results in it being first as it would be a weird inclusion when right next to the light stories about general interest subjects. We then get a website plug, promoting a written story on a similar topic, before going into a story in the middle ground of tone, fairly simple story about football manage...
Project Evaluation: From the moment our group began developing “U2D News” it was unanimously decided that we would be focussing on stories that concerned people in our age group, mostly big issues and sometimes a way to lessen these issues with good alternative mindsets. We decided that the best target audience to target would be the age range of 16-40 years old and we would go for a light and vibrant colour palette, commonly used on quick, digestible news programmes. We then began researching into issues that were targeting our demographic and we noticed that the most relevant and growing story would be that on the rise of spiking’s in the UK and how they have been affecting people. We also decided we needed to focus on a climate change-based story, so we chose sustainable fashion as a subject, a light but still serious story that people can actively engage in. We then began researching the topics and figuring out the structure of the show, influenced by BBC Newsround and on...
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